A lot of people are hungry for guidance on how to navigate the supply chain if 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada come into effect on Saturday, judging from a recent webinar by global supply chain provider Kuehne + Nagel.
The “Navigating Unprecedented Global Trade Disruptions” webinar Jan. 15 drew around 1,500 people – about 1,300 more than other webcast discussions at Kuehne + Nagel.
“I was blown away and very encouraged by the turnout,” Greg Tompsett, vice president of customs...
Layoffs continue across the freight and logistics industry, with 2,402 job cuts announced by companies in Arizona, California, Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, Ohio and Texas over the past three weeks.
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Hardware wholesaler True Value Co. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Oct. 14 and plans to sell the majority of its assets to competitor Do it Best for $153 million.
The Chicago-based company operates as a member-owned wholesaler cooperative that sells products to hardware sellers, garden...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/over-2400-layoffs-hit-supply-chain-related-firms-across-us
DSV and Kuehne + Nagel, the world’s two largest freight forwarding groups, saw their profit margins squeezed for the first nine months of 2024.
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Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Kuehne+Nagel is expanding in Texas to meet rising manufacturing demand; Canadian government opens cross-border trade office in Arizona; China-based automotive supplier opens factory in Aguascalientes, Mexico; and new 500,000-square-foot logistics hub being constructed near Dallas.
Kuehne+Nagel expanding in Texas to meet rising manufacturing demand
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Kuehne+Nagel, a leading logistics provider for the automotive sector, now operates a 170,000m² spare parts fulfilment and delivery centre in Wallersdorf, Germany.
From this location, spare parts are distributed to BMW markets globally. Kuehne+Nagel handles the physical receipt of goods, pre-packaging, management of packaging materials and empties, and loading goods onto shuttles for dispatch to BMW parts distribution locations worldwide.
Additionally, at the Dingolfing and Bruckberg sites,...
https://container-news.com/kuehnenagel-opens-new-automotive-spare-parts-center-in-germany/
Mexico cross-border trade is off to a good start in 2024. The country was the United States’ top trading partner in January, with two-way commerce totaling $64.5 billion, according to the most recent data from the Census Bureau.
Mexico’s trade with the U.S. rose 1.1% year over year (y/y) compared to January 2023. Canada ranked No. 2 with $59.7 billion in trade with the U.S. in January, a 3% y/y decrease. China was the third-ranked U.S. trading partner in the month with $47.9 billion in trade, a...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/borderlands-mexico-us-mexico-trade-in-january-totaled-64-5b
Global logistics powerhouse Kuehne+Nagel suffered substantial revenue and profit erosion in 2023, including the final quarter, as excess air and ocean capacity combined with a post-COVID slow down in trade lowered rate levels, hurting bottom lines across the freight transportation sector.
Executives said they are seeing some stabilization in demand , but don’t expect a huge improvement this year.
In conjunction with Friday’s quarterly results, Kuehne+Nagel announced an agreement to acquire City...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/kuehnenagel-operating-profit-cut-50-in-2023
Nine key players across the maritime value chain have issued a joint statement expressing their commitment to developing and implementing robust book and claim chain of custody systems to accelerate the early phases of the decarbonisation of the shipping industry.
The signatories of the joint statement are Aspen Shipping Decarbonization Initiative, DHL Global Forwarding, Hapag Lloyd, Kuehne + Nagel, NORDEN, Oldendorff Carriers, ONE, Torvald Klaveness, and Yara Clean Ammonia.
The companies belong...
Un sistema de cadena de custodia de libro y reclamación para la descarbonización será desarrollado e implementado por 9 importantes empresas navieras en la industria marítima.
Esta entrada Empresas de transporte marítimo desarrollarán sistema de cadena de custodia y reclamación para la...
An Atlas Air 747-8 jumbo freighter landed at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport on Sunday, kicking off twice-weekly service from Stuttgart, Germany, controlled by global logistics powerhouse Kuehne+Nagel.
The world’s largest airfreight forwarder in February announced it had leased a cargo warehouse at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth airport (BHM) to establish a freighter hub in the Southeast for its virtual airline operated by Atlas Air and Cargolux. Kuehne+Nagel (CXE: KNIN) will initially...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/big-freighter-era-begins-at-birmingham-airport-in-alabama