Trans-Pacific Maritime Conference 2017 and the outlook for contract rates.
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BCS Placement is always excited to attend the TPM Conference and discuss the future rates and services as the economy and industry recovers. Import numbers are improving and the forecast […]
Logistics jobs can help offset manufacturing losses
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While the U.S. has suffered greatly over the loss of manufacturing jobs, especially in the Midwest, some of those job losses are offset by the growth seen across the logistics […]
US Trucking Employment Reaches 10 Year High
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According to data tracked by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, peak season demand over the holidays helped push U.S. for-hire trucking employment to a ten year high this December. […]
PwC reports T&L deals are softening.
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This week PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) announced that, while still impressive with a solid outlook, a softening of deal activity occurred across a number of sectors, due to economic and political instability […]
DHL and Amazon bring jobs to Chicago
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As all of the focus this month seems geared towards the Olympics and the world’s stage, BCS is pulling back from the global outlook to focus this week on our […]
Airfreight growth slows along with consumer confidence
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The Airports Council International (ACI) reported that air cargo tonnage is flat for the start of 2016, rising only 0.6% in May, over May 2015, though passenger traffic was up […]
How Trade Made America Great
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The Wall Street Journal has a great article about the history of trade from the 1960s. Extensively covering the high points that defined our trade parameters from the post WWII […]
China’s Slowing Economy
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In 2015 the Chinese economy grew just 6.9%, almost half a percent less than 2014, and has an expected growth rate of 6.3% and6% for 2016 and 2017 respectively. After […]
WESCCON 2015
During October 15-18 BCS attended WESCCON in beautiful Palm Springs, CA. We eagerly awaited this event as we knew we’d finally get to link names and faces with our clients […]