The Defense Trade Advisory Group (DTAG), a private-sector panel that provides advice to the federal government on the policy and regulation of U.S. defense trade, is now accepting membership applications for the upcoming 2012-2014 term. “Membership on this panel presents an exciting opportunity to participate in the administration’s Export Control Reform Initiative, […]
Pacer International said it had a profit of $1.1 million in the fourth quarter ending Dec. 31, 2011, compared to a loss of $1.1 million in the same period a year earlier. Revenue in the quarter was $358 million, compared to $373 million in the fourth quarter of 2010. About $289.7 million […]
North Carolina’s Railinc Corp., which provides data services to the rail industry, has finished its first round of tests and implementations for its comprehensive equipment performance monitoring (CEPM) program and CEPM-Wheelsets. The CEPM-Wheelsets lets rail carriers, equipment owners, wheel shops and repair shops have a clear look at the health and history of wheelsets […]
Cloud supply chain platform provider GT Nexus has hired Jason Zintak as executive vice president of global sales. Zintak is responsible for setting the sales strategy and expanding field operations. He also joins the GT Nexus executive team, which directs overall company strategy, operations, and business development. Recently he led global […]
Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS), a provider of plastic pallets with embedded radio frequency identification (RFID) tags, appointed Meredith Neizer to chief operating officer. She brings more than 30 years of experience in the supply industry to iGPS. Neizer joins iGPS from US Foods where she was senior vice president of […]
MIQ Logistics said Thursday it has started less-than-container-load (LCL) consolidation services from Istanbul to New York. Kansas-based MIQ is partnering with its agent INCI Lojistik on the service to collect LCL shipments from any point in Turkey, and many points in Eastern Europe, consolidate them in Istanbul before transporting the boxes to New York […]
The liner carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co. said this week it plans to increase rates on shipments from West Mediterranean and Adriatic ports to the Red Sea. The increase, $100 per TEU, is effective from March 1.
Provista, a Texas-based supply chain improvement company, has launched Provista Pro, an inventory management tool for its medical industry customers. Provista, which has 70,000 sites in health care, education, hospitality and corporate markets in the United States, said its tool provides data across the entire supply chain, will ensure the best price […]
Mediterranean Shipping Co.’s weekly Golden Gate Service is scheduled to arrive for the first time at the Port of Savannah on Feb. 16 based on the company’s latest plans, Executive Vice President Allen Clifford said. News that the Swiss container line was adding Savannah to its loop via the Suez Canal was […]
Impatex Computer Systems, a U.K.-based provider of customs processing software, is changing its name to Impatex Freight Software. The company said this reflects its main areas of developing, supplying and supporting customs and freight forwarding software, and it has not provided computer hardware for more than 10 years. Impatex currently provides […]
A former manager of a Netherlands-based freight forwarder pleaded guilty for conspiring to defraud the United States by facilitating the illegal export of goods to Iran. Sentencing is scheduled for May 15.
The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security said three companies agreed to pay a total of $35,200 in civil penalties to settle allegations that each violated the Export Administration Regulations’ antiboycott provisions. Antiboycott regulations prohibit U.S. persons from taking certain actions with intent to comply with or support unsanctioned foreign boycotts, […]
The Grand Alliance of liner shipping companies has added an 11th vessel to its weekly LPC service between Asia and North Europe, increasing roundtrip voyage time from 70 days to 77 days. Transit times eastbound to China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan from North Europe on the LPC have increased by about seven days, now […]
Owens Corning has an active policy to transport as much of its building materials and supplies as possible on trucks powered by liquefied natural gas engines to save fuel costs.
SAP has announced two new services to deliver its HANA analytics platform to small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs). SAP’s HANA has been extended to power its new Business One application and the new Edge edition of HANA, allowing SMEs to see real-time data and analytics based on individual requirements. The platform is a […]
Pantos Logistics, a South Korea-based freight logistics business, opened a new logistics center in Laem Chabang, Thailand to enhance its warehouse and distribution business. The new 10,000-square-meter distribution center was built close to the Laem Chabang port, the largest container terminal in Thailand, and Pantos said the facility will allow it to handle up […]
Drewry, a maritime research firm, said the car carrier industry is “better positioned than most others in the shipping industry, who suffer from large newbuilding orderbooks, to weather a double-dip recession.” Publicizing a new report on the sector, Drewry said “the downturn hurt car-carrying vessels, with capacity utilization falling significantly,” but added “operators are […]
The campaign by Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives to discredit the Obama administration’s choices for distributing stimulus funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has now set its sights on the Port of Los Angeles. Rep. Darrell Issa of California, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, […]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released work plans for its civil works program through the end of the current fiscal year 2012 and increased the amount it will spend on harbor deepening projects.
A company that supplies armed guards and other protection services to commercial ships said pirates have begun to focus their attacks a new region of the Indian Ocean affecting the Cape of Good Hope-to-Arabian Gulf shipping lane. The company, Gulf of Aden Group Transits (GOAGT), said it received information that pirates have been active […]
