LNG container ships are coming to the European short sea trades. The Finnish short sea operator Containerships Ltd Oy, GNS Shipping/Nordic Hamburg, and ARKON Shipping said Wednesday they […]
FedEx said that effective next year, its FedEx Ground service will apply dimensional weight pricing to all shipments. Currently, FedEx Ground applies dimensional weight pricing only to packages […]
Maersk Line said it is making changes in its transatlantic services this month, ending its TA1 and TA5 services. “We will now be operating a consolidated transatlantic service […]
Matson said Monday that it had a profit of $3.4 million in the first quarter ending March 31 compared to $9.1 million in the first quarter of 2013. […]
The governors of New York and New Jersey have created a panel to “review the operations and procedures of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.”
The U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday reported that the country’s exports of goods and services in March increased to $193.9 billion from $190 billion in February. Record exports […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced a change to the regulations for the Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops (TASC) program that it says expands the range of projects […]
AmeraMex International, a Chico, Calif.-based provider of heavy equipment to logistics companies and stevedores, infrastructure construction firms, commercial farmers and mining companies, entered into a memorandum of agreement (MOA) […]
Non-vessel-operating common carrier Shipco Transport has started a new direct less-than-containerload service from Los Angeles to San Jose, Costa Rica, in conjunction with WorldWide Alliance partner PCS. This […]
Swiss freight forwarder Kuehne + Nagel has opened a container freight station (CFS) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It’s the second-largest facility of its type in Phnom Penh that […]
Third-party logistics services provider Norbert Dentressangle will purchase the logistics assets of MGF, a subsidiary of the G7 Group, consisting of nine warehouses in France. With a combined […]
The Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) is recommending a freight rate increase of $700 per 40-foot container on July 1 for “protein shipments” –refrigerated meat such as beef, pork and […]
The U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division on Monday reached an agreement with Penske Truck Leasing Co. resolving claims that the company violated the 1994 Uniformed Services Employment and […]
Bay & Bay Transportation of Rosemount, Minn., has acquired J&C Trucking of Baldwin, Wis. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Bay & Bay said the purchase […]
ROAR Logistics has acquired Phoenix-based Legend Transportation Group (LTG). Through the purchase, ROAR adds LTG’s less-than-truckload systems and services to its third-party logistics services offerings. ROAR’s acquisition […]
The New York Shipping Association, the ILA and American Legion will hold a job fair focused on hiring honorably discharged veterans for port jobs in the Port of New […]
A large retail industry association said in a report that many imports sold in the United States may contain more U.S. parts and other content, in addition to supporting […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s undersecretary for farm and foreign agricultural services, Michael Scuse, and a group of representatives from 28 trade associations and companies are in northeast China […]
MSC said it will start a new direct service connecting India, the Middle East, the Red Sea and the United States.
The logistics security services firm FreightWatch International said in the first quarter of 2014, it recorded 206 full-truckload cargo theft incidents in the United States, with 82 thefts in […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service will start accepting claims from domestic manufacturers citing economic harm caused to them by tariffs on cotton fabric that are higher […]
A safety feature that has been incorporated into the 70-acre expansion of the Global Container Terminal in Jersey City/Bayonne has set off a disagreement between the International Longshoremen’s Association […]
ArcelorMittal said it has signed a an agreement to sell its 78-percent stake in the European port handling and logistics company ATIC Services to H.E.S. Beheer, the owner of […]
A company owned by International Container Terminal Services, Inc., based in Manila, Philippines, and Anglo Ports, based in St. Leonards, Australia, have signed a contract for the design, construction, […]
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said it has completed a major roadway improvement project in the area around its major container terminals in Elizabeth, N.J. […]
Maersk Lines said that it will begin imposing a peak-season surcharge June 1 on cargo moving through the East Coast Canadian ports of Montreal and Halifax. Officials said […]
Non-vessel-operating common carrier Ecu-Line has opened a new branch office in Fremantle, Australia. The port of Fremantle services the capital city of Perth and the entire state of […]
With negotiations on a new labor agreement between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and employers represented by the Pacific Maritime Association due to start on May 12, the […]
Port Newark Container Terminal said it will add three super-post-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes this year that will be able to accommodate larger vessels and increase the terminal’s capacity.
