Parsons Brinckerhoff, a global infrastructure consulting firm, has appointed Joseph Bryan as a principal consultant in its Boston office. Bryan, a 30-year industry veteran, will lead the firm’s freight and logistics service area in the Americas, focusing on freight transportation and logistics policy, planning and management.
Bremen, Germany-based freight forwarder Leschaco has opened a Middle East regional office at the Dubai Airport Free Zone in the United Arab Emirates. The Dubai office will be headed by Managing Director Shamsudeen Ahmed, who has held management positions at Schenker, Panalpina and Exel/DHL. He was most recently president in the Middle East for […]
Troy Container Line Ltd., a Red Bank. N.J.-based non-vessel-operating common carrier, has appointed Daniel A. Vorsky to account executive. In this role, he will foster expansion of Troy in new markets. Vorsky will also carry out strategic sales plans and oversee day-to-day account transactions at the NVO. Before joining Troy, he apprenticed with […]
Study shows number of jobs generated by the Port of New York and New Jersey grew to 279,200 in 2010, 9,210 more than in 2008. That total includes both 170,770 direct jobs as well as indirect jobs from associated economic activity.
Port Manatee said it had opened a new berth that received its first ship on Monday. The 492-foot long Sea Brave was tied up at Berth 12 on Monday morning, following certification by the Tampa Bay Pilots Association. The berth is 1,600 feet long. With a depth of 41 feet it can […]
The Texas Port of Corpus Christi expects to gain significant transportation benefits from a newly opened bridge. The bridge connects Interstate 37 to the Joe Fulton International Trade Corridor. The Texas Department of Transportation constructed the 4,415-foot-long bridge as part of a $32 million project to improve mobility and safety. The bridge is […]
The Philippines-based global terminal operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) said this week it has received eight new rubber tire gantry cranes at its flagship Manila facility. The new cranes will be put into service in ICTSI’s Manila International Container Terminal’s (MICT) new Berth 6 operation, raising the RTG fleet in the […]
“K” Line said Friday it will join as a slot buyer in a service linking China with the Philippines and Indonesia. The Japanese line will join the China 1 service operated by CNC Line, the intra-Asia subsidiary of CMA CGM. The service has a rotation of Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Hong Kong, Manila South […]
Mediterranean Shipping Co. has joined the northbound leg of a service linking the Oceania region with the U.S. East Coast, according to American Shipper affiliate ComPair Data. The service is the Hamburg Süd and Maersk Line operated Oceania string, with MSC taking slots on the leg covering the northbound rotation of Sydney, Melbourne, […]
A salvage crew continues to remove bunker fuel from the containership Rena, which went aground on Astrolabe Reef near Tauranga, New Zealand earlier this month. Three salvage personnel will remain on board overnight Monday.
APL has named Wong Siew Loong as regional president of its North Asia business. Wong has worked for 15 years at APL and will be responsible for the company’s commercial activities in China, Japan and Korea. He will be based in Shanghai. He has held positions in strategic planning and investor relations […]
Joe Rodriguez has been named vice president of sales and marketing for Horizon Line LLC’s eastern region. Rodriguez will oversee all sales activity, pricing and marketing in the eastern half of the United States and Puerto Rico, reporting to Brian Taylor, executive vice president, chief operating officer and chief commercial officer of Horizon […]
Thome Ship Management has appointed Carsten Brix Ostenfeldt to managing director. He replaces Bjorn Hojgaard who has resigned from the group to pursue other interests, the Singapore-based third-party ship management company said. Ostenfeldt spent the past two years as Thome’s technical director. The company said its other directors and senior managers remain […]
Non-asset based logistics provider Transplace on Thursday announced it has acquired Chicago-based intermodal marketing company Celtic International to increase its capabilities in the growing intermodal market. Privately held Transplace said the combined revenue of the two companies exceeds $1 billion, but officials have previously stated that gross revenue at the Dallas firm as […]
Cleveland-based ContainerPort Group said last week that Daniel Corcoran has joined the company as regional vice president for the West, where he will be responsible for the Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis, and Kansas City operations. Corcoran was most recently president of TTS Terminals, and previously held vice president positions with Pacer Cartage and […]
Zonar, a Seattle-based firm specializing in compliance and fleet efficiency information technology applications for the trucking industry, has appointed Chris Hines to executive vice president. Prior to this appointment, he was president and chief operating officer of the Celadon Group. Hines was also formerly president and chief executive officer of Tripmaster Corp. (now […]
The Russian Railways and the Railways of the Slovak Republic signed an agreement to work together on the development and modernization of Slovakia’s transport infrastructure. The agreement is part of a plan to integrate the railway networks of Russia and Slovakia into the European and Eurasian transport systems, the companies said. The […]
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, in an unguarded moment, said he will only serve one term, regardless of how President Obama does in next year’s election.
Yusen Logistics’ operation in the Benelux region has opened a new facility for the storage and regional distribution of solar panels for Chinese manufacturer Shandong Linuo Solar Power Holdings (Shandong Linuo). The operation is based in one of the logistics services provider’s bonded warehouses in the Rotterdam area. As part of the service, […]
Kuehne + Nagel said it had a profit of 143 million Swiss francs ($159 million) in the third quarter ending Sept. 30, 15 percent less than in the same 2010 period.
