Total Quality Logistics is opening a new sales office in Boston, Mass.

In another sign that Iran may soon play a larger role in world airfreight as it re-emerges from U.N. sanctions, the WACO network of independent freight management companies has added Iran-based Amadrah International Freight Forwarding to its roster.

The dry bulk shipping industry may not emerge from a protracted downturn for another two years and some smaller firms will be squeezed out, the chairman of France's Louis Dreyfus Armateurs.

Rickmers-Linie, a liner service specializing in breakbulk, heavy lift and project cargoes, has taken over the activities of tramp and chartering services provider Nordana Project and Chartering, with offices in Copenhagen, Bangkok, Singapore and Houston.

Challenge: Dock scheduling, warehouse management, visibility and reporting. Client warehouse and co-packing facilities created disruptions thus increasing costs. Shipment release, scheduling conflicts and regular missed pickups. Lack of ability to manage LTL carrier contracts, manual carrier rates and service metric ranking.

Trailiner, a U.S refrigerated goods carrier, recently announced that it is employing radio frequency identification to prevent loading and transportation errors, while saving the cost of manning its yard gate 24 hours a day.

Kerry Logistics Network Ltd., a logistics services provider operating in Asia, has completed its acquisition of a majority stake in Apex Maritime, a non-vessel operating common carrier based in South San Francisco, Calif.