The U.S. Justice Department announced Tuesday that it has seized more than $896,000 in proceeds from the distribution of counterfeit sports apparel and jerseys sold online and seized seven domain names engaged in the sale of fake goods. The investigation of the fraudulent sales is part of Operation In Our Sites, led by the […]
After only one month back at full-speed, ocean carrier Maersk Line has again slowed its FM3 service between Asia and the Indian Subcontinent and added a call at Shanghai. American Shipper reported Feb 28 that the FM3 had resumed a six-week roundtrip voyage time after having slowed to seven weeks (reported by American […]
The liner carrier CMA CGM said Wednesday it plans to increase rates on the westbound Asia-Europe trade from May 1. It’s the third time the French line has raised rates in recent months as it and other container lines seek to bring rates on the trade back to higher levels. The increase is […]
After a one-month slow-down, ocean carrier Maersk Line has resumed an 11-week roundtrip voyage time on its FEW2 service between Asia and West Africa. American Shipper reported Feb 28 that the loop had slowed to 12 weeks, with transit times eastbound to Southeast Asia, China and South Korea on the FEW2 increasing by […]
After a two-month slowdown, ocean carrier Maersk Line has resumed a six-week roundtrip voyage time on its MESA service between the Middle East and South Africa and added new calls at Indian Ocean ports.
Non-vessel-operating common carrier Shipco Transport has opened a new sales office in Osaka to better serve freight forwarders in the Western area of Japan. In addition to Osaka, the office will include sales to forwarders in Kobe, Hakata and Moji. Takaaki Onishi, general manager of Shipco Tokyo, will oversee the staff in Osaka. “Almost all of our […]
Non-vessel-operating common carrier Vanguard Logistics Services has promoted Collin Rozario to general manager of air freight in the South Pacific and Southeast Asia. Based in Sydney, Rozario will be responsible for developing the NVO’s air freight operations and sales in Southeast Asia by leveraging Vanguard’s own and agency air freight networks, particularly in Singapore, […]
The Savannah Harbor Expansion Project study concluded that deepening the harbor from its current depth of 42 feet to 47 feet is “economically viable, environmentally sustainable, and in the best interests of the United States.”
Leschaco has opened a logistics center in Laredo, Texas. “The opening of the Leschaco Logistics Center is an important expansion of our services to complement our product offering for our chemical and FAK (freight all kinds) customers”, said Mark Malambri, the company’s president and chief executive officer of Leschaco. The company said the facility will offer a […]
Air Methods Corp., a global provider of air medical transportation, said it’s consolidating its management to improve operations efficiency. The company has eliminated its chief operating officer position, held by Paul Tate. The responsibilities are being distributed among senior staff and Tate is transitioning to a consultant role in the company. Air Methods is one of […]
GreenLine Systems, a provider of services for cross-border management, has appointed Scott Suhy to chief executive officer. Noah Rosenkrantz, co-founder and previous CEO, has transitioned to chairman.
Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX), a healthcare technology and services company, is expanding its supply chain services by acquiring TriSolve Ltd. in Bradford, United Kingdom, coming at the heels of its French acquisition of the Beep-N-Track solution from Implanet. TriSolve currently provides consulting and support with systems integration and management to National Health Service (NHS) […]
The Sweetener Users Association has continued its campaign to get the U.S. Department of Agriculture to increase the country’s tariff-rate quota for raw and refined sugar imports. “World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates sharply illustrate the need for a substantial and immediate increase in the tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) for raw and refined sugar, […]
The United States and Brazil this week entered a public-private partnership to enhance bilateral aviation cooperation in areas such as airport expansion, airspace management, safety and security. “These programs will support Brazil’s aviation infrastructure development priorities, while connecting U.S. companies to the growing business opportunities in the sector,” said the U.S. Trade and […]
Attorney joins law firm’s International Trade Practice Group after a decade at Customs and Border Protection and the U.S. Trade Representative office working on customs, trade policy formulation and trade negotiations
Swisslog, a provider of integrated logistics solutions, has signed a deal with the UK supermarket chain Asda to deliver an automated goods-to-man materials handling solution called AutoStore. AutoStore is a storage and retrieval system for single items and small parts. Goods are stored in bins stacked directly on top of each other, with […]
Import cargo volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to increase 3.2 percent in April compared with the same month last year, and year-over-year gains should continue through the end of summer, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released Tuesday by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates. […]
