Logistics Technology News

Global Partners, a Waltham petroleum products company, has signed a five-year contract with Phillips 66, a Houston-based energy company, whereby Global will use its rail network’s loading facilities and offloading terminals...

Third-party logistics provider BNSF Logistics has acquired Albacor Shipping, a Toronto-based global project and general cargo provider with locations across North America, Europe and Russia.

Kerry Logistics, through its affiliates and a local alliance, has secured a majority stake in Tin Thanh Express, further expanding its Vietnam network and creating a new joint venture company, Kerry TTC Express.

Supply chain management company Panalpina has appointed Stefan Karlen to regional CEO of Asia Pacific, effective immediately.

Logistics company C.H. Robinson Worldwide has promoted Angie Freeman to vice president of human resources.

California-based logistics technology company Trimble Navigation today acquired ALK Technologies, a privately owned Princeton, N.J.-based company that specializes in transportation tools.

Freight forwarding and logistics company Lynden International has opened a new service center at Edmonton International Airport in Alberta.

Aprile Cool Solutions, Aprile’s SpA refrigerated container division, has merged with Easyfresh, a Valencia, Spain-based logistics company specializing in temperature controlled cargo, effective Jan. 1.

UPS today announced a new express air freight service, UPS Worldwide Express Freight, for time-sensitive international heavyweight shipments.

Graybar, a company specializing in electrical products and related logistics services, has appointed Greg Hochheiser as its district vice president in Dallas.

South African port operator Transnet Port Terminals’ Eastern Cape Container Terminals moved record cargo volumes in December.

Chicago-based Echo Global Logistics has named David Habiger to its board of directors, effective Dec. 28, 2012, in coordination with Eric P. Lefkofsky’s departure from the board of directors.

Supply chain management company CEVA Logistics has entered into a joint venture in Vietnam with longtime partner Indo Trans Logistics Group.

Rhenus Revival, a freight forwarding subsidiary of logistics company Rhenus Group, has moved its Stuttgart branch to Fellbach, which are both in the Baden-Wurttemberg state of southern Germany.

Air and ocean freight provider Logwin today opened a new office in Shantou, China, a growing port city located near Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Xiamen.

Transporeon and Ticontract, two Transporeon Group companies specializing in e-logistics solutions, has opened a new joint headquarters in Singapore.

FedEx today reported its income in the second quarter, ending Nov. 30, was $438 million, dropping 12 percent from $497 million in the same quarter last year.

Ocean and air freight company Shipco Transport will open a new export warehouse facility, on Jan. 7, 2013.

Supply chain management company Descartes Systems Group today announced it is working with DHL Global Forwarding to upgrade the freight transportation company’s electronic communications to Cargo-XML...

Kerry Logistics has secured a contract with luggage company Samsonite in Thailand to manage its supply chain, including general warehousing, value-added services, pick and pack and local transportation services.

Hong Kong-based CargoSmart and Japan-based Nippon Automated Cargo and Port Consolidated signed an agreement to integrate their logistics systems before Japan Customs’ newly enacted Advance Filing Rules go into effect in March 2014.

Graybar, a company specializing in electrical products and related logistics services, today announced that Thomas S. Gurganous will retire on Feb. 1, 2013, after more than 39 years with the company.

Miami-based transportation and trucking company Ryder System today announced that Gregory T. Swienton, chairman and CEO, will retire...

Netherlands-based CEVA Logistics today signed an agreement with Australian company Brambles for the sale of both its European Container Logistics business and Asia Pacific Pallecon business...

The New York-New Jersey Foreign Freight Forwarders and Brokers Association has selected Claudio Bozzo, president and CEO of Mediterranean Shipping Company...

Lakeland-Fla.-based third-party logistics provider Saddle Creek Logistics Services today named Amy Barnes as director of business development.

Third-party logistics company C.H. Robinson Worldwide today announced that Senior Vice President Jim Butts will retire on Dec. 31, after 34 years with the company.

German logistics provider Dachser will acquire Spanish logistics provider Azkar, effective Jan. 15, 2013.

Dallas-based supply chain management company Entercoms has named Michael Smith as chief commercial officer.

Truckload line-haul costs for November rose 1.4 percent from October and 2.7 percent from November 2011, as costs moved modestly upward for the second straight month, according to Cass Truckload Linehaul Index.

Graybar, a company specializing in electrical products and related logistics services, has elected Randall R. Harwood senior vice president and chief financial officer, effective Jan. 1, 2013.

ELITE Association of Logistics Networks officially launched today, following the qualification of nine major global logistics networks as founding members, to act as a body to represent the independent freight forwarding...

Berlin-based logistics and rail company DB Schenker, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG, has expanded its offerings to include a new “leadlogistics” service.

Supply chain management company Jaguar Freight Services has relocated its London-based European Center of Operational Excellence to the refurbished former Elizabeth Arden factory in Acton, London...

European spply chain management company Norbert Dentressangle has acquired part of the warehousing and general cargo freight forwarding activities of Belgium-based maritime logistics company Nova Natie.

Freight forwarding and logistics company Lynden International recently named Sergio Lotero as business development manager for Latin America, and Roark Beckstead as business development director in Los Angeles.

Clean Energy Fuels has finished the first stage of America’s Natural Gas Highway, a network of LNG truck fueling stations to support long-haul, heavy-duty goods movement along major interstate corridors...