Recent News from Outsourced Logistics
Logistics Service Provider Is Outstanding Woman Business Owner
Diane Gibson, founder and CEO of Craters and Freighters, received top honors at the Denver Business Journal's Outstanding Women in Business award ceremony. Gibson took home the Jean Yancey National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) Denver Chapter Award for large companies...
Green Retail Initiatives Drive Cost Savings
Green retail initiatives drive down costs and catalyze customer loyalty. Best-in-class performers achieve top-line revenue growth and bottom-line cost savings, says survey...
Construction Begins Near Port of Charleston
Lauth has begun construction of a modern cross-dock distribution building located minutes from Port of Charleston...
Reconnecting With Your Network
The rush to reduce costs in manufacturing and procurement fueled a surge in outsourcing and offshoring over the last decade that has almost taken on a life of its own...
Asia-Pacific Leveling After Soaring Growth
The condition of US and European markets is affecting export growth from the Asia-Pacific region...
Olympic Brown?
In its role as official logistics and express delivery sponsor of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, UPS expects to deliver 19 million items by the end of the games...
CSCMP Conference Date Approaching
The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals' Annual Global Conference will take place October 5-8 at the Denver Convention Center in Denver, Colorado...
Transport Intelligence Reports: Manugistics Parent Acquires i2
A former class leader in the supply chain software sector, i2 Technologies, has been bought by JDA Software Group, the US company which owns Manugistics, for $346m...
Con-way Faces Possible CF Pension Liability
The Central States pension fund has assessed a withdrawal liability of $319 million against Consolidated Freightways, which closed in September 2002. Con-way has filed for arbitration...
Global Distribution Strategies--Asia
Kerry Logistics, UPS, Penske and Capgemini are among the featured speakers for the upcoming Global Distribution Strategies Asia Pacific event December 2-4, 2008...
California Container Fee Hits Snag
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has said he would not sign the California-senate-passed bill that would place a $60 fee on loaded containers handled by California ports...
TNT Again Target of Rumors
The rumor mill has continued to churn regarding the potential acquisition of Dutch postal and express firm TNT while its principal rival, DHL, could face political pressure in the US...
Politicians Climb Onto the DHL-UPS Deal
Republicans and Democrats are calling for a close look at the agreement that would have DHL paying UPS approximately $1 billion a year for the next 10 years to move its packages by air...
Too Many Big Ships May Mean Excess Capacity
Authoritative Drewry Shipping Consultants says that too much emphasis is being placed by the liner shipping industry on the current strength of European-Far East trade lanes...
Law Suit Attacks LA/Long Beach Port Trucking Plans
The Concession Plan is aimed at limiting access only to trucking companies on the ports’ Drayage Truck Registry. These regulations are part of port management’s “Clean Truck Program” that seeks to significantly reduce air emissions...
New FedEx Plane Boosts Capacity, Adds Regional Reach
FedEx Express has begun adding larger Boeing 757 freighters to its fleet. The first to arrive has been put to use on a new eight times a week cargo service operating between Memphis International Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport...
CH Robinson Acquires Transera
With the acquisition of Canadian project freight forwarder Transera International, CH Robinson Worldwide expands its global freight forwarding capability...
Averitt’s New Asian Service Promises Faster Transit Times
The carrier says that its less-than-container load (LCL) service offers transit times 10 days faster than traditional LCL moves. Called the Asia-Memphis Express, LCL service is tightly integrated with Averitt Express’ domestic less than truckload (LTL) network...
Customs Brokers File Tariff Exemption
The National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America (NCBFAA) filed a petition with the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) seeking an exemption from the requirement to publish rate tariffs...
Rail Safety Could Spell Shipper Costs
The rail safety bill appears likely to pass Congress by year end. It includes hours-of-service changes, inspection requirements and hazardous materials safety issues...
Cross-Border Controversy: Cancelled or Continued?
Four days after Congressional moves were made to end the contentious demonstration program, the Department of Transportation announced a two-year extension of it...
Legislative First: 3PL Defined
Passage of HR 4040 marks a watershed for the logistics industry because the legislation includes a definition of the term third party logistics provider...
DHL Appoints Hickler to Global Customer Solutions
DHL announced the appointment of Hans Hickler as Chief Executive Officer for its Global Customer Solutions (GCS) organization, responsible for the customer relationship management of the group’s largest customers worldwide...
Schneider National is Wal-Mart Intermodal Carrier of the Year
For the fourth time in 10 years, Wal-Mart selected Schneider National its intermodal carrier of the year...
PierPass Working on US West Coast
A report on the plan that encourages shifting cargo moves at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to off-peak hours says the program is working. It has been three years since it was launched and PierPass has now accounted for its nine millionth off-peak truck move...
Con-way And APL Extend Day-Definite Service
The OceanGuaranteed service launched in 2006 by Con-Way and APL has been extended to Canada...
Preliminary Agreement With West Coast Labor
The agreement is subject to ratification by the ILWU and PMA membership. In the interim, the ILWU and PMA have agreed to extend the previous agreement and resume normal port operations...
Truck Tonnage Index Rises
The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 1.3 percent in June...
Rail Carloads Up
Rail carloadings were up 3.3% during the second week of July compared with the prior-year period. But intermodal volume dropped by 2.8% in the same period...
Rails Ask Shippers to Share Risk
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) asked the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to require shippers of toxic inhalation hazard (TIH) cargos to indemnify the carrier for any liability of exposure resulting from the release of TIH materials...
Con-way Inc. Shows Quarterly Growth
Logistics operations were not as healthy as other divisions, including the less-than-truckload (LTL) unit for this $4.7 billion freight transportation and logistics services company...
Fed Transport Plan Calls for Tolls, Private Funding
Calling the federal approach to transportation broken, US Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters said it’s time for a new, different and better approach...
TNT June Express Volume Down
In the 10 years TNT has been publicly traded on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, it has seen many rumors, said Peter Bakker, CEO. It is the company policy, he said, never to comment on market rumors. And with that, he began the earnings announcements for the first half and dismissed any possibility of even a hint on the veracity of a rumor that FedEx was seeking to acquire TNT...
More Air Mergers—Now British Air and Iberia are Talking
US-based airlines like Continental and United, Delta and Northwest, aren’t alone in seeking to join forces. In Europe, British Airways (BA) and Spain’s Iberia are holding talks about merging...
Optimism Premature On Port Labor Agreement
Reports indicate tensions are mounting in the negotiations between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and International Longshore and Warehousemen's Union (ILWU)...
