Supply Chain Research

2019 doesn’t look set to be any easier for the global logistics industry than 2018 with potential restrictions on new service offerings, vertical integration between couriers and shipping lines and significant investment needs ahead. Also: the shipping industry’s traditional rate surge ahead of the lunar new year holidays may be interrupted; the EU starts 2019 with steel protectionism; logistics industry employment in the U.S. grew quicker than the wider economy for a ninth straight year in 2018; business sentiment towards trade diverged between China and the U.S. last month; a “heck of ...