International Logistics

Global logistics represents the process involved in getting a product from the factory floor to the store shelf, and everything in between. It includes the global sourcing of the product — where it’s manufactured — its transportation, the industrial real estate sites and warehouses that hold it prior to delivery, the logistics management software and other technology used throughout the supply chain and the third-party logistics providers who manage the process from beginning to end.

News & Analysis

 
19 Jun 2013
Neovia Logistics has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the contract logistics division of MIQ Holdings.
 
19 Jun 2013
Spectrum Logistics and its parent company TOTE Logistics have hired Gregory Tuthill as vice president of the Spectrum team.
 
19 Jun 2013
FedEx Trade Networks has opened a new distribution facility in Romulus, Mich.
 
19 Jun 2013
Deutsche Bahn and Bombardier Transportation have signed a frame contract for the delivery of up to 450 electric locomotives by the year 2020.
 
18 Jun 2013
Yusen Logistics is adding a weekly service from Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, to Los Angeles to its LCL network.
Maher Terminals, Port of New York and New Jersey
 
18 Jun 2013
Maher Terminals reports progress in recovery from severe delays that accompanied glitches in a new computer system, but CEO Gary Cross said additional ship calls may be subcontracted to other terminals this week in the Port of New York and New Jersey.
 
18 Jun 2013
FedEx Ground Shipping Service will move its Jacksonville, Fla., distribution hub to a new facility it is planning to build at the Cecil Commerce Center, Jacksonville Business Journal reports.
 
14 Jun 2013
Following an outbreak of the avian influenza during the second half of 2012 and its continued spread in 2013, the Mexican poultry market has suffered a “considerable loss” in production, according to the U.S. Grains Council.
 
14 Jun 2013
North American truckload pricing in May increased 1.4 percent from the same month in 2012, but fell 2.4 percent from April, according to the Cass Truckload Linehaul Index.
 
14 Jun 2013
Dachser Transport of America has announced that its “rapid growth” in the U.S. international transport market has driven its 2012 revenue up by 17.5 percent to more than $127 million.
California oranges loaded for shipment in container.
 
14 Jun 2013
Some agriculture shippers say they'd consider paying slightly higher rates if container lines could provide better reliability and service.

Commentary

 
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