Third-party logistics provider Kane Is Able has appointed Don Mogan to vice president of customer solutions, and Adam Zaranski to director of customer solutions as part of its business development team. They will report to Scott Moran, Kane’s executive vice president of business development and marketing. Mogan, a 25-year logistics industry veteran, has […]
Americold, a temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics provider to the food industry, appointed Allison Aden to executive vice president and chief financial officer. In this role, Aden is responsible for domestic and international financial strategy, reporting to Jeffrey M. Gault, president and chief executive officer of Americold. She joins the company after serving […]
The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) has appointed David Jackson as senior director of customs and industry compliance. Jackson is an international trade attorney with experience representing companies on import, export, and foreign trade zone matters. At RILA, he will support the association’s members on Customs issues as well as broader regulatory compliance. […]
HID Global, a provider of logistics-oriented radio frequency identification (RFID) tag solutions, was picked by Bodega Norton winery in Argentina to refine its harvesting process. The Irvine, Calif.-based firm, in partnership with system integrator Fundación Ada Byron (FAB), worked with Bodega Norton to develop a solution to replace a cumbersome, outdated tracking system […]
TSC Container Freight, the non-vessel-operating common carrier and freight forwarding arm of The Scoular Co., will enhance its rail service visibility by deploying Descartes Systems Group’s IES Web Tracking solution. In addition, TSC Container Freight has expanded its relationship with Descartes by adopting Descartes’ cloud-based Ocean AMS (Automated Manifest System). “Reliable and cost-effective […]
Accellos, a Colorado Springs, Colo.-based provider of supply chain software, said Accel-KKR has made a “strategic” equity investment in its business. Accel-KKR is a leading technology-focused private equity firm with over $2.3 billion of assets under management. The firm focuses exclusively on middle-market software and technology companies with strong growth profiles. Details of the […]
State officials, including the Virginia Port Authority (VPA), are still considering offers from APM Terminals and RREEF, the real estate arm of Deutsche Bank, to take operational control of the state’s marine terminals.
The service will link northeast China with Fujian in southeast China and Shantou in south China’s Guangdong province. “This move is just the start of an intensive cooperation in domestic container shipping.” China Shipping said.
H.S. “Smitty” Thorne has been named deputy director and chief operating officer of the Alabama State Port Authority, which owns and operates the state’s deep-water port facilities at the Port of Mobile. Thorne will have oversight of the day-to-day administration, marketing and operations at the port. “This move will help alleviate increasing demands […]
Cargo volume at the two Southern California ports was mixed in September, with Los Angeles throughput rising 5.6 percent and Long Beach volume down 2.9 percent year-on-year. Los Angeles’ volume hit 744,923 TEUs during the month, the highest total since August 2010. Imports rose 3.4 percent, to 385,250 TEUs. Exports fell 2.6 percent […]
COSCO Container Lines said Monday it plans to hike rates on both the transpacific and Asia-Europe trades in the coming weeks. The eastbound transpacific increases, effective Dec. 1, are: $320 per 20-foot container, $400 per 40-foot container, $450 per 40-foot high-cube container and $506 per 45-foot container to U.S. West Coast ports and […]
The Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness will highlight the role that freight infrastructure and advise on policies to boost exports of American-made products.
The investment includes building 5 million square feet of warehousing space in Mumbai, Gurgaon, Delhi, Bengaluru, Nagpur, Chennai, Kolkata and Ahmedabad, as well as upgrades to DHL’s transport fleet in the country.
Canaveral Port Authority said a Civil Works Review Board for the Feasibility Study for Canaveral Harbor on Oct. 3 gave unanimous approval for submission to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Port Canaveral said the project to widen its 400-foot-wide harbor by 100 feet and to deepen it by two feet along its […]
The Obama administration hopes to complete development of a national freight policy early next year when Congress is expected to begin debating a long-term surface transportation plan that authorizes how money is spent and sets federal policies.
The Swiss forwarder and logistics company Panalpina warned further weakening of air freight volumes will impact its profitability. “After a weak July and an improvement in August, we expected our air freight volumes to grow sequentially in September. However, compared to August they came in much weaker than seasonally normal, especially on Europe-related trade […]
Cathay Pacific and sister airline Dragonair saw air cargo volume rise 2.4 percent year-on-year in September. The two airlines carried 134,584 tons of freight during the month. The airlines’ joint load factor was down 2 percent to 62.8 percent, while capacity decreased by 0.3 percent. Year to date, tonnage has declined by 8.3 percent against […]
Cargolux, Europe’s largest all-cargo airline, has entered an agreement to have CHEP Aerospace Solutions manage its cargo containers through 2017. Cargolux and CHEP, which previously operated as Unitpool, started their partnership in 2009. CHEP manages pools of air cargo containers, known as unit load devices or ULDs, for numerous airlines. “Three years […]
Alemán Zubieta Alberto Alemán Zubieta, the former administrator of the Panama Canal, will be presented with the Container and Intermodal Institute’s “Connie Award” on Dec. 10 during a luncheon in Newark, N.J. The $5.25 billion canal expansion project, which began under Alemán Zubieta’s leadership, will double the waterway’s capacity and involves construction of a new […]
The United States and Israel on Monday signed an agreement to ease burdens on U.S. companies, especially smaller manufacturers, seeking to export telecommunications products to Israel, while maintaining the United States’ high technical standards and facilitating cross-border trade. Under the Mutual Recognition Agreement between the Government of the United States and the Government […]
