Supply chain

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists at the Port of Charleston in South Carolina have intercepted a container, carrying aluminum scrap metal from Costa Rica...

CEVA Logistics has signed a new contract with BIC, a manufacturer of stationary products, lighters and shavers.

A truck carrying an oversized load hit a bridge on Interstate 5 near Mount Vernon, Wash., yesterday, causing part of the span to collapse and fall into the Skagit River about 50 feet below, Fox News reports.

European Union regulators approved a trans-Atlantic joint venture between Lufthansa, United Airlines and Air Canada after the carriers agreed to give up landing and take-off slots at Frankfurt and New York.

Wastepaper is a bedrock of U.S. exports, accounting for more than 20 of the top 100 U.S. exporters of containerized cargo and more than 15 percent of total export containers. That’s unlikely to change soon, but two emerging trends could slow future growth.

One step forward, a half-step backward. That’s expected to be the story of the U.S. economy, and containerized imports and exports, through the rest of 2013.

CEVA Logistics has appointed Jim Barnett as vice president of its automotive division for the Americas, effective immediately.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released a final rule to change the labeling provisions for muscle cut commodities covered under the Country of Origin Labeling program.

William J. DeWitt, III, will be stepping down as associate dean for the Maine Maritime Academy’s Loeb-Sullivan School of International Business and Logistics by this year’s fall semester...

The House of Representatives has approved a bill to allow construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, which would transport about 830,000 barrels of oil per day from North American oil supplies to U.S. refineries.

Yusen Logistics has expanded its direct less-than-containerload services by adding two new routes to its network...

Haynes Furniture has signed a new long-term lease with American Realty Advisors, which was acting on behalf of its clients, for 215,400 square feet of industrial space in Addison, Ill.

Demetrios Marantis, acting U.S. trade representative, and Pwint San, Myanmar’s deputy commerce minister, have signed a trade and investment framework agreement...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency has announced that total funding available for the fiscal year 2013 Port Security Grant Program is about $93.2 million...

The European Union is sending a strong signal that it intends to improve service standards and efficiency at ports to spread traffic more evenly across the European waterfront and ease congestion.

Subaru has chosen WWL Vehicle Services America to manage its vehicle processing in Brunswick, Ga.

DHL Supply Chain has unveiled its new multi-user warehouse in Luhari, India.

Rebecca Blank, U.S. acting secretary of commerce, has honored 57 U.S. companies and organizations that export goods or services at the 2013 President’s “E” Awards ceremony...

IMPEX Logistics has launched an ocean transportation purchasing cooperative for small and medium-size non-vessel-operating common carriers.

Despite challenging economic conditions, CargoWise’s revenue for the Americas region has increased by 34 percent year-over-year in the last 12 months, and the number of users expanded by 47 percent...

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has presented to the U.S. Coast Guard a new report that found that 36 sunken vessels strewn across the U.S. seafloor could pose an oil pollution threat...

Ohio’s Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, City of Toledo, Lucas County and other officials have held a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of 1,500 feet of new roadway and utilities at Overland Industrial Park.

House Republicans and Democrats on Tuesday ramped up their opposition to President Obama’s proposed overhaul of the U.S. food aid program, saying the push highlighted a lack of national maritime strategy.

India and China have signed three memorandums of understanding regarding buffalo meat, fisheries and pharmaceuticals, as well as one agreement on feed and feed ingredients...

Freight and infrastructure capacity will be at the top of the agenda at the National Industrial Transportation League’s Spring Policy Meetings in Chicago May 23 and 24.

HELP Inc. is strengthening its support of cargo theft recovery efforts by delivering CargoNet theft alerts through the PrePass system to roadside enforcement officers at nearly 300 truck inspection facilities in more than 30 states.

Kerry Logistics has deployed three hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) as part of a pilot program under the auspices of Hong Kong’s government.

Kane Is Able has named Gary Griffith its new senior vice president of business development and marketing.

ORBCOMM, a global provider or machine-to-machine solutions, has unveiled four asset-tracking and monitoring devices for the transportation and logistics industry.

The U.S. and Tunisia have launched an initiative to support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises, boost trade and promote economic growth.

CEVA Group reported its adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization in the first quarter of 2013 were €31 million (about US$39.8 million), plummeting 53 percent from $84.8 million in the first quarter of 2012.

DAF Trucks has selected DB Schenker in Brazil as its logistics service provider.

Rebecca Blank, U.S. acting commerce secretary, has wrapped up her week-long Latin America trade mission in Panama, which highlighted the importance of the U.S.-Panama bilateral trade relationship.

Workforce Florida has made available a $2 million Quick Response Training Challenge Grant for employers in Florida’s logistics and trade industry, according to Chris Hart IV, president and CEO of the statewide work force policy board.

Port Logistics Group has added more than 1.1 million square feet of warehouse space to its City of Industry Retail Distribution Campus in California with the opening of two new facilities.

Brazil has amended its import regulations regarding bovine spongiform encephalopathy, paving the way for the ban on imports of breeding cattle and beef from the European Union to be lifted.

Pennsylvania’s Gov. Tom Corbett has awarded more than $6.7 million in Act 13 funding to 18 organizations making the switch to natural gas for their heavy-duty fleet vehicles.

Five Below, a merchandise retailer for the teen and pre-teen markets, has opened a new $2 million distribution center in the former Mazda building in Olive Branch, Miss.