David Brooks has elected to retire after almost 16 years as president of American Airline’s cargo division, the airline announced Tuesday. Under his leadership American was considered one of the best belly carriers serving U.S. freight forwarders. Brooks, a 29-year veteran of the airline, was replaced by Kenji Hashimoto, vice president of strategic […]
The Charlotte Regional Intermodal Facility is located at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport and will be capable of handling 200,000 lifts per year. It will replace the railroad’s existing intermodal facility in downtown Charlotte.
The decision follows last week’s announcement that CSCL lost 1.44 billion renminbi ($229 million) in the first quarter of 2012, compared to a loss of 140 million RMB in the same 2011 period.
The liner shipping companies Hyundai, “K” Line, NYK and PIL have all left MOL’s CSW service which covers Asia, Africa, and East Coast South America. All four liner companies, who were taking slots on the Asia-to-East Coast South America portion, have ended their participation on the CSW with the final sailing departing on March […]
The provider of global trade management systems has released a study on U.S.-based mid-market firms’ export compliance challenges and found they are increasingly at risk of violating federal regulations.
“Global passenger transport volumes could grow to be as much as two and a half times their 2010 level by 2050. Freight volumes could grow by a factor of four,” the organization’s report said.
Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Kenco, a provider of distribution, warehousing, transportation and information technology, is offering new international retail and logistics services with Germany’s Hermes Fulfilment. The companies said the goal is to serve shippers on both sides of the Atlantic. In the United States, Kenco will provide warehouseing and distribution of online orders through more than […]
Diana Containerships, which owns containerships and charters them to liner operators, said it had a profit of $1.9 million for the first quarter of 2012, compared to a net income of $300,000 for the same period of 2011. Time charter revenues were $12.4 million for the first quarter of 2012, compared to $3.2 […]
Air Pacific, the national carrier of Fiji, has picked CHEP Aerospace Solutions to supply and manage its fleet of Unit Load Devices (ULDs) under a new three-year contract. CHEP will provide Air Pacific with containers and pallets from its global pool of more than 45,000 ULDs, eliminating administration and reducing costs for the airline to […]
Swissport International, a provider of ground services to the aviation sector, will start offering cargo handling in Denmark from July 1 after reaching agreements with several airlines, including launch customer Swiss WorldCargo, the air cargo division of Swiss International Air Lines. Swissport’s cargo handling facility at Copenhagen Airport, Scandinavia’s busiest airport, will offer […]
RCS Logistics, a Secaucus, N.J.-based air freight forwarder, has promoted Evan Rosen to senior vice president of sales and marketing and Bill Wilkening to vice president of business development and emerging markets. Rosen joined RCS in 2006. He began his logistics career in 1994 as an account executive at OOCL. In 1996, Rosen […]
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.