Westbound Asia-Europe volume rose 15.6 percent year-on-year in February, to 2.8 million TEUs, according to the latest figures from Container Trade Statistics. Eastbound, volume rose 8.8 percent to Asia in February, to 1.8 million TEUs. The large increases are due in part to the timing of the Lunar New Year this year […]
Cargo tonnage at the Port of Redwood City, Calif., for the first three quarters of the fiscal year ended March 31 was 965,033 metric tons, an increase of 390,165 metric tons, or more than 68 percent higher than the first three quarters of the previous fiscal year, the port announced. Imports of sand […]
IQMS, a manufacturing ERP software developer, has released a new shipping and distribution management module, Shipping Manager, to provide better information and order integration. IQMS said its Shipping Manager product allows customers to send real-time data to and from common freight and parcel carrier systems, such as FedEx and UPS, from within EnterpriseIQ. […]
Horizon Lines said Tuesday that it had large losses in 2011, but turned a proft in the fourth quarter. The line said the profitable last quarter reflects its decision to shed its transpacific container service and logistics business. The domestic container carrier, which serves Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico, announced its 2011 […]
NYK Line, MOL, and “K” Line to combine two existing loops on the trade into one and start a new feeder for ports dropped as a result of the merging, while NYK will start a new three-ship Asia-Honoulu dedicated service
FedEx said this week it it has added another “green” element to its FedEx Express Envelope: carbon-neutral shipping. By adding the feature to its envelope, which is already made from 100 percent recycled content and is 100 percent recyclable, FedEx said it will offer carbon-neutral shipping at no extra cost. That could […]
A legislator in Guam introduced a resolution Res.(371-31) last week requesting Guam’s delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives to introduce legislation to exempt Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and Alaska as well as Guam from the U.S.-build provision of the Jones Act. The resolution notes that ships serving Guam are already exempt from the […]
On Monday, the United States sent a letter to Brazil stating that it will recognize Cachaça as a distinctive product of Brazil, while Brazil said in a letter it will designate Bourbon Whiskey and Tennessee Whiskey as distinctive products of the U.S.
IES, which provides a suite of import and export services, announced that its entire Ocean AMS customer base will be moved from the Automated Commercial System (ACS) to the new Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), a commercial trade processing system developed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. ACE is an attempt to create a single window […]
Horizon Lines said Tuesday morning it has reached a deal with Ship Finance International Limited (SFL) to return five ships of 2,824 TEUs that it had under charter and are currently laid up in the Philippines.
The adjustments, scheduled for May 15, will raise dry commodity rate levels by $50 per FEU from Pacific Southwest ports, and by $100 per FEU for all other cargo from inland U.S. points and from the U.S. East and Gulf coasts.
The Hong Kong-based liner carrier OOCL said Tuesday that Andy Tung will become the company’s new chief executive officer from July 1, replacing current CEO Philip Chow, who is retiring.
COSCO Container Lines said Tuesday it plans to hike rates on the trade from Northern Europe to the east coast of South America from May 6. The increase, 200 euros per TEU and 400 euros per FEU, is applicable on the line’s ESE service. COSCO takes slots on Maersk Line and Safmarine’s Samba […]
The liner carrier Emirates Shipping Line said Tuesday it’s joining a Hyundai Merchant Marine-operated service between South Korea, China, and the Middle East. Emirates will join Hyundai’s KMS service as a slot buyer from April 24. KMS has a rotation of Gwangyang, Busan, Ningbo, Keelung, Yantian, Hong Kong, Singapore, Port Kelang, Jebel Ali, […]
Crowley Maritime Corp. promoted Julia Shemesh to vice president and deputy general counsel. Shemesh will remain in Seattle and continue reporting to Michael Roberts, senior vice president and general counsel who works out of Crowley’s headquarters in Jacksonville, Fla. In her new role, Shemesh will primarily be responsible for providing advice and […]
In March, the U.S. Navy put two recreated faces of sailors whose remains were found on the USS Monitor, a Civil War-era ironclad warship that was sunk about 150 years ago in a severe storm, in specially designed UPS packaging for transport. An official from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) this weekend said […]
GHX, a health care supply chain consulting service based in Louisville, Colo., has named Steve Cochran as its new chief technology officer. Cochran will lead development of the company’s exchange service that connects providers with suppliers. Cochran comes from GXS where he served as vice president of global product management. Cochran was the technology […]
In this week’s Washington Notebook, Associate Editor Eric Kulisch looks at the the U.S. Transportation Department’s closure of several unsafe trucking companies, FDA Commissioner Hamburg’s Monday visit to the Port of Savannah, and DOT’s clarification of a rule involving corrosion tests, a victory claimed by PETA.
