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U.S. manufacturing will continue to grow this year but at a more modest pace, according to a quarterly survey by the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation.

The Korean hub of Busan saw total container traffic expand 13.7 percent in February compared to a year earlier.

A surge of U.S.

Global logistics provider Agility increased its net profit 8 percent in 2011 to approximately $97 million, despite a drop in revenue to $4.8 billion.

For the past decade, importers of footwear had a basic sourcing philosophy: China first, China only.

Kerry Logistics booked substantial growth in turnover and profit last year as its investments in

Pacer International named Al Benki as senior vice president, international logistics for Asian and European operations, where he will be responsible for growth of its international business units, Oce

Logistics companies operating in India will continue to see rapid growth as more companies look to outsource, according to the latest report by industry analyst RNCOS.

XPO Logistics increased its public stock offering by 2 million shares Thursday

Panalpina and CEVA Logistics have launched new less-than-containerload services, tapping into strong customer demand in fast growing trade lanes in Latin America and the Asia-Pacific region.

XPO Logistics, a third-party logistics company with plans to expand by acquisition, will sell 6 million shares of common stock in a public offering.

Manufacturers are looking for lower-cost sourcing locations as China’s wages rise well above those in other emerging markets.

CEVA Logistics’ earnings grew by 9.9 percent in 2011 year-over-year to $421 million on cost cuts and improved efficiency, as revenue rose one percent to a record $9 billion.

U.S. rail growth this year is expected to outpace overall economic expansion as manufacturing expands and the shifting energy landscape gives as well as takes.

James River Coal in 2012 expects to ship at least 3.3 percent more coal from the Midwest and Central Appalachia than it did last year despite many railroad analysts’ expectations that coal shipm

Global manufacturer Procter & Gamble plans to wring $4.5 billion in savings from raw materials, packaging and logistics as part of a plan to save $10 billion.

Kerry Logistics said the acquisition of its former joint venture in Spain will allow customers in the country’s poor performing economy to access more dynamic Asian markets.

New customers, higher truck freight volumes and significant rate hikes pushed revenue at Echo Global Logistics up 41 percent last year to $602.8 million.

MIQ Logistics is expanding its less-than-containerload consolidation service, offering weekly LCL service from Istanbul, Turkey, to New York.

Worldwide smartphone shipment volume jumped 54.7 percent in the fourth quarter to 157.8 million units, spurred by the release of new products that provided a flood of new electronics shipping last yea

The need for refrigerated and express supply chain services will help drive overall Chinese demand for logistics services up 9 percent by the end of 2013, according to a recent industry analysis.

Transport Corporation of India said Thursday its net profit in the third quarter of fiscal year 2011 rose 15 percent year-over-year to $2.75 million, as a rise in revenue helped offset increased opera

Yusen Logistics’s net profit surged 14.7 percent in the first nine months of fiscal 2011, which started on April 1, 2011, as the Japanese forwarder saw revenue jump 90.9 percent in the same peri

Container throughput at the South Korea’s Busan port in 2011 rose 14 percent year-over-year, and the North Asian transhipment hub expects more than 8 percent traffic growth this year.

Imperial Logistics boosted its presence in southern Africa through the acquisition of two transport companies for undisclosed sums.

Pantos Logistics expects to grow volume 10 percent this year and gradually emerge as one of the world’s top 10 logistics providers, despite an expected slowdown in global economic growth.

Damco has appointed Henriette Hallberg Thygesen, a 16-year veteran of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, as its new CEO for North Asia.

Last fall’s devastating floods in Thailand cost electronics manufacturer Flextronics $100 million in lost revenue in the past quarter and the company expects to lose a similar amount in the curr

The incidence of cargo theft in the U.S.

GPR Logistics said it acquired the East Coast facilities and operations of the Gilbert Company from Maersk Inc. the U.S. subsidiary of Maersk Line.

Sheila Taylor, the former chief financial officer who helped troubled trucking giant YRC Worldwide steer clear of bankruptcy, joined Menlo Worldwide Logistics.

Norfolk Southern Railway is positioned to gain more than 150,000 carloads of annual business from nearly $9.5 billion in facility investment made by shippers, particularly coal customers, near the rai

DHL Global Forwarding this week launched a less-than-container load service between Italy and Kuwait, as the German carrier adds ocean connections to its growing Middle East hub.

The cost advantage of manufacturing products in low-cost manufacturing locations in Asia will erode in comparison to the U.S.

The deadly snowstorm headed toward the Great Lakes threatens to delay further shipments after the freak weather paralyzed truck traffic to the Great Plains while passing through region.

DB Schenker is in talks with less-than-truckload operator Estes Express Lines to turn over management of the forwarder’s U.S.

Asian demand for new cars and increased sourcing of parts from China are fueling a third-party logistics boom in the continent, but the market is “very fragmented with lots of local players in d

CEVA Logistics named

TNT Express, extending the reorganization of its global delivery operations, said Monday it will sell the company’s domestic road business in India to a private equity firm, India Equity Partner

Retailers lured millions of Americans out of bed to snap up bargains on Thanksgiving weekend.