The supply chain software company JDA has become such a fixture in the world of major retailers and manufacturers that it’s easy to forget the company also has a […]
Rotunda Capital acquires majority stake in third-party warehousing, fulfillment services provider. Private equity firm Rotunda Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in Amware Logistics Services, a provider of […]
Concerned about a possible strike at West Coast ports as the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and employers negotiate a new contract to replace their labor agreement that expires […]
CEVA will expand its aerospace industry operations at Texas’ Fort Worth Alliance Airport, adding a new 100,00-square-foot warehouse for air cargo handling and some ocean freight transportation management services. […]
Yusen Logistics has expanded in Indonesia by opening a new warehouse in Jababeka, the company announced Tuesday. “With its prime location in the Cikarang Dry Port (CDP), this […]
UPS has opened a 6,500-square-meter warehouse in Beijing to serve growing Chinese demand, adding the facility to recently completed warehouses in Chengdu and Shanghai. According to Craig Foster, […]
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have reported strong growth in container volumes in April. The Port of Los Angeles said container volumes in April were […]
The much-anticipated negotiations on a new contract between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and their employers at 29 West Coast ports, represented by the Pacific Maritime Association, started Monday.
When the ocean shipping e-commerce network INTTRA announced a new partnership with the rate and contract management solutions provider Catapult International in late April, it seemed like significant news. […]
How Vietnam’s once promising container future was scuttled by poor port planning and an ill-timed economic downturn. Editor’s note: The cover story of the December 2007 issue of American Shipper […]
As representatives of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and Pacific Maritime Association negotiate a new labor contract to replace the one that expires July 1, shippers say they […]
Matson said Monday that it had a profit of $3.4 million in the first quarter ending March 31 compared to $9.1 million in the first quarter of 2013. […]
Third-party logistics services provider Norbert Dentressangle will purchase the logistics assets of MGF, a subsidiary of the G7 Group, consisting of nine warehouses in France. With a combined […]
With negotiations on a new labor agreement between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and employers represented by the Pacific Maritime Association due to start on May 12, the […]
Florida’s Port Everglades said trucks from the Chiquita Ripening Center and International Warehouse Services fumigation facility are now allowed to exit from Eller Drive between midnight and 4 a.m., […]
A small group of truckers and its supporters on Monday began a two-day campaign of protests and picketing at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, which temporarily […]
As they negotiate a new labor contract to replace the one that expires July 1, representatives of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and Pacific Maritime Association should be […]
With negotiations due to begin May 12 on a new labor agreement between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and employers, Maersk Line has told shippers they could face […]
A spokesman for the Pacific Maritime Association confirmed today that the employer group will begin contract negotiations with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union on May 12.
ProTrans, a U.S.-based transportation and supply chain management provider, has expanded its coverage by opening a new center in Kansas City, Mo. “The opening of the Kansas City […]
CEVA Logistics has opened a Foreign Trade Zone warehouse operation in Miami, the company announced Tuesday. U.S. Customs and Border Protection approved the operation, which joins CEVA’s existing […]
The supply chain design software provider LLamasoft said Thursday that the home furnishings Internet retailer Wayfair has selected LLamasoft’s Transportation Guru product for supply chain network design and transportation […]
New Orleans-based Dupuy Storage and Forwarding opened a new, 100,000-square-feet coffee warehouse and distribution facility this week in North Charleston to serve the rising levels of imported coffee beans […]
CSX has begun operating a sophisticated, new intermodal terminal in Winter Haven, Fla., about 45 minutes west of Orlando. The facility will serve as an end-of-line rail hub […]
The liner carrier MOL said this week its India subsidiary has expanded a warehouse in the burgeoning city of Gurgaon, a suburb southwest of the national capital, New Delhi. […]
Distribution center operator St. George Warehouse has opened a new 160,000-square-foot facility within minutes of the Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal and close to Interstate 95. Company […]
Supply chain commerce solutions provider Manhattan Associates said Monday that the global heating and air-conditioning provider Lennox International, has doubled its distribution footprint via a strategic redesign of its […]
Russian intermodal transport operator Ruscon has started a scheduled flexitank container service to Kazakhstan. In the first quarter of 2014, about 40 containers arrived from Italy at the […]
Hanjin Shipping announced Monday that it will continue calling the Port of Portland on a weekly basis. Last fall, the Asian shipper told port officials, including terminal operator […]
Endeavour Capital has acquired Port Logistics Group, which currently operates more than 5 million square feel of warehouse space domestically, for an undisclosed amount.
