Logistics

On September 7, 2009, the A.P. Moller ' Maersk Group will merge its supply chain management activities branded as Maersk Logistics, customs brokerage activities branded as Maersk Customs Services, Inc. and its freight forwarding activities branded as Damc Read More »

In a letter today to House Committee on Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman, National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America, Inc. (NCBFAA) President Mary Jo Muoio expressed concern with a proposed provision in the Committee's May 26 Di Read More »

Third-party logistics provider Nexus Distribution announced that it has added a third warehouse to its Midwest region facilities. The new distribution center, located at 6510 W 73rd Street in Bedford Park, IL, features 306,552 square feet and direct acces Read More »

The National Industrial Transportation League (NITL) and the World Shipping Council (WSC) welcome the statement issued by the Paris‐based International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) lending the support of the World Business Organization's Commission on Read More »

Weber Distribution, a leading third party logistics and supply chain management provider, celebrates its 85th anniversary this year. This marks the company as one of the longest operating privately held third party logistics providers in the industry toda Read More »

Deal activity dropped significantly during first quarter 2009 in the global transportation and logistics (T&L) industry, according to a report released today by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP: Intersections: First-quarter 2009 mergers and acquisitions analysi Read More »

CEVA Logistics, one of the world's leading supply chain companies, has been awarded a contract renewal for the operations of an inbound manufacturing support facility for Ford Motor Company's truck plant based in Claycomo, Missouri. CEVA will take respons Read More »

The National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America, Inc. (NCBFAA) has filed an Amicus brief in the Court of International Trade contesting Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) authority to revoke a customs broker's entry filer code without Read More »

National Retail Systems, Inc. (NRS), a provider of global logistics services to US retailers and manufacturers, today announced it has opened a 15-acre distribution center in Compton, CA, near both the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach. This Read More »

LS Cargo Logistics GmbH, Ratingen/ Germany and Albacor Shipping, Inc., Canada, both members of the World Wide Project Consortium (WWPC), arranged the road transport of nine convection banks each about 12 meters long, 7.40 meters wide and up to five meters Read More »

DB Schenker is building a green mega hub in Melbourne. According to plan, Schenker Australia Pty Ltd will expand its forwarding and logistics operations with a new facility located directly at Melbourne's international airport in July. The hub comprises o Read More »

Descartes Systems Group, a global on-demand software-as-a-service (SaaS) logistics solutions provider, announced that CEVA Logistics, a global supply chain management company, is using Descartes Cargo 2000 to help it comply with business process and autom Read More »

Stirling Capital Investments announced it has secured a 6,322-square-foot lease with Fastenal Company at Southern California Logistics Centre (SCLC), a 2,500-acre commercial and industrial complex in Victorville, Calif. Fastenal, a leading North American Read More »

DHL Supply Chain announced a five-year contract with Nike to establish a new distribution center in Louveira / S'o Paulo, Brazil. The operation was transferred from its former location in Guarulhos / S'o Paulo to Louveira, and is part of an existing DHL c Read More »

International project freight forwarder, Advance International Transport has undertaken the shipment of an over-dimensional cement-making machine and ancillary equipment from the United States to Turkmenistan. Read More »

Kewill announced that A.N. Deringer, Inc., one of the largest, privately held Customs Brokers in North America, is the first to have filed a Customs Entry through US Customs and Border Protection's Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), using Kewill's i Read More »

Despite the tightening global freight market, the Asia-based NVOCC and freight services supplier, Famous Pacific Shipping (FPS), is following a program of network expansion in established and emerging freight markets. Read More »

Trade Tech, a major supplier of web-based supply chain and transportation applications, announced that it has partnered with the Chubb Group of Insurance Read More »

In an effort to support global initiatives that seek to reduce the impact of business on the environment, DHL Express, the world's leading express delivery company, sent its first carbon neutral express shipments from Africa on the occasion of the first a Read More »

CargoGulf has announced its first new office opening of 2009 in Bangkok, Thailand, which will operate under a value partner scheme with its long-standing agent, GAC. Read More »