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 […]
Horizon Lines has appointed Richard Rodriguez to vice president and general manager for Puerto Rico. He will be responsible for all on-island sales and operations, local labor, security, as well as government relations. Formerly, he was the ocean carrier’s port manager in San Juan. Rodriguez joined Sea-Land, Horizon Lines’ predecessor, in 1993, coming […]
The French shipping line CMA CGM reported it had a net loss of $30 million in 2011, compared to a profit of $1.6 billion in 2010.
Ocean carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co. is pushing the limits of vessel size in the transpacific trade with the three ships it provides on its joint six-ship Pearl River Express with CMA CGM.
The ocean carrier Maersk Line is suspending its weekly North Europe to the Middle East and Indian Subcontinent ICON service. The last sailing will be by the Maersk Darlington, departing Felixstowe on March 12. The seven-ship average 4,208-TEUs ICON has a port rotation of Felixstowe, Zeebrugge, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, Salalah, Colombo, Chennai, Colombo, Salalah, and Felixstowe. Maersk […]
The United States has requested consultations with India under the WTO’s dispute settlement provisions concerning India’s prohibition on certain American agricultural exports.
The U.S. Export-Import Bank will set up shop in four U.S. cities by this summer, the bank’s Chairman and President Fred P. Hochberg told the Detroit Economic Club on Tuesday. Bank staff, which are currently being recruited for the new positions, will be based in Atlanta, Detroit, Minneapolis, and Seattle. This will provide local […]
DHL has received approval from the Australian government to collect and recycle products on behalf of television and computer importers and domestic manufacturers. Australia’s National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme aims to reduce the number of electronic products ending up in landfills, and will boost the recycling rate for these products from 17 […]
World Container Index, a 50-50 joint venture between Drewry and Cleartrade Exchange, has announced that over-the-counter freight swap trades will now be cleared on two new backhaul routes by LCH.Clearnet. WCI assessments on the Los Angeles-Shanghai and Rotterdam-Shanghai trade lanes will be available with contracts similar to those offered by LCH.Clearnet for Shanghai-Los […]
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) has released a new report finding that The Responsible Recycling Act (RERA, S. 1270, HR 2284) violates international trade law. The report notes the total export ban called for by RERA will be “difficult to reconcile with the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), one of the World […]
The global logistics market has seen a rapid adoption of software-as-a-service (SaaS) models and offerings for transportation management, but many still worry about data security.
Prologis, an industrial real estate developer, said it will operate more than 1 million square feet of warehousing for freight forwarder Geodis in Europe. Geodis’ lease is made up of a renewal for 749,000 square feet from two buildings at Prologis Park Evry in Evry Lisses, south of Paris, and another 266,000 square […]
International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett, whose union will begin negotiating a new contract later this month, warned of a possible strike if demands aren’t met in several areas, including automation. Daggett made his comments Tuesday at the annual Journal of Commerce-sponsored Transpacific Maritime Conference in Long Beach, Calif., when he appeared on a panel […]
Logistics Dynamics has launched a new carrier portal that allows motor carrier unlimited load searching and truck position, as well as lane alerts for instant notification based on their needs and demands. The service is free to all carriers and gives them access to vans, refrigerated vehicles, and flatbed loads, including full truckloads, […]
