After a one-month slow-down, ocean carrier Maersk Line has resumed an 11-week roundtrip voyage time on its FEW2 service between Asia and West Africa. American Shipper reported Feb 28 that the loop had slowed to 12 weeks, with transit times eastbound to Southeast Asia, China and South Korea on the FEW2 increasing by […]
After a two-month slowdown, ocean carrier Maersk Line has resumed a six-week roundtrip voyage time on its MESA service between the Middle East and South Africa and added new calls at Indian Ocean ports.
Non-vessel-operating common carrier Shipco Transport has opened a new sales office in Osaka to better serve freight forwarders in the Western area of Japan. In addition to Osaka, the office will include sales to forwarders in Kobe, Hakata and Moji. Takaaki Onishi, general manager of Shipco Tokyo, will oversee the staff in Osaka. “Almost all of our […]
Non-vessel-operating common carrier Vanguard Logistics Services has promoted Collin Rozario to general manager of air freight in the South Pacific and Southeast Asia. Based in Sydney, Rozario will be responsible for developing the NVO’s air freight operations and sales in Southeast Asia by leveraging Vanguard’s own and agency air freight networks, particularly in Singapore, […]
The Savannah Harbor Expansion Project study concluded that deepening the harbor from its current depth of 42 feet to 47 feet is “economically viable, environmentally sustainable, and in the best interests of the United States.”
Leschaco has opened a logistics center in Laredo, Texas. “The opening of the Leschaco Logistics Center is an important expansion of our services to complement our product offering for our chemical and FAK (freight all kinds) customers”, said Mark Malambri, the company’s president and chief executive officer of Leschaco. The company said the facility will offer a […]
Air Methods Corp., a global provider of air medical transportation, said it’s consolidating its management to improve operations efficiency. The company has eliminated its chief operating officer position, held by Paul Tate. The responsibilities are being distributed among senior staff and Tate is transitioning to a consultant role in the company. Air Methods is one of […]
GreenLine Systems, a provider of services for cross-border management, has appointed Scott Suhy to chief executive officer. Noah Rosenkrantz, co-founder and previous CEO, has transitioned to chairman.
Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX), a healthcare technology and services company, is expanding its supply chain services by acquiring TriSolve Ltd. in Bradford, United Kingdom, coming at the heels of its French acquisition of the Beep-N-Track solution from Implanet. TriSolve currently provides consulting and support with systems integration and management to National Health Service (NHS) […]
The Sweetener Users Association has continued its campaign to get the U.S. Department of Agriculture to increase the country’s tariff-rate quota for raw and refined sugar imports. “World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates sharply illustrate the need for a substantial and immediate increase in the tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) for raw and refined sugar, […]
The United States and Brazil this week entered a public-private partnership to enhance bilateral aviation cooperation in areas such as airport expansion, airspace management, safety and security. “These programs will support Brazil’s aviation infrastructure development priorities, while connecting U.S. companies to the growing business opportunities in the sector,” said the U.S. Trade and […]
Attorney joins law firm’s International Trade Practice Group after a decade at Customs and Border Protection and the U.S. Trade Representative office working on customs, trade policy formulation and trade negotiations
Swisslog, a provider of integrated logistics solutions, has signed a deal with the UK supermarket chain Asda to deliver an automated goods-to-man materials handling solution called AutoStore. AutoStore is a storage and retrieval system for single items and small parts. Goods are stored in bins stacked directly on top of each other, with […]
Import cargo volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to increase 3.2 percent in April compared with the same month last year, and year-over-year gains should continue through the end of summer, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released Tuesday by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates. […]
Westbound Asia-Europe volume rose 15.6 percent year-on-year in February, to 2.8 million TEUs, according to the latest figures from Container Trade Statistics. Eastbound, volume rose 8.8 percent to Asia in February, to 1.8 million TEUs. The large increases are due in part to the timing of the Lunar New Year this year […]
Cargo tonnage at the Port of Redwood City, Calif., for the first three quarters of the fiscal year ended March 31 was 965,033 metric tons, an increase of 390,165 metric tons, or more than 68 percent higher than the first three quarters of the previous fiscal year, the port announced. Imports of sand […]
IQMS, a manufacturing ERP software developer, has released a new shipping and distribution management module, Shipping Manager, to provide better information and order integration. IQMS said its Shipping Manager product allows customers to send real-time data to and from common freight and parcel carrier systems, such as FedEx and UPS, from within EnterpriseIQ. […]
Horizon Lines said Tuesday that it had large losses in 2011, but turned a proft in the fourth quarter. The line said the profitable last quarter reflects its decision to shed its transpacific container service and logistics business. The domestic container carrier, which serves Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico, announced its 2011 […]
NYK Line, MOL, and “K” Line to combine two existing loops on the trade into one and start a new feeder for ports dropped as a result of the merging, while NYK will start a new three-ship Asia-Honoulu dedicated service
FedEx said this week it it has added another “green” element to its FedEx Express Envelope: carbon-neutral shipping. By adding the feature to its envelope, which is already made from 100 percent recycled content and is 100 percent recyclable, FedEx said it will offer carbon-neutral shipping at no extra cost. That could […]