Yang Ming said this week it will expand cooperation and upgrade its intra-Asia services as follows: Effective April 30, its Pan-Asia Service II (PA2) jointly operated with COSCO and […]
Danish logistics services firm Martin Bencher Group has acquired tti Logistics ApS. Tti Logistics, based in Copenhagen, provides air freight forwarding, customs clearance and other logistics services. […]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is seeking to fill 2,000 additional officer positions at air, land and sea ports across the country. “As a result of funding provided […]
The rating agency Moody’s said it has revised its outlook for the global shipping industry to stable from negative, reflecting its expectation that the shipping industry’s aggregate (EBITDA) will […]
The U.S. Export-Import Bank has appointed 11 members to its 2014 Sub-Saharan Africa Advisory Committee. Committee members advise the bank on the development and implementation of policies and […]
Industrial real estate developer Prologis and DP World have entered a joint venture to develop a 316,000-square-foot distribution center at London Gateway Logistics Park. The park, which is […]
A pathologist in the Seychelles has concluded that the two security guards found dead on February 18 aboard the Maersk Alabama while it was docked in Port Victoria died […]
The U.S. Commerce Department has added eight Chinese companies and one Chinese individual to its Entity List for their roles in supplying Iran’s ballistic missile program through the Chinese […]
Florida’s Port Everglades said trucks from the Chiquita Ripening Center and International Warehouse Services fumigation facility are now allowed to exit from Eller Drive between midnight and 4 a.m., […]
Non-vessel-operating common carrier Ecu-Line has opened a new office in Davao, Philippines. The company first entered the Philippines in 2001 and established offices in Manila and Cebu. […]
INTTRA announced Tuesday a strategic agreement with Catapult International to sell integrated rate and contract management capabilities to freight forwarders, shippers and carriers that use INTTRA’s global e-shipping solutions.
As part of a series of sanctions, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security has expanded its export restrictions on items subject to the Export Administration Regulations in […]
The United States on Friday said the dispute settlement process in the 2011 labor enforcement case brought under the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement will not be […]
Twenty U.S. firms will join Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker on a trade mission to West Africa, which will visit Ghana and Nigeria from May 18-23, 2014. The trip […]
CIMC sold 203,200 TEU of dry containers in the quarter, a decrease of 35 percent from the first quarter of 2013, and 40,300 TEU of reefer containers, an increase […]
Reuters is reporting that Neovia Logistics, formerly Caterpillar Logistic Services, is exploring a sale “that could value the company at more than $1 billion.” Reuters cites “people familiar […]
A surplus of Panamax-sized containerships, already a creating problems for liner companies in the North-South trades where they are helping drive down rates, is likely to get worse when […]
Container carrier OOCL moved 1,352,050 TEUs in the first quarter of 2014, 8.9 percent more than in the same 2013 period. The results are among the first reported by […]
COSCO said it is scrapping 12 container ships and four bulk carriers to the breakers as part of a fleet decommissioning plan. According to a filing with the Hong […]
Shippers in Singapore said they support development of a massive new container terminal in the western part of the country. In an audacious move, Singapore, home to the […]
DP World said JBS, the Brazilian company that is the world’s largest supplier of beef and chicken, will switch all its U.K. imports from South America to DP World […]
Responding to complaints about delays in hiring veterans, the New York Shipping Association and ILA said that they are “fully committed to implementing the hiring plan as outlined in […]
As they negotiate a new labor contract to replace the one that expires July 1, representatives of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and Pacific Maritime Association should be […]
A Pennsylvania company and its chief executive officer were charged by the U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday for allegedly conspiring to evade export reporting requirements and attempting to smuggle […]
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will offer incentives to boost automobile and truck shipments at its docks. The agency’s commissioners on Wednesday approved a […]
With negotiations due to begin May 12 on a new labor agreement between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and employers, Maersk Line has told shippers they could face […]
CSAV officials said “dissident shareholders” owning only 2.7 percent of its stock have asked to exercise appraisal rights, meaning its planned merger with Hapag-Lloyd can go forward.
The Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor said that the New York Shipping Association and ILA are dedicating most of their efforts to employing new workers from their own referrals […]
Third party logistics services provider Pantos Logistics has expanded its international parcel delivery business by cooperating with Seino Transportation Co., Ltd., the largest ground transportation company in Japan. […]
The Port of Houston Authority said Tuesday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has furnished it with a draft permit for the channel leading to its Bayport Container […]
McAuliffe The governor of Virginia said APM Terminals is hoping to sell its state-of-the-art container terminal in Portsmouth and that talks will begin soon, according to an article in […]
FMC reviews 43 OTI license applications
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 43 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.
The U.S. Commerce Department said Friday it will initiate an investigation into a U.S. sugar producers’ anti-dumping and countervailing duty petition against Mexico. The petition was filed with […]
The China Shippers Association is maintaining its opposition to the P3 Network a month after the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission chose not to block plans by Maersk, MSC and […]
A new type of shipping container called the PASSBOX, is being marketed by Portare Systems for transporting aggregate and other sorts of bulk commodities including frac sand, grain and […]
Japan’s Tsuneishi Shipbuilding said its shipyard on China’s Xiushan Island, Tsuneishi Group (ZHOUSHAN) Shipbuilding, Inc., has received orders for four 1,020-TEU container carriers from the Hong Kong-based subsidiary of […]
Federal and local government officials, including Chip Jaenichen, the acting administrator of the U.S. Maritime Administration (MarAd), Guam Gov. Eddie Calvo, Sen. Tom Ada and port representatives participated in […]
Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd and Chile’s Compañía Sud Americana de Vapores (CSAV) signed a binding contract Wednesday to merge CSAV’s entire container business with Hapag-Lloyd. The relevant corporate bodies of […]
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries said it believes the breakup of the container ship MOL Comfort last year was not the result of the ship’s design or construction. The ship owner, Mitsui O.S.K. Line, […]
The volume of container cargo handled at the nation’s two largest ports moved in different directions last month. Container volumes were down slightly at the Port of Long Beach, while […]
A spokesman for the Pacific Maritime Association confirmed today that the employer group will begin contract negotiations with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union on May 12.
