Supply chain

The 2012 U.S. corn crop is high quality and improves upon last year’s good marks across a range of test factors, despite the worst drought in decades this year...

The Export-Import Bank of the United States has approved its fourth supply chain finance transaction and will guarantee up to 90 percent of $450 million in liquidity offered by a JPMorgan Chase loan...

Officials from the Port of Long Beach and the Panama Canal Authority have renewed a memorandum of understanding that promotes trade between Latin America and the U.S.

Lowe’s plans over the next few years to expand in Canada and Mexico and centralize its fulfillment operations, allowing the retail giant to cut transportation costs and speed e-commerce delivery.

Chief executive of Apple, Timothy D. Cook, said in interviews with NBC and Bloomberg Businessweek that Apple will manufacture one its existing lines in the U.S., The New York Times reported today.

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Suddath Global Logistics has acquired Los Angeles-based Cali America Logistics, which specializes in import and export, freight forwarding, transportation...

Hair samples would be used to screen truck drivers for illegal drug use if a bill introduced in the House of Representatives this week becomes law.

The U.S. House of Representatives today approved a bill, HR 2838, the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2012, for regulatory reforms for the Coast Guard and maritime small businesses.

Chemicals manufacturer Royce Associates will spend $1 million to build a 48,000-square-foot chemical production and distribution facility in Gaffney, S.C.

JF Hillebrand Singapore, a logistics provider for the beverage industry, has selected Menlo Worldwide Logistics, a subsidiary of Con-way, to provide logistics and customs brokerage in Singapore...

China’s demand for iron ore and coal imports for its steel-making industry is expected to increase in 2013, according to Peter Sand, chief shipping analyst at shipping association BIMCO.

Supply chain management company APL Logistics and automotive third-party logistics provider VASCOR have formed a joint venture to serve the automotive sector in India.

Ekol Logistics’ vehicle and trucking fleet has moved 1.2 million tons of freight through its domestic and international projects in the year to date, the Turkey-based company recently reported.

Pig producers in Australia, New Zealand and the U.S. have warned Canada that its pork subsidization program will be challenged in thisround of Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations...

Chilean Fresh Fruit Association today named Karen Brux North American managing director of the trade group.

Logistics and mail services company DHL, part of Deutsche Post DHL, has opened an expanded 140,000 square foot airline facility at the Miami International Airport service center for shipments...

Twenty-four senators recently signed a letter to President Obama expressing support for negotiating strengthened labor rights and protections against outsourcing in the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Continued strikes by the Office Clerical Unit of International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 63 at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach could potentially benefit some companies...

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.