The International Air Cargo Association has named Sue Presti to represent its regulatory and legislative interests in Washington, effective Aug. 1. Prior to her appointment, Presti served 13 years as executive director of the Express Delivery & Logistics Association's Government Affairs Committee, and for two of those years, served simultaneously as e...
National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America Inc. has reiterated a call for the end to requiring non-vessel-operating common carriers to publish tariffs and terminating antitrust immunity for liner carriers. NCBFAA President Mary Jo Muoio also questioned the FMC's recent action to allow the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach's Clean...
Expeditors International of Washington said Sandy K.Y. Liu, the company's chief operating officer in Asia, has resigned, effective Aug. 17. Liu has served as the Seattle-based logistics firm's COO in Asia for seven and a half years. Prior to this appointment, he served for 31 years at Taiwan-based China Airlines. Liu was president of the airline from ...
CHEP's LeanLogistics division has announced several new clients. Burris Logistics, a Milford, Del.-based temperature-controlled logistics company, will use LeanLogistics transportation management system to manage inbound transportation operations within its network of frozen food warehouses and distribution centers. Burris is one of the largest fr...
Vietnam's state- run shipbuilder Vinashin has cancelled plans to invest US$1 billion in a US$5 billion steel venture with South Korea's Posco, sending shares in the world's fourth largest steel maker down 3 per cent. The decision, part of the Vietnamese government's efforts to cut spending to reduce inflation running at 25 per cent, is an additional ...
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co, the world's largest shipbuilder, said sales last month climbed 16 per cent as it completed orders for oil tankers and container vessels contracted at higher prices. Shipyards in South Korea are expanding capacity as order backlogs stretch into 2012 Sales advanced to 1.55 trillion won (S$2 billion) last month from 1.3...
GreenCarrier International, the logistics branch of Sweden's privately held Bjk.Eklund Group, has acquired independent Finnish forwarding company Oy FCS Logistics Ltd. for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 1995, FCS Logistics is an International Air Transport Association-approved forwarder offering international air and sea container transport services a...
National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America Inc. has reiterated a call for the end to requiring non-vessel-operating common carriers to publish tariffs and terminating antitrust immunity for liner carriers. NCBFAA President Mary Jo Muoio also questioned the FMC's recent action to allow the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach's Clean...
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