Supply chain service provider SBS Worldwide has appointed Michael Mohan as its new UK Air Freight General Manager. Mohan will be in charge of furthering the development of the air freight division in key markets and along new verticals. Mohan will also be responsible with applying SBS’s business plan across its air freight […]
RF Code, a provider of active IT asset management and wire-free environmental monitoring solutions, has released a new infrared enabled badge tag that provides real time, room-level personnel location information.
Fox Valley Commerce, an Il.-based 3PL and supply chain consulting firm, is gearing up to launch a new American Truck Directory website to give American truckers a digital forum to directly connect with thousands of shippers across the U.S. The site will serve as a comprehensive marketing platform for U.S.-based trucking companies, owner […]
Express consignment carrier DHL announced Thursday that Home Shopping Europe 24 (HSE24) has extended its package delivery contract and placed all its logistics requirements with DHL as of the middle of next year. DHL is expanding its role by taking over warehousing services for the Munich-based multi-channel mail order company that were outsourced to […]
Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business division of Phoenix-based Avnet, has launched the Rapid Benefit Estimation Tool (RaBET) for reducing supply chain costs. RaBET is a free supply chain diagnostic tool that aims to show customers ways to save money by using Avnet as their supply chain partner. John Sanders, director, supply chain management, […]
Apple’s latest product salvo, the iPad3, is due to hit U.S. stores any day now, if the online rumors are to be believed. The often secretive tech giant hasn’t announced a release date, but airfreight activity in China, where the product is being assembled, suggests the new tablet launch is near. Taking […]
The ocean carriers Maersk Line and CMA CGM have slowed their joint weekly TP3/TP9/Columbus pendulum linking Pacific Northwest ports with Asia and Maersk’s Southeast Asian hub at Tanjung Pelepas, before continuing westabout via Suez to the U.S. East Coast. Round voyage time has increased from 105 days to 112 days. The joint service is also scheduled to skip […]
Container shipping lines in the Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (WTSA) on Tuesday announced a new round of incremental dry cargo rate increases, part of an ongoing effort to stem revenue erosion in the U.S.-Asia cargo market. From Apirl 1, the lines will seek a $50 per FEU increase from Los Angeles, Long Beach […]
In early February, India’s port tariff body cut the rates which APMT can charge its shipping line customers by 44 percent, prompting APMT to ask an Indian court for a stay on the cut, which would be effective through the end of 2014.
Evergreen Line, will join a service between the U.S. East Coast and South America currently operated by NYK, Hanjin, and Hyundai in March. It’s a return to the trade for Evergreen, which had pulled out of a space sharing agreement on the same trade lane with Hamburg-Sud in 2008 during the sharp downturn […]
Obama President Obama, as promised in his State of the Union address last month, signed an executive order Tuesday creating a unit within the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative focused on coordinating the efforts of multiple agencies to pursue unfair trade practices by other governments. The Interagency Trade Enforcement Center (ITEC) is […]
The U.S. Commerce Department has issued a temporary denial order to block exports from Delfin Group USA and its president Markos Baghdasarian, to Iran via the United Arab Emirates.
ChemLogix Global has appointed Marie Holst to its manager of international sales. Based in Blue Bell, Pa., Holst will focus on the company’s market reach for international transportation and logistics services to mid- and large-sized companies in all industries throughout North American. ChemLogix develops customized logistics solutions that address current market conditions for […]
The U.S. Grains Council – which develops export markets for U.S. barley, corn, sorghum, and related products – has launched an update version of its Website, grains.org. The Website, part of the Council’s branding and communications initiative, showcases the latest news and data surrounding the U.S. and global grain trade and markets. The […]
XPO Logistics, a third-party logistics provider, has announced the opening of a new North American Operations Center in Charlotte, N.C. The company said it will create at least 200 jobs over the next three years. XPO Logistics is a non-asset based 3PL servicing freight transportation services on ground, sea, and air for expedited […]
IES, a provider of logistics and compliance software services, announced that Columbia Logistics has signed on board to use the company’s cloud-based eCellerate tool. Headquartered outside of JFK international airport in N.Y., Columbia Logistics is an international forwarder, broker, and NVOCC. It uses a network of offices at high-tonnage cargo hubs and warehouse […]
Atlanta, Ga.’s PayCargo LLC, a provider of electronic invoicing and settlement solutions, said it will extend its existing commercial payment solution with electronic invoice presentment and payment (EIPP) tools for air, trucking, and rail shipping industries. Launched in 2009, PayCargo’s service was originally aimed at ocean shippers with business-to-business payment offerings and tools […]
The liner shipping company Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. has ended its Mexico Tampa Express service which connected gulf ports of Mexico and USA with Zim’s Caribbean hub port of Kingston. The weekly service operated with two vessels, averaging 756 TEUs, with a rotation of Kingston, Progreso, Veracruz, Altamira, Mobile, Tampa and Kingston. The […]
The carrier Pacific International Lines (PIL) said Tuesday it will add a 10th vessel to its triangular services between the U.S. West Coast, Oceania and China. The service, which PIL dubs CTP, has a rotation of Keelung, Qingdao, Ningbo, Shanghai, Long Beach, Melbourne, Sydney, Tauranga, Brisbane, and Keelung. It is currently operated with […]
By Eric Kulisch Business people involved in trade compliance and security usually think of countries integrating their supply chain security programs when they hear the term mutual recognition. But the practice of trade partners granting reciprocal recognition to each other’s rules and regulations really can apply to all types of cross-border activity. The […]
