The Leeds, U.K.-based logistics company Torque has appointed Paul Boland as its new head of freight. Boland has been with Torque for more than 10 years and will oversee imports, exports, air/sea, and courier services. He will also take charge of the architecture and implementation of Torque’s purchase order management system, which will […]
Menlo Worldwide Logistics, the logistics subsidiary of Con-way Inc., has promoted Thomas Koh to director of business development, and Chuan Peng Low to director of solutions and information technology for its South Asia organization. Both Koh and Low joined Menlo in 2005.
The ocean carrier Maersk Line has slowed its Los Angeles-Asia-Europe TP6/AE6 pendulum, adjusting round-trip voyage times from around 93 days to 103 days.
The U.S. Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism could evolve beyond a program focused on supply chain security to one that encompasses all types of threats associated with international trade, David Aguilar, acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, recently said. Plans to widen the scope come as the program prepares to take a […]
A study released by the Federal Maritime Commission on Thursday finds the repeal of antitrust protection for the liner shipping industry in Europe in 2008 has not disadvantaged U.S. shippers.
The liner carrier CMA CGM said Wednesday it will raise rates on the eastbound transpacific in line with recommendations made by the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement, among a host of planned rate hikes over the next three months. The proposed increases on the eastbound transpacific include: From Asia to all U.S. destinations (including intermodal), […]
The liner carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co. said this week it plans to increase rates from the Far East to parts of Central America, the Caribbean, and the north coast of South America. The increase, effective March 15, is $560 per 20-foot container and $800 per 40-foot or 40-foot high-cube container. The increase […]
Emirates Shipping Line said Wednesday it will seek a rate increase on containers moving from the Middle East to East Africa. The increase, effective March 1, is $250 per TEU. The carrier’s two-ship GIA service links the two regions with a rotation of Karachi, Sharjah, Jebel Ali, Mombasa, Zanzibar, Dar es […]
The Port of Seattle announced that cargo operations and deliveries returned to normal Wednesday as a contingent of port truck drivers ended a two-week work stoppage to protest pay and safety conditions.
The United States and European Union announced that starting June 1 organic products certified in Europe or the United States may be sold as “organic” in either region.
Elemica, a supplier of supply chain integration and optimization services, has introduced its new Elemica Transportation Management solution (ETM) that’s based on Oracle’s transportation management service. The service is available as a subscription offering and promises to optimize logistics and transportation processes. The ETM provides visibility over the logistics order lifecycle and anticipates […]
A2b Fulfillment will now provide Kigo Footwear with inventory management and fulfillment support. An existing agreement required third-party logistics provider A2b to provide Kigo with warehousing, storage, and shipping services. Kristin Serrano, Kigo’s chief operating officer, said the company’s recent growth necessitated outsourcing. She said the footwear manufacturer was “forced …to decide which […]
Ryder System has appointed Robert E. Sanchez to president and chief operating officer. Sanchez most recently served as president of Ryder’s Global Fleet Management Solutions (FMS). During his 18 years with Ryder, he has held a variety of executive-level positions. Dennis C. Cooke succeeds Sanchez as head of FMS, which is Ryder’s […]
Container volume at the Southern California ports rose a collective 1 percent year-on-year in January, but the spoils were not equally shared, with Los Angeles volume rising, and Long Beach’s dropping.
Florida-based Sylectus, a unit of Qualcomm Enterprise Services, has reached agreement with MacroPoint to offer an “intuitive” fleet tracking application for trucking companies. Sylectus said the offering will allow 3PLs, fleet owners and managers, freight brokers, and carriers to track loads and drivers without requiring any new hardware or long-term contracts. The […]
Import cargo volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to drop 6.8 percent in February from the same month a year ago, but should show year-over-year increases through most of the remaining first half of 2012, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released Wednesday by the National Retail Federation and […]
CargoWise, a technology provider for logistics service companies, has announced a new deal with Lasso Logistics to implement its hosted ediEnterprise service. Lasso, which operates supply chain and product services across Australia and China, said it chose CargoWise to improve efficiency in its international operations. Lasso’s move away from legacy systems and to a […]
The liner carrier Hamburg Süd said Wednesday it plans to raise U.S. export rates to Australia and New Zealand in April. The increase, $150 per 20-foot container and $300 per 40-foot container, becomes effective April 1.
The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of Michael Coppola who was found guilty by a jury of racketeering and sentenced to 16 years in jail in 2009. The court said Coppola was found guilty after a jury trial in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York “of […]
Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB) said it plans to grow its aircraft and aviation services company ASL Aviation Group. Antwerp-based CMB entered the passenger and cargo aviation business in 1998, and it’s been one of the fastest emerging operations in the company’s transport assets portfolio. CMB is known in the maritime industry for […]
