The portal-based ocean shipping network INTTRA and the world’s biggest container carrier Maersk Line said Wednesday they have entered into an expanded strategic relationship to automate shipping processes. The deal encompasses Maersk Line and its subsidiary brands, including its intra-European entity Seago Line, Safmarine and its intra-Asia entity MCC. Maersk and INTTRA […]
International Trade Systems (ITS), a provider of U.S. customs brokerage and freight forwarding software, said Wednesday it will release a new Web-based system that links Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) form generation with analytics. The system, ITS Web, will be available June 1. ITS said the system is certified by ACE and is the […]
Maher Terminals has appointed Gary Cross as president and chief executive officer. Cross joined Maher in 1978 as a management trainee in the safety department and has held positions of increasing responsibility throughout his tenure with the company. He joined the sales and marketing team in 1996, eventually becoming head of marketing and […]
U.S. trade officials are stepping up the pressure on members of the World Trade Organization to advance a “small package” outcome at the upcoming 9th Ministerial Meeting at Bali, Indonesia in December. “At the most recent meeting of the WTO’s Trade Negotiating Committee on April 11, the United States asked that every delegation […]
Southern California-based ocean freight consolidator DGX will start a weekly all-water service from Los Angeles to Guayaquil, Ecuador, effective May 7. “With an aggressive transit time of only eight days from port to port, customers will be able to enjoy all of the benefits of shipping their products via the West Coast as […]
Although air cargo activity out of Asia has cooled in the past few months, Volga-Dnepr Airlines recently delivered a 90-ton shipment of oil and gas equipment from Singapore to Turkmenistan. Flying an Antonov 124-100 freighter on behalf of Pacific Airlift, the company had to use a special loading device to get some of […]
Total cargo activity at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol edged up 2.25 percent in the first quarter, ending the three-month period at 366,269 tons. Freighter movements at the Dutch airport inched up, year over year, 0.4 percent. During the quarter, cargo performed well year over year in January and March, but dipped in February due […]
Kuehne + Nagel has broken ground on a 30,000-square-meter expansion to its 45,000-square-meter facility in Geel, Belgium, to further support its contract logistics business in the country. Completion of the 20,000-square-meter first phase of the project is slated for October. This additional space will be used partly for two clients secured last year […]
Japan’s three large container carriers, which operate with a fiscal year that runs from April 1 to March 31, on Tuesday reported their results for the 2012-2013 fiscal year ending March 31, 2013.
After showing relatively strong numbers toward the end of 2012, worldwide air cargo activity is down 1.1 percent for the first three months of 2013, according to recent data by the International Air Transport Association.
President Obama has named Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx to succeed Ray LaHood as secretary of transportation. Foxx must now be confirmed by the Senate before taking his post. LaHood, who has served as transportation secretary since 2009, announced in late January that he would resign his post as soon as a successor was […]
The carrier confirmed on its Website that a cargo aircraft it operates on behalf of the U.S. military was involved in an accident departing Bagram air base outside Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, resulting in the death of all seven crew members.
U.S. producers ramped up biodiesel generation in February, finishing the month at 68 million gallons, a slight increase from January’s total of 66 million gallons, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Nearly 75 percent of the February production, which came from 110 plants that can generate up to 2.1 billion gallons per […]
DB Schenker Logistics has renewed its contract for supply chain visibility solutions with the cloud-based supply chain technology provider GT Nexus, the Oakland-based company said Tuesday. DB Schenker has used GT Nexus since 2008 to provide cargo management capabilities for its customers, including end-to-end inventory and shipment visibility, purchase order management and origin […]
Two members of Congress from Southern California are urging the City of Los Angeles and BNSF Railway to take further steps to mitigate the environmental effects of a planned intermodal container transfer facility to protect the health of Long Beach residents who live close by. The Southern California International Gateway is planned for […]
Due to the death of Chief Executive Officer Wayne Cederholm earlier this month, C.R. England has reorganized its senior leadership. Chad England, who formerly served as chief operating officer, will take over as CEO, and Dan England has been promoted from president to co-chairman. Chief Financial Officer Josh England will also serve as […]
Maersk Line has named Stephen Richard Schueler as chief commercial officer, effective May 27. He replaces Lucas Vos, who leaves the position at the liner carrier on May 1. Schueler, 46, is an American and will join Maersk from Microsoft Corp. where he was head of global retail sales and marketing. […]
OIA Global has opened a new office in Tokyo — the company’s first office in Japan — and has named Shigeru Kashihara as managing director of Japan. The new location will give OIA customers in the United States, Japan and throughout Asia-Pacific better control of their freight, according to a company release. […]
The cloud-based global freight rate management solution provider CargoSphere said Tuesday it has released a new feature aimed at allowing logistics service providers (LSPs) to quickly and efficiently refresh rate quotes. The feature, Floodgate Quote Refresh, is designed to give freight forwarders and non-vessel operating common carriers the ability to automate the rate […]
Dakota Granite Co., Zinifex Taylor Chemicals and 11 other shippers brought a suit against BNSF, CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific in 2007. The plaintiffs alleged the carriers illegally imposed surcharges from 2003 to 2008.
