CEVA Logistics has opened new facilities at Hazelmere and High Wycombe in Western Australia.

PT. Yusen Logistics Indonesia has launched a consolidation air freight-forwarding service from Semarang Airport (Achmad Yani International Airport) in Central Java, Indonesia.

CEVA Logistics has launched a new weekly less-than-containerload (LCL) service from Shanghai, China to Budapest, Hungary.

Analyst Insight: Anyone doing business in today's economy knows that "business happens." The dynamic pace of business means the contract you sign today may not be the right contract for tomorrow. This is why academics, lawyers, and judges are starting to argue for more relational contracts where good ethics are embedded into the overall intent and framework of a commercial contract. When that happens, relational contracting could become a welcome "new normal." - Kate Vitasek, faculty member of the University of Tennessee's College of Business Administration, and principal author of six books on the Vested business model and methodology.

Analyst Insight: The overall market for U.S. 3PL providers has surpassed $116bn after six consecutive years of expansion. The 3PL market has expanded in all but one of the last 10 years, with a recession-fueled decline in 2009 the only blemish. At the same time, global corporations are striving to consolidate the number of logistics providers they work with to obtain more services from fewer providers. - John Johnson, Senior Content Specialist, Gartner Supply Chain

Damco has launched a one-stop management service for electronic-commerce logistics in China.