Hugo Boss, a German fashion provider, has partnered with DHL Supply Chain to improve its logistics operations in Mexico. DHL Supply Chain, a sister-company to Exel, will provide inventory management, labeling and packing shipments according to the specifications of Hugo Boss clothing retailers, as well as reverse logistics processing of items that are returned at […]
Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB), an Antwerp, Belgium-based dry bulk vessel operator, has acquired the assets of Delphis. Delphis is a subsidiary of SAVERCO, one of CMB’s reference shareholders. The acquisition will include a 50 percent participating interest in the joint venture company Ocean Capes Ltd., owner of the cape-size vessels Mineral Subic, […]
International Terminal Systems Ltd. (ITS) has hired Allan Jones as its new head of business development. He has a background in maritime and logistics technology. At ITS, Jones will focus on expanding the company’s base of maritime and logistics customers.
The Chamber of Shipping of America presented its Halert C. Shepheard Award to Vice Adm. Brian M. Salerno, deputy commandant for operations at the U.S. Coast Guard, last week during the Connecticut Maritime Association’s Shipping 2012 conference. The award recognizes an individual who has made exceptional contributions to merchant marine safety, security or environmental protection.
It has yet to be decided which carriers will deploy ships on a new Japan-U.S. West Coast service to be started by the Grand Alliance and Hanjin Shipping, as reported by American Shipper on March 20. The five-ship loop is due to start from May 10, and Hanjin will be taking slots on the […]
The Agriculture Transportation Coalition (AgTC) said Thursday it has prepared a certificate of origin for agriculture products for use on shipments to South Korea now that a free trade agreement between the United States and South Korea has kicked in.
Good360, a company that focuses on philanthropy efforts, opened its new national sorting and distribution center in Omaha, Neb. The nonprofit consolidated several warehouses where it stores and sends product donations for thousands of charities into the new Omaha facility. Goods were previously stored in 12 cities in the United States and Canada. […]
The Memphis, Tenn.-based express carrier said it had profit of $521 million in its third fiscal quarter ending Feb. 29, up 126 percent from the $231 million earned in the same period a year earlier.
Choice Logistics, a provider of critical service parts logistics, has hired Robert Andrews as its new vice president of global field operations. Andrews, who has worked with logistics operations in a handful of countries, will focus on expanding the company’s overseas operations. More than 75 percent of Choice’s current clients have international service requirements and more […]
Smiths Detection has named Sal Cipres its new head of global programs, overseeing the company’s work in transportation, military, ports and borders, emergency response and critical infrastructure markets. Cipres was formerly general manager of Smiths’ Edgewood, Md. facility and director of global chemical and biological programs. Smiths develops government-regulated technology products that help […]
The U.S. Coast Guard will publish Monday a new rule establishing a standard for the allowable concentration of living organisms in ship ballast water that is discharged into U.S. waters, Christina McDonald, associate general counsel of regulatory affairs at the Department of Homeland Security said yesterday at the American Bar Association’s Homeland Security Law conference in […]
The liner carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co. on Wednesday said it would begin immediately charging a no-show fee on bookings that failed to materialize on the eastbound Asia-Europe trade.
The Long Beach, Calif.-based supply chain company UTi Worldwide said profit for the fourth quarter ending Jan. 31 was $12.4 million, compared with $14.5 million in the same period a year earlier. Revenue was $1.15 billion, up less than 1 percent. However Chief Executive Officer Eric W. Kirchner said on an “adjusted basis,” operating profit grew […]
The 33-year concession will require an estimated investment of $992 million from APM Terminals for the design, finance, construction, operation and maintenance of the terminal.
Canadian National Railway said it will buy 161 high-horsepower locomotives to accommodate anticipated traffic growth and to improve efficiency. Sixty five units will be new and 96 will be second-hand. CN will take delivery of new ES44AC locomotives from GE Transportation in 2013-2014, and 30 new SD70ACe locomotives from Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD). The GE units […]
Leading Edge Logistics (LEL), a non-asset based third party logistics company, has acquired C&F Logistics of San Juan, Puerto Rico and will roll those operations into its Puerto Rico division LEL Caribe. By acquiring C&F, a non-vessel-operating common carrier, LEL hopes to become a top NVO in the Caribbean. For its North American operations, […]
Freight forwarder Panalpina has started the first phase of a finance and accounting business process outsourcing initiative as part of a seven-year agreement with Accenture that it signed in October 2010. Panalpina said it’s working with Accenture to consolidate and standardize financial processes for its global operations including purchase-to-pay, order-to-cash and record-to-report services. The […]
“K” Line said Friday it plans to include two new China calls on its twin weekly JABCO services between Japan, China, and Southeast Asia. JABCO 1 will get a new call at Ningbo and JABCO 2 will get a new call at Da Chan Bay from April 23 and 25, respectively. The […]
The St. Lawrence Seaway opened its 54th annual shipping season on Thursday. Canada’s St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp. (SLSMC), which along with the U.S. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. manages the waterway, predicted that cargo shipments would rise by about 3 percent to 38.6 million tons in 2012. SLSMC said “exports of coal are expected to […]
Klinge Corp. has introduced a new and lower-cost version of its blast freezer container, which quickly freezes cargo to -60°C (-76°F). The new version of its CBU-30 freezer follows the company’s acquisition of Denmark’s Norfrig Equipment last year and the decision to shift production to the company’s headquarters in York, Pa. The company has […]
