TAGG Logistics will consolidate its three sites around St. Louis next month by opening a 200,000-square-foot facility next to the Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. The development will include multiple kitting and assembly lines, warehouse management and high-volume order-picking systems, and a bulk distribution space. More than half of its business flow is […]
TNT has not abandoned China and will instead focus on international express service from the country. The company will still staff 36 depots across the country and three hubs with about 3,000 employees.
American Shipper surveyed more than 250 shippers and third party logistics providers on their transportation payment and auditing practices and technologies. This year’s report delves into new areas, including the interaction between shippers’ logistics operations and finance departments, and whether shippers and 3PLs are using their payment data in the broader procure-to-pay process. Key Focus […]
Government and maritime industry leaders in Southern California, in a meeting with U.S. Maritime Administrator David Matsuda, made the case Tuesday for expanding the use of a federal trust fund beyond its traditional purpose of funding maintenance dredging of navigation channels to include other types of projects that improve the efficiency of ports, Rep. Janice Hahn, […]
News reports said Guillermo Luksic Craig died of lung cancer. Through its 83 percent stake in Quiñenco, one of Chile’s largest conglomerates, the Luksic family acquired a stake in CSAV in 2011.
According to a BB&T Capital Markets Analysis, truck production will grow from a high end of 263,000 in 2013 to more than 300,000 units in 2014. Truck production for 2012 stood at 278,000 vehicles.
The global container terminal operator PSA International said Thursday it made an operating profit of $1.5 billion in 2012, an increase of 6.7 percent over 2011. PSA’s revenue grew 4.3 percent to $3.7 billion, while it’s net profit rose 10.7 percent to $1 billion. Volume through PSA’s global terminals rose 5.2 percent […]
The cargo handling solutions and services company Kalmar said it has been tapped by Long Beach’s Total Terminals International (TTI) to implement its SmartPort process automation. TTI is a terminal operating affiliate of Hanjin Shipping and the largest single terminal in the Port of Long Beach. Kalmar is a subsidiary of cargo handling […]
The maritime consultant Dynamar this week released a new report detailing the intra-Northern Europe container trade, including a breakdown of the 160 services on the trade. The intra-Northern European trade includes 40 different carriers deploying container, roll-on/roll-off and multipurpose ships with container capacities of 100 to 3,400 TEUs. The report finds Unifeeder provides the most ships […]
Hillwood Properties is adding on to its 17,000-acre master-planned complex AllianceTexas, building the 1.2-million-square-foot industrial speculation property Alliance Center North 1 as part of the Fort Worth development’s 650-acre industrial development. At full buildout, Alliance Center North will span 9 million square feet of industrial space. Project design is currently underway, and […]
Etihad Cargo has named Swissport its first preferred handling partner under a two-year certification contract focusing on stations in Athens, Geneva, Larnaca, Nairobi, Seoul and Toronto. According to a press release, the two parties will expand their agreement to other stations in the future. To obtain the certification, Swissport passed benchmarks in […]
The Baltic Air Charter Association (BACA) has elected Tony Coe, owner of Aviation Complete Ltd., as its new chairman. The association, based at the Baltic Exchange in London, represents the interests of air charter brokers, aircraft operators, airports, aviation lawyers and others in the global air charter industry. Coe has been in […]
The consolidated cases — Asamarbunker v. U.S. 5th Cir. Nos. 12-40246 & 12-40248. Feb.1 — center on the arrest of two ships and their subsequent sale to satisfy outstanding debts. The United States successfully intervened in the in rem proceedings on the basis of preferred mortgage liens on the two vessels. Two bunker […]
Trucking industry claims that most companies are not exploiting their drivers rings hollow to workers’ rights advocates. They say the evidence is clear that workers are not true businessmen with the freedom to pursue customers and set rates in the open market. The Seacon Logix case is more the rule than the exception, […]
Port trucking companies wrestle with productivity, labor compliance challenges. By Eric Kulisch Trucking companies that service the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are trying to overcome impediments at marine terminal gates and intense government scrutiny of their employment practices that they say hurt business. The top concerns for local motor carriers that […]
Airlines bring Asia-to-U.S. cargo capacity in line with dwindling shipper demand. By Jon Ross Two years ago, Asia seemed to be the shining star in the air cargo world. According to the International Air Transport Association, Asian carriers moved a similar amount of cargo in November 2010 than during cargo’s pre-recession peak in […]
Last year, a high-volume shipper with strong exports out of the United States saw an opportunity to bring stability to his air cargo business. Instead of using the volatile spot market to secure air freight rates, he signed a two-year contract with a freight forwarder for the 70 percent of his total business that […]
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