The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday released its final rule establishing general regulations to improve the traceability of livestock moving interstate. “With the final rule announced today, the […]
Third party logistics services provider SDV has set up a subsidiary in Norway extending its network to Scandinavia. “SDV Norway AS is fully integrated into SDV’s global network […]
For the first time in its history, China is expected to produce more corn than rough rice, demonstrating a growing affluence by the Chinese middle class and their demand […]
Carriers want a single transpacific discussion agreement. The major container shipping companies in the transpacific want to create a single organization in which they can discuss both U.S. exports and […]
American shippers may be preoccupied about how the expanded Panama Canal, increasing fuel costs and finding properly trained labor will impact their supply chains in the near future, but […]
TOTE, Inc., parent company of Sea Star Line and Totem Ocean Trailer Express, said last month it will build two 3,100-TEU containerships for the Puerto Rico trade that will […]
Pfizer uses sophisticated IT, fewer 3PLs to deliver products efficiently worldwide. By Chris Dupin Pfizer makes some of the most important and advanced life-saving drugs in the world and is redesigning its […]
In an effort to put a travel expenses scandal behind it, the Port of Oakland has taken steps to be more transparent. The scandal led to the departures […]
Langh develops specialized container for the steel industry. The success of containerization and intermodalism is based on the fact that there are millions of identical shipping containers which can be easily […]
Weak economy, oversupply of ships, other challenges make 2013 a bumpy year for shippers. By Chris Dupin Aweak global economy and continuous deliveries of large new containerships seem […]
How much notice should be given to a shipowner when asked to carry hazardous cargo? That issue is discussed in a recent summary order that is part of the […]
Trade negotiators addressed U.S. concerns related to intellectual property, eliminating significant regulatory obstacles to U.S. exports, and dealing with issues concerning China’s Government Procurement Agreement accession.
“Our customers will benefit from an increased service offering and global competence base as well as one of the densest networks,” said DNV’s Group CEO Henrik O. Madsen, who will […]
“European shippers insist that a mandatory deadline for the delivery of the final shipping instructions by the shipper to the carrier’s office will largely solve the issue of ‘misdeclared container […]
The Halifax Port Authority board has renewed Karen Oldfield’s contract to continue as president and chief executive officer. Her new five-year contract takes effect Jan. 1. “Ms. […]
Crowley Maritime Corp.’s liner services division has appointed Tony Otero to vice president of Caribbean services. Otero replaces Matt Jackson, who will take on a new position in Crowley’s […]
The U.S. Transportation Department this week announced six actions to eliminate “out-of-date or duplicative paperwork, saving taxpayer dollars and reducing the workload for businesses across the country.” DOT’s […]
The Commerce Department on Tuesday announced that it determined utility-scale wind turbine towers from China and Vietnam were both dumped on the U.S. market and received government subsidies during their […]
The Commerce Department on Wednesday determined that large residential washers from South Korea and Mexico are dumped on the U.S. market. Dumping occurs when a foreign company sells […]
“I think it would be a great move, a great message for shippers and all the vendors,” said Rudy Mack, whose tenure as president of Hapag-Lloyd America from 1999 to […]
“This is truly a ‘container cliff’ in the making. The retail industry, once again, calls on President Obama to engage directly in the negotiations,” said Jonathan Gold of the National […]
The Italy-based parent company of Atlantic Container Line has plans to start a new direct service between the Mediterranean and North America, as soon as the second half of next year or […]
“This is a make or break period for transpacific carriers,” said TSA executive administrator Brian M. Conrad. The carriers “cannot afford another year in which expiring contracts and seasonally weak demand erode […]
Kohl’s Department Stores on Tuesday switched on its largest solar-power project at its million-square-foot e-commerce distribution center in Edgewater, Md. The facility opened in 2011 and recently earned its […]
Non-vessel-operating common carrier Shipco Transport will open a new International Cargo Terminals (ICT) export warehouse in Long Beach, Calif., on Jan. 7. ICT, with warehouses in Elizabeth, N.J. […]
