Kuehne + Nagel has expanded its logistics operations space in Belgium. On Wednesday, the company finished the second phase of its Geel facility was inaugurated, expanding the development’s 45,000 square meters of space to a total of 65,000 square meters. An area of 10,000 square meters is specifically designed to meet requirements of […]
TNT Express has expanded its Express Freight service to 10 additional countries, bringing its global coverage to 80 countries. The expansion includes business locations in North America, and the company said customers shipping to the Middle East and South America will also benefit. “Offering Express Freight to more destinations internationally gives customers additional […]
The industrial rebirth in the Gulf region, new domestic energy production, and the steady rise in U.S. exports has benefited the Port of New Orleans the past 18 months, and Louisiana state officials are laying the groundwork to grow cargo volumes further, Port Director Gary LaGrange told business leaders last month in his annual state-of-the-port […]
Siim Kallas, the vice president of the European Commission responsible for transport, told a Danish publication that the proposed P3 Alliance between Maersk Line, MSC and CGM CGA is “a very good idea.”
The South Carolina State Ports Authority’s James Newsome said he hoped the P3 would be approved in some form, but said ports that are in close proximity may file agreements with the FMC to create “a reasonable conterveiling power.”
The former president of ACI – North America laid out a path for increased infrastructure spending that would eliminate the federal grant program for the largest 30 airports by 2016 and raise the meager passenger ticket tax.
The G6 carriers — APL, Hapag-Lloyd, Hyundai Merchant Marine, MOL, NYK, and OOCL — filed their agreement on Dec. 2, and it is slated to go into effect Jan. 16 unless the FMC delays that date by asking for additional information.
International freight volumes are expected to grow 17 percent over the next five years, according to the International Air Transport Association’s “2013-2017 Airline Industry Forecast.”
Public-private partnerships are on the rise, creating a stable outlook for the nation’s infrastructure despite slow growth, according to Fitch Ratings’ 2014 transportation infrastructure outlook. Needed infrastructure is being completed by these partnerships because of “uncertain” federal resources and the dearth of local and state money, Fitch’s Scott Zuchorski explained. “While not […]
American manufacturers and related industries shipped almost 11.7 billion tons of goods valued at more than $13.6 trillion in 2012, according to preliminary numbers from the 2012 Commodity Flow Survey released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Census Bureau. Final CFS data […]
DHL Express announced Tuesday that it will double the operational footprint of its main European hub in Leipzig, Germany, to accommodate future shipment volume growth. The company plans to invest 150 million euro ($205.72 million) to construct additional warehousing, sorting and office facilities with a territory of approximately 44,000 square meters. A new […]
XPO Logistics has entered into a definitive agreement with Landstar System to acquire NLM for $87 million. The transaction is expected to close by mid-January 2014. The deal will add NLM’s proprietary online auction system, which allows carriers to bid on loads that are then awarded electronically, to XPO’s transportation management capabilities. […]
The Asian Shippers Council (ASC) at its annual meeting on this week in Shenzhen, China, has objected to the proposal by Maersk, MSC and CMA CGM to form the P3 Network. The group said the vessel-sharing agreement by the world’s three largest container shipping companies would result “in the biggest concentration of capacity […]
Kulisch Eric Kulisch, trade and transportation editor of American Shipper, received an award from the London-based Seahorse Club Dec. 10 for his September issue cover story, “Breaking down the wall” (pages 8-17), an analysis on how e-commerce has hastened retailers toward omni-channel strategies. The Seahorse Club is a networking group of public relations, marketing, […]
Intertanko said, “Vetting inspections of tankers by oil companies are proliferating in frequency, rising steadily in cost and, at an estimated $300 million a year, are well on the way to running out of control.”
Aspects of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program are an unreliable measure of driver risk, according to a recently published paper by the American Trucking Associations. In the report, the ATA looked at the FMCSA’s safety measurement system (SMS), a measure of the broader CSA ratings, and found that […]
IAG Cargo has unveiled new routes for its next-generation aircraft, the B787 and A380. Offering increased cargo capacity and cold-chain services, the aircraft will be deployed across a number of key routes in the IAG Cargo network throughout 2014. The B787 will launch from four locations on IAG Cargo’s global network. After its […]
“Imports have seen good growth over the last year, and retailers are well-stocked as the holiday season continues,” stated the National Retail Federation’s Jonathan Gold. “Holiday merchandise has made it from the ships to the shelves.”
The world’s airports reported an overall year-over-year gain of 4.1 percent in air freight traffic for the month of October, despite sluggish global commerce for most of 2013, according to Airports Council International. The rise in air freight volumes is consistent with the recent improvements in international trade volumes and overall business confidence, […]
