Logistics Technology News

UPS expanded its direct less-than-containerload offering to more than 300 additional ocean lanes in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and South America in 2012.

WCA Family of Logistic Networks has hired Reha Erman as regional manager for the Americas.

Transportation and supply chain management company Ryder System has appointed Thomas F. Pettit as senior vice president and general manager to its supply chain solutions business segment.

Buffalo, N.Y.-based ROAR Logistics, which offers rail, ocean, air and road logistics services, has opened an office in Temecula, Calif.

Chicago-based Echo Global Logistics reported its net income in the fourth quarter of 2012 was $3.5 million, falling 0.8 percent compared with the fourth quarter of 2011.

Kansas City, Kan.-based logistics software provider Catapult International has opened an office in Hong Kong to better serve clients in Asia.

U.S.-based Consolidators International has promoted Les Pazsternak as senior vice president for the Southeast. The freight forwarder also hired Brad Reybourne as development manager for the Southeast at CII’s Atlanta facility.

Atlanta-based courier service company A-1 Express has launched long-distance freight services across the U.S.

Johannesburg-based Barloworld Logistics’ Dedicated Transport Services division has concluded its merger with the Manline group, a logistics provider in Southern Africa.

North American freight and logistics company Pacer International today reported profit in the fourth quarter of 2012 was $2.2 million, increasing 100 percent from $1.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2011.

Ann Arbor, Mich.-based freight transportation and logistics company Con-way reported net income in the fourth quarter of 2012 was $11.8 million, plummeting 48.7 percent from $23.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2011.

PortVision, a Web-based service for the maritime industry, today launched the PortVision CONNECT initiative, which includes a $500,000 commitment to fund the development and implementation of Web-based solutions ...

North American intermodal company Celtic International has hired Steven Golich as president.

Eden Prairie, Minn.-based third-party logistics provider C.H. Robinson reported income in the fourth quarter of 2012 was $256.39 million, jumping 134 percent from $109.21 million in the fourth quarter of 2011.

UPS has deployed 100 fully electric commercial vehicles that will be delivering packages in California.

Supply chain company CEVA Logistics has appointed Jaap Bruining as its new head of operations for China. He will be located in Shanghai.

Shipping and logistics provider GAC has started construction on its new office and warehouse in Houston’s Central Green Business Park, which is within a designated foreign trade zone.

Chicago is becoming a virtual hub for fast-growing third-party logistics companies and freight brokers that own no assets but see Chicago as perhaps the biggest asset of all.

Non-vessel-operating common carriers are finding growth opportunities in the fast-growing regional trades, in the intra-Asian and intra-Latin American markets and in the domestic Chinese market.

Con-way Multimodal, a freight brokerage division of Con-way’s operating unit Menlo Worldwide Logistics, has named Corey Bingham as director of business development.

There is a seismic shift under way in global trade patterns as developing nations in Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas account for an increasing amount of fast-growing global trade.

Trucking company Ryder System today reported its profit in the fourth quarter of 2012 was $53.8 million, rising 12 percent from $48.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2011.

UPS reported a net loss of $1.7 billion in the fourth quarter of 2012, falling $2.5 billion from a profit of $725 million in the fourth quarter of 2011.

Container Corporation of India reported its net profit in the third fiscal quarter, which ended Dec. 31, 2012, was $43.8 million, down 2 percent from $44.6 million in the same quarter in 2011.

Logistics provider Globe Express Services has hired Steve Hankins, former Tyson Foods CFO, as executive vice president, CFO and chief information officer.

Freight forwarder FedEx Trade Networks, a subsidiary of FedEx, has opened its first office in Thailand, located in Bangkok.

Revenue Technology Services, a Plano, Texas-based transportation technology company, has launched CargoPriceOpt, a pricing decision support system for the cargo industry.

Third-party logistics provider Port Jersey Logistics has appointed Al Hickey as director of operations.

Transportation company TSD Logistics, which specializes in the tire and rubber industry, has named Robert Muir as CEO and president.

Logistics provider Agility has opened a new warehouse in Melaka on the Malay Peninsula.

Freight forwarding and supply chain management company Damco will move its headquarters from Copenhagen, Denmark, to The Hague in the Netherlands in February, and will also implement several senior-level management changes.

The Traffic Club of Chicago has elected new officers and directors to serve on the 2013 board of governors. The election was held in December at the members’ annual holiday reception.