Intermediaries

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

   Freightliner Group has acquired European intermodal services provider ERS Railways B.V. from Maersk Line.    The intemodal operator said the purchase of ERS supports its strategy of developing businesses in rail markets beyond its base market in the United Kingdom.    Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed and is still subject to the necessary regulatory approvals.    Rotterdam-based ERS was started in 1994 as an intermodal rail freigh...

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

   FedEx secured fourth quarter fiscal year operating profits of $1.1 billion, an increase of 11 percent over the same period in 2012, the company said Wednesday.    For its full fiscal year ending March 31, FedEx had operating profits of 3.2 billion, marginally lower than the previous year. Fourth quarter revenue was $11.4 billion, up 3.6 percent year-on-year, while full year revenue was $44.3 billion, up 3.7 percent on the previous year.    FedEx had net income of $679 mi...

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

   Cargolux has added twice-weekly, direct service from Hong Kong to Columbus, Ohio, using Boeing 747-8 freighters.    The flights began Sunday, the same day the carrier unveiled new service into Brazil.    Officials expect goods on the route to include cargo associated with the fashion industry.    “We are pleased that we are expanding our North American network by adding Rickenbacker International Airport to our global portfolio of destinations,” Cargolux’s chie...

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

   Pilot Freight Services has opened a new station in A Coruna, Spain, and plans to open additional offices in Barcelona and Madrid by the end of 2013.      The company, which recently reported $500 million in revenue for 2012, opened its first European station in Amsterdam in 2011.    "We've gotten a lot of positive feedback from the opening of our station in Amsterdam, as our customers have really seen the benefit of having Pilot employees on the ground in Europe. Ou...

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

   The Sahil Group and Sahil Freight Express will open the 44,000-square-foot packaging and warehousing facility in Mumbai by Sept. 1.    The owners are currently looking for a joint-venture partner to help operate the facility, which is located near the Mumbai and Nhava Sheva ports. In specific the partner should specialize in delivering packaging to customers in India and globally, primarily in the healthcare, automotive, telecommunications and aviation industries, an...

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

   The portal-based ocean shipping e-commerce network INTTRA on Tuesday unveiled a new application designed to reduce the millions of manual transactions ocean carriers process annually.    The product, called INTTRA Change, will allow shippers to submit electronic documents to carriers in the output format from their enterprise resource planning (ERP) system or transportation management system (TMS) while allowing carriers to receive it in an electronic-data-interchange (EDI) format...

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

   Shippers reported no major swings in rates and capacity on the eastbound transpacific lane, according to the results of the latest American Shipper Transpacific Pulse survey.    Nearly 60 shippers were polled in the survey, conducted May 31-June 7. More than 70 percent of respondents said their rates had either remained the same or increased or decreased moderately in the last month. Only 8.5 percent said their rates had increased or decreased significantly. Another 13 percent said...

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

   Early aircraft retirement, a $1.7-billion profit improvement program and improvement in its express segment are reasons why Cowen and Co. is anticipating slightly better performance from FedEx stocks when the company releases its fiscal fourth-quarter numbers Wednesday morning.    Cowen predicts a lower earnings-per-share number than most analysts, but sees the steps FedEx is taking in the market as hallmarks of an improving company. Modal shift is affecting FedEx, but Cowen still ...

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

   Tay Yoshitani , chief executive officer of the Port of Seattle, and Phil Washington , general manager of the Regional Transportation District (RTD) in Denver, were appointed to the Washington-based Eno Center for Transportation’s board.    Eno’s board also held elections for officers. Lillian Borrone , chairman; Mort Downey , secretary; and David Plavin , treasurer, were all re-elected to their positions for a one-year term.    DSV Road Ltd. has appointed Jesper Hansen as...

Monday, June 17, 2013

   April's $0.06 uptick in east-west air freight rates evaporated in May, as the average rate per kilogram finished the month at $3.15, the same price as in March, according to Drewry's East-West Air Freight Price Index. Year-over-year, May's result represented a $0.10 drop in the price of air cargo.    The price index takes 21 trade lanes and averages them together, coming up with a weighted index and an average price for a kilogram of cargo.    The high point for freight i...

