FASA

The canal authority will conduct a lottery on Friday to select which of its top 15 customers will be in the spotlight with the historic first passage through the Central American waterway’s new, expanded locks.

Pier 80 in San Francisco, Calif. could handle up to 150,000 automobiles annually as well as other sorts of roll-on/roll-off and breakbulk cargo, the ocean carrier said in a recent interview with American Shipper.

The Eden Prairie, Minn.-based third-party logistics provider posted a net income of $119 million on revenues of $3.1 billion for the first quarter of 2016.

UPS pilots have elected not to cross the picket line of ground handlers at the Cologne Bonn airport in Germany.

Satellite Logistics Group names senior sales director, while Integrity Logistics selects new president.

The North Liberty, Iowa-based trucking and logistics company experienced a 13.2 percent year-over-year decline in revenues for the quarter to $162.8 million, partially fueled by the sharp drop in fuel surcharge revenues.

However, the temperature-sensitive truckload carrier’s operating revenues inched up 0.4 percent year-over-year for the quarter to $161.9 million, despite significantly lower fuel surcharges.

Federal Maritime Commissioner William P. Doyle praised the statement from ocean carrier group OCEMA, but noted officials “still need to address an important liability issue for the shippers” in order to implement new verified gross mass requirements.

Managed transportation services provider Ryder System leverages JDA’s TMS but wraps around it BI tools and a unique user interface to differentiate in the competitive market.

The outgoing director of the Georgia Ports Authority told a conference in New Orleans this month that port infrastructure can’t be used in a proprietary manner as ship sizes increase at United States ports.