Supply chain

Deutsche Post’s third quarter operating profit declined 6.5 percent from a year ago.

Dachser Intelligent Logistics has secured a contract with Jardine Schindler Group to manage the manufacturer’s freight and logistics operations from China to 12 business units in Asia.

Freight forwarding and supply chain service provider Damco, part of A.P. Moller-Maersk, today reported profit in the third quarter of $212 million.

Honolulu-based Alexander & Baldwin recently reported profit in the third quarter was $13.4 million, jumping more than 200 percent from $4.4 million in the third quarter of 2011.

The Japanese economy shrank 0.9 percent in the July-September quarter from the preceding quarter, or at an annualized pace of 3.5 percent, in real terms, the Cabinet Office said in a preliminary report on Monday.

Wisconsin-based Roadrunner Transportation Systems recently acquired A&A Express, a truckload services provider based in Brandon, S.D., specializing in refrigerated products, for about $24.0 million...

Canada’s unionized labor force is undergoing demographic changes and a generational shift in priorities that are changing long-established ways that transportation and waterfront employers address contract negotiations and work rules.

Joint venture Stirling Capital Investments recently secured a $70 million refinance loan from Bank of America for the Southern California Logistics Centre...

All of the marine terminals in the Port of New York and New Jersey had reopened by Friday after cleaning up and repairing the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, including all six container terminals, the three cruise terminals and the four auto-processing terminals.

Truckload pricing in October increased 0.9 percent from the same month in 2011, compared with a 0.5 percent increase from year-over-year in September...

Dimerco Express Group has expanded its Southeast Asia trucking network into China.

The appointment of a new Customs and Border Protection commissioner might be still be a year off despite President Obama’s re-election.

For the fifth straight election cycle, voters got onboard with issuing bonds or raising taxes to increase road and bridge construction, as local and state government learn to rely less on federal dollars.

Third-party logistics provider Saddle Creek Logistics Services today named James Thomas as its new director of business development.

FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., is extending cutoff times by two hours for outbound shipments from Taiwan to the U.S., via its new 777F route.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection today named Pete Flores as its new director of field operations in San Diego.

Australia-based industrial real estate developer Goodman Group today entered into a joint venture with WTORRE, a Brazil-based commercial real estate developer, which will undertake the development of logistics...

Walmart Canada is rolling out the prototype of an innovative new tractor-trailer in Ontario this week that has the capacity to deliver up to 40 percent more freight to its network of stores throughout the province.

Cargo Force recently renewed its lease for 48,000 square feet of industrial space in Oakland, Calif.

The commissioners of the United States International Trade Commission determined Nov. 7, in a 6-0 vote, that the U.S. market is negatively impacted by crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells and modules imported from China.

Malaysia and the member nations of the European Free Trade Association – Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland – recently began negotiations on a free trade agreement between the two sides.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations and India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy held a meeting in New Delhi today, agreeing to cooperate in renewable energy...

India’s food processing sector has been growing faster than agriculture and manufacturing, which has the potential to earn foreign exchange by export of value-added farm produce...

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security has proposed a rule that would require voluntary self-disclosures of violations of the Export Administration Regulations...

Michigan voters on Tuesday rejected a ballot initiative that could have prevented the construction of a new bridge between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, according to reports.

FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., recently opened a new facility in Al Garhoud in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to meet increased shipping demand and expand the company’s presence in the Middle East.

The world economy is generating headwinds for Canada; nevertheless, the outlook is brightening, a Royal Bank of Canada economist says.

Third-party logistics provider Kenco appointed Steve Perry as vice president of human resources of Kenco Management Services on Nov. 6.

Natural gas provider Clean Energy Fuels recently reported a net loss of $16.3 million in the third quarter, compared with a net loss of $11.4 million in the third quarter of 2011.

Seattle-based global logistics provider Expeditors International of Washington today reported profit in the third quarter was $88.49 million, a decrease of 17.0 percent compared with $106.6 million for the same quarter in 2011.

Expectations that exports will lead the U.S. economic recovery are increasing the burden on exporters and freight forwarders to update their internal compliance programs to abide by commercial regulations and security requirements.

Vikash Patel, General Electric Power and Water senior global logistics leader, left the company to form Logisticus Projects Group, the new company announced.