A local truck strike in the Port of Cochin is into its fourth day, bringing operations at the south Indian port to a standstill. Drayage truckers are protesting against a parking fee the port authority is charging for containers that sit more than six hours in the port area. The fee is 15 rupees (30 cents) per hour for 40-foot container and 10...
UPS said Wednesday it has increased the number of countries in which it offers domestic express pickup and delivery from 29 to 45. The nations involved in the expansion are Algeria, Argentina, Chile, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Malta, Pakistan, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, South Africa, Ukraine and U.A.E. Shippers w...
China plans to almost double its investments in railways to about CNY 600 billion, China View wrote. The money is part of the CNY 4 trillion stimulus package announced by the government earlier this year. In 2008, China spent CNY 330 billion on railways, according to a national conference on railway construction. Part of next year's CNY 600 billi...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has scheduled six seminars around the country to help educate the import trade on the new filing requirements of the "10+2" interim final rule. The sessions are intended to help importers and their filing agents comply with the new requirements. Sessions will be held this month in the following cities: ...
The National Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Association said in a filing with the Federal Maritime Commission Thursday that the agency should either challenge or at least seek detailed justification from transpacific container carriers who want antitrust immunity to discuss capacity rationalization. NCBFAA said it is concerned approval...
Ryder System Inc. on Tuesday named Paul Tay as vice president and managing director of its Asia Pacific supply chain division. Tay, a 15-year supply chain industry veteran, will report directly to John Williford, president of supply chain solutions for Miami-based Ryder. Tay was vice president of consolidation for APL Logistics, where h...
Evans Network of Cos., a Schuylkill Haven, Pa.-based trucking and logistics firm, said it has opened a new service center in New Orleans. The property is located at 5501 B Chef Mentuer Hwy., near five Class 1 railroads. The New Orleans service center is the first for Evans in Louisiana, and will increase our network's transportation and...
Global logistics company Agility is discussing a merger in Qatar with Gulf Warehousing Co., the company said Thursday. The combined entity, to be called GWC-Agility, would create one of Qatar's biggest logistics companies. GWC, founded in 2004, has a flagship 25,000-square-meter facility in Doha, and is developing other warehouses throu...
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