Keeping up in a world hurtling toward the dawn of the IMO 2020 mandate is the biggest challenge facing the maritime industry, according to Kathy Metcalf, president and CEO of the Chamber of Shipping of America. In a discussion at the Women’s International Shipping & Trade Association (WISTA) International Annual General Meeting & Conference, Metcalf […]
Florida’s Jacksonville Port Authority (Jaxport) yesterday announced it has been awarded a $20 million federal grant to reconstruct more than 100 acres of existing terminal pavement at the SSA Jacksonville Container Terminal at the port’s Blount Island Marine Terminal.
The trucking industry is finally on the precipice of what will be the final leg of the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate implementation, which will go into effect on December 16. With that, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will expect every truck running on American roads to comply with the mandate and have […]
U.S. service companies grew at a faster pace in October after sinking to a three-year low in September. The Institute for Supply Management, an association of purchasing managers, reported Tuesday that its service index grew to 54.7% last month, up from 52.6% in September. Any reading above 50 signals growth.
U.S. manufacturing output slumped in October by the most in six months as an auto workers’ strike at General Motors Co. curtailed vehicle production and the trade war continued to weigh on other factories. The 0.6% decline in output followed a 0.5% decrease the previous month, Federal Reserve data showed Friday. Excluding the 7.1% drop […]
After Instagram said last week that it would extend hiding likes to the US, its users globally were hit with the change Thursday. Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, said it’s all about changing how people, especially young users, feel about the social media platform. “Today a small portion of people on Instagram worldwide will no […]
Google wants to make it easier to learn word pronunciations. Today, it introduced a new Search feature that will let users practice saying tricky words. When you look up a pronunciation, Google will provide an answer, and when you say the word into your phone’s microphone, Search will let you know if you said it […]
Saks Fifth Avenue and Sephora are among the retailers that have tested Google’s local and shopping campaigns, which the search giant is expanding for this year’s holiday shopping season, according to a Google blog post. The local campaigns are designed to drive traffic to nearby locations by geotargeting mobile users, while shopping campaigns have expanded […]
Walmart launched a Siri shortcut for online grocery in partnership with Apple on Tuesday, according to a company blog post. The shortcut allows customers to add products to their Walmart grocery cart by talking to Siri.
About 90% of consumers said they’re equally or more brand loyal than they were a year ago, according to a new survey from e-commerce marketing platform Yotpo. Sixty-one percent of respondents said they’re loyal to up to five brands, while 26.2% said they are loyal to between six and 10 brands.
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