FedEx Ground, the small-package ground unit of FedEx Corp., opened a new sorting and delivery station that is the fifth major facility for the company in the Chicago area. The 214,000-square-foot facility is located in Grayslake, Ill., and joins four others serving the ground shipping needs of Chicagoland. The station will dispatch up […]
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in the Netherlands has strengthened its freighter connections with China and Hong Kong, following the start of China Southern Airlines’ twice weekly Boeing 777 all-cargo services to Chongqing. Chongqing is a hub for computer manufacturing, and is home to plants for nine of the world’s top brands. The area’s fast-growing industry […]
Upward climb
The turnover rate for over-the-road truck drivers rose to 79 percent in the second quarter, according to the American Trucking Associations’ latest Trucking Activity Report, marking the third quarter in a row of increased churn in the driver market.
Groups representing the tug and barge industry are concerned about a proposal to fund inland waterway improvements with a lock user fee because it could drive consumer prices higher and hurt exports.
The European Shippers’ Council has revised its customers’ charter to better reflect sustainability initiatives in the shipper-carrier relationship, it said Friday. The ESC held a shipper forum dubbed “Greening the Maritime Supply Chain” this week in Brussels. “The relationship should be a cooperative relationship, a pro-active relationship, in which both parties – […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and other regulatory and international partners this week completed the International Internet Week of Action (IIWA), a cooperative effort to curb online sales and distribution of counterfeit and illegal medical products. The IIWA is a coordinated effort by INTERPOL, World Customs Organization, Permanent Forum of International Pharmaceutical […]
The World Customs Organization will host a customs and trade forum in Guangzhou, China on Nov. 24-25 to discuss knowledge sharing as a way to improve public-private cooperation to enhance the management of modern, secure international supply chains. The event, which is expected to draw upwards of 500 customs and business attendees, will […]
Anthony Barone, director of global logistics policy for drug maker Pfizer, has been named chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce’s Committee on Customs and Trade Regulations. He will succeed Selig Merber of General Electric in November. Barone’s term is for three years. He previously served on the U.S. Department of […]
Swiss freight forwarder Panalpina on Thursday opened a new branch office in the city of Jaipur, India. The city has a large number of exporters of construction materials, automotive products, handicrafts, jewelry and carpets, Panalpina said. “Panalpina has a very ambitious growth strategy for India,” said Rene Wernli, managing director for Panalpina […]
A consortium led by PSA International has provisionally won a concession to build a fourth terminal at India’s busiest container port, according to local news reports. Singapore-based terminal operator PSA is partnering with local port group ABG to build a terminal in the Nhava Sheva port complex that could eventually have capacity for […]
Analysis of spot rates on the two key east-west trades shows that carriers will have to shelve capacity in the coming months, according to the maritime analyst SeaIntel.
Ron Widdows, the group president and chief executive officer of Neptune Orient Lines, will remain chairman of the World Shipping Council (WSC) through September 2012.
Maersk Line has added a call at Qingdao to one of its core Asia-Europe services. The call has been added to its AE7 service, which now has a rotation of Qingdao, Ningbo, Shangai, Yantian, Tanjung Pelepas, Tangiers, Felixstowe, Bremerhaven, Rotterdam, Tangiers, Jeddah, Jebel Ali, Da Chan Bay, and Qingdao. The standalone service […]
APL has omitted two major Chinese ports from an intra-Asia service linking China and the Philippines, according to American Shipper affiliate ComPair Data. The line has shortened the rotation of its NPX service to Hong Kong, Chiwan, Kaohsiung, Manila, Cebu, Cagayan de Oro, Kaohsiung, and Hong Kong. In line with the dropped coverage […]
NYK Line, Evergreen Line, and Hanjin Shipping said Thursday they will start a new service connecting the Far East with the Indian Subcontinent. The service, which NYK has dubbed WIN, will start Oct. 29 with a rotation of Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Singapore, Nhava Sheva, Pipavav, Colombo, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Busan. It […]
The U.S. Justice Department said six Japanese freight forwarders have agreed to plead guilty and pay criminal fines totaling $46.8 million for their roles in a conspiracy to fix certain fees involving air cargo shipments from Japan to the United States.
UPS said Wednesday it will offer an air freight container for healthcare products, such as pharmaceuticals, vaccines and biologics, with temperature-sensitive requirements. The PharmaPort 360 container, which will be manufactured by Cool Containers, will provide near real-time monitoring and maintain product temperatures in extreme outside conditions. UPS said it will maintain strict […]
The Surface Transportation Board said Wednesday it has initiated a public proceeding to examine the regulatory effects of the price Berkshire Hathaway paid when it acquired BNSF Railway last year. In May, the Western Coal Traffic League petitioned the STB to adjust its costing system as a result of the purchase price. BNSF […]
