FedEx Ground, the small-package ground unit of FedEx Corp., said it has opened a $100 million major distribution hub in Kernersville, N.C. The 410,000-square-foot facility is located on a 125-acre site and features automated material handling technology that can process 15,000 packages per hour. With a projected future expansion, the hub could eventually […]
Air cargo specialist Amerijet International has opened a new 20,000-square-foot facility in Newark, N.J. “Amerijet is committed to its development strategy and Newark is a key market for our network expansion,” said Rich Hernandez, Amerijet’s regional manager, in a statement. Florida-based Amerijet operates offices worldwide, serving destinations throughout the Americas, Mexico, the […]
The Indianapolis-based trucking company Celadon Group said Tuesday it had purchased a 6.3 percent stake in USA Truck, a Van Buren, Ark.-based competitor. Celadon said it acquired the shares because it believes USA Truck’s common stock “represented a potentially attractive investment at recent prices.” Celadon added its “board and management team believe […]
CSX Transportation said it has work completed or construction underway at one-third of the clearance projects included in its National Gateway project and noted it was “on track for completion by 2015.” The project will create a double-stack freight rail corridor between Mid-Atlantic sea ports and the Midwest. Improvements are designed to […]
Kerry Logistics said Wednesday it has won a deal from Hugo Boss to manage its greater China distribution. The contract calls for Hong Kong-based Kerry to provide logistics services through two distribution centers – one in Hong Kong for the Taiwan, Macau and Hong Kong markets, and one in Shanghai for the mainland […]
To strengthen its position in the Dutch market, non-vessel-operating common carrier Ecu Line group has taken ownership of its warehouse facilities in Rotterdam. A 29-year lease has been assumed and the 13,800-square-meter terminal in the Botlek area will be completely renovated and equipped with the latest technology, the NVO said. Ecu Line, […]
The Port of Milwaukee has become the grantee status of Foreign Trade Zone No. 41 for Milwaukee and Southeast Wisconsin. Eric Reinelt, port director, said the U.S. Commerce Department’s Foreign-Trade Zone Board has approved the transfer of the zone from a private individual, Vincent J. Boever. The port now plans to promote […]
Thomas Timlen Asia liason officer, BIMCO tt@bimco.org On Second Thought… With the U.S. presidential campaign under way, we see candidates face the usual questions, yet it’s not always easy to get clear answers that would indicate their plans or priorities once elected. Global shipping has far more organizations and associations acting as industry […]
What duty does the federal government owe an insurance company that underwrites a surety bond to guarantee the obligations of an importer? That’s the issue at the heart of a case that was remanded to the U.S. Court of International Trade by the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington to in a 2-1 […]
Analyzing 10 years of profit, revenues reveals major changes among top publicly traded lines. By Eric Johnson The container-shipping industry’s economic roller-coaster ride the past four years has obscured the relative tranquility of the merger and acquisition scene in that time. Since 2005 — when the A.P. Moller – Maersk Group acquired P&O […]
In late August, two influential shipping voices independently conveyed a similar idea to American Shipper: that vessels transiting the widened Panama Canal to serve U.S. East Coast ports would want to avoid transshipment. “If you take your big-ship economics and wipe it out with transshipment you haven’t accomplished anything,” Jim Newsome president and […]
Carriers, and forwarders hope for, but don’t expect a bullish peak season for air cargo. By Eric Johnson Sluggish. Weakened. Lethargic. The words used of late to paint the air freight demand picture from Asia to North America could easily describe the effects of the flu. And air freight could be diagnosed […]
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said Sept. 2 it plans to issue a $175,000 civil penalty against the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for alleged violations of Department of Transportation hazardous materials regulations. The FAA claims MIT offered a fiberboard box containing 33 electronic devices to FedEx Express for transportation by air from Cambridge, […]
European logistics giant expands in the Americas, Asia. By Chris Dupin European logistics giant Geodis Group has been expanding in the United States and elsewhere in the Americas through acquisitions and organic growth. In June, Geodis Wilson, its freight management unit, acquired Minneapolis-based One Source Logistics and announced plans to double its freight […]
Third-party logistics services provider Century Distribution Systems has recently started a non-vessel-operating common carrier service to serve shippers in the U.S. trades. Century Express, the U.S. licensed ocean transportation intermediary, is an outgrowth of the company’s NVO division Century Shipping, which was started in 2005. Century Shipping has operated in several trade lanes, […]
By Publisher Jim Blaeser More than 30 years ago FedEx founder and Chief Executive Officer Fred Smith famously said, “the information about the package is just as important as the package itself.” Today FedEx alone handles millions of packages per day, each of them generating hundreds of pieces of data as the shipments […]
USA Bouquet has logistics ‘down cold’ for moving blooms from grower to U.S. retailer. By Chris Dupin The flexibility to source flowers globally and a cold supply chain to keep them in top condition until they can be delivered to stores around the country have helped USA Bouquet Co. blossom. Ricardo Nieto, director […]
Automated freight payment pioneer starts new venture to further refine process. By Chris Gillis With today’s available automation, it would appear that paying the right carrier the right amount at the right time should be a straightforward process for shippers, but that’s still far from reality. “Unfortunately, transportation payments are very complicated when […]
