Hanjin, Yang Ming, Sinotrans and TS Lines will join an existing service between Asia and Oceania following the termination of the joint Hanjin, Yang Ming and TS Lines CKA loop between these two regions.

The Atlanta, Ga.-based shipping and logistics provider opened a new 8,000-square-meter package sorting center and a distribution hub in Lyon-Jonage, France yesterday.

The new freight hub will complement Ports of Auckland’s existing facilities in Wiri, South Auckland; Longburn, Manawatu; and Mount Maunganui, a town situated along the Bay of Plenty.

Parcel giant UPS has joined the chorus of voices opposing a tie-up between Canadian Pacific and Norfolk Southern, sending a letter to the U.S. Surface Transportation Board that says a merger would hurt intermodal service levels and increase costs.

Airfreight volumes at Brussels Airport and Frankfurt Airport in January declined year-over-year, while throughput at London Heathrow Airport and London Stansted Airport increased.

The industrial real estate development and management firm acquired warehousing space in Savannah, Ga. and Suffolk, Va., bringing its total U.S. East Coast portfolio to 9.4 million square feet.

M.E. Dey will use CargoSphere’s Rate Mesh network to better access contract, non-vessel operator and partner ocean rates, and increase the speed of its quoting process to customers.

Privately-owned Heraeus has begun using the global trade management (GTM) solution provider’s Global Product Master tool as part of an overhaul of its trade management strategy.

Switzerland-based Siemens Building Technologies will begin utilizing supply chain design software provider LLamasoft’s flagship Supply Chain Guru product.

The Centers for Disease Control says formaldehyde in samples of Lumber Liquidators’ flooring from China pose breathing problems for some groups of people.