Baltimore bridge collapse will redirect cargo across the USAs local, state and federal officials focus on rescue efforts and wouldn’t speculate on how long the nation’s busiest automobile port might...
27 Mar, 2024, 09.45 AM IST
Panama Canal traffic is being throttled by climate change impactWeather turmoils such as record heat waves in 2022 led to high evaporation rates of Europe's rivers like Rhine and Danube to the effect tha...
04 Nov, 2023, 09.42 AM IST
FourKites sets up Asia-Pacific headquarters office in ChennaiThe new office space is LEED-certified (green-building certification), and by repurposing materials from its previous premises, the company...
29 Sep, 2023, 03.40 PM IST
A tech ‘Golden Age’ awaits supply chains limping out of the pandemicAs supply snarls recede this year, they’re giving way to a different kind of disruption in the $10 trillion global logistics industry: a te...
05 Jan, 2023, 09.31 AM IST
Strike at Port of Felixstowe set to upend supply chainsStarting Sunday, about 2,000 dockers at the Port of Felixstowe will go on strike for eight days, halting the flow of goods through the UK’s...
22 Aug, 2022, 04.58 PM IST
Asia’s shortage of empty containers may worsen on Rotterdam jamHigh congestion levels at Rotterdam prompted shipping line AP Moller-Maersk A/S to inform customers last week it would be relocating unclai...
21 Jun, 2022, 09.25 AM IST
Shanghai lockdown easing doesn’t mean end to shipping snarlsThe world’s supply chains have taken a battering this year from China’s Zero Covid policy, which has hampered the production and delivery o...
20 May, 2022, 01.16 PM IST
As snarls mount, economists take a walk on the supply sideBefore the pandemic, the supply of goods and services was what economists would generally call “elastic” — flexing easily to match demand.
01 May, 2022, 10.56 AM IST
China-Europe rail routes become supply chain’s latest problemThe conflict is adding to congestion at some of the biggest ports, putting further pressure on global supply chains that are still reeling ...
23 Mar, 2022, 09.35 AM IST
Within days, Russia's war on Ukraine squeezes the global economyThe price of oil, natural gas and other staples spiked Monday. At the same time, the groaning weight on supply chains, still laboring from ...
02 Mar, 2022, 03.26 PM IST
FourKites acquires supply chain visibility provider NIC-placeThe company said that their combined over-the-road, rail and ocean carrier networks create the largest multimodal carrier network in Europe...
07 Feb, 2022, 09.40 AM IST
Indian employees most confident of being better than bosses: SurveyMillennial (73%) and Gen-Z (70%) employees are the most confident in their abilities.
13 Sep, 2019, 10.44 AM IST
Here’s why you get your e-commerce, food orders so quicklyRobots, AI & ML help logistics companies beat traffic & bad roads.
06 Aug, 2019, 09.12 AM IST
FourKites launches India operations, targets a doubling of headcount by 2018The Chennai office will be used further research and development activities and to build upon the company’s engineering and operations func...
06 Aug, 2018, 10.48 PM IST
Women hiring to dip over maternity leave; may cause 1.2 crore job loss in FY19In the midst of several divergent voices on the Act, a study by TeamLease presents stark statistics that provide a rather grim view on wome...
26 Jun, 2018, 09.54 AM IST
Managers spend about 40% of time resolving employee conflicts at workSenior HR executives spend up to 20% of their time in litigation activities, most of which relate to conflict in the workplace, the finding...
28 Apr, 2018, 11.31 AM IST
FourKites raises $35 million for geographic, product expansionFourKites uses connections to more than four million GPS devices and a proprietary algorithm to provide precise arrival time predictions an...
22 Feb, 2018, 02.02 PM IST