Major international airlines–Société Air France (Air France), Cathay Pacific Airways Limited (Cathay), Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (KLM Royal Dutch Airlines), Martinair Holland N.V. (Martinair), and SAS Cargo Group A/S (SAS)– have agreed to each plead guilty and pay criminal fines totaling $504 million for participating in a multi–year conspiracy to fix prices for air cargo rates, the Department of Justice announced late last week. 

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Despite early efforts to come to agreement with dockside labor on a new contract, Pacific Maritime Association spokesmen said the signing deadline is not likely to be met.

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Eight strategies for improving performance from concept to customer

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FedEx Trade Networks announced this week it has opened two new gateways in Seattle, Wash. and Oakland, Calif. to support its Ocean-Ground Distribution Service, which it said will provide shippers with flexible options when shipping goods from Asia to multiple U.S. destinations and service ports in Seattle/Tacoma and Oakland/San Francisco.

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BDP International, a global logistics and transportation management company, said it has acquired a majority stake in BDP Indonesia, its Indonesian joint venture.

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China’s total value of logistics in 2007 reached CNY75 2282 trillion, up 26 2% year on year, boosted by continuous rapid growth in China’s economy According to the conservative estimation by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing, China’s logistics industry is expected to have a compound…

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The American Trucking Associations (ATA) said that its seasonally-adjusted for-hire Truck Tonnage Index was up 0.5 percent in May after dropping 0.6 percent in March.

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Wagon Automotive Improves Customer, Supplier and Intra-Enterprise Communications

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Can you imagine running a supply chain without phones, faxes or email? One where you were dependent upon the mail for orders and information? In this information age, that is truly a business nightmare

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The American Association of Railroads (AAR) said this week that carload freight volumes and intermodal traffic were down on United States railroads for the week ending June 21 compared to last year.

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