IJS Global, an Amsterdam-based logistics services provider, has appointed Stefan Heine to managing director for Germany. Prior to joining IJS, Heine held senior positions with other 3PLs in Australia, the United States, South Korea and Singapore. He will be based at IJS’s office in Stuttgart.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will amend its regulations to resume, under certain conditions, the import of wooden handicrafts from China. The final rule requires that all wooden handicrafts from China be treated with a heat treatment or a heat treatment with moisture reduction at an […]
Kuehne+Nagel said it’s introducing newly developed active wireless sensors which record and transmit the temperature of pharmaceutical air freight shipments as part of its KN PharmaChain product. The Swiss forwarder said use of these sensors is a major achievement in the segment of “seamless” air freight cold chains for pharmaceutical products. Generally, security rules […]
Last year saw a number of small containership lines drop out of the transpacific trade amid flat demand growth and intense competition. The drop-off was notably sharp in the second half, with American Shipper affiliate ComPair Data estimating a 15 percent withdrawal of eastbound transpacific capacity was withdrawn from July. Conrad Last […]
The 648-foot car carrier Morning Spruce will be held in Oregon’s Port of Portland until safety hazards are corrected and then reinspected and approved by the agency.
Union Pacific Corp. said James Young, chairman, president and chief executive officer, will take medical leave for pancreatic cancer treatment, but will remain chairman during his treatment.
The ocean carrier Delmas, a subsidiary of CMA CGM, has added a call to the Mediterranean hub of Algeciras to five of its Europe/Med-West Africa services. The services, on which parent CMA CGM takes slots, have all added a southbound call to Algeciras.
The liner carrier Hanjin Shipping said Friday it will seek rate increases on the Asia-Europe trade from April 1, joining a chorus of other lines that have announced similar rates hikes. Hanjin’s increases are $400 per 20-foot container and $800 per 40-foot container from the Far East (excluding Japan), Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, and […]
Blue Tree Systems, a provider of fleet management technology for Europe and North America, and Birmingham, Ala.-based McLeod Software, which focuses on the transportation industry, have announced a combined solution for carriers to monitor trailer location and temperature in real-time. The companies have integrated Blue Tree’s R:COM Trailer Tracking and Temperature Management System […]
Pantos Logistics of South Korea has recently opened its Ssangyong Motor European Parts Logistics Center (SEPC) in the Netherlands. The SEPC is located in Breda near the Port of Rotterdam and will serve Ssangyong by supplying vehicle parts throughout Europe. The warehouse is about 9,400-square-meters and will store roughly 470,000 parts – made from […]
FleetBoard, a European provider of vehicle logistics management systems, will be marketed throughout Ireland by the Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicles devision. FleetBoard’s fleet management system is supported by pre-installed hardware on the new Mercedes-Benz Actros, a heavy duty truck first introduced by Mercedes-Benz in the early 1990s. FleetBoard will tailor its three main services […]
The liner carrier CMA CGM said Thursday it plans to continue increasing rates on the Asia-Europe trade in both directions. On the westbound headhaul, the line will seek rate increases of $408 per 20-foot container and $806 per 40-foot container through a mix of increased or added surcharges and an “emergency revenue increase” of $300 […]
The liner carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co. said this week it plans to hike rates from the Mediterranean to the United States on two occasions in the coming months. The first increase, on April 1, is $240 per 20-foot container and $300 per 40-foot container. The second increase, on July 1, is $280 per […]
The logistics and forwarding arm of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group has appointed Martin Sieg, formerly of German logistics company SDV Geis, as global head of ocean freight.
Construction has begun on a new large port near Lamu island in southeast Kenya. The AFP wire service said Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and South Sudanese President Salva Kiir were on hand Friday to mark the official start of the $24.5 billion project that will include a railroad and […]
Following March 1 increases in rates by many lines, today’s World Container Index for Shanghai-Rotterdam rose from $1,276 per 40-foot container on Feb. 23 to $2,372 per 40-foot container, a jump of 114%.
A group representing U.S. shipping companies is expressing concern that if President Obama allows the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to be tapped that the oil industry may once again try to move much of the oil using foreign vessels. American Maritime Partnership (AMP), a broad-based coalition representing U.S.-flag vessel operators, maritime unions, and allied […]
The union that represents pilots who work for UPS asked Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to press their employer to voluntarily adopt a new FAA rule on pilot fatigue when he meets with UPS executives today. Robert W. Travis, president of the union, said in a letter to LaHood that “UPS has indicated, at […]
The master and second officer of the container ship Rena pleaded guilty on Wednesday to 10 out of 11 charges made against them following an investigation into the ship’s grounding off New Zealand on October 5 last year.
The NVOCC CaroTrans has begun offering a weekly fixed-day LCL export service from Charleston to South Africa. The service, which began in February, offers a transit time of 25 days to Durban, 30 days to Johannesburg, and 32 days to Cape Town. The service will feature broad coverage to all South African ports […]
