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   Encompass Supply Chain Solutions (ESCS), a provider of forward and reverse logistics for electronics and replacement parts, has formed a partnership with ServicePower Technologies PLC, which facilitates outsourced-services and field management, to provide future and after-sale services to manufacturers, retailers, and their field service networks.    Under the agreement, ESCS and ServicePower will combine […]

The amendment to the 2012 Farm Bill — the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012 (S. 3240) — under consideration this week in the U.S. Senate, would roll back the sugar program’s most onerous provisions.

   Less-than-truckload carrier Old Dominion Freight Line has promoted Ross Parr to vice president of legal affairs, general counsel and secretary.    Parr, who joined Old Dominion in August 2011, succeeds former general counsel Joel McCarty. In this role, Parr will oversee all legal matters for Old Dominion and will work closely with the company’s […]

   United Airlines’ cargo division at Los Angeles International Airport will consolidate its small package services with those of former Continental.    The United Cargo SPD Center at LAX Terminal 7 will permanently close on June 17. Starting June 18, all SPD shipments should be tendered at the United Cargo counter in the United Cargo […]

   FedEx SupplyChain, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. and an integrated logistics provider, has rolled out a suite of visibility and control options along with opening new stocking locations to further support its FedEx Critical Inventory Logistics customers.    The company said it added more than 100 new stocking locations to this inventory network with the […]

   VistaLogix Global, an international provider of logistics management and technology, has promoted Mike Skinner to the newly created position of president.    Skinner was serving as the vice president of technology with responsibilities around strategic development and deployment of technology-based services.    In the new role, Skinner will provide direction for VistaLogix Global, and […]

It’s estimated the U.S.-flag Great Lakes vessel fleet loses more than 8,100 tons of cargo for each one-inch reduction in loaded draft, forcing many vessel operators to shrink their carrying loads.

   The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission said its Office of Consumer Affairs and Dispute Resolution Services (CADRS) has recently received an increased number of inquiries and consumer complaints involving unlicensed ocean transportation intermediaries hired to ship household goods and personal effects to Brazil.    It said such complaints include, but are not limited to: Failure […]

The final rule to revise regulations for negotiated rate arrangements (NRAs) will eliminate some recordkeeping requirements to make them less burdensome for NVOs, the agency says.

   Disputes over jurisdiction with other unions and vexation with the AFL-CIO are being highlighted this week by leaders of the two major unions for U.S. longshoremen…

The House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday passed by voice vote the SMART Port Security Act, which attempts toenhance risk-based supply chain security programs.

Agency investigators seized from a Seattle-area distributor a shipment of children’s shoes from China that contained three times the legal limit of lead, and ordered them to be destroyed.

   The ocean carrier Maersk Line will suspend its weekly Spondylus service between the U.S. East Coast, Central America and west coast South America.     The last sailing will be by the Maersk Willemstadt, departing Esmeraldas, Ecuador on June 15.     This move comes just one month after Maersk terminated its direct Europe-west coast of […]

   The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said Wednesday it has carried through with a threat to draw down the security deposit of Foreign Auto Preparation Service (FAPS), its largest automobile handler to cover back rent.    “We drew down on their $2.4 million line of credit and we are monitoring their […]

   Non-vessel-operating common carrier Shipco Transport has started a new less-than-containerload service originating in Rio Haina, Dominican Republic to Miami.    The service, with a transit time of five days, uses ocean carrier Antillean Marine Shipping Corp. Along with the new service, the neutral NVO offers inland point intermodal coverage via Miami to all U.S. points […]

   Robert A. McDonald, chairman and chief executive officer of Procter & Gamble, has been elected chairman of the U.S.-China Business Council.    P&G is the largest consumer products company in China, with annual sales of about $6 billion. It has operations in Guangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Tianjin, Dongguan and Nanping, and a technical center in Beijing. […]

   The Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI) has appointed Mary Hennessy to president and chief executive officer.    An IFAI employee for 24 years, Hennessy most recently served as interim executive vice president. Prior to that, she worked as vice president of communications.    The IFAI board appointed a search committee to fill the position […]

   Software developer Bridgeline Digital has announced a multi-year deal with UPS to offer business-to-business and business-to-consumer e-commerce Web stores.    The combined offering will give customers the ability to manage the entire e-commerce and supply chain fulfillment process, and Bridgeline and UPS said it was designed to support mid-market and larger digital commerce companies.    Building […]

   A Fabens, Texas resident was sentenced Tuesday to 15 months in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud the U.S. Export-Import Bank of more than $690,624, the U.S. Justice Department said.    Hector Cuevas, 42, was also sentenced by Judge Kathleen Cardone in U.S. District Court in El Paso to three years […]

   The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced Tuesday the eradication of European grapevine moth (EGVM) from Fresno, Mendocino, Merced, and San Joaquin counties in California and the removal of restrictions on exports of EGVM host commodities, including stone fruit and table grapes, from those counties to Mexico.    “The […]