Saturday OffPeak Shift Dropped at LA
Marine terminal operators at the Port of Los Angeles suspended Saturday OffPeak shifts due to declining cargo volumes. Long Beach operators followed suit...
Ukraine Extends Contract With ECS
Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) has extended its 16-year working partnership with European Cargo Services (ECS), awarding a new GSA contract to provide sales representation for the airline across Europe and worldwide...
China Revises Restricted and Prohibited Categories
To maintain steady growth of China's foreign trade, a total of 1,730 products including textiles, plastic products, wooden products and metal products have been removed from the restricted category...
DHL Opens a Life Science Competency Center
Located in Carolina, Puerto Rico, the new facility enhances DHL Global Forwarding’s abilities by offering services specifically to meet the shipping needs of pharmaceutical, biotechnical and medical device manufacturers...
Five Infrastructure Projections for 2009
The founder, president and CEO of CG/LA Infrastructure LLC, Norman F. Anderson, expects vigorous infrastructure growth during this new year...
UPS Opens Shanghai Hub
UPS today placed in service a new international hub in Shanghai, China. The company says the new hub will improve access to China and speed the movement of express packages and heavy freight around the world...
UK to Fund Transport Projects
The UK Transport Minister, Geoff Hoon, confirmed the government plans to inject an extra £1 billion into major transport projects next year...
UTi Worldwide Reports Results
In its fiscal 2009 third quarter ended October 31, 2008, global logistics and freight forwarding services company UTi Worldwide reported revenues increased 3% to $1,210 million and net revenues increased 5% to $408.2 million...
AirBridgeCargo Taps Aviapartner at Schiphol
AirBridgeCargo Airlines has signed a cargo handling contract with Aviapartner Cargo in Amsterdam Schiphol for the provision of full cargo and ramp handling services, effective January 1, 2009...
NAFTA Trade Continues to Grow
Though the world economy is suffering, through September 2008—the government’s most current statistics—the value of US surface trade with Canada and Mexico was up $58.8 billion over 2007, a boost of 8.8%...
DB Schenker Grows Its Siemens Alliance
DB Schenker has extended its role with Siemens medical products in Australia and New Zealand...
MOL Modifies Asia-US Service
The New World Alliance (TNWA) carriers announced a revised Asia-US East Coast service, which will include the Grand Alliance (GA) lines. Beginning December 3, 2008, Grand Alliance carriers joined TNWA's New York Express (NYX) service...
Credit Markets Affect Sourcing
Manufacturing outsourcing contracts offer fewer discounts, says consultant...
China Suspends Trade Customs Duty Deposit
China's Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs jointly issued Announcement No.97 [2008] on November 21, 2008, under which the "actual payment" of customs duty deposit will be suspended with effect from December 1, 2008...
Flying Smart Nets TNT World Record
Actually, TNT was flying Smart cars, 30 of them in a Boeing 747 freighter and on October 23rd, the express delivery company and TopGear magazine loaded all 30 micro cars in 35 minutes and 34 seconds to set a world record...
Schneider Logistics Expands Coverage
The global provider of comprehensive logistics services has added five new freight-forwarding offices at major US and European gateways...
WWL to Provide North America-Oceania Service
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has increased its ocean service from the Americas to Oceania from three to four sailings per month, effective November 1, 2008...
Hamburg Container Growth Slowing
Despite a slowing growth rate to single digit percentages container traffic remains important to the Port of Hamburg...
Schiphol at Center of Airbridgecargo’s Growth Strategy
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport will be at the heart of AirBridgeCargo Airlines’ (ABC) development strategy as it plans to build on a record year in 2008, the company says...
Global Theft Costs $104 Billion Annually
The level of global retail theft reached $104.5 billion in the past year, leading to increased costs for both retailers and consumers alike...
FMCSA Touts Mexican Cross-Border Safety
An independent report says sufficient safety measures are in place, however, since only 25 Mexican-domiciled carriers participated, a larger group is needed to accurately assess safety performance...
DHL Drops US Domestic Service
As of January 30, 2009, DHL will end US domestic-only service and become strictly an international carrier for US shippers and consignees...
Federal Maritime Commission to Seek Ports Injunction
The Federal Maritime Commission is seeking an injunction against the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach saying portions of the Clean Truck Programs could reduce competition and produce an unreasonable increase in transport costs...
The Panama Canal Had a So-So Fiscal Year
As it closed its 2008 fiscal year, the Canal reported a slight decline in overall transits and tonnage, though there was growth in tanker and passenger business...
Evergreen To Suspend East Coast Services
Based on the worldwide economic downturn and the need to focus resources in other trades, Evergreen Line has announced its withdrawal from the TANGO service linking ports on the East Coasts of North and South America, according to the company...
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