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   The transportation management systems (TMS) providers 3Gtms and Transite Technology said Tuesday they have merged to focus on providing “highly specialized” TMS applications to mid-market companies.    “Transite’s product suite is the ideal platform to develop a very broad suite of transportation software, while 3Gtms’s initial suite includes a brokerage system, a standalone rating […]

Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley has proposed a new 2 percent sales tax on gasoline as part of a proposed transportation plan aimed at generating $3.4 billion for highway and transit projects over the next five years.

   Emirates Shipping Line said Tuesday it has joined a service between China and India operated by APL and OOCL.    Emirates will use the CIX moniker for the service, the same used by both operators. The service has a rotation of Xingang, Dalian, Qingdao, Busan, Hong Kong, Chiwan, Singapore, Colombo, Nhava Sheva, Pipavav, Port […]

   The Sri Lanka Freight Forwarders Association (SLFFA) has partnered with the Cargo Community Network (CCN) to bring CCN’s electronic services to the country’s air forwarders.    The platform, CCNhub, allows forwarders to electronically make allotment and sales bookings, review flight schedules, track and trace shipments, distribute neutral air waybills. The system also allows e-invoicing and payment. […]

   The liner carrier CMA CGM said Tuesday it plans to raise rates on European exports to the west coast of South America from April 1.    The increase, 300 euros per TEU, is applicable from origins in Scandinavia, the Baltic, United Kingdom, Ireland, and continental Europe (including Atlantic ports in Spain and Portugal). – […]

   A congressional watchdog agency found that agriculture inspection fees collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service continue to come up short.    Specifically, the Government Accountability Office’s analysis discovered a more than $325 million gap between fee revenues and total program costs in fiscal year 2011, […]

   Classification society ABS said its chairman Robert D. Somerville will retire, effective April 30.    Current President and Chief Executive Officer Christopher J. Wiernicki will become chairman of ABS subject to final election by the board during its next meeting on April 22.    Somerville has been with the society for 43 years, and […]

   American Airlines’ parent company, AMR Corp., and US Airways have received a request for additional information from the U.S. Justice Department concerning its proposed merger.    The move is a normal step in the process, and officials still expect the deal to close in the third quarter.    American and US Air announced the […]

   The Commerce Department has determined the Chinese government subsidizes hardwood and decorative plywood production which is then exported to the United States.    Specifically, the department determined on Feb. 27 that producers/exporters from China have received countervailable subsidies ranging from 0.22 percent (de minimis) to 27.16 percent. Linyi City Dongfang Jinxin Economic & Trade Co., Linyi […]

   President Obama’s 2010 plan to double export levels by 2015 prioritizes exports from small businesses, and he tasked the Small Business Administration and five other agencies with promoting exports from small businesses.    In a report to the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, the Government Accountability Office found the SBA’s coordination with the […]

GTM is about more than just compliance – it’s about integrating the financial, regulatory, and transportation components of a supply chain through enhanced processes and the best people. The report explores five challenges universal to global trade management practitioners today: Visibility beyond basic track and trace. Leveraging financial tools to create bottom-line benefits from GTM. […]

Kuehne + Nagel International AG has accepted the resignation of CEO Reinhard Lange for health reasons, effective May 7. The company’s net profit for 2012 fell 18.6 percent from 2011 to 493 million Swiss francs ($522.6 million).

   Last month’s announcement that Mediterranean Shipping Co., the second-largest container carrier in the world by capacity, had invested as a minority partner with Hanjin’s Total Terminals International to operate Pier T at the Port of Long Beach could have ripple effects at the Port of Oakland and one of its main terminal operators, Ports America. […]

The Chilean liner carrier said Monday it made an operating profit of $8.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2012, a huge improvement on the $158.1 million the line lost in the same quarter in 2011.

   Delta Air Lines flew 178,698 cargo ton miles in February, a year-over-year decrease of 3.5 percent.    So far in 2013, the carrier has seen 353,822 tons of air freight activity, putting its two-month total 1.5-percent behind its results over the same period in 2012.    Even with these numbers, Delta Cargo officials are […]

   Norbert Dentressangle has opened a new office in Hanoi, Vietnam, to focus on traffic between Vietnam and China.    HSBC said trade between the two nations is expected to rise by 18 percent in the next two years, and Vietnam has set a 2013 Chinese export goal of $126 billion.    Norbert Dentressangle’s Guillaume Col […]

IATA reported North American airlines experienced a 0.6-percent uptick in demand on a 1 percent capacity decline. A demand growth in Europe of 1.2 percent was wiped out by a 2.4-percent increase in capacity.

   The Federal Statistical Office of Germany reported today that air freight out of that country was down across the board last year when compared to 2011.    Shipments within Germany came to 4.3 million tons, a decline of 2.2 percent, year over year. Loaded goods declined by 1.7 percent and unloaded goods fell by 2.8 percent, year […]

   Ryder Systems has enhanced its Dedicated Contract Carriage product and renamed it Ryder Dedicated.    Dedicated trucking essentially serves as a shipper’s private fleet with the motor carrier or logistics supplier providing trucks, drivers, maintenance, dispatch, and administrative services along with guaranteed access to capacity compared to regular transportation contracts.    Ryder said it is […]

   The liner carrier COSCO Container Lines said Monday it plans to hike bunker rates on the transpacific trade from April 1.    The line’s bunker adjustment factor will move to: $429 per 20-foot container, $536 per 40-foot container, $603 per 40-foot high-cube or high-cube refrigerated container, and $679 per 45-foot container for all cargo […]