CaroTrans, the global non-vessel operating common carrier and ocean freight consolidator, has resumed direct, all-water import service from Rotterdam to Los Angeles.

Revenues for U.S. 3PLs, which provide services ranging from booking truck drivers to managing warehouses, rose 7.4 percent to $157.2bn last year, faster than the 2.8 percent growth in logistics spending overall, according to the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, which recently released its annual State of Logistics report.

CEVA Logistics has launched a guaranteed weekly less-than-containerload (LCL) service from Antwerp, Belgium to New York.

The jet cargo division of DB Schenker has launched a weekly air-cargo service linking Hong Kong with Chicago and Houston.