UPS Second Quarter Margins Drop
Revenue was up 6.6% at UPS, but the company reported US package volumes fell over 1%, carrying the domestic operating margin with it...
Ceva Logistics Realigns Management
After testing a model for integrating its contract logistics and freight management units, Ceva will roll out the structure to all regions...
TNT Unions Agree On Contract
Trade unions representing TNT workers signed a new collective labor agreement which will be in effect through April 1, 2009...
NOL Seeks Hapag-Lloyd Container Group
Neptune Orient Lines Limited (NOL) confirmed that it has submitted an indicative non-binding bid to acquire the Hapag-Lloyd container shipping business...
Research Promotes US Freight Movement by Inland River Barges
In an era of increasing fuel costs, concerns about infrastructure and the environmental consequences of freight movement, this current study notes that one typical 15-barge river tow has the same capacity as 1,015 trucks and 216 rail cars being pulled by six locomotives...
Maersk Purchases US-Flag Vessels
Maersk Line Limited completed the purchase of two US-flag vessels which it will continue to operate in the US market with US crews...
Freight and Fuel Savings With Bundled Rail Freight Services
A new door-to-door business unit, Carload Solutions, from MHF Supply Chain Solutions puts rail, transloading and trucking into an integrated service product covered by a single invoice...
Old Dominion Adds Warehousing
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. (ODFL) announced it is expanding its supply chain services with a new warehouse service offering...
Emirates SkyCargo Partners in Brazil
Cargo from the 59 points served by Brazil’s GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. will move to Sao Paulo’s Guarulhos International Airport, be consolidated there and loaded onto an Emirates plane...
In Tough Cargo Market, Volga-Dnepr Reports Growth
Volga-Dnepr Group continued its strong financial growth in the first half of 2008 with record revenues for its air charter and scheduled cargo operations...
Air Freight Looks Bad and Getting Worse
Although there was a 6% growth in passenger traffic, cargo figures showed a 1.3% decline, according the International Air Transport Association (IATA)...
ExpressRail Successful In First Year
The first year of operations for the ship-to-rail facility ExpressRail Staten Island has been a success, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey...
Getting an 80,000 Pound Cargo Lift with a Blimp
The word “blimp” doesn’t appear in any material from either Boeing Co. who is teaming with Calgary, Alberta Canada’s privately-owned SkyHook International Inc. to develop the JHL-40 (Jess Heavy Lifter) rotorcraft...
Ten Steps for Fuel Savings
Shared here by Ryder System, Inc. these simple strategies are aimed at mitigating the impact of rising fuel costs. These operating practices can be implemented immediately to improve fleet fuel efficiency...
FedEx Rumored In TNT Buy
“No comment” is the rule, but that's no denial that FedEx may be in the market to acquire global express carrier TNT. Here's why the rumor seems likely to be true...
Crane Forms Logistics Company
Jim Crane, founder and former CEO of Eagle Global Logistics, has assembled an executive team and will launch Crane Worldwide Logistics beginning in mid to late August...
DHL Plans to Ease Its $1.3 Billion Headache
Facts facing DHL: In 2007 came a loss of $1 Billion and for 2008 an EBIT (earnings before interest and tax) loss of $1.3 Billion is projected...
US Rails Strong For Long Term
“The long-term outlook for rails is bullish and may arguably have improved with rising oil prices given railroads relative fuel advantage over truck,” observes William Greene, Morgan Stanley Research...
Slow International Growth and DHL Deal Help UPS
Domestic operations at UPS have been affected by the slowing consumer market and high fuel prices, but the contract with DHL for domestic lift could help protect margins...
Chainalytics Launches Transportation Procurement Program
Chainalytics is extending its Transportation Procurement services to include support during implementation and realization of new transport contracts...
RoadLink Announces Acquisitions
Intermodal services provider RoadLink has acquired American Freight Systems and C-Truck...
Target Logistics Services Part of Mainfreight
Target Logistic Services changed its name to Mainfrieght, reflecting the title of its new global parent...
The Continuing Challenge of Doing Business in China
“China's economic growth has made a major impact on the global logistics and transportation industries,” Yansheng Zhang, director of the Chinese Mainland's Institute of International Economic Research, told a meeting of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT)...
TNT Begins Road Service Between China and SEA
Global express company TNT began scheduled intra-Asia road services linking China and five countries in Southeast Asia...
The US Postal Service Restructures for Better Service
Citing recent changes in federal law, Postmaster General John E. Potter announced what he calls “a sea change for some” as the United States Postal Service (USPS) realigned several of its core functions...
US West Coast Issues Advance
The Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) continued their talks beyond the July 1st deadline...
Russia’s Air Cargo Forecast to Outgrow All Other Regions
Denis Ilyin, senior vice president for strategy and commercial of AirBridgeCargo (ABC) Airlines, part of the Volga-Dnepr Group, says Russia’s present share of 1.4% of the total $80 billion global air cargo market will grow to 8% in 2015Denis Ilyin, senior vice president for strategy and commercial of AirBridgeCargo (ABC) Airlines, part of the Volga-Dnepr Group, says Russia’s present share of 1.4% of the total $80 billion global air cargo market will grow to 8% in 2015...
Maersk Moves to Meet Changing Tides of Trade
Targeting such geographic areas as the Eastern Mediterranean, Africa and Latin America while cutting back on transits between Asia and Europe, the shipping giant is reacting to the realities of fuel costs and emerging economies...
MOL Containership Docks in Jacksonville
The MOL Vision arrived in Jacksonville, FL, establishing the first direct cargo service between Jacksonville and Asian markets...
JPMorgan Opens Polish Operations Center
JPMorgan Treasury Services' Global Trade Services business has opened an operations center in Bydgoszcz, Poland to serve existing and new clients in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA)...
Exel Achieves EPA SmartWay Designation
Exel Transportation Services (ETS), an operating unit of Exel and a Deutsche Post World Net company, earned a SmartWay Partner designation from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
Airbus Picks Kuehne + Nagel, DHL as Lead Logistics and Transport Providers
The new Airbus strategy has Kuehne + Nagel consolidating all local warehouse facilities into six regional hubs, encompassing more than 150,000 square meters by 2010...
An Attack on Traffic Congestion
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) is joining with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) in a test of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) technology aimed at reducing traffic congestion...
Rail Rate Ruling for Small Shipper is No Surprise
The DuPont small shipper ruling by the Surface Transportation Board (STB) is clearly a negative for the railroads, but the outcome wasn't a surprise, says William Greene, Morgan Stanley Research...
Warehousing Group Adds Online Courses
The Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC) has added online learning to its mix of education tools for the logistics industry...
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