Monday, June 17, 2013

   The U.K. consulting and research firm Transport Intelligence (Ti) said the global contract logistics market grew 3.4 percent by value in 2012, but warned that growth hides “increasing divergence in the performance of regional markets.”    Ti’s latest report Global Contract Logistics 2013 , found growth in emerging markets is much higher than those in Europe or North America. The Middle East market grew at 5.7 percent, while the Asian contract logistics market grew at 6 percen...

Friday, June 14, 2013

   U.S. exporters are focusing their ire on the Servicio de Administracion Tributaria (SAT), Mexico’s tax agency for what they see as an increasing number of costly, time-consuming NAFTA audits and re-audits by the agency.    These exporters say the current Mexican government had promised to streamline the audit process.     “NAFTA rules of origin in this industry are very complex and require review of multiple levels of processing, which usually occurs at different com...

Friday, June 14, 2013

   The U.K.-based supplier of customs software Impatex said Friday that its Web-based freight management and customs processing package NetFreight is now available in the cloud, following an alliance with freight industry hardware specialist Albacore Systems.    NetFreight, launched in 2005 and acquired by Impatex in 2007, was designed as a browser-based system, operating either on a user’s in-house server, or on an external, hosted server.    “In practice, most NetFreight ...

Thursday, June 13, 2013

   The U.S. agribusiness Cargill said Thursday it has expanded its operational use of CargoDocs, an electronic bill of lading (eB/Ls) solution, to include agricultural shipments from South America.    Cargill first used the solution on a shipment of grain from Houston to Veracruz, Mexico in March.    Electronic Shipping Solutions (ESS), a provider of shipping and trade document and data solutions, is partnering with Cargill to include new trade routes from Argentina and Bra...

Thursday, June 13, 2013

   TruStar Energy will build a compressed natural gas fast-fill station for Kalmbach Feeds near the company's Ohio manufacturing plant.    The station, which will allow two vehicles to fuel up simultaneously, is slated for completion in early November.    Kalmbach Feeds, an animal feed distributor, is planning to transition its entire fleet to CNG in the next decade.    "Regarding CNG, there has always been the discussion of whether to buy CNG trucks or wait until ...

Thursday, June 13, 2013

   DHL Global Forwarding has launched a temperature-controlled, high-visibility air freight service targeted at the life sciences and healthcare industries.    DHL Thermonet uses Smartsenor RFID technology to ensure constant monitoring of temperature-sensitive shipments during transport, and customers can even ask add on the SmartSensor XP option, which will transmit temperature data from the goods surrounding the customer’s shipment. All the data is uploaded to the Internet for easy...

Thursday, June 13, 2013

   Switzerland-based Interroll has purchased Portec, a conveyor belt manufacturer based in Colorado, for an undisclosed amount.    The cash purchase is expected to close on July 1.    The acquisition is in line with Interroll’s strategic growth plans and gives the company a better foothold in the United States. The company, which counts Amazon and Coca-Cola as customers, also plans to open a 90,000-square-foot facility in Atlanta later this year.    "The product p...

Thursday, June 13, 2013

   The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 13 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.    The FMC received a non-vessel-operating common carrier license application from Marine Bulk Freight Forwarding, Huixquilucan, Mexico (Moises S. Leon, president).    The agency received NVO/ocean freight forwarder license applications from Daisy Mae Concepcion, Orange, Calif. (Daisy Mae Concepcion V. Taleon, sole proprietor); John S. Kim a...

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

   The global trade management (GTM) solutions provider Amber Road said Tuesday it has opened an office in Munich, Germany, to serve as its Europe/Middle East/Africa (EMEA) headquarters.    Strong demand for its global trade management solutions in Europe has fueled the company’s growth in the region, Amber Road said. Amber Road began offering services in Europe in Scandinavia in 2009, but has grown its European customer base to include companies such as ABB, Drägerwerke, Lantiq, Met...

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

   The third party logistics company and truck brokerage Transplace on Tuesday released its Freight Allocation Module 2.0, a Web-based application that optimizes transportation by allowing shippers to auction freight with approved carrier partners.    FAM 2.0 offers authorized carrier companies improved visual presentation of available freight along with spot rate quotations in real time and is an application within Transplace’s transportation management system (TMS). The application...

