by Alex Pappas | Oct 28, 2011 | Week in Global Logistics
New Shipping Industry Group to Help Victims of Maritime Piracy – Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Program (MPHRP) is a new association whose mission is to aid crew members and families affected by pirate attacks. Currently, there are nearly 300 crew members from...
by Alex Pappas | Oct 7, 2011 | Green, Week in Global Logistics
Biofuel Research Can Lead to a Greener Supply Chain – The United States Department of Agriculture has budgeted $136 million for biofuel research. A University of Washington team received $40 million from the plan to research energy crops, which can ultimately lead to...
by Alex Pappas | Sep 16, 2011 | Green, Week in Global Logistics
Recycled Packaging In Your Supply Chain – Companies are looking at recycled packaging to help reduce their carbon footprint. Recycled paperboard, for example, is used by companies in a variety of industries because of its low cost, versatility, high quality,...
by Alex Pappas | Jun 24, 2011 | China, Green, Week in Global Logistics
FDA Seeks to Improve Import Safety – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a report that outlines ways to improve the safety and security of the imported products that it regulates. In the past ten years, the FDA went from policing six million shipments to...
by Alex Pappas | Mar 4, 2011 | Technology, Week in Global Logistics
Kite-Powered Ship – The international food/agricultural producer Cargill plans to use wind power to reduce fuel consumption by up to 35% on one of their chartered ships. They found a partner in Hamburg based SkySails GmbH & Co. KG . The German company will...