NVC Logistics Group, a Rockleigh, N.J.-based third party logistics services provider, has named Robert Kovacs president, effective Jan. 1. He replaces Paul Henrici, who will retire from the […]
The U.S. Export-Import Bank approved loans for more than $150 million worth of American-made energy equipment that will head to Uruguay and Mexico. In specific, Ex-Im Bank approved a […]
The East and Gulf coast dockworkers’ union says it’s still willing to keep talking with management to secure a contract, but warned “unless we hear back from them we will […]
Several grain terminals in the Pacific Northwest trying to negotiate a new contract with workers said Monday evening that they were rejecting the most recent offer from the International Longshore […]
U.S. steel exports increased in October compared to September by 12.1 percent, according to the American Institute for International Steel and government data. “Exports to both NAFTA and […]
The leading German container shipping companies Hapag-Lloyd and Hamburg Süd said this morning that they are discussing a possible merger. If accomplished, the combined companies would be the […]
USMX has said it wants to cap royalty payments “and use the excess, not as savings for employers but to help pay for other benefits for ILA workers,” while ILA […]
The ocean carriers have once again slowed their joint weekly service between Asia and the east and west coasts of North America. Roundtrip voyage time on the loop has increased […]
Non-vessel-operating common carrier Vanguard Logistics Services has started servicing Yangon, Myanmar. Vanguard Myanmar, opened with partner Global Consolidators Ltd., has a dedicated Vanguard staff to oversee all aspects of […]
President Obama on Friday signed legislation that grants Russia permanent normal trade relations (PNTR). The 2012 Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law and […]
A New Jersey man on Friday was arrested for illegally trafficking in narwhal tusks and associated money laundering crimes, the Justice Department said. On Nov. 14, a federal […]
Ian Mulcahy, business agent for ILA Local 1657, expected that talks between his local and the Maritime Employers Association would begin next year after a deal is reached by CUPE and […]
BlueWater Reporting has announced today the launch of a new Website, www.BlueWaterReporting.com. The new service combines business intelligence tools for liner shipping analytics on a global basis with news content […]
The Georgia Ports Authority on Friday deployed its first four electrified rubber-tired gantry cranes (ERTG), making it the first North American port operation to introduce this cleaner and more efficient equipment. […]
NYK on Friday said it will merge its subsidiary companies NYK-Hinode Line Ltd. and NYK Global Bulk Corp. Hinode has been in business for more than a century […]
C.H. Robinson’s senior vice president Jim Butts will retire, effective Dec. 31. Butts started working at the Eden Prairie, Minn.-based logistics company in 1978. He has been senior […]
“If a new labor agreement is not reached and a port shutdown occurs, we respectfully ask you to be prepared to immediately put into place measures,” the organization told the […]
The U.S. Export-Import Bank approved a $1.03 billion loan to GLOBALFOUNDRIES to finance the export of American-made semiconductor manufacturing equipment to Germany. The transaction, which is Ex-Im Bank’s […]
The Port of New Orleans has elected Joe Toomy to serve as chairman. He succeeds Commissioner Valerie Cahill, whose term as chairman expired. Cahill will continue to serve […]
The Duluth Seaway Port Authority has appointed Jeff Borling to director of industrial/economic development, effective Jan. 1. Borling has spent most of his career in economic development. He […]
A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer, his girlfriend and two of their associates pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court for their participation in multi-year bribery and human […]
Saddle Creek Logistics Services, a Lakeland, Fla.-based third party logistics firm, has appointed Amy Barnes to director of business development. In this role, she will oversee the development […]
A federal mediator said after contract talks on Tuesday and Wednesday the Pacific Northwest Grain Handlers and ILWU Locals 4, 8, 19 and 23 “have agreed they require additional time to review […]
Three days of negotiations between the International Longshoremen’s Association and their employers ended on Wednesday without a labor agreement to replace the one that expires on Dec. 29.
FMC Chairman Richard Lidinsky noted that foreign NVOs have wanted to be able to offer Negotiated Rate Arrangements since the commission approved allowing domestic NVOs to offer them.