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

   The ocean freight division of the forwarding company Panalpina said Tuesday it plans to begin offering customers an order management system based on the latest version of the customer-facing application, LOG-NET.    Panalpina said the offering, called MyPanalpina+, is designed to give customers enhanced order processing capabilities, better freight management services and improved visibility of their supply chains.    “The deployment of the new system demonstrates Panalp...

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

   MCC Transport has named Naresh Potty  its chief commercial officer, based in Singapore.    Potty will be responsible for overseeing commercial activities including trade and marketing, key client management and business and commercial processes for the intra-Asia liner company, a unit of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group.    He first joined the A.P. Moller–Maersk Group in 2000, holding various positions in line management, sales, marketing and general management. Pri...

Monday, June 10, 2013

   TNT Express plans to layoff 850 workers in Italy and combine its smaller operations in the country into larger outposts at strategic locations.    The moves, which are part of the company’s "Deliver!" reorganization program, will affect 20 Italian facilities.    Service levels and network connectivity will not be affected by the downsizing, company officials said. TNT Express is also planning on investing in depot sorting and IT at the remaining facilities.    ...

Monday, June 10, 2013

   U.S. Customs and Border Protection will begin full enforcement of the Importer Security Filing requirement on July 9, the agency announced Friday.    On that date, the agency will begin to issue liquidated damages for ISF violations, such as filing incomplete, inaccurate or late documentation.    The ISF rule went into effect on Jan. 26, 2009, but for the first year the program had no sanctions so that shippers and carriers could learn how to collect and file the ne...

Monday, June 10, 2013

   Horizon Lines named William A. Hamlin executive vice president and chief operating officer.    Hamlin joined Horizon in March 2011 as senior vice president of operations from Jamian McElroy & Hamlin, a consulting firm specializing in transportation and infrastructure, domestic and international security and environmental issues. He served as a partner at the firm from 2009 to 2011.    Prior to that, he held various executive positions with Norwegian Cruise Line Holdin...

Monday, June 10, 2013

   The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received five ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.    The FMC received a non-vessel-operating common carrier license application from CFR Rinkens, Paramount, Calif. (Maximiliaan Hoes, manager).    The agency also received NVO/ocean freight forwarder license applications from Sig Global, Gardena, Calif. (James J. Oh, president); Super You Global, Palo Alto, Calif. (Hu Wang, chief execu...

Friday, May 31, 2013

   The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 17 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.     The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from All International Solutions, Gardena, Calif. (Alexis F. Robin, president); and Trans Atlantic Shipping of Connecticut, East Hartford, Conn. (Robert Boateng, president).    The agency received NVO/ocean freight forwarder license applications from Atlas...

Friday, May 31, 2013

   The Annapolis, Md.-based integration solutions provider ARINC Inc. this week introducted of e-Forwarder, a new solution that provides cargo operations management for small to midsized freight forwarders.    The product is a client-server based platform that provides forwarders with a single, integrated solution for cargo management from initial cargo acceptance and waybill generation to final delivery to consignee. The solution allows users to efficiently manage both air and m...

Friday, May 31, 2013

   The Peruvian freight forwarder International Freight Shipping S.A.C. has adopted the cloud-based platform from logistics technology provider CargoWise.    IFS in Peru, part of the IFS Group, will use CargoWise’s ediEnterprise. IFS has 5,000 international partners globally, and more than 1,000 active local customers.    “After careful analysis of all available global freight forwarding systems we opted for ediEnterprise, through WiseCloud, because it provided all our staff...

Friday, May 31, 2013

   Air freight and express wholesaler AMI has promoted Darren Zieba to the newly-created position of global information technology project manager.    Zieba will be based at AMI’s Chicago office and assumes responsibility for several major system projects, such as MyAMI and the global rollout of AMI’s online product Click2Ship. He will also head AMI’s central IT development team, based at its London headquarters.    He has worked in aviation and air cargo IT for over 15 year...

