Federico Kiko Zuniga has been elected chairman of the International Federation of Customs Brokers Associations. Zuniga, who co-owns F. Zuniga Inc. in Laredo, Texas, is chairman of the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America. He has served on the board of the IFCBA since 2003. Source: American Shipper
Asian freight forwarder Famous Pacific Shipping has appointed FPS Prague s.r.o. Ltd. as its general agent for the Czech Republic. FPS Prague was established by FPS Rotterdam, the exclusive group member of the Famous Pacific network for the Netherlands. FPS Prague's core activity will be to grow import and export cargo for Famous Pacific's internation...
U.S. logistics and transportation company BDP International has acquired a majority stake in its Indonesian joint venture, BDP Indonesia, the company said Wednesday. The joint venture, established in 2001, will continue to be run by Aaron Chen, general manager, who reports to Peter Barnesby, BDP's regional director, at the company's Singapore regional...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture entered an agreement with the Philippine government June 24 to promote agricultural trade and investment between the two countries. We are further strengthening our agricultural and strategic partnership through increased cooperation that standardizes food safety regulations, rural development, biotechnology, and pro...
Construction of the bridge across the Golden Horn Bay in Vladivostok will be specially controlled, the Head of “Far-Eastern direction of Rosstroy” Nikolay ASHLAPOV announced at the press-conference on Tuesday.“If necessary we’ll make answer the general contractor “Pacific bridge-building company” for terms, assigned for construction of the bridge across t...
The North Carolina State Ports Authority said it has chosen CenterPoint Properties of Oak Brook, Ill., as a leading candidate to develop the proposed North Carolina International Terminal near the mouth of the Cape Fear River. The port authority said it signed a predevelopment agreement during which CenterPoint will provide the ports authority with an...
California State Sen. Alan Lowenthal plans to bring legislation imposing a statewide $30-per-TEU cargo container fee for final approval to the state Legislature by early next week. Lowenthal, a Long Beach Democrat, has set a goal to pass the bill through the Legislature by June 30. The bill -- which would impose the per-TEU fee on containers moving th...
President Bush has nominated Lt. Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody of the Army for appointment to general and assignment as commander of the Army Material Command. Dunwoody is deputy commanding general/chief of staff for the Army Material Command. If confirmed by the Senate, she will be the first female four-star general in American history. Her 33 years of s...
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.
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