The Centers for Disease Control says formaldehyde in samples of Lumber Liquidators’ flooring from China pose breathing problems for some groups of people.
Switzerland-based Siemens Building Technologies will begin utilizing supply chain design software provider LLamasoft’s flagship Supply Chain Guru product.
M.E. Dey will use CargoSphere’s Rate Mesh network to better access contract, non-vessel operator and partner ocean rates, and increase the speed of its quoting process to customers.
Airfreight volumes at Brussels Airport and Frankfurt Airport in January declined year-over-year, while throughput at London Heathrow Airport and London Stansted Airport increased.
Privately-owned Heraeus has begun using the global trade management (GTM) solution provider’s Global Product Master tool as part of an overhaul of its trade management strategy.
The new freight hub will complement Ports of Auckland’s existing facilities in Wiri, South Auckland; Longburn, Manawatu; and Mount Maunganui, a town situated along the Bay of Plenty.
The Atlanta, Ga.-based shipping and logistics provider opened a new 8,000-square-meter package sorting center and a distribution hub in Lyon-Jonage, France yesterday.
The industrial real estate development and management firm acquired warehousing space in Savannah, Ga. and Suffolk, Va., bringing its total U.S. East Coast portfolio to 9.4 million square feet.
The United States Coast Guard is scheduled to meet with the Federal Maritime Commission on Feb. 18 to hear shipper concerns about the new verified gross mass requirement enacted by the International Maritime Organization.
The key objective of the two-week National Transportation Safety Board mission in April will be to locate the voyage data recorder or “black box” dislodged from the TOTE Maritime general cargo vessel when it sank Oct. 1 during Hurricane Joaquin.
The United States Coast Guard is scheduled to meet with the Federal Maritime Commission on Feb. 18 to hear shipper concerns about the new verified gross mass requirement enacted by the International Maritime Organization.
Matt Rose, chairman and CEO of BNSF Railway, said a deal between Canadian Pacific and Norfolk Southern is unlikely because it would require buy-in from investors, rail labor, customers and public policy makers.
The port handled 35 percent more cargo in January than in the same 2014 period and said that, in addition to restoring regular service following congestion issues last year, restocking before Lunar New Year may also be a factor in the growth.
Caribbean and Central American ocean carrier and terminal operator King Ocean has signed a 20-year lease extension at the South Florida port that calls for a minimum 72,000 container lifts per year over an initial 10-year term.
Fewer than one quarter of manufacturers operate with someone designated as a chief supply chain officer, according to new research from the supply chain e-commerce platform provider GT Nexus.
The Danish global transport and logistics provider saw adjusted earnings jump 20.5 percent year-over-year in 2015 to 2.2 billion Danish krone.
The company’s board elected current CEO David Abney to succeed the retiring Scott Davis as chairman and appointed William Johnson to the newly created position of lead independent director.
The container terminal operator posted a cargo throughout of 61.7 million TEUs at its container terminals in 2015, a 2.4 percent increase from 2014 on a like-for-like basis.
Carload traffic dropped 16.6 percent in January, but intermodal traffic grew 3.4 percent compared with January 2015, according to data from the Association of American Railroads.
The newly awarded patent outlines an “autonomous delivery platform” equipped with a compartmentalized “package securing subsystem” similar to lockers that the package recipient would open via keypad or using a credit card.
