Shipping Federation of Canada Discusses Supply Chain Resilience
Article audio (courtesy of Don Sheetz) On May 7, 2024, the Shipping Federation of Canada held its annual conference at the Mount Royal Centre in downtown Montreal, drawing over 100 attendees. This year's theme, "Supply Chain Sea Change," focused on the
Book Review: The Deadly Life of Logistics: Mapping Violence in Global Trade
Deborah Cowen, The Deadly Life of Logistics: Mapping Violence in Global Trade. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2014. 328 pp. This book is both revealing and concealing. There is something to learn in this book, but its academic jargon does not
Book Review: The Human Element in Container Shipping
Burkhard Lemper, Thomas Pawlik, Susanne Neumann, ed. The Human Element in Container Shipping. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2012. 174 pp. This volume is a collection of essays that explores the human element in container shipping. Though the editors note that the “human
What does shipping have to do with your faith? More than a little.
A new podcast teaches consumers a lesson in globalization, its promise, and its potential liabilities. Originally published in US Catholic. Most of us devote little thought to ocean-borne shipping. Yet it plays an enormous role in our lives, as around 90 percent of