The ICTSI Oregon terminal in Portland, Ore., on Tuesday closed after dockworkers represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) honored a picket line thrown up by longshoremen […]
For the past few years, the supply chain leadership mantra has been “agility.” The economic downturn taught virtually every business, in every industry, the importance of building speed and […]
Overcapacity, lackluster rates, terminal inefficiencies and potential labor disruption could upset liner carriers’ performance into 2015. At best, shippers and liner carriers in the transpacific trade are faced with […]
Water route could support more finished vehicle exports to United States. Global manufacturers are stampeding into Mexico to take advantage of affordable, quality labor and proximity to the U.S. […]
Obama puts agencies on notice to be team players, join unified trade data system. In less than three years, many bureaucratic headaches associated with importing and exporting cargo […]
The governor of Oregon is once again getting involved in problems at the Port of Portland’s container terminal, Terminal 6, operated by International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI). […]
A study commissioned by the New York Shipping Association said the port creates 165,350 direct jobs and 296,060 full-time jobs in the region. That’s up from 279,200 full time […]
CEVA Logistics will move its Panama City operation this month to a 4,400-square-meter warehouse near the Panama Tocumen International Airport. The firm will manage multiple customers from the […]
Dachser USA has entered a newly expanded warehouse in Chicago, which will serve as its Midwest hub providing cross-docking, warehouse storage, distribution, and buildup and breakdown of air and […]
International Shipholding Corp. (ISC) — the parent company of several shipping companies including Central Gulf Lines, Waterman, United Ocean Services and CG Railway — said it will return its […]
New services pop up around the country to move perishables by train. Class I railroads have done a masterful job since 2000 developing their intermodal franchises to the point […]
UTi Worldwide has opened a new facility in Michigan, combining warehouse activities and space for air, ocean and ground freight forwarding, the company announced Tuesday. The new “shared […]
A large fire that began in a warehouse filled with rubber at the Port of Savannah’s Ocean Terminal is now fully extinguished, the Georgia Ports Authority said in a […]
International Shipholding Corp. (ISC) — the parent company of several shipping companies including Central Gulf Lines, Waterman, United Ocean Services and CG Railway — said it will return its […]
The logistics solutions provider Descartes Systems Group said Monday that the Rotterdam-based tank terminal storage company Botlek Tank Terminal (BTT) is using Descartes for European customs connectivity and compliance capabilities. […]
Forward Air Corporation has signed an agreement to purchase Central States Trucking Company and Central States Logistics, it announced Thursday. Bruce Campbell, chairman, president and chief executive officer […]
Seabord Marine has signed a 10-year lease renewal for a 267,400-square-foot warehouse at a port in Medley, Fla., adding an expansion for 64,000 square feet. “Following a long-standing […]
Acquired last August by XPO, 3PD is the largest provider of “high-touch, last-mile” deliveries in North America, said Karl Meyer, the unit’s chief executive officer. Meyer, former national […]
Swayed by changing market conditions and trends, retailers continue to drive logistics services. In the wake of the 2009 financial crisis, U.S. liner imports fell 16 percent, exports […]
As medicines have become more specialized and their manufacture globally has advanced, the need for cold-chain transportation has skyrocketed. The demand for cold-chain providers who can not only […]
Menlo Worldwide Logistics announced last week they are implementing a new product-picking regime involving “Pick to Light Carts” developed by warehouse system integration specialist Inther Logistics Engineering. Menlo’s […]
NorthPoint Development announced Wednesday it will lease from Smart Warehousing a distribution center spanning more than 575,000 square feet, Inland Port IV, which is to be built at Logistics […]
UPS Canada announced Monday the opening of a 200,000-square-foot healthcare distribution facility at its Burlington, Ontario, campus. The new addition provides healthcare companies and pharmaceutical manufacturers increased access […]
