Supply chain

North American transportation and logistics technology company Transplace, owned by CI Capital Partners, has acquired Torus Freight Systems, a Canadian-based logistics company specializing in...

U.S. Steel imports in October were 2.54 million tons, dropping 2.5 percent from 2.60 million tons in September and falling 8.5 percent from 2.34 million tons in October 2011...

Raleigh, N.C.-based third-party logistics provider L&M Transportation Services has opened a transportation office in Othello, Wash.

CargoSmart, a Software as a Service provider, today launched VisibilitySmart, which offers shippers and logistics service providers earlier alerts on cargo delays.

Supply chain management company SDV has opened a $55 million warehouse in Singapore with nine floors of production and office space, spanning an area of 42,000 square meters...

Rosemont, Ill.-based kitchenware provider, World Kitchen, has completed two leases for industrial space totaling more than 1.6 million square feet in Greencastle, Penn., and Riverside, Calif....

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged package giant UPS with religious discrimination in a lawsuit filed on behalf a Jehovah’s Witness fired by the company.

FedEx will raise FedEx Ground and FedEx Home Delivery rates on average 5.9 percent Jan. 7.

The National Association of Manufacturers and 104 businesses and business groups today sent a letter to congressional leaders urging the passage of the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill...

Containerized volumes of grains and soybeans from the U.S. will see double-digit declines in the coming months.

Logistics company DHL Supply Chain today appointed Jeroen van Oekel as vice president of business development for automotive, engineering and manufacturing sectors in Asia Pacific...

Logistics service provider Kerry Logistics has started construction of a new 33,700 square meter (about 362,743 square foot) automotive parts facility in Kunshan, China...

Federal regulators ordered a truck driver involved in a fatal crash off the road after discovering he had a medical condition that disqualifies him from driving.

Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, the UK government’s regulatory department, recently clarified at a conference its policy on authorized economic operators for imports and exports...

The U.S. transportation construction infrastructure market is expected to increase 3 percent from $126.5 billion to $130.3 billion in 2013...

Logistics provider Kuehne + Nagel International AG’s board of directors today appointed Detlef Trefzger as the newest member of the management board, effective March 1, 2013.

Fort Smith, Ark.-based freight transportation company ABF Global Supply Chain Services is now serving Europe and Turkey with ocean transport...

Logistics provider Samskip Multimodal and science-based company DSM have developed a new lightweight container called DSM HighQ.

Solutions and software company ShipNet, a subsidiary of maritime services provider Inchcape Shipping Services, today appointed Jon Bumstead as managing director, and Suren Thadani as chief operational officer.

Air and ocean freight company DHL Global Forwarding, part of Deutsche Post DHL, has opened its first office in Tripoli, Libya, to capitalize on the country’s growing oil and hydrocarbon production industry.

The Federal Highway Administration today selected Caitlin Hughes Rayman, Maryland Department of Transportation’s Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy and Freight...

The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, an education organization for the logistics sector, will hold its annual Europe Conference at the Amsterdam Airport Schiphol from May 15 to 17, 2013.

Third-party logistics provider Transportation Insight today acquired CPA International, a Connecticut-based logistics company.

The House chose Rep. Bill Shuster, R-Pa., to head the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, starting in January, after the current chair, Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., dropped his waiver bid to hold onto the gavel.

Convenience store operator Kwik Trip selected fleet management company Blue Tree Systems’ R:COM temperature management solution for its fleet...

Netherlands-based CEVA Logistics reported a pretax loss of 50 million euros ($64.6 million).

The trucking and railroad industries face little risk of regulatory surprises in the next few years, as the pipeline of rules laid out in President Obama’s first term will continue to flow through his second.

Supply chain company MIQ Logistics today signed a three-year agreement with Atlas Tubular, a provider of oil country tubular goods to the North American energy industry.

Customs and Border Protection will open six Centers of Excellence and Expertise nationally in 2013, as the agency works to bring uniformity to the handling of major product imports.

Cleveland-based marine transportation company The Great Lakes Group recently launched a new Web site.

Air and ocean freight trucking company Towne Air Freight will relocate its terminal serving Los Angeles on Dec. 3, into a newly constructed facility in Carson, Calif.

Supply chain company SEKO Logistics recently opened offices in Uganda and Ethiopia.

A customs maneuver called Operation HOPE, organized by the World Customs Organization, recently led to more than 70 major seizures of endangered flora and fauna, including live tortoises, rhino horns, ivory tusks and more...

Air and ocean freight provider Logwin recently opened a new sales office in Zhongshan, in the manufacturing heartland of South China, in line with the company’s expansion strategy.