“This financing will expand the number of commercial biorefineries in operation in the U.S. that are producing advanced biofuels from non-food sources,” Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a […]
The Maryland Port Administration said all ships are working normally again at the Port of Baltimore after the International Longshoremen’s Association agreed to a 90-day contract extension on Friday.
The National Industrial Transportation League, the largest shipper organization in the country, is asking the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) to closely examine the planned P3 Network that Maersk, MSC […]
Port officials will be meeting with Hanjin and terminal operator ICTSI Oregon in coming weeks. It said Hanjin will continue with weekly direct calls at Terminal 6 for the […]
MSC said export cargo from the West Coast of the U.S. and Canada to North Europe (including Scandinavia and the Baltic region), the western Mediterranean and Israel will be […]
The U.S. Grains Council (USGC) said that on last Friday, Oct. 18, the first-ever bulk shipment of U.S. sorghum to China berthed and began unloading at the Guangzhou Port […]
Shippers are a diverse group, and they can’t be expected to agree on everything. Still, we are surprised by the reception a proposal by the International Maritime Organization […]
Bailey Shipping acquired the drybulk carrier Max on Aug. 16, 2007 from Wave Navigation, an entity which owned the vessel since 2000. (Wave was not a party to this […]
Proximity to transportation hubs prime criteria for CenterPoint. Paul Fisher, chief executive officer of real estate development company CenterPoint Properties, recalls traditionally his peers would look at a new 33-foot […]
Intemodal firm sees growing demand for drayage services from shippers. RoadOne IntermodaLogistics, formed earlier this year through the purchase of the former RoadLink transportation division, sees increased demand for drayage […]
By Tom Nightingale The great management scholar Peter F. Drucker wisely stated, “The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer.” There are two equally important sides […]
Ports worldwide — including those in the developing markets with their vast mineral resources to export — have a need to accommodate larger ships. However, the cost to build […]
The United States Maritime Alliance’s Dave Adam said the return of work pertains to master contract work. That includes the handling of containers and large roll-on, roll-off cargo, though […]
The Port of Baltimore said arbitration was expected to begin Friday morning in an effort to end a strike by members of International Longshoremen’s Association. The strike began Wednesday […]
Maersk Line has advised that a labor action in Rotterdam is causing it to divert ships to Amsterdam. The carrier said that due to current collective labor agreement […]
Construction officially kicked off Thursday on the Port of Savannah’s “last mile” Jimmy Deloach (Parkway) Connector project. “Today, we take another step toward making sure companies can get […]
A group of large U.S. retail trade associations have asked the country’s lawmakers to renew the African Growth and Opportunity Act for at least 15 years “to ensure the […]
Legislation signed earlier this week by President Obama to reopen and fund the federal government through January 15, 2014, also contains a provision to fund the Maritime Security Program […]
Wells Fargo said today that it expects Matson will order ships or give a “material update” on new building plans by the end of the year, In an […]
Deep Water Now has been launched to encourage business and community leaders in the Northeast part of the state to support efforts to deepen the St. Johns River shipping […]
Third party logistics provider ASF Logistics recently entered an agreement with Australia-based A&A Industries to oversee the transportation management of Airstream travel trailers from the Port of Baltimore to Australia’s Port Kembla. […]
Ships at the port’s public marine terminals were not being worked. Work on five ships was idled on Wednesday. Private terminals that handle commodities such as coal, sugar and […]
Green Marine, a voluntary marine industry environmental improvement initiative, and the American Association of Port Authorities signed a memorandum of understanding underscoring a new collaboration to advance the environmental […]
A U.K.-based provider of maritime research, Dryad Maritime Intelligence, is renewing calls for heightened vigilance by ships traveling near Somalia following the recent attack on two ships, including the […]
“It makes no sense for rates to be at current levels, and it threatens the ability of individual carriers to maintain service levels heading into 2014,” said Brian Conrad, the […]
