Maritime

The full service intermodal drayage carrier and transportation broker opened a new terminal in New Orleans, La.

Puget Sound Pilots hires former Port of Seattle Maritime Division head as executive director, and Port of Coos Bay chief executive officer steps down.

EU antitrust regulators said Kuehne + Nagel, Express Interfracht, and Schenker operated as a cartel, fixing prices on their joint “Balkantrain” and “Soptrain” services in Europe from July 2004 to June 2012.

The trucking company and third party logistics provider reported net earnings of $103.4 million in second quarter 2015, compared with $93.4 million in second quarter 2014.

The aircraft manufacturer said “continued economic expansion” will require the global airline industry to hire about 28,000 new pilots annually.

Total throughput and net profits at the Port of Rotterdam increased 6.8 percent and 2.6 percent, respectively, in the first half of 2015 compared to the same period in 2014.

AirBridgeCargo Airlines reported a 17 percent increase in freight volumes compared with first half 2014 figures.

The Israeli port reached a record output of 318.8 containers per ship hour and 74.7 containers per crane hour last week.

The shipping and logistics provider teamed up with Staples to make it easier to ship UPS packages from the retailer’s locations in the United States.

The new DC is equipped with 16,800 square-meters of distribution and logistics space and 2,400 square-meters of office space.

Menlo Logistics’ Freight Brokerage has opened a second European office in Prague.

The third-party logistics provider was awarded two new contracts by Mazda Australia.

The domestic transportation management company has established a formal, two-year partnership with Ecolibrium Solar to handle a large portion of the company’s full truckload movements.

ABC appoints VP in Europe and KCS names marketing chief, while GES announces new chief commercial officer.

The port drivers’ seventh strike at Los Angeles and Long Beach in recent years is targeting Pac 9 Transportation in protest over alleged independent contractor misclassification.

Neptune Orient Line, the parent company of ocean carrier APL, said it remains focused on its core liner business.

The derailment of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe train spilled more than 35,000 gallons of crude oil just east of Culbertson, Mont., according to an e-mail from DOT official Michael Turnbull.

Gov. Brown says the new state report should establish “clear targets to improve freight efficiency, transition to zero-emission technologies, and increase competitiveness.”

The National Transportation Safety Board weighed in on the National Airlines Boeing 747 freighter crash at Bagram Airbase, Afghanistan in 2013.

The Belgian port attributed the growth in cargo throughput primarily to increases in the container freight and liquid bulk sectors.