When the conversation around cloud services really gets going, cost always comes up as a major concern. The technology isn’t old enough for many to have a handle on the future cost savings or loss compared to other licensing and on-site models, and for most systems you’ll encounter you can find people on […]
The Produce Marketing Association’s Supply Chain Efficiencies Committee has developed a new guide specifically for fresh produce companies around how to implement electronic data exchange (EDI). EDIs are systems used to share and send electronic data and documents between companies and are often used for providing documents to customs brokerage firms and for […]
Agency officials reiterated the project’s feasibility study is now projected to be finalized in less than four years instead of five to eight years, which would allow work to be completed by the end of the decade.
The French line will provide two of 10 vessels on the service, with Maersk providing the other eight on a loop that will essentially replace Maersk’s existing FEW3 service. The vessels will be in the range of 4,000- to 4,500-TEUs.
The U.S. railroad industry will hire more than 5,000 military veterans this year, the Association of American Railroads announced Tuesday, furthering a White House effort to help discharged soldiers, sailors and airmen find jobs in the private sector.
U.S. import container volume rose 4.4 percent year-on-year in June, according to figures from the trade intelligence firm Zepol Corp. Import volume rose 4.7 percent in the second quarter of 2012, compared to the same period in 2011. Volume, however, dropped 3.7 percent from May. “Last year saw a comparable trend […]
Columbus, Ohio-based AirNet Cargo Charter Services, a small package express cargo airline, has announced it will begin accepting customer shipments that contain both GPS and environmental sensor tracking devices. These devices, classified as personal electronic devices (PEDs), combine GPS and environmental sensors that can provide real-time location and condition information, such as temperature, […]
Individual member carriers of the CKYH Alliance will skip four sailings on three separate Asia-Europe services over the next month in an effort to rationalize capacity, CKYH member COSCO Container Lines said this week. The carriers will drop the July 25 and Aug. 15 sailings of their NE4 service to Northern Europe, the […]
Port Everglades, a major facility for container, petroleum and cruise ships in South Florida, has lured Michael Vanderbeek from the Port of Long Beach to be its director of business development. Vanderbeek replaces Carlos Buqueras, who left the Fort Lauderdale port in December to become the port director at Port Manatee, near Tampa, spokeswoman […]
A Maersk Line/Hamburg Sud service linking the U.S. East Coast with ports in Australia and New Zealand will switch calls from Savannah to Charleston in September, according to a note from the German line. The 10-ship service will have a revised rotation of Philadelphia, Charleston, Cartagena, Balboa, Auckland, Sydney, Melbourne, Port Chalmers, Timaru, […]
Calgary, Alberta Canada-based GeoMetrix Rail Logistics Inc. is launching a new version of its railcar fleet management software that promises faster shipment tracking and easier cross-continental customer access. The company is currently hosting a workshop for the launch for customers and industry partners in North America. The update, called GeoMetrix Version 13, […]
DHL on Thursday opened its biggest express hub in Asia, a $175 million facility at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport. The company said it also plans to spend another $132 million to add eight dedicated planes to service high-demand routes between Shanghai and North Asia, Europe and the United States by 2014. The […]
Wednesday’s news story about May figures for U.S. imports and exports incorrectly stated that exports were $182.7 billion. That was the value of April exports. In May, exports totaled $183.1 billion.
Russia has until July 23 to notify the WTO that it has ratified and accepted the terms for its membership. Thirty days after Russia notifies the WTO that it accepts these terms, the country will become the organization’s 156th member.
Liner companies in the Asia-to-U.S. trade are seeking to raise dry cargo container rates by an average of $500 per 40-foot container (FEU), in addition to recommending increases to refrigerated cargo rates of $1,000 per FEU to the U.S. West Coast.
When President Obama visited the New York World Trade Center last month, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey inconvenienced thousands of commuters and annoyed New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg by shutting down service on its PATH commuter railroad for hours. The Russians are doing New York one better – planning […]
The Federation of National Associations of Ship Brokers and Agents (FONASBA) said it’s giving its “full backing to international government and industry efforts aimed at ensuring that shipping containers for export are accurately weighed.” “Ship agents see the problems which inaccurately weighed containers cause ports and ships every day. It is extremely worrying […]
The network being bought was developed jointly by TransCard and U.S. Xpress, the nation’s second-largest privately owned truckload carrier. U.S. Xpress will become the biggest client of the new system.
The U.S. trade deficit narrowed in May by $1.9 billion to $48.7 billion as exports increased and imports decreased from April, according to the Commerce Department.
Technicolor, a multimedia and entertainment company, has expanded its third party logistics services and initiated a rebranding under the new name Technicolor Global Logistics (TGL). Technicolor is building on its existing success around direct-to-retail distribution and freight management to broaden its reach into new market segments like toys, electronics, recreational products, consumer packaged goods, […]
