The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. names president for Greenbrier International, while Transervice Logistics appoints New England business development director and Hoyer picks new Chemilog director.
The National Retail Federation, along with a coalition of 120 retail, manufacturing and agriculture groups, sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker asking her to continue to work towards a swift resolution for shippers.
A session at the EFT North America Logistics CIO Forum, to be led by American Shipper IT Editor Eric Johnson, will look at the API versus EDI question of system-to-system communication.
The pilots of cargo plane operator Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings told the company they have “serious concerns” with the way a proposed contract with online retailer Amazon is currently being handled.
The Memphis, Tenn.-based integrator’s subsidiaries – FedEx Express, FedEx Ground and FedEx Freight – will increase shipping rates Jan. 2, 2017.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has informed Global Partners an air quality renewal permit for its oil terminals at the Port of Albany, approved more than four years ago, would be subject to a new environmental review process.
The Northwest Seaport Alliance, consisting of the ports of Seattle and Tacoma, handled 313,811 TEUs in August, a 0.6 percent increase from August 2015.
Philly Teixeira, who was hired last week as INTTRA’s new president for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, most recently served as a key account manager for Maersk Line.
The Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based trucking company has appointed Hugh Ekberg as group president and chief operating officer.
The Lonsdale Consortium, which comprises the Future Fund, QIC, Global Infrastructure Partners and OMERS, agreed to pay $9.7 billion Australian (U.S. $7.3 billion) to acquire a long-term lease to operate Australia’s largest container port.
State and city authorities in New York have filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking over $872 million from parcel giant UPS for the illegal delivery of more than 683,000 cartons of untaxed cigarettes.
The international express parcel carrier opened the Jakarta Gateway 530 at Indonesia’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport.
Gulftainer USA leased a 40,000-square-foot warehouse from Port Canaveral near its new container terminal that opened in June 2015.
The Westbury, N.Y.-based non-vessel-operating common carrier opened a new office in Durban, South Africa, operating as Oceanwide Logistics SA (Pty) Ltd. (OL South Africa).
Unishippers Global Logistics names chief executive officer, while the Transportation Intermediaries Association appoints chief of staff and Wabash National picks president.
Additional information has been provided to American Shipper by Vermeer, which clarified that CEVA is not overseeing ocean shipments from Vermeer’s global headquarters in Pella, Iowa, as was previously reported in, “CEVA to manage Vermeer’s European parts distribution.” Those responsibilities remain with the global transportation and logistics team at Vermeer Corp. in Pella.
Patrik Berglund, chief executive officer of Oslo-based ocean freight rate intelligence platform Xeneta, said Hanjin Shipping’s insolvency has “turned the market on its head,” but the real question is “how long will this last?”
A spokesperson from Hanjin told American Shipper Monday that 28 of the ships it operates have completed cargo unloading.
Chicago-based logistics technology provider project44 set up an integration with transportation management systems provider McLeod Software to enable application program interface connectivity to McLeod’s freight broker users.
Guido De Ciccio, senior vice president, Operations Western Region at Canadian Pacific, is retiring after 40 years with the Calgary-based Class I railroad, CP said in a statement.