Yusen Logistics announced today it will expand operations in Busan, South Korea, to reduce lead time and lower transportation costs for customers located along the coast of the Sea […]
Pilot Freight Services announced yesterday that its Raleigh station has moved to a new location adjacent to the Raleigh-Durham International Airport and minutes from Research Triangle Park. The […]
SITC announced last week the completion of the second phase of its Vietnam development, a $6 million investment which includes a 44,800-square-meter depot, a 1,200-square-meter modern office building, and […]
Menlo Logistics’ European operations achieved a 16-percent, year-over-year increase in revenue in 2013, as the company added 50,000 square meters of warehouse space, it said recently. “Our growth […]
The ruling had its origins in a dispute between cargo interests and carriers involving the 2007 theft of four consignments of Canon cameras during road transport under CMR terms from […]
CEVA Logistics said Wednesday that it will renew its business with Ford Motor Company, specifically at the Kentucky Truck Assembly Plant, and has also secured a contract renewal for […]
By Eric Kulisch and Jon Ross New portal allows truckers to reserve chassis on day leases. There aren’t any apparent commonalities between fine dining and drayage, but it turns out […]
Express carrier’s “turn data into insight” initiative is topped by ORION rollout. Anyone who has received a parcel delivery from UPS knows its drivers carry small handheld computers that […]
Yamaha Motor Europe and Yusen Logistics Benelux have announced a deal that will allow Yusen to take over some of Yamaha’s European warehouse operational activities in January. Yusen […]
A job dispute at Portland’s container terminal has been resolved. Work involving plugging in and unplugging refrigerated containers will be assigned to workers represented by the International Longshore and […]
Yusen Logistics will open a 24,000-square-meter warehouse in Pokrov, a suburb of Moscow, in January. The company said that due to the growing demand for consumer goods products, […]
Kuehne + Nagel has expanded its logistics operations space in Belgium. On Wednesday, the company finished the second phase of its Geel facility was inaugurated, expanding the development’s […]
The industrial rebirth in the Gulf region, new domestic energy production, and the steady rise in U.S. exports has benefited the Port of New Orleans the past 18 months, and […]
DHL Express announced Tuesday that it will double the operational footprint of its main European hub in Leipzig, Germany, to accommodate future shipment volume growth. The company plans to […]
Millard Maritime, a Gulf Coast port and cargo services provider, has partnered with HELM Fertilizer Corp. to handle fertilizer products at Millard’s facility in Theodore, Ala. HELM’s fertilizer […]
President Obama signed into law the Drug Quality and Security Act, which contains provisions for tracing pharmaceuticals in the supply chain. The new law creates a uniform, national […]
Diamond Logistics Northwest has leased 18 acres from the Port of Quincy, an inland intermodal port in Washington state, to expand its capability for cross-docking and consolidating perishable loads, […]
Non-vessel-operating common carrier CaroTrans will start a new direct less-than-containerload service from New York to St. Petersburg, Russia, on Nov. 23. This fortnightly service has a 21-day transit. […]
MOL Group said it’s expanding its logistic services. The Japanese company noted “in recent years, particularly in the Mekong region, the group has aggressively developed its networks, and […]
Yusen Logistics and Imperial Health Services have started a dedicated, temperature-controlled ocean freight consolidation service from Europe to southern Africa. This weekly service, which begins in January, will […]
Business leaders question direction of Republican Party. The extreme conservative faction of the Republican Party — better known as the Tea Party — was largely responsible for the recent government shutdown […]
Matson said Wednesday it has signed a contract to have Aker Philadelphia Shipyard build two new 3,600-TEU containerships for an aggregate price of $418 million. The new ships […]
Damco has opened a new warehouse in Semarang, Central Java. The warehouse is Damco’s fourth container freight station (CFS) facility in Indonesia and the second in Semarang. The company’s […]
