Supply chain

Goodman Group’s Goodman Japan Development Partnership has acquired a 26,000 square meter (about 279,862 square foot) development site in Nagoya, Japan...

The Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America has applauded the reintroduction of the Affordable Footwear Act in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Landstar reported its net income in the first quarter of 2013 was $26.8 million, flat compared with the record profit that was achieved in the first quarter of 2012.

Shipper frustration mounts over high costs and lengthy delays tied to random U.S. Customs inspections.

The transloading of merchandise from marine containers to domestic containers and trailers isn’t a new phenomenon in supply chain logistics, but for a variety of reasons, its use by retailers and direct importers is increasing faster than imports in general, especially in Southern California.

Echo Global Logistics today reported its net income in the first quarter of 2013 was $2.98 million, dropping from $3.31 million in the first quarter of 2012.

Kuehne + Nagel is establishing an office in Vladivostok, Russia.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration has removed specific fee amounts from TWIC regulations.

A top Corps of Engineers official said spending more from the Harbor Maintenance Tax Fund without a corresponding increase in the agency’s total budget would require the corps to divert money funding from other projects.

Port infrastructure funding took center stage this month in plans to deepen the harbors of Charleston and Savannah.

Norbert Dentressangle reported turnover in the first quarter of 2013 was €949 million (about US$1.234 billion), down 1 percent year-over-year.

Freight transportation leaders' testimony at a newly formed House panel suggests the federal government is moving forward on a national freight infrastructure strategy, even if it lacks the will to fully implement it.

Tens of thousands of Transportation Worker Identification Credentials issued in 2008 and 2009 are hitting their five-year expirations, creating a surge in renewals and complaints about delays.

Pacer International reported net income in the first quarter of 2013 was $1.3 million, improving from a net loss of $0.3 million in the first quarter of 2012.

UPS today reported operating profit in the first quarter of 2013 was $1.58 billion, up slightly from $1.57 billion in the first quarter of 2012.

Hong Kong's Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced on April 23 that it has banned the import of poultry and poultry products, including poultry eggs, from Lower Saxony, Germany, with immediate effect for the protection of Hong Kong's public and animal health.

Paul Fisher, president and CEO of CenterPoint Properties Trust, has announced his retirement from the Illinois-based industrial property and transportation infrastructure development company.

Shrinking new export orders were a prime reason for slowing manufacturing growth in China in April, according to preliminary data from HSBC.

Kerry Logistics has started operations at its Asia regional logistics hub in Singapore.

FedEx Express has entered into a new express air transportation contract with the U.S. Postal Service.

Former Horizon Lines CEO Chuck Raymond has been cleared in the Justice Department’s investigation of antitrust violations in the Jones Act domestic shipping market.

Norbert Dentressangle’s freight forwarding division has opened a second office in Rio de Janeiro, about two years after its launch in Latin America.

On behalf of the U.S. and Nigeria, Thomas S. Winkowski, U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s acting commissioner, and Abdullahi Dikko Inde, Nigeria’s customs service comptroller...

Ryder System reported profit in the first quarter of 2013 of $39.9 million, up from $34.3 million in the first quarter of 2012.

Exports of wood pellets from North America to Europe reached a record 3.2 million tons in 2012, an increase of more than 60 percent year-over-year, with U.S. export volumes more than doubling...

Stern warnings were given customs brokers to make participation in CBP's Automated Commercial Environment a priority when brokers and forwarders met in Rancho Mirage, Calif., on April 10.

What separates a regulation from a commercial contract? Is a municipal port a regulatory agency or a commercial enterprise? And does a Supreme Court precedent set deep in trucking’s regulatory past still hold in this highly deregulated era?

UPS has plans to purchase about 700 liquefied natural gas vehicles and build four refueling stations by the end of 2014.

Port Jersey Logistics has completed a 50,000 square foot expansion of its warehouse facility in Dayton, N.J.

The U.S. Department of Transportation has been authorized to award $474 million for the fifth round of the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery, or TIGER Discretionary Grants.

The logistics division of Norbert Dentressangle in Ukraine has opened a new warehouse in Kiev, in line with the supply chain management company’s expansion strategy in Eastern Europe.

ASF Logistics has established an office in Melbourne, Australia, with a network of affiliate offices in Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Darwin, to expand its presence in the Australian market.

Canadian police and intelligence agencies have thwarted a plot to carry out an al-Qaeda-supported terrorist attack on a passenger train between Toronto and New York City...

U.S. trucking groups have lost an appeals court challenge to a federal pilot program that allows Mexican truck drivers to cross the border and deliver goods in the U.S., Bloomberg reports.

Blue Stingray Digital Ad Agency has launched a revamped logistics application for Pepsi Logistics, replacing the transportation provider’s previous desktop application for tracking shipments and deliveries.

DDC FPO, a freight process outsourcing provider, has completed the rollout phrase of bill data capture operations for Brown Transfer Company.

Globe Express Services has appointed Regina Cross as vice president of the U.S. Northeast region and U.S. compliance leader.

The International Chamber of Shipping and the International Transport Workers’ Federation have made a joint submission to the International Maritime Organization expressing concern about...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has opened three new Centers of Excellence and Expertise, featuring base metals in Chicago; industrial and manufacturing materials in Buffalo, N.Y.; and machinery in Laredo, Texas.