Author Archives: just2bruce

Japanese shipping majors in freefall – Splash 247

More trouble on the sea.  This article came to me through logo  The Loadstar, which is a good aggregator of stories on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and general financial information on the major ocean carriers.

screenshot-splash247-com-2017-01-31-08-03-44On a dire day for Japan’s big three shipping lines, Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) revealed a record loss of just shy of $2bn for the first nine months, Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) was forced once again to revise downwards its full-year forecast and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) notched up a poor $468m loss for […]

Source: Japanese shipping majors in freefall – Splash 247

The Gurus Are Back! 2017 Supply Chain Predictions

Dan Gilmore’s Gurus are always interesting and provocative.  Omnichannel is dead! Dataengineering is in! The customer counts most! Transportation rates are going up!

Who knows, but it is great fun to see experts go out on a limb.  It’s also fun to see where they were right or wrong.  Let’s ask Dan to review last year’s predictions to see who homered and who struck out!

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Mike Regan, Gene Tyndall, Dr. Michael Watson and Jim Barnes Offer their Prognostications, More Guru Predictions Next Week

Source: The Gurus Are Back! 2017 Supply Chain Predictions

Red flag for Yang Ming

Yet another in the ocean carrier dominoes waiting to fall.

Following the bankruptcy of Hanjin, Taiwan’s Yang Ming is now the container line in the greatest financial danger, according to a research paper published today.

  Source: Red flag for Yang Ming as container line is weighed down by billion-dollar losses – The Loadstar