News

Samskip continues expansion with Seawheel takeover

CMA CGM invests in 400 eco-containers

Arpin International names Dearborn to head expanded domestic unit

Welsh-Carson acquires majority stake in Ozburn-Hessey Logistics

Crowley raises U.S./Puerto Rico bunker, intermodal surcharges

Compass Forwarding picks IES software

U.S./Puerto Rico carriers raise bunker, intermodal surcharges

U.S. shippers spent more than $1 trillion on logistics in 2004

Jamaican Coffee Board studies warehouse conditions

Shippers slow to sign up for PierPass

Yellow Roadway invests in Chinese forwarder

Schneider Logistics acquires port trucking, transload operator

Zethcon, Blue Sky software companies cooperate

Intercontainer-Interfrigo reports declining traffic, losses

Ag industry, relief groups defend American food-aid programs

EU official asks industry help to push intermodal

Virginia Inland Port uses grant money to install CCTV

New terminal planned in New Jersey

European feeder operators face growing obstacles

Lufthansa Cargo shipments detained by Venezuelan officials

Freightliner to replace box-handling fleet

PWC Logistics lands food distribution contract with U.S. military

Markey, Clinton propose legislation to better control nuclear material shipments

Waterfront Coalition adds voice to box shipping gridlock concerns

Private investigator tells lawmakers counterfeiting “out of control”

Samskip hires former Maersk executive Hassing to go global

U-Freight relocates to larger premises in Guangzhou, Xiamen

AlabamaÆs governor signs bill funding Mobile terminal

MOL, Kintetsu World Express make carrier-forwarder alliance

UTi readies launch of Wal-Mart’s Houston import hub

H&M opens intermodal operations in Ohio, Virginia

Senate passes highway bill, but Bush veto looms

FedEx chairman gives economists lesson in economics

Dell, APL sets up logistics center in North Carolina

CP Ships: Traffic boom, linesÆ practices exacerbate port congestion

Steady intermodal growth in U.S.

Stotlar brings team approach to Con-Way, Menlo

Columbia Intermodal names Pace as vice president

Pacer’s first quarter profit up 21%

New EU advisory group on intermodal is formed

UPS centralizes Canadian offices

UP derailment delays Chicago shipments

MarAd opens VISA enrollment

CN doubles new Prince Rupert terminal contribution

Norfolk Southern’s net income up 23%

Matson’s 1st-quarter operating income soars 60%

Asia/U.S. alternative route via Suez gains support

C.H. Robinson profits surge

IANA moves headquarters

Samskip buys Kloosterboer Group coldstore companies

China jails Americans in DVD piracy case

FMCSA chief Sandberg gets education in shipper logistics

Maersk Sealand moves ship capacity from Los Angeles to PNW ports

CN’s first quarter net income up 42%

Lawmakers to tackle duration of highway spending bill, fuel surcharges

Port of Portland attracts multi-tenant DC

Horizon Lines increases vessel bunker, intermodal surcharges again

Highway bill delays frustrate freight transport community

European forwarders, railroad associations target quality benchmarks

TSA warns of “sharply higher” container demurrage charges

Deltaport congestion cleared, but more port investment is required

Airbus selects Stute for Laupheim logistics center

Pacific Maritime Association predicts 14% rise in West Coast traffic

Boeni named sole managing director at Intercontainer

UP announces maintenance, capacity improvements

CBP sets tuna quota for 2005

NYK joins chemical audit program in Europe

BNSF to assess fuel surcharges based on mileage

Hub Group names Mark Yeager president, COO

Continental Holdings buys Dixie Box & Crating

Pacer Distribution Services appoints three executives

Port Manatee to build warehouse

Port of New York and New Jersey cargo rises 10% in 2004

Horizon Lines increases vessel bunker, intermodal surcharges

Fullen Dock starts stone shipping division

Kuehne + Nagel net earnings rose 23.1% in 2004

World Cargo Alliance partners with IES Ltd.

Army Corps of Engineers issues permit for Mobile terminal

House passes $284 billion highway bill

Samskip nearly doubles profits

House considers highway bill

Jacobs joins Samskip

PBB integrates subsidiaries under new facility roof

Hawkins appointed VP operations for Donjon-SMIT

Associated Terminal opens bulk warehouse at Port of St. Bernard

Samskip buys Geest North Sea Line

DHS officials: Ports to remain open under most post-attack plans

Pacer promotes Munn

Hutchinson bill pushes “smart” boxes, advance data collection

UP bypasses Los Angeles ramps to cut road congestion

BNSF shortens free time, raises demurrage costs

Vaughn becomes first non-Japanese director of NYK group

Intercontainer-Interfrigo adds Italian intermodal link

U.S. carrier group backs uniform chassis rules

Pacific carriers to consider pass-through of cost increases

Australia/U.S. carriers return to Los Angeles

Double-digit intermodal growth for U.S. railroads

Hub Group names Cosgrove top intermodal executive

Port of Houston to advise on Mexican logistics venture

Pacific carriers see no end to West Coast port, rail congestion