Supply chain

Penske Logistics has appointed Michael Casidy to its newly created position of managing director of Mexico.

On Sept. 30, Samskip Multimodal will launch a weekly short sea service from Rotterdam, the Netherlands, to Tananger, Bergen and Ålesund on the west coast of Norway...

More than 75 business, agriculture and labor groups and local governments are urging the U.S. House of Representatives to hike the fuel tax that barge and towing companies pay into the Inland Waterway Trust Fund.

OOCL has leased 50,000 square feet of office space in the RiverPark 7 building in South Jordan, Utah.

Roadrunner Transportation Systems has acquired substantially all of the assets of YES Trans, a refrigerated truckload service provider based in Salisbury, Mass.

The International Maritime Organization today backed a compromise proposal for verifying the weight of containers before they are loaded on board ships.

The International Bunker Industry Association has welcomed the U.K. government’s call for the International Maritime Organization to expedite the release of its study on...

DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight subsidiary of DHL, has appointed Samar Nath as its new chief executive officer and country manager for India.

Crane Worldwide Logistics has expanded its presence in India by opening a new office in Delhi.

The U.S. port and inland waterway industry is celebrating that a major port and inland waterway bill is headed to the House floor for a vote next month after being passed by the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

The U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure today approved H.R. 3080, the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2013, which aims to streamline the infrastructure project delivery process.

The Federal Maritime Commission said it is “considering a range of options to obtain further clarity” on how China is implementing a new nationwide value-added tax on international transportation services.

Troy Container Line has plans to launch new, direct weekly services from Atlanta to Hong Kong and Singapore.

FedEx reported its net income in the first quarter of fiscal year 2014, ending Aug. 31, 2013, was $489 million, increasing 7 percent year-over-year from $459 million.

IAG Cargo has plans to increase flights between London Heathrow Airport and Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad, in order to cater to the city’s booming pharmaceutical industry.

Companies are pushing back against Federal Maritime Commission proposals to require ocean transportation intermediaries to post larger bonds, renew licenses every two years, and give priority to shippers’ and consignees’ claims.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has published a report on the implementation of positive train control systems, which recommended that Congress...

Although freight rates from China to North America may be at rock-bottom levels, China’s new 6 percent value-added tax on logistics services isn’t just creating a new cost for some shippers. It’s also creating a major quandary.

The U.S. Surface Transportation Board has adopted its final rules establishing disclosure requirements for rail transactions involving interchange agreements.

Amber Road has acquired EasyCargo, a Shanghai-based global trade management solutions provider specializing in trade regulations in China.

OIA Global has purchased majority control of Bellville International Ltd., a provider of freight forwarding and logistics services headquartered in London.

Karen Jones has joined Ryder System as senior vice president and chief marketing officer, reporting to Chairman and CEO Robert Sanchez.

What keeps truckers awake at night? Lately, the prospect of federal "guidance" on sleep apnea testing and treatment for truck drivers.

Most of Asia’s leading economies sailed through the global financial crisis largely unscathed. So the about-turn in the continent’s fortunes this year surprised analysts, most of whom have been forced to repeatedly downgrade previously bullish estimates for economic growth.

Europe is finally emerging from its longest and deepest postwar recession, but the recovery is far from even across the continent and could yet fizzle out.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster, R-Pa., has spent the last months bringing his colleagues up to speed on a less-than-sexy major port and inland waterway bill, pushing a media blitz involving Twitter and a quirky YouTube video.

U.S. Transportation and Infrastructure Committee leaders today introduced the Water Resources Reform and Development Act...

International overland connections between Southeast Asia and China will flourish with the launch of the ASEAN Economic Community in 2015, according to one leading logistics provider.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. legislators on Sept. 10 vowed to strengthen the nation’s maritime industry, as the Merchant Marine faces rough waters and many in the ocean shipping industry are pushing back against a proposed Federal Maritime Commission rulemaking.

RoadOne IntermodaLogistics, an intermodal, distribution and logistics services company, has appointed Larry Cuddy as vice president of commercial strategy and client solutions...

Members from Somalia’s government and the European Union have again met to discuss how to strengthen maritime security and economic development in Somalia.

Maritime labor unions were told last week they must intensify their efforts to educate Congress and the public about the national significance of infrastructure development and laws that preserve American maritime jobs, or risk even deeper cuts to these programs.

A faster-paced economy wasn't evident in the August employment numbers for freight transportation industries.

UPS has plans to purchase two Costa Rica-based companies: Union Pak de Costa Rica, a small package delivery firm, and SEISA Brokerage, a brokerage business.

WASHINGTON — Port and freight rail projects got a larger share of the Department of Transportation’s TIGER grants this time around, but the future of the politically contentious program is uncertain.

In seasonally adjusted terms, Australia had a goods and services trade deficit of A$129 million(about US$141.3 million) in July, after posting a A$243 million surplus in June, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

About $474 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery 2013 discretionary grant program...