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The global third party logistics services provider has appointed Francesc Casamitjana as regional chief executive officer of its Global Integrated Logistics (GIL) business in the Americas, effective Jan. 1.

   Miami-based non-vessel-operating common carrier Econocaribe Consolidators has appointed John Kamada to manager for the U.S. West Coast region.    Based in Los Angeles, Kamada will be responsible for sales and operations in the Pacific region. Prior to joining Econocaribe, he developed full-containerload sales for Ocean World Lines.

Xun Wang, a former managing director of PPG Paints Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., was sentenced Thursday to a year in prison for conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

   The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday released its final rule establishing general regulations to improve the traceability of livestock moving interstate.    “With the final rule announced today, the United States now has a flexible, effective animal disease traceability system for livestock moving interstate, without undue burdens for ranchers and U.S. livestock businesses,” said […]

   An Iranian company, its subsidiaries and several of its officers and business partners have been charged in Alexandria, Va., for allegedly exporting more than $30 million in computer goods from U.S. companies to Iran, in violation of trade sanctions imposed on Iran, the U.S. Justice Department said.    “BMWW (Business Machinery World Wide) is […]

   Third party logistics services provider SDV has set up a subsidiary in Norway extending its network to Scandinavia.    “SDV Norway AS is fully integrated into SDV’s global network and offers a complete range of services in international supply chain. The headquarters are located in central Oslo where ocean freight and industrial projects are […]

   For the first time in its history, China is expected to produce more corn than rough rice, demonstrating a growing affluence by the Chinese middle class and their demand for an increasingly protein-rich diet, the Washington-based U.S. Grain Council said.    In its December World Agricultural Supply & Demand Estimate, the U.S. Department of Agriculture […]

   Wednesday’s story on November container volumes at the Port of Charleston included incorrect figures for the Port of Jacksonville’s year-to-date volume. The 403,504 TEU figure in the story actually refers to container tonnage. The port doesn’t have calendar year data available at this point, but its fiscal year volume for 2011/2012, ended Sept. 30, was 923,660 […]

Investment in optimization systems drives widening revenue gap between truck brokers.    By Eric Johnson       Brad Jacobs knows a high-growth industry when he sees one.    The chief executive officer of XPO Logistics, an expanding truck brokerage that also provides third party logistics services, Jacobs invested in the firm after a track record of […]

   Carriers want a single transpacific discussion agreement. The major container shipping companies in the transpacific want to create a single organization in which they can discuss both U.S. exports and imports, rather than having separate discussion agreements for the trade in each direction.

Related Magazine Content U.S. Customs cuts red tape    Japan has mutual recognition agreements for Authorized Economic Operator programs with six economies: New Zealand, the United States, European Union, Canada, South Korea and Singapore.    There are 496 companies in Japan that have achieved AEO status, according to the Japanese Embassy in Washington, compared to […]

   Last month I described how U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Canada Border Services Agency have partnered on a pilot project to scan cargo at the Port of Prince Rupert for U.S.-bound ocean containers transported by intermodal rail through International Falls, Minn., rather than when they cross the land border.    At CBP’s […]

   American shippers may be preoccupied about how the expanded Panama Canal, increasing fuel costs and finding properly trained labor will impact their supply chains in the near future, but they should be careful not to lose sight of where they should focus their energies by the end of this decade.    China is expected […]

By Eric Kulisch    Delta Air Lines, the world’s largest passenger airline, and fast-growing Emirates of Dubai exemplify the different attitudes towards freighter aircraft among passenger airlines that also haul cargo.    Atlanta-based Delta has no freighter aircraft and quickly decommissioned more than 10 jumbo jet freighters it took possession of when it acquired Northwest […]

   TOTE, Inc., parent company of Sea Star Line and Totem Ocean Trailer Express, said last month it will build two 3,100-TEU containerships for the Puerto Rico trade that will be fueled with liquefied natural gas (LNG). It also has options to build three more similar ships for “additional domestic service.”    TOTE emphasized the […]