Logistics Technology News

Raleigh, N.C.-based third-party logistics provider L&M Transportation Services has opened a transportation office in Othello, Wash.

CargoSmart, a Software as a Service provider, today launched VisibilitySmart, which offers shippers and logistics service providers earlier alerts on cargo delays.

Supply chain management company SDV has opened a $55 million warehouse in Singapore with nine floors of production and office space, spanning an area of 42,000 square meters...

FedEx will raise FedEx Ground and FedEx Home Delivery rates on average 5.9 percent Jan. 7.

Logistics company DHL Supply Chain today appointed Jeroen van Oekel as vice president of business development for automotive, engineering and manufacturing sectors in Asia Pacific...

Logistics service provider Kerry Logistics has started construction of a new 33,700 square meter (about 362,743 square foot) automotive parts facility in Kunshan, China...

Logistics provider Kuehne + Nagel International AG’s board of directors today appointed Detlef Trefzger as the newest member of the management board, effective March 1, 2013.

Fort Smith, Ark.-based freight transportation company ABF Global Supply Chain Services is now serving Europe and Turkey with ocean transport...

Logistics provider Samskip Multimodal and science-based company DSM have developed a new lightweight container called DSM HighQ.

Solutions and software company ShipNet, a subsidiary of maritime services provider Inchcape Shipping Services, today appointed Jon Bumstead as managing director, and Suren Thadani as chief operational officer.

Air and ocean freight company DHL Global Forwarding, part of Deutsche Post DHL, has opened its first office in Tripoli, Libya, to capitalize on the country’s growing oil and hydrocarbon production industry.

Third-party logistics provider Transportation Insight today acquired CPA International, a Connecticut-based logistics company.

Convenience store operator Kwik Trip selected fleet management company Blue Tree Systems’ R:COM temperature management solution for its fleet...

Netherlands-based CEVA Logistics reported a pretax loss of 50 million euros ($64.6 million).

Supply chain company MIQ Logistics today signed a three-year agreement with Atlas Tubular, a provider of oil country tubular goods to the North American energy industry.

Cleveland-based marine transportation company The Great Lakes Group recently launched a new Web site.

Air and ocean freight trucking company Towne Air Freight will relocate its terminal serving Los Angeles on Dec. 3, into a newly constructed facility in Carson, Calif.

Supply chain company SEKO Logistics recently opened offices in Uganda and Ethiopia.

Air and ocean freight provider Logwin recently opened a new sales office in Zhongshan, in the manufacturing heartland of South China, in line with the company’s expansion strategy.

A.R.T. Logistics has opened its global headquarters in Hong Kong.

IJS Global has appointed Tim McKisson as vice president sales in the U.S.

Logistics provider Samuel Shapiro & Co. has named C. Walter Starr the firm's new chief financial officer.

Bremen-based Kieserling Group will merge with logistics service provider Compass Ocean Logistics.

Yusen Logistics will not appeal an antitrust ruling by the Tokyo High Court to the Supreme Court, the Japanese freight forwarder said Thursday.

Automotive logistics specialist Gefco is targeting the lucrative and fast-growing Asian wine logistics market.

Logistics, supply chain and freight forwarding company Yusen Logistics recently opened its largest solar power generation system at its warehouse facility in Port Murray, N.J.

The Rhenus group, a European logistics service, recently opened its newly constructed 41,000 square meter logistics center in Frankfurt, Germany.

Dallas-based package and freight shipping firm Worldwide Express today named Amy Milligan as vice president of marketing and business analytics.

UPS today published new rates for 2013, including an average net increase of 4.5 percent for all UPS air and U.S.-origin international services, and 4.9 percent on UPS ground services, effective Dec. 31.

Germany-based logistics provider Dachser recently opened a branch in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, the company’s fourth South African office.

Truck leasing company Ryder System’s fleet of 250 natural gas vehicles today surpassed a milestone of 6 million miles.

Logistics provider Agility reported its profit in the third quarter was 9.8 million Kuwaiti dinars (about US $34.7 million), jumping 21 percent from $28.4 million in the third quarter of 2011.

Hickory, N.C.-based logistics provider Transportation Insight recently appointed Chris Baltz, formerly chief strategy officer, to president and CEO; and Laura Easley, formerly chief solutions officer, to chief operating officer.

Transportation and supply chain company OIA Global recently acquired International Transport Services, a Cleveland-based transportation and warehousing provider.

Supply chain provider Yusen Logistics recently added a less-than-containerload service from Taiwan to Los Angeles.