How should the maritime curriculum change to reflect the skills required soon?
With autonomous ships likely to enter service soon, LR has set out the ‘how’ of marine autonomous operations in a new ShipRight Procedure guidance.
Source: LR defines ‘autonomy levels’ for ship design and operation
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Posted in Advanced Computing, Logistics, Shipping
Tagged innovation, labor economics, ocean shipping, Shipping, ships
The proposed new regulations are opposed by the AAR as we might expect. Rules have not been updated since 1985. The finding is a small modification. Rails who want switching from another line need only show it is in the interest of lowering overall costs, not that the other line is behaving monopolistically.
Something must be done to loosen up the switching rules. Rails argue that it would be costly and prevent them from making large capital investments. But when you consider that since the 1880’s rails have benefited from free land …
I agree with the last paragraph in the article: this rule should keep the lawyers busy!
New regulations focused around reciprocal switching were proposed by the Department of Transportation’s Surface Transportation Board (STB) yesterday.
Source: STB rolls out proposed reciprocal switching regulations
Thanks to author Jeff Berman for the article!
Posted in Production Operations, Rail, Supply Chains
Tagged infrastructure, intermodal, Logistics, Rail
Thanks to Loadstar for reminding us that in business our ethics can be challenged daily. Logistics is no different. This type of scam has been practiced for years; there was an incident when I was working for a mining company. It involved accountants and shell companies that simply cashed checks without providing services.
Complexity in supply chains offers increased opportunity to cheat without being noticed. The more partners there are, the more diverse interests and more complex contracts. But not every contingency can be detailed in a contract. At the base, business deals are founded on trust.
Logistics executive working for Macy’s pleads guilty to shipping scam that saw $3.5m embezzled from the retailer
Source: Macy’s logistics exec faces jail after admitting $3.5m shipping scam – The Loadstar
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