Maersk has provided additional details on the service it will begin offering May 19 connecting the U.S. East Coast with the West Coast of South America. Maersk will […]
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The Antwerp Port Authority has acquired the former General Motors plant inside the port area. The Belgian port plans to develop the 96-hectare site to attract manufacturers of […]
Cory Logistics, part of Braemar Shipping Services, has entered a joint venture with supply chain specialist Navarm Ltd. to provide a range of surface transportation logistics services to the […]
The Global Shippers’ Forum said it will organize a new global campaign “to confront the imposition of unsubstantiated shipping surcharges, terminal charges and more than 20 other non-negotiable local […]
Inchcape Shipping Services has opened a new office in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela. The office will be headed by Aldo Limongelli, who brings 38 years of maritime experience, […]
Air quality regulators in Southern California have proposed a rule that they say would “ensure emission reductions associated with sources operating in commercial marine ports” are achieved this year […]
The Minority Business Development Agency and U.S. Export-Import Bank have expanded their partnership to help small minority- and women-owned companies obtain loans so they can have greater access to […]
The National Retail Federation has urged the Pacific Maritime Association and ILWU to speed up pending contract negotiations and reach a new deal well in advance of the June […]
Two Japanese companies — Mitsubishi Corporation and Kamigumi Co. — have jointly acquired a 25-percent share in TCV Stevedoring Company S.A., which operates the container terminal in Valencia, Spain.
Maersk said it will start a new service between the U.S. East Coast and West Coast South America on May 19. The rotation for the new service will […]
NYK Line said Monday it will charter eight 14,000-TEU container ships. NYK did not identify who it will charter the new ships from, but said they will be […]
An agreement has been announced for amendments to the Maritime Labour Convention to ensure the provision of assistance to seafarers in the event of their abandonment and for compensation […]
Shippers should prepare for longer transit times and more frequent use of skipped sailings or “blank voyages” by container carriers, according to recent research.
Prices for new dry freight containers increased in the opening months of 2014, according to Drewry Maritime Research. After declining gradually throughout 2013, and falling late in the […]
The International Union of Marine Insurance said the percentage of hull “total losses” fell to a record low last year, following a marginal increase in 2012, and said this continues […]
CMA CGM said it has begun offering a weekly shuttle service between Kingston, Jamaica and Port au Prince, Haiti. The French carrier said it will use the ship […]
The Port of Houston Commission has approved a $68 million construction contract with Orion Construction L.P. to fund improvements to the channels leading to the Bayport and Barbours Cut […]
HSH Nordbank, a large lender to the shipping industry, said that it “does not expect freight and charter rates and ship prices to start recovering before 2015, and then […]
The nation’s two largest ports, Los Angeles and Long Beach, should collaborate by combining into a single entity, according to a report issued by an independent private commission studying […]
U.S.-flag vessels on the Great Lakes were bogged down by ice formations in March, “the likes of which have not been seen in decades,” according to the Lake Carriers’ […]
The Port of Cleveland is expected to receive the first vessel of its newfound container service on April 17. The vessel, Fortunagracht, departed Antwerp last weekend with a load of breakbulk […]
The Georgia Ports Authority said it handled a record 2.61 million tons of cargo at its terminals in March – a 15.5-percent increase over the same month a year […]
Third party logistics services provider ProTrans has opened a new 222,000-square-foot cargo handling facility in Laredo, Texas, along the U.S.-Mexico border. ProTrans, based in Indianapolis, has operated in […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will provide $183 million in agricultural commodities and support to benefit an estimated 2.7 million children in 10 developing countries as part of the […]
The largest export market for U.S. pork and beef in February was Mexico, according to statistics compiled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Meat Export Federation. […]
A 24-hour strike planned by union transportation workers in Argentina on Thursday is expected to the port of San Lorenzo-Rosario, transits at Zona Comun and pilot boat operations through […]
A new study from Dynamar of the roll-on/roll-off shipping business, found that while the conventional deepsea ro/ro fleet is contracting, the vehicle carrier fleet is growing.
The Port of Baltimore said it handled record amounts of automobiles, containers and wood pulp in 2013. In total, the amount of general cargo at the port’s public […]