John F. Reinhart, the long-time head of the Norfolk, Na.-based U.S.-flag vessel arm of Denmark’s A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, will continue to lead the company until his departure at the end of […]
The Port of Los Angeles said it handled 710,892 TEUs, including empty containers, in September, 4.57 percent fewer than in the same 2012 period. Combined total loaded imports […]
FESCO Integrated Transport North America has launched a new regular container service from North America to the Russian Black Sea ports of Novorossiysk and Sochi where the 2014 Winter […]
Non-vessel-operating common carrier CaroTrans has started a direct Los Angeles-to-Suva, Fiji less-than-containerload service. The NVO said the typical transit time to this market has been reduced from 32-36 […]
For exports to the Far East moving through U.S. West Coast ports, the general rate increase is $80 for 20-foot dry boxes and $100 for other size dry boxes, including […]
Clarkson Securities, which helped pioneer container freight swaps, is getting out of the business because of a lack of volume. In late April, a joint venture by ACM […]
Peel Ports said work has begun on constructing the quay wall at the new Liverpool 2 Container Terminal. The terminal, being built at a cost of 300 million […]
The Copenhagen-based consulting firm said a comparison of freight forwarders and carriers between 2008 and 2012 found the volume of cargo arranged by large forwarders was more volatile than that […]
Liner carrier APL has put its newest containership, the 9,200-TEU APL Savannah, into service in the transpacific. The vessel, the fifth of a series of 12 on order, […]
Damco, the forwarding arm of the A.P. Moller Maersk, has appointed Tommy Mølgaard as its global chief financial officer. Mølgaard was previously head of corporate finance at another […]
Molasses was released in early September into Honolulu Harbor from a pipeline system operated by a Matson subsidiary, and the company said it is fully cooperating with regulators involved in responding […]
APM Terminals on Friday held a formal contract signing with the Van Oord-BAM consortium for the construction of the new Moin Container Terminal in Costa Rica. The conortium […]
“Shippers are rightly worried about the potential of the P3 to eliminate effective competition in the world’s main liner trades,” said Chris Welsh, head of the Global Shippers’ Forum. “We […]
The companies have joined forces to establish Global Reefers NV, which they say will offer “the most efficient service on specialized reefers and container lines from Chile, Peru and Colombia […]
MOL has announced changes on New World Alliance services in the transpacific. Sailing days and transit times are being changed on the PCX service and PNW/PS1 services are being combined […]
Logistics property investor and developer Verdion has entered into an agreement with the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) to fund and develop logistics parks in Europe valued at over 1 […]
Unifeeder, a major European feeder and short-sea operator, will consolidate its short-sea transport operations through the Eurogate terminal in the Waltershof section of Hamburg, Germany. “Many of Unifeeder’s customers, […]
Johnson & Johnson Medical China has awarded Kuehne + Nagel a contract to manage the warehouse for its medical devices in China. Kuehne + Nagel said the warehouse […]
Carrier Transicold said Tuesday it’s making commercially available a refrigeration unit for ocean containers it calls NaturaLINE, which uses carbon dioxide (CO2) as a refrigerant instead of fluorocarbons. “Throughout all […]
Liner carrier members of the alliance have announced the withdrawal of eight Asia-Europe sailings from late October 2013 to February 2014 in response to expected low demand over the winter season.
American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier (ARC) said it is expanding its Atlantic Service through the addition of a fifth U.S.-flag ro-ro vessel, Freedom. ARC said it will add regular […]
The Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA) has published an information paper on container weighing technologies. The paper’s release follows the International Maritime Organization’s recent decision to press forward […]
The NVOCC CaroTrans said that it will start offering an expedited LCL import service from Hong Kong to Atlanta with a 22-day transit time. CaroTrans said the service, […]
An influx of additional containership carrying capacity is hurting freight rates, especially the dynamics of the North-South trades, according to the London-based shipping consultants Drewry.
