Journal of Commerce--Schneider Logistics will sell its freight forwarding and customs house brokerage business to Norbert Dentressangle, a $3.5 billion trucking and logistics operator. The sale includes... View More
Plantation, Fla – August 30, 2010: DHL, the world’s leading logistics company, announced today that it is now the exclusive international express delivery provider for Stretchy Shapes, the... View More
Journal of Commerce--Environmental, community and labor organizations Friday praised the decision by a U.S. District Court in Los Angeles upholding the concession requirements in the Port of Los Angeles... View More
The Journal of Commerce--Air freight volume rose sharply this year but will see “little or no Christmas rush” as retailers and consumers limit their spending, said Julian Keeling, chief executive... View More
Big Fat Marketing Blog--Will Federal Express begin targeting certain customers for custom rate increases above and beyond the general rate increase? Well, according to an industry expert, that is a distinct... View More
From Material Handling Industry of America: The Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (AS/RS) Industry Group of Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA) has released it's Fall 2010 Quarterly... View More
Postal News Blog: The US Postal Service lost $764 million in July as First Class Mail volume continued to decline, although at a slower rate than in previous months. First class volume was down 3.6% compared... View More
PR-USA.net reports that, "To facilitate the needs of their international customers MyAddressUS.com has announced the launch of a new updated online package management tool, which provides customers... View More
The Washington Post has reported that "The Carlyle Group suffered a rare setback Wednesday when one of its portfolio companies, toy supplier Oriental Trading Co., filed for bankruptcy protection, citing... View More
The Wall Street Journal told its readers: "Here’s a question: What does a world-leading logistics and mailing company that already delivers 70 million letters a day do for growth? European Pressphoto... View More
Postcom.org reports that the Parcel Shippers Association (PSA) and the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) have asked the Commission to issue a Commission Information Request (“CIR”), seeking... View More
Journal of Commerce--Orders for big-ticket manufactured goods rose 0.3 percent in July but only because of a 76 percent jump in sales of commercial aircraft, the Commerce Department said. Excluding the... View More
Oregon Business -- New California regulations coming in January will hit the wallets of Oregon truckers. The rules are meant to significantly reduce greenhouse gas and particulate matter emissions by 2014,... View More
Supply Chain Management Review--While today’s headlines suggest that the U.S. economy is still on the ropes, tangible signs of a reversal are evident, and the recovery is already on its... View More
Supply Chain Management--Charlotte, N.C.—Get ready to say hello to Atlanta and say goodbye to Cleveland. That was the message from the Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA) today with the... View More
The Journal of Commerce -- Ocean carriers that were trying to delay deliveries of ships a year ago are now pushing shipyards to bring forward construction dates as confidence returns to container shipping,... View More
KFYR-TV--The Port of North Dakota had been a dream for some in the Magic City for decades. "I`ve wanted to do this since 1977. Then in 2000 we actually got the first bit of money to do a feasibility study,"... View More
CNBC -- The $814 billion stimulus program enacted by the Obama administration at the start of 2009 boosted the US economy by as much as 4.5 percent in the second quarter of this year, keeping unemployment... View More
Dayton Daily News--As most of you know, the USPS is in deep financial trouble. There are discussions of making drastic changes in the level of service the USPS provides. On the other hand, Fed Ex is known... View More
According to SmarTrend, "the top five companies in the Air Freight & Logistics industry as measured by return on equity (ROE). The ROE is a general indication of the company's efficiency; Investors usually... View More
