Supply chain

Ryder System today reported its profit in the second quarter of 2013 was $62.2 million, jumping 33.2 percent from $46.7 million in the second quarter of 2012.

UPS today reported its operating profit in the second quarter of 2013 was $1.74 billion, sliding from $1.79 billion in the second quarter of 2012.

C.H. Robinson Worldwide has promoted Gary York to director of sourcing for Europe.

Hong Kong Customs has seized more than 1,148 ivory tusks, valued at HK$17.46 million (about US$2.23 million), that were being smuggled through...

A U.S. seafood company is using new container technology to open a new market niche: live fish imported from South Korea.

Getting people to try new things, especially expensive new things, isn’t easy. For executive chef Nora Ramos, getting Americans of all ethnic backgrounds to try dishes made from live fish is both an art and a science.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has asked Transport Canada to review its rules regarding the securement of equipment and trains left unattended...

Two trends in the global produce market seem to be at odds with each other: Big-box retailers are getting bigger and buying produce directly from producers around the globe. At the other end of the scale is the “buy-local” movement that encourages people to eat produce grown locally, without the need for extensive transport to market.

The Rhenus Group and the Catoni Group have established a joint venture, Rhenus Catoni Logistics...

Air and ocean freight provider Logwin has opened a new office in Kolkata, India, to serve its customers in the country’s eastern region.

The U.S. House Committee on Ways & Means has introduced legislation to renew the Generalized System of Preferences through September 2015...

Members of the Transportation Intermediaries Association, which represents third-party logistics providers in the U.S., outperformed the economy in the first quarter of 2013...

2013 has been a roller-coaster ride for U.S. poultry producers. Exports have increased, but haven’t lived up to early growth prospects as avian flu outbreaks on two continents have wreaked havoc with demand.

DHL Global Forwarding has launched less-than-containerload direct services linking India’s ports of Nhava Sheva (Jawaharlal Nehru) and Chennai with Shanghai, as the Deutche Post DHL Group unit taps India’s growing retail and automotive sectors.

Octavio Maese-Cordero, owner of a trucking and shipping company in El Paso, Texas, has been sentenced to serve 18 months in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud...

Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Relations has announced that the missile systems that Panama seized from a North Korea-flag ship were “obsolete defensive weapons” that Cuba was sending...

The Port of San Diego’s board of port commissioners has adopted a $180 million budget for fiscal year 2013-2014.

Barely three months after being tapped by President Obama, new FMC Chairman Mario Cordero is drawing the ire of many in the industry over his push to overhaul regulations for forwarders and non-vessel-operating common carriers.

A Missouri company has pled guilty in federal court to importing thousands of lamps from China bearing counterfeit certification labels.

The European Union will reopen its market to Myanmar on July 19 under the so-called “Everything But Arms” preferential trade regime...

Menzies Distribution is replacing half of its large goods vehicle delivery fleet with 110 new Iveco trucks in a five-year contract hire deal with Ryder Europe, part of Ryder System.

If California is the U.S. leader when it comes to environmental regulation, then Oregon could be the state to keep an eye on in terms of where transportation infrastructure funding is headed.

Shippers and carriers alike are waiting to see how much new hours of service regulations will affect refrigerated trucking and the timing of food deliveries to restaurants, grocery stores and distribution centers. The new rules apply to all truck drivers, regardless of the type of equipment, but some believe the cold chain might take a bigger hit to productivity than other sectors.

The U.S. House of Representatives has approved legislation that would require the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Transportation to issue a new report on rural transportation issues...

FedEx Express has expanded its facility at Beijing Capital International Airport in order to increase its handling capacity for international shipments...

Australia’s international merchandise imports in June were A$18.4 billion (about $17.0 billion), falling 8 percent from $18.5 billion in May, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

The U.S. economic recovery has not brought as much container volume growth as expected, according to an Asian transportation report by Jeffries, a global investment banking firm.

Pilot Flying J has reached a settlement with eight trucking firms that filed federal lawsuits against the truck stop operator.

NFI, a New Jersey-based supply chain company, and Hillwood, a real estate developer, have broken ground on a distribution site in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley, which will provide warehousing services on the East Coast.

Marten Transport today reported its net income in the second quarter of 2013 was $7.7 million, inching up 1.1 percent from $7.6 million in the second quarter of 2012.

The Association of Independent Property Brokers & Agents has filed a federal lawsuit against the $75,000 bond provision of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, commonly referred to as MAP-21.

How will the deadline train derailment in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, affect the transportation of crude oil by rail. Will public outcry result in new rail safety regulations in Canada or the U.S.?

CEVA Logistics will expand to a new location in Richmond, Va., later this summer.

Duff Brothers Capital has agreed to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Frozen Food Express Industries, a temperature-controlled truckload and less-than-truckload carrier in the U.S., for $38.2 million.

Norbert Dentressangle has agreed to acquire the freight forwarding activities of the Daher Group, which has eight agencies in France and three in Russia.

Yusen Logistics has enhanced its less-than-containerload portfolio with a new direct service from Hong Kong to Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Panama has detained a North Korean-flagged ship coming from Cuba as it approached the Panama Canal with undeclared weapons, according to the nation’s President Ricardo Martinelli, Reuters reports.

China’s gross domestic product growth slowed in the second quarter of 2013 to 7.5 percent year-over-year, making it the ninth quarter in the last 10 quarters that China’s growth has slackened, Reuters reports.

In June, India’s exports were valued at $23.8 billion, falling 4.6 percent from $24.9 billion in June 2012; imports were valued at $36.0 billion, dropping 0.4 percent from June 2012’s $36.2 billion, according to the country’s Ministry of Commerce & Industry.