BNSF Railway has launched a new interactive map highlighting events and activities along its 32,000-mile rail network. Visitors to the Website can click on markers containing links to news updates, community projects, photos and videos of BNSF trains in action, along with historical information. The map, found at https://map.friendsofbnsf.com/railways, is powered by the […]
Evergreen Line and Crowley Latin America Services have filed a slot charter agreement with the FMC that will allow Evergreen to charter space on Crowley’s northbound and southbound services between Florida and Central America.
Seattle-based EquaShip plans to re-launch itself in early 2013 as the nation’s “fourth parcel carrier,” with a focus on small and medium-sized online sellers, touting shipper services that will cost between 10 percent and 50 percent less than UPS and FedEx. EquaShip announced a temporarily suspension of operations in February, after an initial launch last […]
The carrier members of the G6 Alliance on the Asia-Northern Europe trade said Wednesday they will not operate a seventh service on the trade as previously planned. “This loop was originally developed as one of the seven loops between Asia and North Europe jointly provided by the six members,” the lines said. “It […]
CargoWise, a provider technology applications for logistics service providers and an established Microsoft partner in logistics, has announced its participation in the launch of the latest version of Microsoft’s SQL database server (SQL2012). The pair has had a business relationship for more than 10 years and CargoWise has become one of Microsoft’s largest independent […]
Blue Tree Systems, a provider of trailer tracking, refrigerated monitoring and fleet management applications, has expanded its R:Com fleet management software to support any Windows CE and Windows Mobile device. “This new capability means carriers already using any device operating on the Windows CE & Mobile platform can seamlessly install our R:COM fleet […]
OTS Logistics, operator of multiple neutral NVO brands, said Chief Executive Officer Charles Brennan will retire from the group. He will be succeeded by Biju Kewalram, currently COO, and Haydn O’Brien, head of East Asia, as co-CEOs.
Swiss freight forwarder Kuehne + Nagel will use its Shanghai gateway to further strengthen its less-than-containerload offerings in the Asia Pacific region. The new gateway complements K+N’s existing direct services in Shanghai and serves as an alternative to the company’s other two gateways in Singapore and Sri Lanka. Since May 1, 28 new […]
China Shipping Container Lines and United Arab Shipping Co. are offering container service for the first time to the Port of Jacksonville by taking space on CMA-CGM’s Pacific Express 3 (PEX 3) service, according to the Jacksonville Port Authority.
Soren Sjostrand Jakobsen, APMT’s head of project implementation, said as carriers build bigger ships “it is imperative that we are able to increase our delivered productivity at minimum the same pace as the ships grow – but preferably much more.”
Members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Apparel Coalition on Tuesday lauded a group of 15 U.S. senators who sent a letter to President Obama urging him to push for modern and flexible rules in the TPP, a multilateral trade agreement being negotiated among a cadre of Pacific nations. The senators asked the administration to […]
The ocean carriers Maersk Line and CMA CGM have raised capacity on their weekly West Mediterranean-East Coast of North America (WestMed) loop, called Amerigo Express by CMA CGM, by increasing the size of the vessels. The carriers also dropped a last call outbound at Malaga, replacing it instead with an outbound call at Tangiers, […]
Zepol Corp., a trade intelligence company based in Edina, Minn., has released its newest trade data tool, ComplianceIQ, to help U.S. importers comply with government import regulations. The tool bridges multiple import-compliance datasets in a unified interface in hopes of bringing as much information to the customer as possible for specific Harmonized Tariff Schedule codes. […]
Maersk Line said this week it will raise rates on the trade between Latin America and the Middle East and Black Sea regions from June 1. The increases are $100 per TEU from the Middle East to Latin America, and $300 per refrigerated container from the east coast of South America to the […]
The ocean carrier Maersk Line has switched from calling Dar es Salaam in favor of a new call at Mombasa and speeded up its Masiika Express service between the Middle East and East Africa, decreasing roundtrip voyage time from 35 days to 28 days. This move could have been motivated in part by Maersk’s temporary suspension of its […]
Envirotainer, a Swedish manufacturer of temperature-controlled air cargo containers, has named Gustaf Ljunggren to chief executive officer. He replaces Niklas Prager, who has opted to leave his position at the company and return to a post on the Envirotainer board. Ljunggren has held senior positions in logistics, production and business development, including […]
Hansa Heavy Lift has named Joerg Roehl as chief commercial officer. He will be responsible for the heavy-lift carrier’s global sales, strategic business development and marketing. Roehl has more than 20 years of logistics and shipping industry experience. Last year, he supported Hansa as an outside consultant focusing on forming its global sales […]
TNT Express said it had a profit of 18 million euros ($23.6 million) in the first quarter ending March 31, compared to a loss of 106 million euros in the same 2011 period. Revenue in the first quarter 2012 was 1.819 billion euros, compared to 1.796 billion euros in the first quarter of 2011. […]
American Shipper recently surveyed more than 250 transportation decision-makers on their freight payment practices. Expert panelists will discuss the study results and demonstrate several best practices that shippers and 3PLs can apply to streamline this unruly but necessary function. Key topics will include: Challenges and benefits of automating freight pay Payments means and timing Cost of […]
More than a dozen industry associations has asked the Obama administration to include sugar as part of the comprehensive free trade negotiations between the country members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