Friday, May 31, 2013

   UPS has made a “significant expansion” to its Asian healthcare network by opening a 22,000-square-meter healthcare facility in Hangzhou, China, according to a press statement.    The new facility, which was designed to meet the specific needs of pharmaceutical companies, features a fully automated tracking system. It is staffed by an on-site quality assurance team.    "With many healthcare companies demanding rigorous supply chain solutions in China, we are seeing increas...

Thursday, May 30, 2013

   At DHL’s annual general meeting, Frank Appel, the integrator’s chief executive officer, expressed confidence in previously announced earnings targets of 2.7 billion euros ($3.52 million) to 2.95 billion euros for 2013, despite the sour economy.    Earnings targets for 2015 have been set at between 3.35 billion euros and 3.55 billion euros.    Company growth will come from DHL’s new strategy, which is to help simplify customer services and expand the company’s network, fos...

Thursday, May 30, 2013

   PECO Pallet has opened a new depot in Hazleton, Pa.    The facility, located about 95 miles north of Philadelphia, offers services such as sorting, repairing, storing, and reissuing of pallets. It will be fully ramped up by July 1, the company said.

Thursday, May 30, 2013

   The logistics solutions provider Descartes Systems Group said its operating profit rose 9 percent year-on-year in its fiscal first quarter to $4.8 million.    Descartes, whose quarter ended April 30, said revenue grew 14 percent to $34 million. Service revenue rose 9 percent to $30.1 million. Net income, meanwhile, rose 8 percent to $2.6 million.    Fifty-one percent of Descartes’ revenue was generated in the United States, 37 percent in Europe, 10 percent in Canada, and ...

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

   The third party logistics company and truck brokerage Transplace said Tuesday it has tapped New York-based private investment firm Greenbriar Equity Group LLC as its new equity partner.    Greenbriar acquired Transplace from an affiliate of CI Capital Partners, who joined with Transplace management in 2009 to buy the company from its original owners.    Transplace was founded in 2000 by six of the largest freight carriers in the United States and provides full transp...

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

   DHL Supply Chain will invest 140 million euros ($180 million) in its Southeast Asian operations, adding seven new facilities among other projects, by 2015.    The seven new facilities will be located in parts of Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam and will all be open by the end of the year. The company has already completed a 17,000-square-foot facility in Cimanggis, Indonesia.    In addition to new developments, the company plans to invest in new information ...

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

   Luxair Cargo has opened the 4-million-euro ($5.12 million), 3,000-square-meter Healthcare and Pharma Center expansion at Luxembourg Airport on the strength of increased pharmaceutical business with Panalpina.     Built within the company’s existing facility, the new development includes both a “controlled-room temperature” area and a space where the temperature is kept between 2 and 8 degrees Celsius.     Over the past four years, Panalpina has seen a steady inc...

Friday, May 24, 2013

   Starting June 1, the container chassis provider Direct ChassisLink, Inc. (DCLI) will contribute all of its chassis in the South Atlantic region to the Consolidated Chassis Management (CCM) pool, known as the South Atlantic Consolidated Chassis Pool (SACP).    CCM said the addition of more than 7,000 former Maersk-owned chassis will increase the pool size to over 50,000 units, making the SACP the single largest cooperative chassis pool in the United States.    DCLI was sol...

Friday, May 24, 2013

   Truckload linehaul rates rose 2 percent in April, continuing a slow but steady price increase seen the beginning of the year, according to Cass Information Systems.    Intermodal only showed a slight bump of 0.3 percent in per-mile costs.    Linehaul rates started the year with a 2.4-percent rise, which grew to 3.3 percent in February. Rates were up 2.2 percent in March. While rates are going up, the climb isn’t as steep at the increases seen from February to April l...

Friday, May 24, 2013

   The Ocean Freight Industry EIPP Standards Advisory Board (SAB), an independent organization of containerized shipping executives, on Thursday said it has made progress on several key electronic invoicing initiatives following its sixth bi-annual meeting in Hamburg, Germany, earlier this month.    During the two-day gathering, the SAB reached several important milestones to advance the use of electronic invoicing in the industry. The group successfully formalized best practices...

