Union Pacific has named Ken Hunt as regional vice president of operations for the western region, effective Sept. 1. Hunt, who has served as assistant vice president of operations for the western region since 2005, will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of trains over UP's 10,000-mile of trackage in Washington, Idaho, Oregon, California, Ne...
U.S.-flag vessels operating on the Great Lakes carried 12 million net tons in July, fractionally less than in the same month last year. The July float also was roughly 170,000 tons above the month's five-year average, according to the Cleveland-based Lake Carriers?Association, which represents 16 American companies operating 63 U.S.-flag vessels. ...
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 12 ocean transportation intermediary license applications for review. The agency received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from MCL-Multi Container, Miami (Kurt E. Diener, chief executive officer); Global Transportation, Newman, Ga. (Darlene R. Bishop, owner); Ocean Navigating L...
Singapore-based BDP Project Logistics, a wholly owned unit of BDP International, has opened a delegate office in Tripoli, Libya, in partnership with I.S.A. International Shipping Agency. We are excited to have a physical presence in Libya, said Luc Van Heygen, BDP's managing director for project logistics in the Americas and Europe. We have ever...
Lufthansa Cargo will from Sept. 2 start a twice-weekly connection between Frankfurt and Toronto, marking the first time since 2000 that the German group has served Canada with a dedicated freighter service. The airline will deploy MD-11F freighters for the service, which will have capacity for about 90 tons of freight on each flight. The flights will ...
North Korea has agreed to rent a 52-kilometer section of track to Russian Railways as part of a plan to link East Asia to Europe via the Trans-Siberian Railroad, the Moscow Times reported Monday. The lease period is for 49 years, according to an agreement signed last week in Pyongyang. Russian Railways will refurbish the line and build a container ter...
Freight forwarder and logistics company Dependable Global Express has opened a full service facility in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, the company said Monday. The new facility will handle ocean imports and exports both for container loads and breakbulk shipping. Through its air division, Dependable AirCargo Express, the forwarder will move air fr...
British freight industry software organization Agency Sector Management has urged the European Union to be more flexible over the next stage of its revamp for Customs procedures to avoid major disruption to supply chains. Peter MacSwiney, chairman of ASM, fears businesses will not have enough time to get ready for the Pre-Arrival and Pre-Departure (PA...
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