Welcome to Ask Ahab, where supply chain professionals from around the world bring their white whale questions to OEC’s resident captain...

As contract negotiations with carrier's sprint towards a close, the shipping industry is beset on all sides by uncertainty; a product of...

The current complexities of the supply chain and the need to successfully navigate it prompted many shippers at this year’s Trans-Pacific...

Steve Myers, COO of OEC Group USA, discusses the role operations play in the supply chain and how this part of the company is so...

Keith Sarnell, Vice President of OEC Group’s Great Plains Region, discusses the critical issues that people will be talking about at this...

The recent announcement of the dissolution of Maersk and MSC’s 2M alliance sent shockwaves through the industry and created a cascading...

Joe Klobus, OEC Group’s Logistics Insurance Manager, discusses dangers passing through the Suez Canal and what the current landscape...

Recent environmental and geopolitical issues have created an industry situation that is resulting in the return of pandemic-era problems,...

Matt Haffner, Regional Vice President of Customs Brokerage, looks back on 2023 and keys us into a few of his department’s initiatives...

2023 will be remembered as a unique year in supply chain history because of the precipitous fall of rates from historic highs back to...

This month, we sat down with Dr. Chenfeng Xiong, a civil engineer working as an Assistant Professor at Villanova University and...

First there was COVID, then the U.S. West Coast labor disputes, and now a change in weather patterns is wreaking havoc on the global...

Advanced planning, new technology, and sustainability are topics that dominated the conversation at the Virginia Maritime Association’s...

Alan Dong, Air Manager of OEC Group’s Northeast region, discusses how his team recently earned an official temperature-controlled...

Many U.S. ports saw the latest conflict between the ILWU and PMA as an opportunity to capitalize on the 13-month long shift away from the...

Joe Klobus, Insurance & Claims Specialist for OEC Group’s Northeast Region, discusses the one area where cargo insurance is often...

Recent and continued labor problems are occurring around the globe and in virtually every sector of the logistics industry. Disagreements...

Experts from The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) discuss the drought surrounding the Panama Canal, its possible relation to global...

The latest drought in Panama has just put all logistics professionals on high alert as to how climate change can negatively affect the...

After more than two years of high costs, high shipping demand, and high levels of congestion, global ocean freight rates have slumped to...