Friday, May 24, 2013

   Americold, a temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics provider to the food industry, appointed Jed Milstein to executive vice president and chief human resources officer, and Jeff Hogarth to senior vice president for Asia-Pacific.    Milstein joins Americold after serving as executive vice president of human resources for TransCentra, a billing and payments provider. Prior to this, he was the head of HR for Cerberus Operations and Advisory Co.    Hogarth, a 23-yea...

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

   Third-party logistics providers will see 2013 revenues of $148.4 million, an increase of 4.6 percent, according to a recently released report by Armstrong & Associates.    Revenues of third-party logistics providers in the United States increased by 6 percent, year over year, in 2012 to $141.8 billion.    According to Armstrong & Associates, the compound annual growth rate for the 3PL industry fell by 0.3 percent from 1996 to 2012. The company expects this d...

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

   Non-vessel-operating common carrier Shipco Transport will start a joint venture with its longtime partner and agent Profreight in Auckland, New Zealand.    Shipco New Zealand will take over all activities currently handled by Profreight in Auckland and will be staffed with the current Profreight employees. Gary Sayles will serve as managing director of the office.     “We are looking forward to expanding our local relationships and developing new services,” Say...

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

   Non-vessel-operating common carrier Ecu-Line has made several changes to its Far East management.    “This step has been taken as part of the long-term development strategy for the region,” the company said.    Already in February, Uday Shetty was appointed the new chief operating officer for the Asia-Pacific region. Today, Ecu-Line said Mike Dye, currently regional chief executive officer for Asia-Pacific, will leave the company.    Dye, who has headed the reg...

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

   Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics will manage vehicle processing for the 78,000-square-foot Subaru facility at the Port of Brunswick, Ga., starting in July.    With the agreement, WWL becomes the automaker’s supplier for the Southeast United States.    The contract includes import processing, accessory installation, transportation preparations and pre-delivery inspections.    The company also manages Subaru holdings in Lafayette, Ind., and Baltimore.  &n...

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

   DHL Supply Chain announced that it will invest INR 650 million ($11.7 million) in its new 320,000-square-foot warehouse in Luhari, Delhi, anchored by Proctor & Gamble.    The company is planning additional facilities in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru and Chennai in 2013.    The new facility, and the forthcoming construction, is part of the INR 6.85 billion DHL pledged to invest in India last year to strengthen the logistics market. DHL has already built 350,000 square feet of ...

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

   Third party logistics provider CEVA’s revenue dropped 6 percent, year over year, in the first quarter to 1.6 billion euros ($2.06 billion), and adjusted earnings dropped from 66 million euros to 31 million euros.    Officials attribute the lackluster revenue performance to the challenging market and said the earnings drop came primarily because of the divestiture of some of CEVA’s holdings. Air freight volume was down due to modal shift leading to a 6.8-percent revenue drop in the...

Friday, May 17, 2013

   Non-vessel-operating common carrier Vanguard Logistics Services has started new services from Batam, Indonesia to global destinations.    Many Indonesian and multinational manufacturers operate on the small island of Batam, which is located 20 kilometers southeast of Singapore.    All less-than-containerload cargo from Batam is traditionally moved via small barges to Singapore's Pasir Panjang Breakbulk port. It is then relayed by open truck to Keppel District Park at Tan...

Thursday, May 16, 2013

   The Kahala Posts Group (KPG), an alliance of 10 postal administrations around the world, has signed a deal with the global trade management solutions provider Amber Road aimed at increasing their competitiveness in the international delivery market.    KPG member organizations include the Australian Postal Corp., China Post Group, Correos y Telégrafos SAE, Groupe La Poste, Hongkong Post, Japan Post Co., Ltd., Korea Post, Royal Mail Group, Ltd, Singapore Post Limited and the U.S. Po...

Thursday, May 16, 2013

   The logistics information technology solutions providers Descartes Systems and Freightgate have both signed deals with NetSuite, a provider of cloud-based financials and enterprise resource planning (ERP) software suites.    Descartes said it has signed a SuiteCloud Developer Network agreement, with the integration of NetSuite's SuiteCloud and Descartes' Logistics Technology Platform intended to enable customers to more effectively collaborate with their trading partners and carrie...

