Italy's Piaggio Group, manufacturers of motorcycles and famous scooter brands such as Vespa, has expanded its contract with CEVA Logistics to include the distribution of its finished two-wheeled vehicles to dealerships in Italy and Europe. The initial partnership involved warehousing management and spare parts transportation in Italy and Europe. C...
A textile company that closed in May 2006 has settled a lawsuit with the Norfolk Southern Railroad over damages it claimed it suffered as a result of a 2005 train wreck and toxic spill that killed nine persons. In 2006, Avondale Mills said it would close 18 manufacturing plants in South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama, resulting in the loss of 4,000 job...
Brigham McCown, a former deputy administrator of the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, has joined the law firm of Hunton & Williams. He will divide his time between the firm's Washington and Dallas offices, and specialize in energy and transportation legal concerns. McCown comes to the firm from Winstead PC in Dallas whe...
Illinois-based ADS Logistics LLC, a provider of integrated logistics and supply chain services to the metals industry, has promoted William M. Edwards to president and chief executive officer. Edwards joined ADS in 2001 as the general manager for its warehousing and distribution division, Roll & Hold and in the following year was promoted to vice pres...
President Bush on Monday sent to Congress legislation to implement the Colombia Free Trade Agreement, forcing a vote on an issue that Democratic leaders had avoided scheduling so far. The need for this trade agreement is too urgent and the stakes for national security are too high to allow this year to end without a vote. Congress needs to move for...
A Minneapolis-based company said it has introduced a new packaging system that can keep products at a consistent temperature for more than five days. Entropy Solutions said its Greenbox Thermal Management System is designed for the pharmaceutical, biologics and blood industries and can help company reduce shipping and distribution costs. Because G...
Richard Armstrong and Allen Walker are joining the Maritime Transport & Logistics Advisors, a management and maritime technology consulting group. Allen Walker has 13 years of experience working with U.S. shipyards serving as president of the Shipbuilders Council of America and the National Shipyard Association. He also served as executive director of...
Europe Intermodal, a joint enterprise of Slovenia's Adria Kombi and Germany's Kombiverkehr, launched the Bosporus-Europe Express, a train link between Turkey and Germany via Slovenia offering weekly intermodal transport services, according to The Slovenia Times. The new service links the biggest container terminal in Istanbul, Halkali, with the Europ...
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