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Join this live webinar and hear from representatives from Oracle and GENBAND as well as global trade experts who will discuss; the concept of Integrated Global Trade Management, current trends, issues, challenges and the benefits organizations can achieve by deploying similar strategies. Key topics will include: Implementing a GTM strategy Lessons learned: what to do […]

   Freight forwarders CEVA Logistics and Panalpina this week each increased their less-than-containerload service offerings.    CEVA expanded its LCL service into Australia via the ports of Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle. The service is a 16-day trip from Shanghai that also serves Brisbane with cargo clearance at CEVA’s container freight station.    This follows new LCL services that […]

   U.K. parcel and carrier management service provider Global Freight Solutions (GFS) has added UK Mail and Hermes to its list of partners.    GFS, a West Sussex-based company, offers free software for customers to deliver and track more than 5 million parcels each year in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Existing partners include CitiPost, DHL, DPD, […]

   The liner shipping company CMA CGM is ending its Black Pearl service, which just began again in January.    The Black Pearl was resurrected when CMA CGM joined Mediterranean Shipping Co.’s service, chartering slots between the U.S. East Coast and West Coast South America beginning Jan. 14 in Philadelphia. At that time the service operated with seven MSC […]

   U.S. containerized imports fell 3.4 percent year-on-year in February, according to the trade intelligence firm Zepol Corp.    The total number of shipments in February fell 2.7 percent from the same month in 2011. Imports by volume declined 17.5 percent from January 2012.    “For the past five years, the month of February tends […]

   The liner carrier OOCL said Tuesday it plans to raise rates from Asia to Oceania from mid-April.    The increase, $300 per TEU, applies to origins in north and east Asia to Australia and all of Asia (except for Japan) to New Zealand.    “Currently, freight rates continue to be below the required level […]

Canadian National Railway said Tuesday it has introduced new import/export container train services between the Port of Prince Rupert in British Columbia and Calgary in Alberta. 

   Vangard Voice Systems and BellHawk Systems Corp. have announced a joint collaboration effort to create a set of voice-directed productivity enhancements to cloud-based warehouse management systems, manufacturing and supply chain management solutions.    The partnership will focus on Vangard’s cloud-based mobile voice service built for hands-free voice productivity to mid-sized industrial organizations such as […]

Steven Cernak officially took the helm of Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., this week after heading the Port of Galveston, Texas, for a dozen years. Broward County officials selected him on Jan. 31 to replace Phillip C. Allen, who retired.

Jimmy Lyons, director and chief executive officer for the port authority, said volumes at the Pinto terminal “are skyrocketing as the ThyssenKrupp rolling mill continues to ramp production.”

   The Coalition for Sugar Reform has asked the Senate Agriculture Committee to abolish antiquated aspects of the country’s sugar trade policies in the proposed 2012 Farm Bill, especially U.S. subsidies for domestic producers.    The coalition said these subsidies “distort free markets through an intrusive, big government regime that dictates sales quotas to individual […]

The Coalition for U.S.-Russia Trade advocates proposed legislation for the graduation of Russia from the Jackson-Vanik amendment to the 1974 Trade Act, enabling Congress to approve permanent trade relations with Russia.

   California’s Port of Stockton has added 5,825 feet of new track in a public-private partnership with Union Pacific Railroad and Metro Ports.    The $1.2 million addition to the east port interchange tracks forms a loop that will allow inbound and outbound trains to operate without interfering with operations at the port’s east complex.    The improvement will […]

   The United States, Japan and European Union on Tuesday requested World Trade Organization consultations to settle an increasingly nasty dispute over China’s restrictions on exports of various rare earth metals, tungsten and molybdenum.    These metals are used heavily in the electronics industry. China reportedly controls more than 95 percent of these metal inputs. […]

   President Obama on Tuesday signed legislation that clarifies the Commerce Department’s ability to apply countervailing duties on subsidized imports from non-market economies, including China.    “This administration is committed to ensuring that American companies can compete—and win—in the global marketplace, and that includes protection from unfair trade subsidies,” said Commerce Secretary John Bryson, in […]

   The Secor Group, a Washington-based logistics services firm, has appointed Lisa Beranich as vice president of business development in its Government Services division.    Previously, she was with the Graebel Cos. and Move Management, Inc., where she was involved with federal government clients like the State Department.

   Research and Markets has added John Wiley and Sons’ Handbook of Integrated Risk Management in Global Supply Chains to its offering.    The book aims to be a primary reference for research on integrated risk management, modern applications, and management best practices.     “The set of the normal business risks is expanded as firms are now often facing […]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is seeking comments on a proposal to complete efforts to modernize the country’s import rules related to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or “mad cow” disease.

A WTO Appellate Body rejected claims that the United States provided massive trade-distorting subsidies to Boeing and affirmed a dispute settlement panel’s March 2011 finding that most of the programs challenged by the EU were not subsidies.

   Inchcape Shipping Services has announced a three-year plan to expand its logistics and supply chain business in Canada.    “Economic stability in Canada, a rich resource base, a safe banking system and Ottawa’s business friendly fiscal policy makes Canada an attractive region for expansion,” said Claus Hyldager, the group chief executive officer of ISS. The Canadian operation will […]