Supply chain

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.

After a strong start in the first part of this decade, the slowdown in export growth means the U.S. will not meet President Obama's goal of doubling exports by 2015 from 2009 levels.

The next secretary of U.S. Department of Homeland Security will likely focus on immigration issues to the detriment of Customs and Border Protection’s push to move goods and materials faster and more efficiently through ports of entry, international trade attorney Susan Kohn Ross said on Monday.

GSC Logistics has added super chassis to its U.S. Pacific Northwest fleet to accommodate heavier load, 40-foot containers, according to Scott Taylor, president of the third-party logistics provider.

Kerry Logistics has acquired a majority stake in Braservice, a Brazilian logistics and customs brokerage, to expand its services in the South American nation and strengthen ties with China and Asia.

Kuehne + Nagel’s net income rose 6.3 percent in the second quarter, driven by increased ocean container traffic and efficiency measures that cut costs.

Restructuring of the Chinese economy will force transportation companies and many manufacturers in southern China and Hong Kong to rethink their long-term strategies, according to shipper representatives.

DB Schenker has opened a new logistics center in South Korea to provide health care and pharmaceutical supply chain services.

The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry in May rose 1.2 percent from the previous month and 2.7 percent from May 2012...

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano is leaving the role after more than four years as a Cabinet member.

Kenya’s security agencies have seized two more containers full of ivory, after authorities vowed to increase surveillance at all entry points to the East African nation, Shanghai Daily reports.

UPS has lowered its expectations for revenue and operating profit for the second quarter of 2013 and for the full year of 2013.

Toll Group has started construction on a $24 million intermodal freight terminal in the new Brighton Transport Hub in Hobart, Tasmania.

Officials from Port of Hueneme in California and Ports America have formally christened the stevedoring company’s new Liebherr LHM 420 Litronic mobile harbor crane.

Ozburn-Hessey Logistics has signed a 185,520 square foot industrial lease to fully occupy Pan American North Distribution Center in Medley, Fla., near Miami.

Russia is planning to introduce temporary restrictions on dairy, meat and seafood imports from Greece, starting July 15, according to the Russian Federal Veterinary and Phytosanitary Inspection Service...

CSX has won an appeal against the Alabama Department of Revenue regarding the agency’s imposition of a sales and use tax on diesel fuel purchased by rail carriers, Jacksonville Business Journal reports.

FedEx Express has opened new stations in Bari, Italy, and Bergneustadt, Gescher, Wesel and Zülpich, Germany.

Supply chain strategist Page Siplon, who heads the Georgia Center of Innovation for Logistics, is taking on a bigger role as director of the Georgia Centers of Innovation.

Kunio Mikuriya, secretary general of the World Customs Organization; Raymond Benjamin, secretary general of the International Civil Aviation Organization; and Koji Sekimizu, secretary general of the International Maritime Organization, have discussed increasing collaboration.

India’s market has opened to Canadian eastern-spruce products.

DB Schenker has established its own legal entity in Laos and will now operate under the name “Schenker (Lao) Sole Co.” across the region.

The Michigan Department of Transportation’s draft Michigan Freight Plan, a supplement to the 2035 MI Transportation Plan, is available for public review through Aug. 7, via the State Long Range Plan Web site.

Norbert Dentressangle has entered into a 50-50 joint venture with the Danone Group to offer temperature-controlled logistics services for fresh products across Russia.

Supply Chain Solutions has acquired the freight forwarding business unit of England Logistics.