Logistics Technology News

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Freight forwarder Leschaco named Mark Malambri president and CEO of the Germany-based company’s U.S. operations.

Logistics technology provider Descartes Systems Group is acquiring software specialist Telargo to add new mobile information capabilities to trucking operations systems.

Geodis Wilson strengthened its position in the U.S.

UTi Worldwide reported a 13.2 percent decline in net profit to $8.7 million in its fiscal first quarter ending April 30 as costs from restructuring global operations offset a 14 percent gain in revenu

Nippon Express, Japan’s largest freight forwarder, said that its net profit plunged 32 percent in fiscal 2010, which ended on March 31, from a year earlier to 8.541 billion yen ($104.16 million)

Kintetsu World Express, Japan’s second-largest international forwarder, said that its profit surged 72.4 percent in fiscal 2010, which ended on March 31, 2011, from the previous fiscal year to 7

Forwarder Panalpina is expanding its scheduled freighter operations through Huntsville, Ala., with a second weekly service connecting the city to Hong Kong.

Two Japanese international freight forwarders expanded their operations into Indochina, a Southeast Asian region sandwiched by two Asian giants -- China to the east and India to the west.

Panalpina Group reported double-digit growth in profit during the first quarter and said it expects air and ocean freight markets to rise 5 to 7 percent this year.

Yusen Logistics said its net profit surged 134.4 percent in fiscal 2010, which ended on March 31, from the previous fiscal year to $44.16 million.

INTTRA, an electronic booking portal for the ocean freight industry, formed a new advisory board with its customers to set standards for electronic payments.

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After a year of relative stagnation, merger and acquisition activity in the logistics sector may be about to pick up.

Expeditors International of Washington saw its net profit fall 33 percent in the third quarter, to $57.8 million, as tighter capacity and rising prices in ocean and air transport services cut into fre

Freight forwarder Lynden International brought in experienced account executives in New York and Chicago.

A Chinese subsidiary of Hankyu Express International, a major Japanese air- and sea-freight forwarder, established a branch office in Hangzhou, the capital city of Zhejiang province in east China.

Expeditors International, in a new signal of a weakening demand in the global economy, says declines in ocean and air freight volume accelerated in January as a growing spot pricing market expanded ar

Trans Global Logistics named Bill Ip director of freight and logistics, China North region.

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John Dillon is chief executive of Navis LLC, a provider of supply-chain execution software for marin

Supply chain software provider Manhattan Associates announced it will restate earnings from 1999 thr

Manhattan Associates said it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Evant, a specialist in sup

Quintek Technologies, announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sapphire Consulting Services, has

Ocean portal Inttra is moving beyond freight bookings. It is releasing what it calls Inttra-Tender,

E-Transport, which began as DXI Inc. and has become one of the main firms offering online transporta