The German ocean carrier said it plans to use the refrigerated boxes to take advantage of growth opportunities in the South American trade lanes.
Truckload pricing increased 3.6 percent year-over-year in July after a similar increase in June, according the latest Cass Truckload Linehaul Index.
The Syracuse-based logistics provider has been using Decartes’ enterprise and customs brokerage solutions to help support market growth and will now use the software provider to meet the Nov. 1 ACE deadline.
Year-over-year rates were down for the seventh consecutive month in July in response to increased demand in the truckload sector, according to the latest Cass Intermodal Price Index.
The seasonally adjusted index for July 2015 equaled 135, a year-over-year increase of 3.7 percent.
Iron ore loadings by U.S.-flag Great Lakes freighters in July 2015 dropped 10 percent compared with July 2014.
The Singapore-based transportation and logistics company said the new consolidation center in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam is its largest single-roof container freight station (CFS) within its Southeast Asia CFS network.
The third-party logistics company said it will be 3M’s preferred logistics service provider in warehouse management and distribution in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Echo Global Logistics appoints new VP of marketing, while Alliance Shippers names VP for Ohio Valley region.
The cases, involve courier and taxi companies that allegedly underpaid workers for their service, are the latest to challenge the traditional owner-operator driver model.
Third party logistics provider Kane Is Able says Volvo breached its warranties and the 3PL is entitled to compensation for the truck that caught fire and six remaining CNG vehicles.
The ocean carrier members of the G6 Alliance will cancel four additional sailings in the Asia to Europe trade, one each on their Loop 4, Loop 5, Loop 6 and Loop 7 services.
Officials in the Chinese city are curbing the movement of petroleum and other chemicals through the port while the investigation into last week’s massive warehouse explosion continues.
Customs workers at Brazilian ports have planned a pay-related, ‘standard operation’ strike in which the minimum permitted numbers of staff will be on duty.
DHL’s new European parcel division said the move is designed to respond to demand for e-commerce deliveries.
The airport attributed the 1.9 percent year-over-year decrease in cargo volumes to a 5 percent year-over-year decline in transshipments.
The $30 million rail entrance project at the Port of Vancouver, designed to increase the efficiency of rail movement through the port, was completed last week.
The airport attributed the growth in cargo volumes in the last 12 months to additional flights added by some carriers to diminish supply chain problems from the backlog at the Channel Tunnel.
The international express parcel carrier opened the DHL Express Melbourne Gateway facility at the Melbourne Airport to better serve regional businesses that operate in and out of Australia.
Investment firm Brookfield Infrastructure Consortium will purchase 55 percent of Asciano Limited in a deal that will value the rail and port logistics provider at approximately $8.8 billion.