Thursday, May 16, 2013

   The world's largest wholesale technology distributor Ingram Micro said this week it is opening a new facility in Costa Rica for its Ingram Micro Mobility mobile device lifecycle services and logistics solutions subsidiary.    The facility is designed to support Ingram Micro Mobility’s growing business in Latin America. Initially, the facility will be fully dedicated to supporting the company’s mobile device lifecycle services, specifically device recovery and technical repair. &nb...

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

   FedEx Trade Networks has broken ground on an 83,000-square-foot facility at the Riverview Solar Technology Park in Tonawanda, N.Y.    The first wave of employees is set to move in near the end of this year.    FedEx is paying $5.2 million to build the 22-acre facility, which will include 55,000 square feet of office space. New York State has committed $2.56 million in tax credits to the project, and FedEx will receive another $1.9 million in tax relief from Erie County. ...

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

   Yusen Logistics (Americas) will open a new 229,000-square-foot warehouse in Chicago on May 20 that will employ 170 people.    The warehouse will include 185,000 square feet dedicated to distribution and container freight station services, a climate-controlled area of 15,000 square feet, with separate freezer and refrigerated units totaling 3,000 square feet to accommodate the company’s growing perishables customer base.    The new facility is located near the cargo entra...

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

   This fall, Weiss-Rohlig will relocate its North American headquarters to an 87,975-square-foot facility currently under construction in Elk Grove Village, Ill.    Upon completion of the building, which is under construction by CenterPoint Properties, Weiss-Rohlig will initially lease 57 percent of the space.    The move will bring Weiss-Rohlig, currently based in Des Plaines, Ill., closer to Chicago O’Hare International Airport. - Jon Ross

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

   CEVA has opened the 20,000-square-meter "City of Pharma," a healthcare warehousing and handling facility, in Stradella, Italy.    The area can be doubled in a short time to address future market demands, the company said.    The integrated logistics hub places many different companies from the same industry in one location. According to a press release, this configuration will allow CEVA to better respond to fluctuations in the market. City of Pharma takes an approa...

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

   During the first quarter, DHL increased its revenues by 0.6 percent, year over year, to 13.4 billion euros ($17.4 billion), and before-tax earnings rose by 4 percent to 427 million euros ($553.9 million).    Net income increased by 45 percent, year over year, but net profits fell to 498 million euros ($646 million) from a total of 529 million euros ($686.2 million) during the first three months of 2012.    Frank Appel, DHL’s chief executive officer, noted these relativel...

Monday, May 13, 2013

   A third runway at London Heathrow Airport is the only way to prevent a cargo capacity crisis, according to Larry Coyne, CEO of Coyne Airways.    In a speech last week in London, Coyne said U.K. logistics firms are vulnerable to losing out on business to companies in mainland Europe if the capacity crunch is not addressed.    His speech came in reaction to the push for an airport on Thames Island in London, a proposal that calls for a two-runway airport with rail and seapo...

Monday, May 13, 2013

   Non-vessel-operating common carrier CaroTrans said Monday it is expanding its network into the Baltic and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) markets, including services into Russia.    The first of what CaroTrans said will be “many future services” is a direct, weekly less-than container load (LCL) and full container load (FCL) export service from New York to Klaipeda port in Lithuania.    The first sailing of the service departed New York on April 22 with arr...

Monday, May 13, 2013

   Three-fourths of global logistics companies are unable to get the prices they deserve for their services, according to the findings of the Global Pricing Study 2012 , conducted by strategy and marketing consultancy Simon-Kucher & Partners.    The causes, managers say, are a price-aggressive competitive environment and a prevalence of standardized products. The study incorporated responses from 151 people in the transportation and logistics sectors throughout Europe, Asia, North...

Monday, May 13, 2013

   Agility has signed a five-year, $24.4 million contract with Kuwait National Petroleum Co. for transportation services.    In addition to moving oversized and traditional petroleum shipments over Agility’s air, land and sea networks, the company will provide origin logistics, customs clearance, freight forwarding and procurement services.      “The contract plays to many of our core strengths,” Tarek Sultan, Agility’s chairman and managing director, said in a st...