Logistics News


Container Shipping Rates Continue to Plummet

May 29, 2013

Due to overcapacity & economic turmoil in the market, the market index for 40ft containers has taken a massive dip, 44% from May 2012.Xeneta, the price comparison service for sea freight, found that the average container freight rates from Asia to North-Europe continues to drop to $2…

Maersk Deliver Antarctica 'White Gold' to Europe

May 29, 2013

The 'white gold' is in the form of deep ice cores taken for scientific research from the south polar region for delivery to a Belgian university.The sensitive shipment required global collaboration across several Maersk Line teams. 
Samples of ice…

Crowley Adds Vastly to its Fleet Cargo-Handling Equipment

May 21, 2013

Crowley Maritime Corporation’s liner services group is adding more than 3,000 pieces of cargo handling equipment to its diverse fleet. The additional resources will allow the company to better meet increasing customer demand throughout Puerto Rico…

Jason Tieman to Address Upcoming ILTA Conference

May 20, 2013

PortVision’s Jason Tieman will speak to the International Liquid Terminals Association (ILTA) Conference on 'New Ways toMaximize Uptime & Utilization with Limited Resources'.PortVision®, a leading provider of business intelligence solutions for the maritime industry…

WSS Appoints Romanet GM for Belgium

May 16, 2013

Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) appointed Romaine Romanet as new General Manager for Belgium. Ms. Romanet brings many years’ experience from a number of multinational businesses in the areas of operation, finance, business development, change project management and people development…

Geodis Wilson Honors Innovators

May 15, 2013

Geodis Wilson honored its employees who have shown particular creative prowess as the company announces the winners of its annual Innovation Masters Award recognizing outstanding internal innovative initiatives throughout the logistic service provider’s global network…

INTTRA & APL Expand Business Relationship

May 15, 2013

The companies agree that INTTRA will support APL’s global e-commerce growth strategy, as well as enhance its global customer service offerings.With more than two million container orders initiated on the INTTRA platform each month, INTTRA…

Maersk Line CEO Visits Panama Canal Expansion

May 14, 2013

Panama City, Panama, May 14, 2013 – Maersk Line CEO Søren Skou visited the Panama Expansion construction site accompanied by Panama Canal Administrator Jorge L. Quijano during his recent trip to Panama.  Skou and other Maersk Line executives…

Rotterdam Expands Intermodal Container Service

May 14, 2013

The CLIP Container terminal at Swarzedz (near Poznan), Poland has joined InlandLinks, the hinterland container terminal link-up. Rotterdam expects to see container flows triple in the next 25 years. Due to the growth in world trade, the favourable…

POLB Named Best in N. America

May 13, 2013

The Port of Long Beach earned “Best Seaport in North America” honors at the 2013 Asian Freight and Supply Chain Awards in Beijing.The 2013 Asian Freight and Supply Chain Awards recently hosted in Beijing by the Cargonews Asia shipping trade publication…

Konecranes in Global Supply Chain Collaboration

May 10, 2013

E2open selected by Konecranes, as its collaborative execution platform, which has gone live with Konecranes’ supply base.The E2open Business Network provides Konecranes and its suppliers with a cloud-based multi-enterprise platform for automated information exchange…

Houston Stays Top in Brazil Container Trade

May 09, 2013

The Port of Houston maintains its position as Brazil's largest U.S. seaborne trade partner by value and weight, newlycompiled statistics show.From 2010 to 2012, the Port of Houston Authority (PHA) handled a total of 311,314 twenty-foot equivalent units of trade with Brazil…

Amber Coast Logistics Challenge Cross-border Mindsets

May 07, 2013

The Amber Coast Logistics project brings together 19 project partners from Belarus, Denmark, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, as well as another 25 associated partners. Founded with EU support, the project is designed to strengthen and…

SHIPPINGInsight 2013 Agenda Published

May 06, 2013

The SHIPPINGInsight producers announced that the agenda for the 2013 Fleet Optimization Conference has been finalized.  Now in its second year, the 2013 SHIPPINGInsight Conference addresses the challenges, solutions, technologies and best…

Rand Hires Robert Bezan, VP Planning and Analysis

May 01, 2013

Rand Logistics, Inc. announced the hiring of Robert (Bob) Bezan for the newly created position of Vice President of Planning and Analysis at its subsidiary, Lower Lakes Towing Ltd.In this role, Bob will be responsible for all operational planning and analysis activities for the Company…

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