SeaIntel says an analysis of container traffic at North American seaports between 2006 and 2012 shows the share of the market handled by ports on the East Coast of […]
Drewry said the decision by ocean carriers to dump unwanted vessel capacity from their East-West schedules into North-South trade lanes “is now seriously hemorrhaging freight rate levels in North-South services.”
Container Trade Statistics says an aggregated volume data survey shows the container shipping industry “may be finally pulling out of one of its longest recessions in history.” “Overall, […]
“2013 has been a significant year for Safmarine MPV which started with the AP Moller-Maersk Group’s decision to establish the Safmarine MPV business as a separate and independent business unit […]
DNV-GL, the classification society formed last month through the merger of Det Norske Veritas and Germanischer Lloyd, said its FutureShip has collaborated with Hyundai Heavy Industry to optimize the […]
“After 42 years of dedicated service to the maritime industry here in San Pedro Bay, I have decided to retire as executive director of the Port of Los Angeles and […]
A team of shipping, offshore and finance professionals have announced plans to establish Maritime & Merchant Bank (M&M), a niche financial institution, based in Norway, that will serve the shipping […]
The Chilean carrier said an agreement with six banks will finance 60 percent of the cost for seven 9,300-TEU ships and the other 40 percent will come from a capital increase of $330 […]
National Shipping of America, which in May started a fortnightly service between Houston and Puerto Rico, said it will add a southbound call to the Florida port, enabling it to […]
Container carriers are revising upward planned increases in freight rates from the Far East to Europe. Maersk announced on Sept. 17 a general rate increase of $600 per TEU […]
Digitimes said in the past Apple products had to be first shipped to Hong Kong or Shenzhen, China, to complete the export procedures and then imported back before they could […]
The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) is preparing for its second conference in Singapore, Jan. 22-24. The event, Effective Strategies for Managing Supply Chain Risk: Assuring […]
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received three ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received three ocean transportation intermediary license applications and a change for review. The FMC received a non-vessel-operating common carrier license application from Zhejiang Sunmarr […]
FMC reviews 3 OTI license applications
Seaspan Corp. said it has exercised options to build five 10,000-TEU containerships at Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. and Jiangsu Yangzi Xinfu Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. The ships […]
Japanese ocean carrier MOL announced an agreement with Kansai Electric Power Co. for joint ownership of two new liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers that will sail under long-term charter […]
The U.S. Export-Import Bank will support for a “seven-figure purchase” of two new American agricultural aircraft by Jose Antonio Goncalves Viana, a soybean and corn agribusiness in Brazil. […]
Under the multi-year contract, American Worldwide Agencies will serve as sales agent for AAL’s direct port calls to and from Long Beach and Los Angeles; Vancouver and Everett, Wash.; […]
The London-based industry consultancy Drewry predicts that more ocean carriers will cancel sailings instead of withdrawing whole services during the winter and this practice will continue until the P3 […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing a rule that will restrict imports of potentially harmful perfluorinated chemicals that could be used in carpets. The regulation will require […]
The Georgia Ports Authority said it handled 2.5 million tons of cargo in August, 8.5 percent more than in August 2012. Container volume amounted to 280,873 TEU, 3.8 percent […]
The Indian firm said Econocaribe is the third largest non-vessel-operating common carrier in the United States. Based in Miami, Econocaribe has nine U.S. offices and 22 receiving terminals throughout North America.
U.S. steel imports increased in August compared to July by 13.8 percent, according to preliminary government data reviewed by the American Institute for International Steel (AIIS). “Improved market conditions […]
Delamode, a U.K.-based logistics and freight forwarding company, said Friday it has acquired John Shirley Ltd., a specialist freight forwarder in the West Balkans region. John Shirley has more […]
The Asian Shippers’ Council said an agreement last week by the IMO on mandatory verification of gross weight of containers is unworkable and was not done with what it called “proper […]
The U.S. Transportation Department’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) has released about $63 million in grants to 33 University Transportation Centers (UTCs) to advance research and education programs […]
U.S. and Japanese officials conducted thorough on-site audits to ensure that their organic programs’ regulations, quality control measures, certification requirements, and labeling practices were compatible.
