The American Trucking Associations’ (ATA) advanced seasonally-adjusted For-hire Truck Tonnage Index fell 0.1 percent in June.

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In a decision which will have a major impact on how cargo moves through the global supply chain, the United States Senate and House of Representatives recently signed off on the conference report for—“H.R. 1 Implementing the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007,which will significantly alter how maritime and air cargo is inspected.

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ProLogis, the world’s largest owner, manager, and developer of distribution facilities, said this week it has leased more than 612,000 square feet of distribution space outside of Atlanta to LG Electronics, USA Inc., the North American subsidiary of the global consumer electronics, appliances, and mobile communications company.

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Christian Salvesen has selected RedPrairie’s solution for new warehouse implementations.

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The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) recently announced at a board meeting that The Port of Savannah set new annual records for containers handled and total tonnage this for Fiscal Year 2007.

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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reported today that international freight traffic for the first six months of 2007 was “sluggish,” rising only 2.7%, which fell short of the 4.6% growth seen for all of 2006.

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It is not a stretch to say that environmental issues have taken center stage in many supply chain, logistics, and transportation circles. All things green, such as the world’s limited oil supply, the push to reduce fossil fuel emissions and corporate mandates and incentives based on environmentally-based drivers, have taken added importance for logistics professionals in recent years.

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After months of contentious negotiations between the office clerical unit of Local 63, a division of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and 17 shipping lines serving the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, a tentative agreement was reached yesterday on a three-year labor contract covering clerical workers at both ports.

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Carload freight and intermodal traffic on United States railroads were both down for the week ending July 21 compared to the same week last year, but up from last week, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported this week.

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This 1,077 word article is taken from the 01 June 2007 edition of Frozen Food Age Abstract: This issue of Frozen Food Age includes our annual salute to Category Leadership Tile supplement devoted to the industry’s category leaders and subsequent awards have been part of Frozen Food Age for several…

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