Descartes Systems Group said Wednesday it has launched a new Importer Security Filing 0+2 Readiness Program to help the firm's customers address pending U.S. filing regulations for imports. The Waterloo, Ontario-based logistics software-as-a-service provider said the new program, available through its Global Logistics Network Customs Filing and Com...
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer will lead a delegation of senior federal agricultural officials at the International Conference on Biofuels in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Nov. 20-21, to explore the newest opportunities for biofuel production. We are excited for the rapidly developing second-generation biofuels which will allow production of energy based ...
Rosneft (RTS: ROSN) has asked the Russian government to consider lowering the tariffs charged by the transportation monopolies to pre-2007 levels, a source at the company told Interfax. The tariffs rose 53% in 2007-2008, Rosneft said in its appeal to the government. Given continuing declines in oil prices, Rosneft proposes that...
FedEx Express said Monday it is pushing back the opening of its Asia hub in Guangzhou, China until the first half of 2009. The hub, located near Guangzhou's Baiyun Airport, was originally scheduled to open by the end of 2008, but has been delayed for undisclosed reasons. It will be FedEx's biggest such facility outside the United States, w...
The National Transportation Safety Board's finding that a design flaw likely caused last year's collapse of the Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis will change the way all bridges are inspected, said Rep. James L. Oberstar, chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. The NTSB said last week the probable cause of the coll...
A parachute team from President-elect Barack Obama's transition staff landed at the Department of Transportation on Monday to begin a crash course about transportation programs in preparation for a handover of power. Joel Szabat, deputy assistant secretary of transportation, was unable to attend the Transcomp freight transportation conference in F...
Kuehne + Nagel said Monday that company veteran Tobias Jerschke has become head of the logistics giant's operations in Poland. Poland is a country of strategic importance in the Kuehne + Nagel Group's Eastern Europe region, the company said in a statement. Kuehne + Nagel has 14 locations with more than 160,000 square meters of warehous...
Trade law firm Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg said Monday it has added Sally Peng to its Beijing office. Peng will focus on trade regulations and customs law, trade remedy law, foreign investment, global sourcing and supply chain structuring and compliance. Prior to joining ST&R, Peng served as an attorney and counsel for various law firms in Taiwan,...
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