Supply chain

Logistics provider Globe Express Services has hired Steve Hankins, former Tyson Foods CFO, as executive vice president, CFO and chief information officer.

Freight forwarder FedEx Trade Networks, a subsidiary of FedEx, has opened its first office in Thailand, located in Bangkok.

Revenue Technology Services, a Plano, Texas-based transportation technology company, has launched CargoPriceOpt, a pricing decision support system for the cargo industry.

A courtroom showdown over truck driver hours-of-service rules is fast approaching, with a deadline for implementing new rules on how many hours truckers can spend behind the wheel not far behind.

Frank Peake, former president of Sea Star Line, was convicted of antitrust conspiracy for his role in price-fixing by carriers in the U.S. mainland-Puerto Rico trade between late 2005 and early 2008.

The Export-Import Bank of the United States has opened its new regional export finance center at the U.S. Export Assistance Center in downtown Detroit.

Ray LaHood, secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation since 2009, today announced that he will not serve a second term for President Obama’s Cabinet.

U.S. beef exports to Japan could increase 45 percent this year because of a change in Japanese regulations.

Effective Feb. 1, Japan will be easing its requirements for imports of U.S. beef.

The Internal Market Committee members of the European Parliament have approved a deal with the European Council that gives customs officials at EU borders better tools and clearer rules to confiscate...

Third-party logistics provider Port Jersey Logistics has appointed Al Hickey as director of operations.

The Surface Transportation Board has granted its permission for motor carriers to use co-op pools to acquire and share intermodal chassis.

Grupo Mexico has allocated $3.5 billion for its investment budget in 2013, which will be presented for the approval of the board of directors.

Transportation company TSD Logistics, which specializes in the tire and rubber industry, has named Robert Muir as CEO and president.

A federal judge refused to declare a mistrial in the antitrust conspiracy trial of former Sea Star Line CEO Frank Peake, accused of involvement in price-fixing by carriers betwee

Logistics provider Agility has opened a new warehouse in Melaka on the Malay Peninsula.

Groupe Eurotunnel’s 2012 revenue grew 14 percent from the previous year to 993.1 million euros ($1.3 billion), driven by record truck shuttles through its undersea rail track between the U.K. and France.

OAK BROOK, Ill. — A major initiative to reduce rail congestion in Chicago, the nation’s largest cargo hub, received funding last year for the majority of its new projects. But the public-private partnership still needs hundreds of millions of dollars to take on a project that is arguably the largest U.S. freight bottleneck.

Freight forwarding and supply chain management company Damco will move its headquarters from Copenhagen, Denmark, to The Hague in the Netherlands in February, and will also implement several senior-level management changes.

The Traffic Club of Chicago has elected new officers and directors to serve on the 2013 board of governors. The election was held in December at the members’ annual holiday reception.

Reducing supply chain barriers could increase global GDP and world trade much more than reducing all import tariffs, according to a report released today...

Saddle Creek Logistics Services announced today that it is opening a new facility in Birmingham, Ala.

Industrial real estate developer Prologis today signed a lease agreement with Amazon.com to build a distribution center with more than 1 million square feet.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Mexico’s Tax Administration Service have signed a joint work plan that lays out a plan for the mutual recognition of the two countries’ authorized economic operator programs...

Baltimore-based logistics provider Samuel Shapiro & Company has promoted Corey Wagner to regional director of sales at its Decatur, Ga., branch.

Supply chain solutions providers SBS Worldwide and Swiss company Tibbett & Britten Unique have entered into an agency agreement, which allows SBS Worldwide to offer Tibett & Britten Unique’s services covering Switzerland.

Classification of distiller’s dried grains with solubles as non-hazardous cargo has become final and mandatory under the International Maritime Organization’s code.

The Inland Empire in 2011 led the industrial real estate industry out of the disastrous economic recession. Thanks to measured, steady progress in 2012, much of the vacant property remaining from the 2008-09 recession has been reabsorbed.

Michigan-based Hanson Logistics, which provides temperature-controlled supply chain services, has promoted Jack White to the position of vice president and CFO.