IMO Secretary General Koji Sekimizu said ocean shipping is “the world’s only really reliable, global, cost-effective and energy-efficient mass transportation method for energy, materials, foods and industrial products.”
The bulk carrier Nordic Orion, loaded with metallurgical coal in Vancouver, British Columbia, completed a successful voyage through the Northwest Passage earlier this week. The Norway-based Bellona Foundation […]
The U.S. and Iraqi governments on Wednesday reaffirmed their strategic partnership during a meeting of the Services, Technology, Environment and Transportation Joint Coordination Committee (STET JCC) in Washington. […]
Carrier Transicold said it has introduced a new container atmosphere control technology that helps maintain quality of produce so it can be shipped over longer distances. The company said […]
The stainless steel tubing manufactured by the Finnish company Stalatube is used for a variety of applications, such as building structures and facades, machinery to manufacture food and pharmaceuticals, […]
New technology helps shipowners use bunker and still meet sulfur emission reductions. As 2015 approaches, shipping companies face the possibility of sharply higher fuel costs as regulations require the maximum […]
When the most recent round of TIGER grants was announced in September, Duluth Seaway Port Authority in Minnesota received $10 million to increase general cargo handling capacity by improving the […]
The time is now for American shippers, especially those bringing significant volumes of goods in containers through West Coast ports from Asia, to consider contingency plans if the International […]
Aboiler, manufactured by Babcock & Wilcox for the Indonesian sugar refiner Jawamanis Rafinasi, was shipped by railcar to Coastal Cargo Co. in New Orleans where the plan was to […]
Oscar Hasbún, CEO of the liner carrier, said he was satisfied with the results of the capitalization and noted “it provides strong support for the company from its shareholders and the […]
Drewry said its study, Reefer Shipping Market Review and Forecast 2013/14, found the containership mode is forecast to provide in excess of 94 percent of overall reefer tonnage within the […]
Penske Logistics said it’s expanding in Mexico and has appointed Michael Casidy to the newly created position of managing director of Mexico. Penske Logistics has been operating in […]
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has offered an industry-based compromise between the U.S. and Chinese solar industries, which it said could serve as the centerpiece for “a fair, negotiated […]
The United States and Mongolia on Tuesday signed an agreement to improve transparency on mutual issues concerning trade and investment at a ceremony in New York. The U.S.-Mongolia Transparency Agreement […]
The shipping newspaper Lloyd’s List, which claims to be the world’s longest-published newspaper, will stop publishing a paper version and become a totally electronic service on Dec. 20. […]
Rolf Habben-Jansen, who has been chief executive of Damco, the freight forwarding arm of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, since 2009, will become chairman of the executive board and CEO of […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will allow, under certain conditions, the import of commercial shipments of litchi fruit and mangoes from Australia into […]
Claudia Slacik has joined the U.S. Export-Import Bank as chief banking officer and senior vice president for export finance. She has more than 30 years of experience in […]
Sandra “Dee” Lord has joined the U.S. International Trade Commission as an administrative law judge (ALJ). Lord will manage litigation, preside over evidentiary hearings, and make initial determinations […]
C.J. Wang (Wang, Chung-Jinn), chairman of Evergreen Marine Corp. (Taiwan) Ltd., died of illness on Sept. 20. He was 61. Anchor Chang (Chang, Cheng-Yung), president of the company, will temporarily handle […]
Christie New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has vetoed a bill aimed at making it more difficult to classify drayage and parcel delivery drivers as independent contractors. In his […]
“Fire protection systems have not yet realized that cargo is now transported in containers, as it has been for the last 30 or 40 years. Crews do not have the […]
Pasha Automotive Services and the Port of Grays Harbor on Friday announced the completion of new infrastructure promoting growth of automotive processing and roll-on/roll-off business in the Washington state […]