The ocean carriers Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) of Japan and Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd have added a fourth vessel to their joint weekly MAREXN service between the U.S. West Coast, Mexico and Central America, […]
Craig Perciavalle was promoted to president of Austal USA, the subsidiary of Australian shipbuilding company, Austal Ltd. He most recently served as senior vice president of operations. Perciavalle […]
Two barge industry groups said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has named two contractors to remove rock pinacles in the Mississippi at Thebes, Ill., and that the agency […]
A senior Commerce Department official helping to oversee the overhaul of the country’s antiquated export control regulations said the Obama administration is committed to following through on concluding these […]
The U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday reported that the country’s exports in goods and services for October were down 3.6 percent from the previous month to $180.5 billion. […]
The CKYH or Green Alliance of container shipping companies (COSCO, “K” Line, Yang Ming and Hanjin Shipping) said it will cancel seven voyages on loops between Asia and North Europe and […]
The Port of Hamburg said the world’s largest containership, the 16,020-TEU CMA CGM Marco Polo, berthed at the HHLA Container Terminal Burchardkai (CTB). But Reinhard Peschel, managing director […]
Import cargo volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to increase 3.9 percent in December despite a strike that closed the nation’s largest port complex for […]
The Port of Virginia handled 198,720 TEUs of containerized cargo in November, the second best month ever for the port. Several carriers rerouted container cargo through Norfolk after […]
With the U.S. government’s recent order to impose duties of Chinese solar panels, a group representing U.S. manufacturers of this equipment warned importers that tariffs may climb. Federal […]
Entercoms, a Dallas-based provider of aftermarket supply chain services, has named Michael Smith chief commercial officer. He will be responsible for commercial strategy and development in marketing, sales, […]
Fednav Group’s ship, Federal Satsuki, is discharging cargo at Federal Marine Terminals in Cleveland this week, one of a series of new “green” vessels being built by the Montreal-based […]
The Port of Jacksonville said a grant will allow it to reduce pollution from equipment at its Talleyrand and Blount Island marine terminals. Awarded by the Florida Department […]
Cavotec said it had won multiple orders for alternative maritime power (AMP) shore-to-ship electrical power systems at the Port of Los Angeles. These projects follow several orders for […]
There may be a need for further improvements to the Panama Canal even after the waterway completes its current expansion in 2015, said Alberto Alemán Zubieta, former administrator of the […]
About 200 ILA wage scale delegates, meeting this week in Delray Beach, Fla., with employer representatives from the U.S. Marine Alliance (USMX), voted unanimously to grant union president Harold Daggett the ability […]
Light-weight pallet maker Airdex International has promoted Randall “Randy” Boeller to vice president of global logistics. His responsibilities will be focused primarily on growth of Airdex’s products in […]
An association representing a half dozen grain terminals on the Columbia River and Puget Sound said over the weekend that federal mediators have called for additional meetings to reach a […]
The U.S. government expressed its irritation with Russia over the country’s new requirement that U.S. beef and pork shipments be tested and certified free of the feed additive ractopamine. […]
Capes Shipping Agencies, a Norfolk, Va.-based ships agency and bulk coal freight forwarder, has expanded its operations in New Orleans, Houston and Portland, Ore., through a joint venture with […]
Contract talks resume today between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and its employers, represented by the U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX), in Delray Beach, Fla. Shipper groups are urging the two […]
A wide group of U.S. companies are urging the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and its employers to “make every attempt possible at reaching agreement on a new contract” when they […]
Third party logistics services firm UTi Worldwide reported profit of $10.5 million in the third quarter ending Oct. 31, compared to $28.5 million in the third quarter last year. […]
These restrictions include the broad use of “non-transparent and discretionary import licensing requirements that have the effect of unfairly restricting U.S. exports,” the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said.
The Port of Seattle Authority’s commission this week approved a 25-year plan that seeks to grow traffic at the city’s port and airport and create 100,000 new jobs while […]
The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed the 2012 Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal Act by a vote of 92-4, clearing the way for U.S. companies to take full advantage […]
Four men were charged with making illegal exports of carbon fiber from the United States to Iran and China, the U.S. Justice Department announced on Thursday. Carbon fiber has a […]
COSCO said that on Dec. 4 it signed a strategic cooperation agreement with China Shipbuilding Industry Corp. and an order for two VLCCs, with an option for two more. […]
“Puerto Rico’s economy remains in a prolonged multi-year recession, during which time domestic container volumes to the island have contracted sharply,” said Richard Rodriguez, head of the liner’s Puerto Rico […]
The line next month will offer two new services from Manzanillo, Mexico, to the west coast of Central America as part of a restructuring of its service to the region.
The U.S. Justice Department said Markos Baghdasarian, manager of Delfin Group USA LLC, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in the District of South Carolina to charges of conspiracy to violate […]
An L.A. port official said the huge size of the two ports – their terminals, workforce, railroad infrastructure and large number of truckers – give them a great deal of […]
Hyundai said it will increase all refrigerated cargo rates by $1500 per unit on Jan. 1. The rate increase will apply across the board to all commodities from […]
The Jacksonville, Fla.-based carrier made several changes to the senior management in its shipping and logistics businesses and consolidated its commercial marketing, sales, customer care and pricing activities.
The National Foreign Trade Council and the U.S.-Middle East Free Trade (MEFTA) Coalition welcomed the announcement of three new U.S.-Morocco initiatives aimed at advancing bilateral trade and investment ties […]
The U.S. Export-Import Bank on Wednesday approved its fourth supply chain finance transaction and will guarantee up to 90 percent of $450 million in liquidity offered by a JPMorgan […]
