AeroLogic, the joint venture cargo airline of DHL Express and Lufthansa Cargo, today officially started operations. With the delivery of its first Boeing 777F aircraft and receiving the Air Operator Certificate (AOC) from the German Aviation Authority (LBA), AeroLogic will serve new air routes between Europe and Asia , flying cargo for customers of its ...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists at International Falls , Minn. , and Detroit are credited with discovering and stopping the entry of one of the world’s most feared stored-product pests discovered in a railed container shipment carrying tile from China . On May 20, CBP arranged for the shipm...
The House Energy and Commerce Committee has marked up and voted to move forward Wednesday legislation to improve the enforcement and oversight of the nation’s food supply by the Food and Drug Administration. “We stand on the verge of passing a comprehensive, broadly supported and bipartisan reform of our nation’s food ...
The American Association of Exporters and Importers will provide a progress report to European businesses on the major U.S. trade security and compliance programs, including the Interim Final Rule on Importer Security Filing (ISF), also known as “10+2.” AAEI President and Chief Executive Officer Marianne Rowden will rep...
A congressional watchdog agency told Congress that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s schedule to deliver cargoes to the International Space Station after 2010 by private sector-developed vehicles is already at risk of falling behind. “Delays in the availability of commercial partners’ vehicles to fill...
The United States and Canada have reached a first-of-its-kind agreement to expand trade opportunities between organic producers and consumers in both countries. The so-called “equivalency agreement” follows a review by both countries of their organic certification programs and determination that products me...
Logistics costs for U.S. businesses fell $49 billion in 2008 to $1.3 trillion, or 9.4 percent of Gross Domestic Product, according to the 20th annual State of Logistics report released Wednesday by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals. In 2007, logistics costs rose to 10.1 percent of GDP, capping a five-year p...
ohn Isbell, a 31-year veteran of Nike, has joined supply chain and logistics consulting services firm Starboard Alliance Co. as vice president. For the past 11 years, Isbell helped Nike develop its strategic direction and led the global management of the sporting goods company’s logistics services providers responsible for ori...
Port of Tallinn is the biggest port authority in Estonia and as far as both cargo and passenger traffic are taken into account, the biggest port on the shores of the Baltic Sea.
Qingdao Saint Voyage Logistics Inc. (SVL) is an Experienced International Shi