The Anchorage Economic Development Corp. (AEDC) has promoted Jon Bittner to vice president. In his new position at AEDC, Bittner will be responsible for day-to-day operations of the organization as well as developing new projects and initiatives to drive the organization forward. Since joining AEDC in 2011, he has developed national and international […]
Mississippi’s governor says he wants to speed up development of the Port of Gulfport. The Sun Herald newspaper, reporting on a meeting it had with Gov. Phil Bryant Wednesday, said “he wants quicker action on issues stalling development at the Port of Gulfport so the project moves forward and produces 1,200 new jobs in […]
Supply chain management services firm Ameriquest has appointed Kate Freer to vice president of marketing for business services. Since joining AmeriQuest in 2004, Freer has led the marketing and communications strategies for AmeriQuest Business Services and its subsidiary companies, including the most recent acquisitions of COR360 and CURE Leasing & Maintenance. Prior […]
The classification society Bureau Veritas has named Philippe Donche-Gay executive vice president in charge of the marine and offshore division, merging the two units. The change follows the retirement of Bernard Anne as executive vice president and managing director of the marine division.
Kenco, a Chattanooga, Tenn.-based provider of distribution, transportation and supply chain services, named Steve Perry vice president of human resources for Kenco Management Services. “His skills and experience include building advocacy, business development, change management, labor relations, leadership development, and mergers and acquisitions,” said Scott Mayfield, president of Kenco Management Services. Perry […]
Growing losses at the airline’s cargo division in the first half of the fiscal year contributed to lower operating profits and a 30 percent decline in net profit for the parent company.
The liner carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co. said Wednesday it plans to hike Asia-Europe rates from mid-December. The increase, $600 per TEU, applies to cargo from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and Bangladesh destined for ports in Northern Europe, the Mediterranean (including north Africa), and the Black Sea. […]
Beverly Fedorko, a spokesperson for the New York Shipping Association, said longshoremen were eager to return to work and “anxious to get the port back and running and get that feeling of contributing to the well-being of the region.”
ECS Group, a general sales and services agent based in Paris, has acquired three companies in Italy founded by Glauco Martinelli, including Air Transport Consultants Spa (ATC), Airfreight and Data Processing Srl (ADP), and Airline Logistics Srl (AirLog).
A leader of the Virginia Maritime Association and Virginia’s transportation secretary have engaged in a very public debate about the financial health of the Hampton Roads ports. In an article published over the weekend, the Virginian Pilot newspaper said the exchange of letters between Arthur W. Moye Jr., executive vice president and secretary […]
PayCargo will provide ASCI clients with payment processing services integrated directly into ASCI’s accounting module to offer payment processing capabilities not currently available within ASCI’s suite.
Ti Business Development Director Mike Nordmann, a veteran of the African logistics market, said investors and logistics companies will have to adopt a more positive approach if they wish to exploit the region’s opportunities.
The bank has extended provisions to help exporters and financial institutions located in those portions of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast that have been declared federal disaster areas due to the impact of Hurricane Sandy.
The DOT agency on Monday said it’s leading an Interstate Petroleum Transport Team to ensure the quickest and most efficient movement of fuel to the region devastated by Hurricane Sandy.
The CKYH Green Alliance said Tuesday it will cancel seven Asia-Mediterranean sailings during the winter to better align supply with slowing demand during the period. The dropped sailings will come between November and mid-January.
Expeditors International of Washington said it had a profit attributable to shareholders of $88.5 million for the third quarter of 2012, compared with $106.6 million for the same quarter last year, a decrease of 17 percent. Net revenue for the third quarter of 2012 was $465 million, 6 percent less than the $494 […]
The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled that a state agency violated the law when it negotiated an agreement before issuing a key permit needed to deepen the Savannah River. The Supreme Court’s decision last Friday comes just one week after Jo-Ellen Darcy, head of the Army Corps of Engineers’ civil works programs, […]
Arc Terminals said it is working with Canadian National Railway to build a rail tank car unloading terminal in Mobile, Ala., to handle Western Canadian heavy and Bakken light crude oils destined to Gulf Coast refineries.
Intermodal volume rose 3.2 percent in the third quarter, the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) said Monday. Volume grew to nearly 3.8 million units year-on-year despite signs of an economic slowdown in the quarter, IANA said. “Trailer volume dropped 10.7 percent, as shippers continued to move away from 45-foot and 48-foot […]
The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners on Monday voted to purchase an office building in east Long Beach to serve as temporary headquarters for the Port of Long Beach administrative offices. The port’s administrative staff of about 350 people is expected to move to the building, near Long Beach Airport, sometime next […]
