Consolidated Chassis Management LLC has appointed Martin D. Summers to general manager of pool operations. Based in Houston, Summers will oversee CCM's Gulf consolidated chassis pool, which started July 14. Summers previously worked for Road and Rail Services, Intermodal Maintenance Solutions, and Atlantic Technical Services. CCM also appointe...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has named Marilyn Holland its chief information officer and director of the information technology division. She will be responsible for the agency's information technology planning, design, application development, systems administration, telecommunications, security and ...
Logistics and transportation software developer IES Ltd. said Monday it has moved to a larger, more modern headquarters for its Asian operations at 10 Metropolis Drive, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. IES has been in Hong Kong since 2004. The new office will accommodate the increase in IES's customer base and market share, the company said, also allowin...
Third party logistics company Globe Express Services has opened its first office in Europe in the northern French port city of Dunkirk. The office, opened July 15, is expected to serve as a beachhead for the company's future expansion within the European Union, a region the company previously served via agent relationships. Europe is a market of o...
The Bulgarian parliament has ratified an agreement on building a pipeline to pump natural gas to southern Europe, Vice Premier Igor Sechin said on Monday according to RIA Novosti. The $14 bln South Stream pipeline is expected to annually pump 30 billion cubic meters of Central Asian and Russian gas across the Black Sea to the Balkans and onto other Eu...
Sterling Transportation has appointed Bruce Roberts to president and chief operating officer. He replaces Keith Davis, founder and owner, who has assumed the role of chairman and chief executive officer of the Los Angeles-based less-than-truckload carrier. Prior to this appointment, Roberts served as corporate vice president at Sterling. Other...
Hub Group Inc. reported second quarter profit of $15 million, a 9 percent increase versus income for the second quarter of 2007. Hub Group's revenue for the period was $490.9 million, 22 percent more than the second quarter of 2007. Source: American Shipper
Some containers are being delayed for weeks at Canadian ports because of a program for Canadian customs inspectors to test containers for the presence of potentially harmful chemicals including formaldehyde. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) -- Canada's equivalent of U.S. Customs and Border Protection -- enhanced a program to test containers fo...
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