CDC Software Corp., an enterprise software provider of on-site and cloud services such as supply chain management, has released a version of its Pivotal customer relationship management (CRM) software for the iPad, allowing users to access their CRM information on the go. Based in Atlanta, CDC said the service will allow its customers to […]
Oracle has called SAP its biggest rival, but it’s now taking something of a new approach to step up that rivalry: new products designed to help SAP customers with their systems.
Federal agents searched a Walgreens distribution center in Jupiter, Fla., and six of its drug stores in central Florida to see if the company or its employees had sold or distributed an excessive numbers of pain pills, authorities said Friday.
BDP International, a large Philadelphia-based logistics services company, is seeking additional funds for expansion, but said it is not looking to sell itself as one source quoted in a Reuters report alleged last week. “Let me state formally that BDP is not for sale,” said Arnie Bornstein, a BDP spokesman. “Our ownership and management team believe in the […]
U.S. railroads moved 5.8 percent fewer new carloads in March compared to a year ago, but intermodal volume increased 3.5 percent to 928,350 containers and trailers, the Association of American Railroads reported.
A review of Area Maritime Security (AMS) plans for some of the nation’s largest ports by the Government Accountability Office found they have incorporated key recovery and salvage response planning elements as called for by legislation and the Coast Guard.
The Singapore Armed Forces has agreed to a deal to allow the Dutch military to store small arms and ammunition at its outpost, according to a report in Singapore’s Straits Times. “The arms will be used by Dutch military teams who sail on board Dutch-flagged merchant vessels, which pass through the piracy-infested waters off the […]
Greenbrier Cos., the Lake Oswego, Ore.-based railcar and barge manufacturer, said it had a profit of $17.7 million in its second fiscal quarter ending Feb. 29, compared to a $550,000 loss in the same period a year earlier. Revenue was $458.2 million, compared to $284.3 million in the second quarter last year. William A. […]
CryoPort, a provider of cold-chain logistics services, said its board accepted Larry Stambaugh’s resignation as the company’s chairman, director and chief executive officer, effective immediately. The company’s newly appointed director Stephen E. Wasserman has been named chairman and the board has formed a chief executive office made up of various directors to assume the day-to-day […]
Vietnamese police have arrested more suspects as part of a widening scandal in the country’s shipping industry, according to a report Sunday by Agence France Presse. The deputy director general of state-owned shipping giant Vinalines, 53-year-old Bui Quoc Anh, was detained on Friday for embezzlement, along with two others, including a state auditor, a company […]
Baltimore’s Domino Sugar refinery said it planned to make history Monday by receiving the largest single raw sugar shipment to be delivered to any port east of the Mississippi. The company said it will set a record by receiving more than 95 million pounds of raw sugar from Guatemala, just six weeks short of the […]
Henry P. Gonzalez has opened a new law firm, Gonzalez del Valle Law. Prior to forming the firm, Gonzalez was a partner with Washington-based Rodriguez O’Donnell Gonzalez & Williams. Last week his former partner Carlos Rodriguez said he and three other employees joined the firm Husch Blackwell. Gonzalez, who worked earlier in his career […]
South Korean firm Pantos Logistics said it has won a contract to provide warehousing at its logistics center in Cibitung, Jakarta, for Coca-Cola in Indonesia. Pantos will handle distribution of Coca-Cola products to wholesalers around the country. Pantos said it’s also expanding its warehousing arrangement with Coca-Cola to Medan, Sumatra Island.
A report released this week by a committee of the Institute of Medicine urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and its overseas counterparts from the top industrialized nations to work together to help developing countries improve their regulatory systems for food and drug oversight. The discovery of a counterfeit version of the cancer drug Avastin […]
Applications for the TIGER grants totaled $10.2 billion, far exceeding the $500 million set aside for the program. DOT received 703 applications from all 50 states, U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has launched a redesigned Website in an effort to improve the quality, clarity, and accessibility of information it provides to the shipping public. The agency is also posting news on Twitter. It said the upgrade supports the goals of the 2010 Plain Writing Act and President Obama’s directive that government […]
The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security has posted an online tool this week to help exporters determine if they are eligible and in compliance with the License Exception Strategic Trade Authorization (STA).
The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Trade is starting work on the modernization of the European Union’s trade defense operations and seeks input from importers, producers, and other companies that deal with cross-border trade.
