The Paradox: A Half-Billion Dollar Windfall Amidst Rising Costs Navigating the labyrinthine corridors of international trade law has become as critical to automotive survival as the engineering of high-performance engines or electric drivetrains. A $500 million check from the federal government
I’m speaking with Rohit Laila, a veteran operator who’s spent decades across customs brokerage, parcel operations and end-to-end supply chains. With CBP’s new portal open for claims tied to the now-defunct IEEPA tariffs, he’s helping shippers and carriers navigate the crush of filings, the 80-day
Why This Roundup Matters Now Six months after a fatal MD-11F crash prompted an Emergency Airworthiness Directive, FedEx signaled a May restart for its 29 parked tri-jets—and the industry took notice. This roundup gathers insight from safety auditors, operations chiefs, pilots, shippers, maintenance
Rohit Laila has spent decades steering complex logistics networks through shocks and scale-ups, marrying operational discipline with tech-forward thinking. With United’s April 27 statement that American “declined to engage” on merger talks—after American publicly shut the door on April 17—his
Ships will not surge back into the Strait of Hormuz in a single triumphant wave; they will tiptoe through a narrow, priced, and policed corridor where politics, insurance, and preparation decide who moves first. That is the essential tension facing energy markets, governments, and supply chain
Relentless delivery windows, tighter audits, and rising energy costs have turned every minute of warehouse downtime into a measurable liability, and operators have responded by tightening workforce competency while installing access systems that fail safely and recover fast. The strategy has been
