Agility Extends Its China Reach
With its second major purchase this year, the provider of integrated logistics solutions puts another building block in its domestic China distribution network...
Easing Land Border Congestion as NAFTA Trade Grows
The Department of Transportation (DOT) is moving to cut border backups by speeding implementation of projects through a combination of public and private financing schemes...
Ship Your Parcel To Outer Space?
In what must be the most unusual shipment handled by DHL this year, it will assist students in a package experiment by delivering packages of the same size but varying weights to the International Space Station...
JDA Releases New Software Version
JDA Software has released version 7.5 of its transportation and logistics management solution...
PSI Planner Upgrade Released
Logistics Planning Associates, LLC announced the release PSI Planner version 9.0 for Windows...
ALK Partners With uShip.com
The transportation Web site uShip.com will use PC*Miler as an online tool for participating carriers under a new agreement with ALK Technologies...
Demand for Heavy Trucks Declines
A recent survey of North American fleet owners says that the demand and outlook for heavy trucks is weak and weakening...
Who's Who of 3PLs
The 16th edition of Who’s Who in Logistics has been released. The new edition, in two volumes – The Americas and International, has been expanded...
Hey! Do You Want to Buy an Airport?
Calling it a “landmark moment,” BAA, largest owner of airports in the UK, has begun the process of selling one of them, Gatwick...
Con-way Launches Freight Brokerage
Con-way Inc. announced that it has launched Con-way Multimodal, providing expanded freight brokerage capabilities and services in the third-party logistics and multimodal freight transportation business...
Earnings for FedEx Decline, 2009 Rates to Rise
Though revenues for the carrier’s first fiscal quarter were up 8% year over year to $9.97 billion, its net income was down 22% to $384 million from last year’s $494 million...
Mover Handles 850 Tractors - in One Van
All American Moving Services, an agent for Mayflower Transit, moved more than 850 tractors in a shipment that weighted less than 30,000 pounds...
ALK's FleetSuite Offers In-Cab Directions
Version 22 of ALK Technologies' FleetSuite uses PC*Miler 22 map data to provide for in-cab, truck-specific directions in real time...
Inttra Announces Booking 2.0
In cooperation with its 23 member carriers and a number of ocean shipping customers, Inttra says it has enhanced various functions of its online ocean freight booking tool...
ABF Speeds and Expands Its Regional Service
These latest upgrades reduce transit times in more than 25% of the carrier’s North American network...
Paint Me Green
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL, President: Akimitsu Ashida) announced test results showing the benefits of a heat-shielding paint that can save fuel, reduce CO2 emissions, and reduce long-term vessel maintenance costs...
Container Volumes Could Drop By 6%
Cargo volume at US retail container ports could be off by 6% in 2008, according to the monthly Port Tracker report...
Salary Budgets Projected Below 4% for 2008 and 2009
Transportation executives are at the top for actual increases for 2008, with a 4.01% boost...
LA Port Truck Plan Passes Another Hurdle
A federal judge refused to stop the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach from implementing the controversial plan requiring drivers to be employees of port concession companies...
The Highway Trust Fund Gets an $8 Billion Fix
After working its slow and tortured way through Congress, the desperately needed legislation to move money from the General Fund to the Highway Trust Fund was quietly signed into law by President Bush, who had earlier threatened to veto it...
Port of Montreal Reports High Growth
During the first quarter of 2008, the Port of Montreal reported the highest growth, irrespective of shipping lanes, in comparison to both the ports of Vancouver and Halifax and to ports on the US East Coast...
Army Reserve Joins Schneider National in Employer Partnership
The US Army Reserve and Schneider National Inc. launched a public-private partnership they say will help strengthen the community...
Coalition Applauds Crackdown in the San Pedro Bay Ports
The battle at Southern California ports heats up as California Attorney General Jerry Brown announced a set of lawsuits against port trucking companies...
A&B Acquires Warehousing & Distribution Company
Alexander & Baldwin's Matson Global Distribution Services subsidiary has completed the acquisition of Pacific American Services, LLC., ("PACAM")...
Estes Launches Nationwide Brokerage
Estes Brokerage, a wholly owned subsidiary of Estes Express Lines, went nationwide to offer customers a complete range of truckload solutions for all 50 United States, the Caribbean, Canada and Mexico...
Eurotunnel Freight Moving After Fire
“Eurotunnel's truck shuttle service has resumed a limited service,” says a release from the company...
DHL Executive Testifies on UPS Deal
A slowdown in the air express delivery industry requires innovative business models, suggests John Mullen, CEO of DHL Express Global...
A Bed To Sleep In
The National Furniture Bank Association (NFBA) and the Institution Recycling Network (IRN) have issued a joint call for transportation and warehousing services to support efforts to provide home furnishings to those in need...
Ruan Hauls Hurricane Relief Supplies
As Hurricane Ike was approaching the Gulf Coast, Ruan Transport Corp. was hauling water, food and other supplies for residents in areas affected by Hurricane Gustav...
Some Service Updates Post-Ike
Still cleaning up from Gustav, US transport system takes a hit from Hurricane Ike
US Department of Transportation Secretary Mary Peters announced $4 million had been made available in emergency relief funds for Louisiana and Mississippi to help pay for urgent repairs to roads and bridges damaged in floods in the aftermath of Hurricane Gustav....
Port of Houston Authority in Assess and Operation Recovery Mode
Based on preliminary assessments, the PHA facilities have limited negative impact from Hurricane Ike....
US Customs Focuses on High Risk, Not Singapore
Scheduled to enter the pilot phase in the second half of 2008, the Singapore trial of the Secure Freight Initiative won't go forward. Customs will focus on high-risk trade corridors instead...
TNT Recognized As Green
Though its corporate color scheme is orange, TNT has been recognized as a “green” company...
Speeding Up Yellow and Roadway Integration
To combat a continuing challenged less-than-truckload (LTL) environment, YRC Worldwide looks to network consolidation as a major step to turn around its fortunes...
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