The significant increase comes one month after previous large rate increases implemented by carriers and shows that shippers are coming under increasing rate pressure as carriers hold the line on rate levels.
Four employees of the transportation and trade law firm Rodriguez O’Donnell Gonzalez & Williams are joining the Washington office of Husch Blackwell. Attorney Carlos Rodriguez, who entered private practice in 1977, is a well known expert in the field of ocean freight transportation. He successfully gave his boutique law firm a national presence. Rodriguez said being part […]
Hapag-Lloyd said Thursday it is starting two new regional services in Europe in May. The first, dubbed ADX, will link the Adriatic Sea with two Egyptian ports, including a rotation of Damietta, Port Said, Koper, Rijeka, Venice, Ancona, and Damietta. The second service, called REX, will connect Germany with Russia, Finland, and Poland, and […]
Mediterranean Shipping Co. said Thursday it plans to hike rates from Australia and New Zealand to several destination regions from May 1. The increases are: $150 per 20-foot container and $300 per 40-foot container to Europe and the Middle East. $500 per 20-foot container and $1,000 per 40-foot to the Indian Subcontinent. $200 per […]
American Airlines Cargo is restarting its daily non-stop service from Dublin, Ireland to Chicago from April 4. The flight will be operated on one of the carrier’s Boeing 767-300 wide-bodied passenger planes and will depart the Irish capital at 10 a.m. (local time) every day, arriving in Chicago at 12:20 p.m. “The morning departure is […]
ECS Group, a general sales and service agency based in Paris, has taken a controlling interest in Niger Air Cargo, a new cargo airline in West Africa. The airline, started in association with a private investor in Niger, will operate a weekly MD-11 or DC-10 freighter service from Liège to Niamey, the capital and largest […]
The U.S. Postal Service wants more warehouse business and it’s turning to technology service partners, such as DYMO Endicia, to help broaden its base. DYMO Endicia, a technology partner to USPS since 2000, is expanding its existing services for printing postage from a shipping station in tandem with the Postal Service’s effort to cover more smaller markets. […]
The French container line CMA CGM Group has appointed Jacques Delort to vice president of information systems and deputy general manager of CMA Systems, a new entity set up under a partnership with IBM. Delort was previously at Crédit Agricole where he served as managing director of GIE EXA information systems and then the […]
FORTE, a consulting firm for supply chain and distribution, has hired Eric E. Clark as its new chief information officer. Clark will be responsible for technology strategy, services, and sales support of FORTE’s Smart Warehouse Suite of warehouse management software. He will also play a role in the development of new products and […]
Customs and Border Protection has agreed to continue inspections at the Red Hook Container Terminal in Brooklyn through Jan. 8, 2017. Customs has recently consolidated its examinations in the Port of New York and New Jersey. Yesterday’s announcement means cargo will not have to be trucked to sites in New Jersey or […]
INTTRA, the large multi-carrier e-commerce network for ocean freight, has created an alliance with the WCA Family of Logistics Networks to deliver critical ocean planning, management and optimization capabilities to WCA Family members. The pact will give WCA members access to INTTRA’s network of more than 30 ocean carriers and NVOCCs via its […]
The use of social media by business-to-business suppliers and vendors for their customer relationship management (CRM) is not widespread, but those who have developed a social media CRM aspect are seeing better customer experiences and benefits according to a new study by Kemp Goldberg Partners and IDG Research Services. The researchers surveyed 150 […]
Power Freight Systems of Newark, Calif., has rolled out a new global corporate identity: Javelin Logistics. Power Freight was initially developed as an air freight service for the high-tech and consumer electronics industries but has now moved to more of a transportation and warehouse management service provider. The company said it is rebranding […]
RedStone Logistics, an Overland Park, Kan.-based third-party logistics company that focuses on management of logistics networks, is now offering a new diagnostic transportation assessment service called StoneBench. The new service, currently free though the company plans to start charging down the road, provides companies with an evaluation of their transportation processes and operational […]
Avnet, Inc., has launched a new company that will provide a portfolio of aftermarket services to the technology supply chain. Called Avnet Integrated Resources, the new company will focus on delivering end-to-end services for electronics manufacturers, service providers, and corporations to manage the lifecycle of their technology investments. Avnet built up its services […]
Naviera Master Line de Venezuela has begun a new fortnightly liner service between Port Everglades and Venezuela and Colombia. It will operate a combination container roll-on, roll-off ship capable of moving heavy equipment and machinery/rolling stock. The next regular sailing is on April 11. Juan Carlos Esquivel, president of Naviera Master Line said the […]
Brian Sondey, chairman, chief executive officer and president of TAL International Group, Inc., has been elected chairman of the Institute of International Container Lessors for 2012, He succeeds Peter Younger of Cronos, Ltd. Organized in 1971, the IICL is a trade association, representing lessors of maritime containers and intermodal chassis. Its member companies, Beacon, CAI, […]
Acoustic buoys listening for right whale calls are linked to a display on a vessel’s bridge so that mariners know if a collision risk exists. The endangered animals are directly contributing to their own conservation.
Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) has charged the owner of the containership Rena, following the ship’s grounding on Astrolabe Reef off Tauranga on October 5. The grounding resulted in spills of fuel oil and containers and an expensive salvage effort that is ongoing. Maritime New Zealand said Thursday that Daina Shipping Co has been charged under […]
TNT Post Parcels, part of PostNL Parcels, has upgraded its IT ecosystem through the introduction of 230 handheld terminals in Belgium, providing customers real-time track and trace options and full visibility an ytime of the day. The service has a unified platform in Belgium and the Netherlands allowing the company to expands its […]
The liner carrier Hapag-Lloyd said it is adding eastbound calls at Shanghai and Los Angeles to the transpacific leg of the PAX service it operates on behalf of the Grand Alliance, while also deleting calls at Hong Kong and Shekou. The Shanghai call is new, while the Los Angeles eastbound call will the […]
The liner carrier Maersk Line said it will raise U.S. and Canadian export rates to Asia in mid-May, part of a huge drive to increase revenue on a number of global trades. The rates on the westbound transpacific will be hiked $160 per 20-foot container, $200 per 40-foot or 40-foot high-cube container, and […]
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has tapped Accenture Federal Services to enhance the Integrated Logistics Management System (ILMS) that provides materials and services to the DOS’ global workforce. Accenture will be tasked with enhancing the ILMS for the purpose of diplomatic mail services, DOS procurement inventory services, warehouse management, and asset management […]
Southern Air Holdings, Inc. on Tuesday said it will take delivery of two Boeing 777Fs this month to be used on DHL Express new round-the-world service from Hong Kong to Los Angeles to Leipzig, Germany, and back to Hong Kong. The aircraft will be third and fourth 777Fs in Southern’s fleet. Southern […]
Rail Logistics-Cold Train will use a dedicated fleet of trucks from Interstate Distributor Co. for short-haul drayage service to and from the Port of Quincy Intermodal Terminal in central Washington. In early 2010, Rail Logistics launched its Cold Train reefer service between the Pacific Northwest and the Chicago area in partnership with Burlington […]
Foster City, Calif.-based E2open, which provides cloud-based collaboration systems, has launched its the E2open Business Network V 8.0. The new release include the developer’s new E2 Collaboration Center and Supply Dashboard, which provides cross-network, real-time visibility of orders, inventory, logistics, and system-made forecasts across multiple tiers in a network, the company said. E2open […]
Thirteen regional representatives urge government to approve $14.5 million grant to speed freight rail movement from NY/NJ ports to New York City and east of the Hudson River, saying service will cut out detour of 300 miles
U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Friday publicly released its strategic plan for securing air cargo by screening advanced data from carriers and forwarders. A pilot program quickly initiated by the agency in conjunction with express carriers following the October 2010 Yemen printer-bomb plot, has pre-cleared 14 million transactions using shipment-related data to […]
Railroads partner to allow container traffic from Vancouver and Prince Rupert to interchange in Chicago by rail, rather than truck, allowing faster access to Ohio Valley markets
Chainalytics, a provider of freight market intelligence and analytics services, said that its new Integrated Freight Market Intelligence (iFMI) service offering has gone live. The iFMI service allows members of Chainalytics’ Freight Market Intelligence Consortium to build in predictive analytics on freight markets and rate behaviors in off-the-shelf and internally-developed transportation management and enterprise planning […]
The liner carrier OOCL said Tuesday it plans to hike rates on the westbound Asia-Europe trade from May 1. The increase, $450 per TEU, is applicable to the Far East (excluding Japan), the Indian Subcontinent, and Middle East to Northern Europe, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. OOCL’s proposed hike is larger […]
The Panama Canal Authority said it had record tonnage in its fiscal year 2011, which ended on Sept. 30, but also acknowledged that some parts of its project to expand the canal are taking longer than expected. “Four years after the beginning of the expansion work, the board feels extremely satisfied with the […]
By Eric Kulisch U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Friday publicly released its strategic plan for securing air cargo by screening advanced data from carriers and forwarders. A pilot program quickly initiated by the agency in conjunction with express carriers following the October 2010 Yemen printer-bomb plot, has pre-cleared 14 million transactions using shipment-related data […]
