Supply chain

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The Maritime Administration awarded a contract to Earl Industries, of Portsmouth, Va. to provide layberth services for three of the agency’s Ready Reserve Force vessels.

Satellite Logistics Group hired Geoffrey McRoberts in its supply-chain process and solution design group as a process consultant.

The Greenbrier Hotel filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protections, and said it has a deal under which Marriott will buy the resort owned by railroad operator CSX Corp.

Women’s fashion retailer Charming Shoppes will slash its inventory as it eliminates stores and overhauls its supply chain to cut costs.

London – France’s main seaports are at a standstill and rail freight is being severely disrupted as thousands of longshoremen and rail workers join a general strike to protest the governme

The government of China defended Thursday its decision to reject Coca-Cola's record offer of $2.4 billion for Huiyuan Juice Group.

The recession that began in December 2007 shows no signs of letting up in the near term, according to composite economic indexes compiled by business research group The Conference Board.

The Japan Fair Trade Commission fined 12 international freight forwarders a total of approximately $94.7 million for forming a cartel to raise air cargo charges.

President Obama said he wants Joseph C. Szabo, the state legislative director in Illinois for the United Transportation Union, to head the Federal Railroad Administration.

Class I railroads as a group cut 1,678 jobs by mid-January from a month earlier, as the recession deepened and freight traffic remained sharply below year-earlier levels.

European logistics provider Geodis is expanding its network through the acquisition of two divisions of Giraud International.

Industrial real estate owner and developer AMB Property Corporation leased 250,000 square feet at its AMB Millcreek Distribution Centre in Toronto to a leading global transportation services and logis

Driven by a surge in gasoline prices, consumers paid more for most things in February, according to the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.

The weakening economy reared its head in the latest data on trade between the United States, Canada and Mexico, showing year-over-year surface transportation growth of imports and exports in 2008 to b

Motiva Enterprises is delaying completion of a $7 billion expansion of its Port Arthur, Texas, refinery, according to the Houston Chronicle.

Japan and Peru will hold preparatory talks next week on concluding a free trade agreement between the two countries, the Japanese government announced on Wednesday.

Michelin, Savi Technology and Texas Instruments are joining other corporations and the federal government to form the DASH7 Alliance, a cross-industry initiative that will expand the use of wireless d

The Producer Price Index in the transportation and warehousing sector slowed to 0.5 percent in February from 0.8 percent in January.

London -- France's freight transport system faces paralysis on March 19 as longshoremen, railroad workers, truckers and air cargo handlers join a 24-hour general strike to protest against President Ni

CSX Transportation is putting four new genset yard locomotives into its Barr rail yard in Riverdale near Chicago, doubling its fleet of the low-emission power units.

Alaska Air Cargo is one of the first air carriers to implement a special training program for employees who handle perishables such as fresh Alaska seafood.

The American Society of Transportation and Logistics appointed Mark Holmes chairman. Holmes is vice president global integrated solutions for third party logistics company OHL.

Healthy growth prompted UK-based specialist container leasing company Cargostore International to acquire lease management software from Real Asset Management.

Schenker Vietnam on March 17 opened its flagship facility in Song Than Industrial Park I of Binh Duong Province, close to Ho Chi Minh City.

The Port of Corpus Christi will receive $8.25 million in economic stimulus funds from the Texas Transportation Commission, according to an announcement after a meeting with State Senator Juan “C

Platinum Cargo Logistics hired industry veteran Mike Ebhardt as director of operations.

GAC Logistics named Darren Ball as its dedicated regional projects logistics manager for the Middle East.

The United States is "missing the boat" when it comes to exporting manufactured products, according to Frank Vargo, vice president for international economic affairs at the National Associat

Representatives of three governments on March 13 signed a contract for the preliminary design of a bridge to smooth the flow of goods across the bay to and from Hong Kong.

NYK Logistics (Americas) appointed Timothy J. Nolan to the position of senior vice president and general manager of the NVOCC & CHB Division.

Producer prices, an early indicator of inflation, advanced slowly in February, according to a report March 17 from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.

Mexico will place tariffs on nearly 90 U.S. products after the United States abruptly canceled a program that allowed some trucks from Mexico to operate across the border.

Business is very slow for manufacturers in New York, according to the Empire State Manufacturing Survey.

Industrial production, a key measure of shipping demand, fell 1.4 percent in February, according to a report from the Federal Reserve.

The whole world should be committed to overcoming the economic downturn and tackling protectionism head on, said British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on March 16.

South Korea and the European Union are about to announce the completion of the bilateral free trade agreement they have been negotiating since Mary 2007, the Yonhap news agency reported.

The South Korean government plans to provide temporary tax relief for shipping companies as part of a wide-ranging series of tax changes.

India tried to globalize its chaotic economy during the economic boom of the past decade, but the country’s intractable hurdles to improving international trade now look like a blessing in disgu

The economy and efforts to tighten transportation regulation are colliding together in Congress.