By Chris Dupin and Eric Kulisch Officials held a ceremony Friday to publicize the California Green Trade Corridor, a container-on-barge service that operates between the ports of Stockton […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending its regulations to allow the cold treatment of imported fruits and vegetables upon arrival at the […]
Shippers are a diverse group, and they can’t be expected to agree on everything. Still, we are surprised by the reception a proposal by the International Maritime Organization […]
Proximity to transportation hubs prime criteria for CenterPoint. Paul Fisher, chief executive officer of real estate development company CenterPoint Properties, recalls traditionally his peers would look at a new 33-foot […]
Canadian airport is a heavy-lift magnet, but seeks more mainstream freight. In Western Canada, Calgary may be the top airport for heavy-lift cargoes, but it still plays second fiddle to […]
IAG Cargo has opened a pharmaceutical facility at London Heathrow Airport, expanding further its Constant Climate service. The warehouse can store goods at ranges between 2 degrees Celsius […]
CEVA Logistics has signed a three-year agreement to manage Michelin’s 25,000-square-meter tire warehouse in Valladolid, Spain. The firm will provide picking and loading services, inventory management, and other […]
Johnson & Johnson Medical China has awarded Kuehne + Nagel a contract to manage the warehouse for its medical devices in China. Kuehne + Nagel said the warehouse […]
The NVOCC CaroTrans said that it will start offering an expedited LCL import service from Hong Kong to Atlanta with a 22-day transit time. CaroTrans said the service, […]
SeaIntel says an analysis of container traffic at North American seaports between 2006 and 2012 shows the share of the market handled by ports on the East Coast of […]
Menlo Worldwide Logistics has opened a 1,692-square-meter warehouse in Brisbane, Australia, and promoted Greg Brown to manager of operations for Australia. The operation will provide warehousing, supply chain engineering, transportation […]
The Florida East Coast Railway will begin hauling cargo from the Port of Miami next month after completing the first phase of an on-dock facility for ship-to-rail transfer of intermodal boxes, setting […]
Shippers urge early talks for U.S. West Coast longshore labor contract. Contract negotiations between employers and longshoremen on the U.S. East and Gulf coasts were protracted and fractious in 2012-2013, with […]
U .S. Customs and Border Protection has tentatively selected ATS Logistics Inc. of North Charleston, S.C., as the new operator of its Central Examination Station for the Port of […]
The time is now for American shippers, especially those bringing significant volumes of goods in containers through West Coast ports from Asia, to consider contingency plans if the International […]
Gov. Pat Quinn of Illinois on Thursday praised construction of a new intermodal container terminal at Archer Daniels Midland Co.’s major agricultural processing and headquarters complex in Decatur as a […]
The Brazilian home improvement, electronics and appliances retailer CASA&VIDEO will use a range of applications from the supply chain software provider JDA, the company said this week. The […]
Shippers voiced concerns about bigger containerships and larger carrier alliances last week during a panel discussion at the South Carolina International Trade Conference. Pointing to the proposed P3 […]
Lowe’s Cos., the home improvement store chain, is assembling its own fleet of chassis to move containers to and from marine terminals. Dean Tracy, director of import logistics at Lowe’s, said […]
Yusen Logistics (India) has established a new sales office in Jaipur, the capital of the state of Rajasthan, to capitalize on customer demand for services in north India. […]
Just before Labor Day, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union cut formal ties with the AFL-CIO, expressing concern about jurisdictional battles with other unions as it prepares to negotiate a […]
By Eric Kulisch Retailers that want to enable consumers to make purchases when and where they want, and for each of their brands, need help integrating products, Websites, orders, […]
Tight pest controls open door for S. Florida to import Latin American perishables. By Eric Kulisch A trial program that for the first time in decades would allow shippers in […]
By Eric Kulisch Logistics trends associated with online retail in Western Europe differ somewhat from those in the United States. Germany, France and the United Kingdom account for […]