Oz Development, a Westborough, Mass., cloud-based application and integration service provider, and SPS Commerce, which provides on-demand supply chain management solutions, have partnered on a new cloud-based integration and supply chain solutions platform aimed at manufacturing, distribution, retail, and e-commerce companies. The goal of the systems is to allow these companies to comply […]
Austerity measures will result in a weak first quarter for North Europe ports, says Ben Hackett, founder of the consultancy Hackett Associates, in the latest edition of the North Europe Global Port Tracker report. The report, prepared with the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) in Bremen, is projecting European deep-sea import growth for […]
The Asia-Northern Europe trade looked to have turned a corner in the past month, with recent spot rate levels rising. But the London-based consultancy Drewry warned that the industry should not be “lulled into a false sense of security” in its latest Container Forecaster report “The perception might be that the industry […]
Chicago-based Echo Global Logistics has said it will increase its offices in Arizona to accommodate additional employees from its acquisition of Advantage Transport. Echo acquired Advantage Transport, a $26 million truckload freight brokerage company, in July of 2011 and has now signed a lease for an 11,000 square-foot office in Scottsdale. The new […]
The logistics company Globe Express Services has developed a joint venture with Rome-based air and ocean freight forwarder International Transport Services Associated (ITSA). ITSA, established 33 years ago, is the fourth largest forwarder in Italy in terms of volume on Asia-Italy trade, and operates branch offices in Milan, Venice, Taranto, Pomezia, Civitavecchia and […]
The Containerization & Intermodal Institute (CII) is seeking nominations for its annual Connie Awards being held on Oct. 2, 2012, at the Renaissance Hotel in Long Beach, CA. The Connie Award, named for the container, has been presented every year since 1972. The award honors those who have made outstanding contributions to the […]
Caribbean carrier says it’s in a stronger position due to exit financing from new majority shareholders SEACOR and Whippoorwhill, with creditors due to receive 95 to 100 percent of their pre-bankruptcy filing claims
The Taiwanese liner carriers Evergreen Line and Yang Ming both posted losses in 2011, according to financial statements filed with the Taiwan Stock Exchange. Evergreen Marine Corp., said it had operating losses of $25.5 million, compared to the $2.9 million it made in 2010. Revenue fell 9.8 percent, to $505.7 million. The […]
The ocean carriers Hapag-Lloyd and Hanjin Shipping will raise capacity on their weekly Mediterranean-to-Montreal gateway MCA loop by increasing the size of two vessels, according to research from American Shipper affiliate ComPair Data. Although the carriers will only change two of the five vessels on the MCA, average ship capacity will increase nearly […]
Evergreen Shipping Agency (America) Corp., North America agents for global ocean carrier Evergreen Line, has named Roy Amalfitano as president, the company said Monday. Amalfitano, who has been with Evergreen since 1984, most recently was executive vice president of the company, headquartered in Los Angeles. In his new position, he will work out […]
Zim said it will restructure its global procurement activities by creating an organization that will be responsible, among other things, fot the procurement of fuel, vessel chartering, terminals and feedering. David Arbel, chief procurement officer, said the change “is part of the company’s constant efforts to maximize efficiency and achieve performance excellence in […]
Melton Logistics of Tulsa, Okla., a non-asset based third-party logistics company said this week it is rebranding itself as Conexus. Conexus will continue to operate the existing Melton locations under the same leadership. The company was established in 2003 with a focus on the flatbed and step-deck business, but shifted to warehousing, inventory […]
Microsoft’s ongoing litigation with Motorola Mobility Holdings has caused the company to move its European logistics operations from Germany to the Netherlands. The move of the logistics services unit, run by outsourcing service provider Arvato, marks the first major shift of a technology platform and service arm out of Germany that was specifically […]
Jacksonville, Fla.-based Suddath Global Logistics has expanded its sales team by adding Donna Desmond as its latest global sales executive. Desmond, who has 23 years of experience in the industry, will focus on developing new accounts for Suddath with an emphasis on high-tech companies and government contracts. Suddath is a multimodal transportation […]
