FedEx Trade Networks has opened a new distribution facility in Romulus, Mich.
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.
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
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.
14 Jun 2013
Some agriculture shippers say they'd consider paying slightly higher rates if container lines could provide better reliability and service.
13 Jun 2013
Crawford Diamond Industrial Park, a 1,800-acre industrial site in Callahan, Fla., with dual Class I rail access, has received “megasite” certification from McCallum Sweeney Consulting.
13 Jun 2013
Bolloré’s winning proposal to build a second container terminal at the Port of Abidjan violates Ivory Coast’s competition law, according to Jean-Louis Billon, the country’s minister of commerce, Bloomberg Businessweek reports.
12 Jun 2013
DHL Global Forwarding has launched DHL Thermonet, a new air freight product tailored to the life sciences and health care sector.
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