Dematic acquires Australian AGV manufacturer
The Atlanta, Ga.-based supply chain technology firm purchased NDC Automation, an automated guided vehicle and software provider in Australia and New Zealand, for an undisclosed sum.
The Atlanta, Ga.-based supply chain technology firm purchased NDC Automation, an automated guided vehicle and software provider in Australia and New Zealand, for an undisclosed sum.
The airfreight carrier is scheduled to launch a new Cape Town, South Africa service in November, which will operate three times a week from London Gatwick with a B777-200.
The United States and Argentina on Wednesday entered an agreement to advance bilateral trade and investment between the two countries.
The Swedish Port is increasing its storage for crude oil with the addition of a 600,000-cubic-meter cavern.
The airport handled 15.3 million pounds of airfreight in February and 462,123 pounds of air mail, a year-over-year increase of 8 percent and 10.2 percent, respectively.
The Khapra Beetle larvae was discovered at the Port of Baltimore inside a 55,000-pound shipment of cumin seed from India.
Union Pacific names president of ShipCarsNow subsidiary, while Cargotec appoints CFO and TIACA elects Emirates VP to board.
A televised broadcast of the first ship to transit the widened Central America waterway will follow testing of new locks earlier in the month.
A televised broadcast of the first ship to transit the widened Central America waterway will follow testing of new locks earlier in the month.
The German national railroad experienced a net loss of 1.3 billion euros for the 2015 fiscal year, while revenues topped 40 billion euros.
With the Brussels International Airport closed until at least Thursday, travelers and freight shippers are being temporarily diverted to other airports and will face extra security checks at airports and rail stations around the world.
The seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index equaled 144 for the month, an all-time high for the index and an 8.6 percent increase compared with February 2015, according to the American Trucking Associations.
The Port of Houston is retaining a large chunk of the cargo that was diverted its way last year by shippers seeking to avoid congestion at West Coast ports that resulted from contentious dockworker contract negotiations.
Major freight railroads in the United States employed 154,212 workers as of the middle of February, down 1.53 percent from the previous month and 10.44 percent year-over-year, according to data from the Surface Transportation Board.
Norfolk Southern Corp. plans to spend $8.2 million to expand its headquarters in Norfolk, Va. as part of an overall plan to consolidate its corporate offices, according to a statement from Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe.
The parcel giant is expanding a ground facility next to Ontario International Airport after recently adding a facility to handle express air parcels.
The Dubai, United Arab Emirates-based terminal operator expanded its terminal at the Port of Melbourne by 30,000 square meters, increasing the terminal’s handling capacity to 1.4 million TEUs a year.
Maersk’s third-party logistics subsidiary entered into a five-year partnership agreement to be Bettenwelt’s sole inbound logistics partner for shipments from Asia to Germany and Spain.
The German container carrier attributed its swing to a $127.5 million profit in 2015 from a $675.6 loss in 2014 to the merger with Chilean carrier CSAV, internal cost-cutting, and lower external costs, including a big drop in fuel prices.
APL expects to benefit from CMA CGM’s decision to maintain its longtime brand.