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   Three-fourths of global logistics companies are unable to get the prices they deserve for their services, according to the findings of the Global Pricing Study 2012, conducted by strategy and marketing consultancy Simon-Kucher & Partners.    The causes, managers say, are a price-aggressive competitive environment and a prevalence of standardized products. The study incorporated […]

   All Nippon Airlines will resume regular, nonstop Boeing 777-300ER flights from Tokyo Narita to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on June 1.    The carrier will reintroduce Boeing 787s to the route starting in September.    ANA had been flying the Tokyo-Seattle route using 787s since October, but took the 787 out of service when the […]

   Agility has signed a five-year, $24.4 million contract with Kuwait National Petroleum Co. for transportation services.    In addition to moving oversized and traditional petroleum shipments over Agility’s air, land and sea networks, the company will provide origin logistics, customs clearance, freight forwarding and procurement services.      “The contract plays to many of our […]

The VPA Board of Commissioners expects to announce how it will reorganize the VPA and Virginia International Terminals (VIT), the state’s in-house terminal management company, at its next meeting on May 28.

The liner said its petroleum services group is entering the liquefied natural gas market by acquiring Carib Energy, a Florida-based company that was founded in 2011 to export LNG to industrial facilities in the Caribbean and Latin America.

Officials blamed weak market conditions on IAG’s sluggish North American trade lane and industrial action at Iberia earlier in the year for the poor load factors. “We have a huge amount of our capacity on the transatlantic,” IAG’s Steve Gunning said.

The move will save each plane 4 percent of its current fuel expenditure by reducing drag during flight. The winglets also reduce noise emissions and improve performance during take off, according to the integrator.

   Earlier this year, YRC approach Arkansas Best about the possibility of a acquiring ABF Freight System, according to a recently released U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing, but was turned down by the smaller less-than-containerload carrier.    After receiving the proposal, details of which have not been disclosed, ABF officials told the other carrier “that considering a […]

   Logistics information technology solutions provider Descartes Systems has extended its relationship with IAG Cargo to include air cargo booking through Descartes’ cloud-based Global Freight Exchange (GF-X) Private Label solution.    Descartes’ solution will support iagcargo.com, the carrier’s free electronic booking portal for freight forwarders.    Descartes’ GF-X allows air carriers to distribute real-time product, routing, capacity and rate […]

   IAS Logistics will expand its Texas hub-and-spoke trucking operation to Los Angeles, Chicago and Miami.    No timeline for the expansion has been released.    The carrier’s services currently operate from Texas’ biggest airports, and in each new city, IAS will focus on building out from major airports. From the new city offerings, the IAS team […]

   The U.S. Export-Import Bank approved a final commitment for a $45.5 million loan guarantee to VRG Linhas Aereas S.A. (GOL), a Brazilian airline.    The financing will support the export of engine maintenance services by Delta TechOps (Delta), a subsidiary of Delta Airlines. This transaction will support about 400 jobs, according to Ex-Im Bank. […]

   The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has proposed to amend its rules to allow the import of fresh jackfruit, pineapple, and starfruit from Malaysia into the continental United States.    As a condition of entry, all three commodities would have to be irradiated for insect pests, inspected, and imported […]

   Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade Francisco Sánchez arrived in Hong Kong Thursday with representatives from a group of U.S. companies to start off the Trade Winds Asia 2013.    According to the Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration, the annual trade mission and business matchmaking event helps firms gain market insights, make industry contacts, […]

   With large quantities of sugar currently on the domestic market, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will use its waiver authority under the Refined Sugar Re-Export Program to temporarily permit licensed refiners to transfer program sugar from their license to another licensed refiner through Sept. 30.    USDA will also temporarily increase the license limit […]

While the International Brotherhood of Teamsters has put what a local union calls “a tight lid” on information about a proposed five-year contract deal with ABF, analysts are trying to figure out what a new agreement would look like.

Hutchison Port Holdings Management said a wage increase proposal put forth by the external contractors at its Hongkong International Terminals, providing a 9.8 percent pay rise, has been accepted by their workers.

   Denver-based Rocla Concrete Tie, a railroad tie manufacturer, has been acquired by Altus Capital Partners and the company’s senior management team from a Belgian holding company.    Financial details of the purchase were not disclosed.    “We are extremely excited about the opportunity of working with Altus Capital Partners to accelerate growth and create […]

   DHL Global Forwarding has added daily intermodal services from Shanghai and a weekly service from Chengdu to the European border.    The offerings will use a combination of rail and truck transportation.    According to DHL officials, customers will see faster shipments of up to 21 days compared with ocean shipments and lower transportation costs. […]

   The Messenger Courier Association of America (MCAA) has changed its name to the Customized Logistics & Delivery Association (CLDA).    The rebranding effort was announced today by CLDA president, Rob Johnstone, at the association’s annual meeting in New Orleans.    “The name change comes as part of an overall rebranding effort to better reflect […]

Though only introduced recently, EXL Service’s program has been in place with a North American less-than-truckload carrier for the past few years, and it has saved the firm $80 million in revenue by improving data capture.