Cathay Pacific Airways and sister airline Dargonair saw cargo volume rise 0.8 percent year-on-year in February. The Hong Kong-based airline handled 117,880 tons of cargo during the month, though its load factor fell 1.8 percent, to 65.8 percent, thanks to a 4.7 percent rise in capacity. Year-to-date, volume has declined 10.4 percent, […]
Australian Rail Track Corp. (ARTC), the government-owned operator of Australia’s freight rail network, has begun replacing its older communications systems used on 704 privately owned trains in hopes to remove a hinderance to interstate shipping. The new system, based on Telstra’s Next G network, will unify the six UHF and VHF radios that were […]
Radiant Logistics, a third-party logistics services provider, announced it has completed the acquisition of Isla International. The transaction, which officially closed in December 2011, is valued at up to $15 million, plus an undisclosed amount related to closing working capital. Caltius Mezzanine provided $10 million in subordinated debt in support of the transaction. Including […]
The agency announced it will hold its first Trade Symposium event this year on May 10 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, Calif.
Advanced Distribution Solutions Inc. (ADSI), a provider logistics management applications, has begun to expand its sales organization to keep up with growth in the southern and western United States. Robert Fischer, ADSI’s president and chief executive officer, said the expansion will help it keep up with increasing demand for multi-carrier shipping systems and supply chain visibility […]
Ocean carriers RCL and MOL are to launch a new feeder loop called SYX between Yangon, Myanmar, and Singapore beginning March 17. According to MOL, two vessels will be provided by RCL and a third by MOL to offer two sailings per week with a 10.5 days roundtrip. MOL said the service […]
The ocean carrier Delmas, a subsidiary of CMA CGM, has ended its Mediterranean-West Africa Maltex service. The Delmas-operated service, on which parent CMA CGM took slots, was downsized in January to running with a single vessel of 1,512 TEUs at a frequency of 15 days. Prior to this reduction, Maltex ran with three vessels averaging […]
Accellos will soon release its new third party logistics service AccellosOne 3PL for Microsoft Dynamics. AccellosOne 3PL automates various functions for logistics services providers, including warehouse management, configurable business processes, activity billing and costs, performance management, and external visibility of information. “The 3PL industry had another solid growth year in 2011 as companies across the […]
IAG Group, the holding company formed in January 2011 with the merger of British Airways and Spanish airline Iberia, is folding together the cargo operations of the two airlines to create a single business unit that can offer better service, David Shepherd, director of IAG Cargo, recently said. The company has started to integrate the […]
Japanese liner carrier MOL, which recently announced a plan to begin publishing key performance indicators for its operations, environmental, and safety, said its U.S. subsidiary, MOL America, will supplement that effort by publishing a wider array of statistics detailing how the company is doing in areas such as customer service, electronic data interchange, and U.S. […]
Ocean carrier STX PanOcean will add a fourth vessel to its average 2,700-TEU KMS intra-Asia loop linking South Korea, China and Port Kelang, Malaysia, increasing the roundtrip voyage time to 28 days weekly. Additional calls at Shanhai – both northbound and southbound – will be made, but a northbound call at Hong Kong will be […]
The member carriers said they “received strong support from labor, the WUT Terminal management, and Port of Tacoma who have all committed to make the service an attractive option for the shipping public.”
The Obama administration on Wednesday opened two inter-agency fusion centers to coordinate how the U.S. government administers the system for controlling exports of products with military or dual military and civilian applications. The reorganization is part of President Obama’s two-year initiative to reform antiquated licensing procedures so U.S. companies can more easily sell technology […]
UHC, an alliance of U.S. nonprofit academic medical centers, has launched a mobile tool for its RxLINK system, an existing online analytics tool that helps hospitals make pharmacy decisions based on price performance. The iPad app allows UHC pharmacy members to see information that can support decisions as well as provide on-demand insight […]
Wednesday’s AS Daily top news story illustration included an incorrect photo of International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett.
Huawei, a communications technology provider, has entered an alliance with IBM Global Business Services to develop an application for the enterprise mobility market. The work, which will fall under the “Smart Workspace@Mobile” brand, will focus on mobile office needs, specifically automation, service channels, and enhancing asset and logistics management. Wan Biao, chief executive officer for […]
TNT Airways and Emirates SkyCargo have expanded their cooperation by entering a code-share and blocked-space agreement. Under the agreement, Emirates will place its airline code and use space on TNT ’s Boeing 777 freighter flights on the New York-JFK to Liege, Belgium, and Hong Kong-Dubai-Liege routes. The flight frequency on the Hong […]
FMC Chairman Richard A. Lidinsky Jr. told House lawmakers the agency is developing a tool to help small businesses that want to start exporting to find nearby licensed and bonded forwarders or NVOs.
Encompass Global Logistics, a third-party logistics company with a heavy focus in the transpacific trade, has released a cargo management mobile app for use on Apple’s iPhone, iPad, and iPod products. The app, which is free and now available on the iTunes store, gives both exporters and importers control and flexibility over their […]
After a two-month slowdown, ocean carrier Maersk Line has resumed a seven-week roundtrip voyage time on its Samba service between Europe and the East Coast of South America and added a new call at Antwerp to the rotation. American Shipper reported Jan 30 that the loop had slowed to eight weeks, with transit […]
