Supply chain

This spring, FedEx Express will ship two giant pandas from Chengdu, China, to their new home in Toronto.

Growth in refrigerated rail traffic and equipment serves as a strong signal that U.S. railroads are snatching back business some 60 years after the creation of the interstate highway system helped trucking take command of the temperature-controlled market.

Fresh fruit shipments, such as cherries and blueberries, to Asia no longer go automatically by air, thanks to improved cold chain capabilities in the maritime industry.

Inflation-adjusted gross domestic product will expand by 1.8 percent in 2013 and by 2.8 percent in 2014, according to the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation’s Quarterly Economic Forecast...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Bill Shuster and Barbara Boxer — the respective chairs of the House and Senate’s major transportation infrastructure committees — told state transportation officials Thursday that their efforts to educate the public and Congress on the nation’s infrastructure needs are essential to passing key legislation.

India’s Ministry of Finance has increased the customs duty on imported luxury goods, such as high-end motor vehicles, motorcycles, yachts and similar vehicles.

Echo Global Logistics has appointed Michael Reed, its interim chief technology officer, as the official CTO. He has served as interim CTO since April 2012.

Logistics spending in Africa by manufacturers and retailers (both in-house and outsourced) is set to increase by almost $28.8 billion by 2016, as the size of the outsourced logistics market increases by...

Trade barriers between the European Union and Peru will be lifted as of March 1, 2013, when the EU’s trade agreement with Peru and Colombia, signed in 2012, will be provisionally applied with Peru.

The European Union will co-finance more than €2.5 million (about US$3.3 million) from the TEN-T Programme to improve the maritime infrastructure in Lake Mälaren in Sweden to accommodate larger vessels.

A World Trade Organization dispute panel found that China’s anti-dumping duties on imports of X-ray security inspection equipment from the European Union were in breach of WTO anti-dumping rules.

Pantos Logistics is rolling out its low-cost express delivery service across its global network as it targets e-commerce businesses selling goods around the world on eBay.

China’s manufacturing growth and new orders both fell sharply in February. HSBC’s flash purchasing managers’ index (PMI) dropped from 52.3 in January to 50.4 this month, taking most analysts by surprise.

MIQ Logistics has expanded John Carr’s role as president and CEO, effective immediately. He will retain his current position as chairman of the board of directors.

Sen. John Davison “Jay” Rockefeller, D-W.V., Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg, D-N.J., Chairman of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on...

DHL Supply Chain has announced it will invest €40 million (about US$52.5 million) in Indonesia over the next few years.

Transporeon Group Asia Pacific has appointed Han Hee Ting as its business development director.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agricultural specialists at the Laredo, Texas, port of entry have intercepted a first-in-the-nation pest not previously encountered by Customs.

Matthew S. Davies, U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Chicago-area port director, was sworn into office during a Customs’ Chicago field operations change of command ceremony last week.

Norbert Dentressangle reported its net income in 2012 was €74.7 million (about US$97.8 million), jumping 18 percent year-over-year from $82.9 million.

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has applauded the House of Delegate and State Senate passage of a long-term transportation funding reform package.

The Republic of Albania has implemented the international ATA Carnet system, which allows for the temporary duty- and tax-free export or import of goods for up to one year. Albania is the 72nd country to join the system.

China Dredging Group, through its subsidiary Fujian Xing Gang Port Service; Merchant Supreme, through its subsidiary Fujian Provincial Pingtan County Ocean Fishing Group; and China Growth Equity Investment have approved...

Global trade of softwood lumber fell by about 2.5 percent in 2012, with practically all of the major lumber-consuming countries reducing important, following two years of increased trade...

Gregory So, Hong Kong’s Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, and Boonsong Teriyapirom, Thailand’s Minister of Commerce, today signed a cooperation agreement in Hong Kong to strengthen trade...

Samskip has launched a new container shipping route for rural Iceland.

The U.S. Lumber Coalition is concerned by British Columbia’s recent log export policy changes, particularly a 20 percent increase in the “fee in lieu of domestic manufacturing” applied to many log exports that will take effect on...

SeaFreight Agencies has signed a long-term lease for a new 148,750 square foot facility for two affiliates at International Corporate Park in Doral, Fla., expanding from its current 50,000 square foot location, also in Doral.

Shippers hoping for an extra three months of breathing room before new hours-of-service rules take effect — potentially reducing truck capacity — will be dismayed after the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration rejected the American Trucking Associations’ delay request.

Expeditors International of Washington today reported net earnings attributable to shareholders in the fourth quarter of 2012 was $84.21 million, falling 9 percent from $92.84 million in the fourth quarter of 2011.

UPS today announced that Dan Brutto, 56, president of UPS International, will retire at the end of April. He will be succeeded as president by Jim Barber, 52, who is currently president of UPS Europe.

Geodis Wilson has appointed Kim Pedersen, 47, as executive vice president, effective March 1.

NewAge Software & Solutions, a United Arab Emirates-based provider of enterprise applications for freight forwarding and logistics companies, has expanded into the North American market.

Norbert Dentressangle has taken delivery of a second Mercedes-Benz Atego BlueTec Hybrid 1222 L, the first hybrid truck specifically designed to transport fresh and frozen produce under controlled temperature.

The Federal Maritime Commission has issued a proposed rule that would require foreign-based unlicensed non-vessel-operating common carriers to register with the commission and...