A.P. Moller Maersk Group Chief Executive Nils Andersen has returned to his position after a four-month leave to recover from corrective heart valve surgery, the company said Monday. “Having participated in a number of meetings and having been updated on our activities during the last couple of weeks, I am now ready to return to […]
Old Dominion Freight Line has appointed Chris Young as its vice president of information systems and technology. Young will manage Old Dominion’s IT department and OD-Technology, the company’s branded technological solutions division. He succeeds Ken Erdner, who is retiring after 16 years with the company. Young joined Old Dominion in April 2010 and has served […]
Omega Morgan, a Portland, Ore.-based company that is one of the West Coast’s leading heavy equipment transport companies, has named John McCalla chief executive officer and president. McCalla comes to Omega Morgan from Warn Industries, also located in Portland. He began his career as a project engineer at General Motors and then joined Warn Industries. […]
The FBI last week made arrests in what it said was “the largest takedown in U.S. history involving cargo theft.” Eleven people were indicted. John V. Gillies, special agent in charge for FBI Miami, said the theft involved more than $100 million, including $80 million worth of pharmaceuticals and “dealt a major […]
According to the University of Hawaii at Manoa, future warnings of deadly and disruptive tsunamis may come from commercial vessels, especially those with newer tracking and navigation systems.
RedPrairie Corp., a supply chain and retail technology provider, released its 2012.1 product Monday. The company said the new release aims to connect supply chain execution capabilities with stores and commerce sites to improve visibility for retailers, manufacturers and distributors. Additions to its service include new integrations, global labor standards compliance, support of industry standards […]
XpressRate.com and CUSTOMS Info have partnered to offer a new portal for online rate quotes from international carriers, promising results within in seconds. User can sign up for XpressRate for free and only pay for shipments they end up booking. It will provide CUSTOMS Info’s users with shipping rates and assistance with export […]
Google is starting to sell some of its analytics capabilities as an online service to compete with engines like Amazon Web Services for enterprise cloud computing. The services these two offer lag behind many dedicated logistics service providers and trade management systems, but they may appeal to smaller companies that can’t necessarily afford the higher-end software. In specific, Google […]
Chapman Freeborn has expanded its On Board Courier (OBC) product with the introduction of a new Web tool for tracking shipments globally. Now, as well as receiving regular updates directly from the company’s OBC team, customers can log into the online tool and view real-time updates on the status of their cargo no matter where […]
Ocean capacity for export lumber shippers is tight these days, according to Curtis Struyk, president of Carolina Ocean Lines and a founder of the U.S. Lumber Shippers Association. Speaking on a panel about U.S. export expansion at the Virginia Maritime Association’s International Trade Symposium Thursday, Struyk said he has to scrounge for capacity aboard vessels […]
Economist Bill Ralph said Thursday there are signs that confidence is growing among consumers and that he’s projecting containerized trade to grow 5 to 7 percent on the transpacific this year.
Since AGL acquired NICOR there has been curiosity about whether AGL will continue to keep the shipping unit or sell it off in the future. But an AGL executive indicated the utility is in no hurry to divest itself of Tropical Shipping.
The trucking company is investing in 3,000 new 2012 and 2013 tractors, chiefly from Freightliner. Schneider said it’s replacing trucks at a rate of 75 per week. With this refresh, the company is adding in a series of upgrades to the fleet.
The Grand Alliance carriers and Zim look to decouple a transpacific all-water service they amended in October back into two separate loops, according to a note from GA member Hapag-Lloyd.
Hapag-Lloyd announces rate increase
Liner carrier Hapag-Lloyd said it will increase its transatlantic freight rates on July 1. Rates on both eastbound and westbound cargo between all coasts of the United States and Canada to and from North Europe and the Mediterranean will increase $400 on 20-foot containers and $500 on 40-foot containers. The German carrier is also increasing rates between […]
The liner shipping companies “K” Line and Wan Hai will commence their new transpacific service CALCO-B on May 7 via Wan Hai 505. COSCO will also take slots on this service. CALCO-B will operate with five vessels averaging 4,482 TEUs. “K” Line will operate three ships and Wan Hai two. The service will sail weekly with […]
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics said it will make its inaugural call to Adelaide, Australia on Saturday, May 5, with its pure car truck carrier Aida. The ship operates on a WWL route from Europe via North America. The company has also added calls in Galveston, Texas, on the service. The company said while it carries cars to […]
The liner shipping company Evergreen Line will join Hyundai Merchant Marine’s KMS service, which covers the Asia-to-Middle East trade. Evergreen will charter slots from the May 9 sailing of the Hyundai General from Gwangyang. KMS runs with six Hyundai-operated vessels averaging 5,992 TEUs each. Emirates, Hapag-Lloyd, MCC (intra-Asia portion), MOL and NYK also take slots on the […]
The Swiss forwarding and logistics company Panalpina said it had a 40.4 million Swiss franc ($44.1 million) loss in the first quarter because of provisions for antitrust fines from Switzerland and European Union, compared to a 34.9 millon Swiss franc (CHF) profit in the first quarter of 2011. Panalpina has decided to appeal the European […]
