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   “The second quarter results were indicative of a rebounding economy and higher-than-predicted import shipments,” said Joni Casey, president and chief executive officer of the Intermodal Association of North America.

   There was more merger and acquisition activity in the transportation and logistics industry in the  second quarter of 2014 than in the first quarter of this year, according to […]

   The Panama Canal Authority and the consortium working on the expansion project have signed an agreement that incorporates a variation reached in March to the original 2009 contract.

   King Ocean moved approximately 140,000 TEU through Port Everglades in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2013, and recently added a 7.3-acre Midport marine terminal to its existing […]

   The Chilean shipping company CSAV said Monday it has raised $108 million through the sale of shares in the first part of a previously announced rights offering. The company […]

   Bigger consortia and alliances among container carriers will allow carriers to use assets more efficiently, meaning they are likely to “better fine tune vessel capacity to seasonal cargo demand,” […]

   Hewlett-Packard Co. has agreed to pay $32.5 million to settle allegations under the False Claims Act that it overcharged the U.S. Postal Service for products between October 2001 and […]

   Maersk said Friday it will implement a general rate increase for container shipments moving from Asia to the United States and Canada, effective September 1.    Maersk said it […]

   FMCS said in a statement issued Monday morning that bargaining that began last Wednesday continued during the weekend with assistance from FMCS Acting Director Scot Beckenbaugh.

   London-based consulting firm Drewry said this contrasts with the preceding five years (2004-08), when operators’ fleet growth outpaced that of the lessors.

   The TFA was part of a package of agreements approved at the WTO’s meeting seven months ago in Bali, Indonesia. The agreement, focused on trade facilitation, was expected to […]

   The company’s ocean transportation business had revenue of $321.1 million in the second quarter of 2014, a 3.6-percent increase, year-over-year, but it had a 4.4-percent decrease in operating income […]

Garamendi    Congressman John Garamendi, D-Calif., ranking member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure’s Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee, has introduced legislation that would authorize the Secretary of the […]

   Japan’s three largest shipping companies — NYK, MOL, and “K” Line — reported mixed results for the fiscal first quarter, which ended June 30 for each of the companies.

   “The Chong Chon Gang episode, in which the [North Korean government] tried to hide an arms shipment under tons of sugar, is a perfect example of North Korea’s deceptive […]

   Hunter said Gulftainer is owned by Crescent Enterprises, based in the United Arab Emirates, and that the deal with Port Canaveral “marks the first time a Middle Eastern company […]

   The two companies will introduce and utilize Ports America’s expertise, technology and safety programs at ITS gate, yard and vessel operations, and seek to expand its container terminal business.

   The Port of Redwood City in Northern California reported a 19-percent increase in cargo volumes for fiscal year 2013-2014, ended June 30.    The port authority said the increase […]

   Crowley Maritime Corp.’s solutions group has expanded its presence in the Asia-Pacific market by opening a new project-management office in Singapore.    William Hill has relocated from Crowley’s Anchorage […]

   Hanjin Shipping reported a 199.8 billion Korean won ($194.6 million) loss in the second quarter, compared to an 80.4 billion loss in the same period last year.    Total […]

   The U.S. economy increased at an annual rate of 4 percent in the second quarter of 2014, compared to a first quarter decrease of 2.1 percent.    The Commerce […]

   Liner carrier Hamburg Süd has opened an office in Nanjing, increasing its operational footprint in China to 20 locations.    All tasks that were previously carried out by the […]

   The company said it has sufficient cash on its balance sheet to fund the total acquisition cost; however, it may elect to finance part of the purchase price with […]

   The Port of San Diego board of commissioners has placed Wayne Darbeau, its chief executive officer, on administrative leave and said he will be terminated at the end of […]

   A senior U.S. Commerce Department official told a group of exporters attending a conference in Washington Tuesday that while recent reforms to the country’s export control regulations should make […]

   Florida’s Port Manatee has been awarded a $1,837,500 security grant, allowing it to move ahead with three projects.    The award, the second-highest for any Florida port in the […]

   Carrier Transicold has released its new XtendFRESH atmosphere control system, which preserves quality and extends shipping distances for perishables shipped in refrigerated containers.    The system uses a self-regenerating, […]

   For years, Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Pat Toomey, R-Pa., along with Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., have led a bipartisan effort to reform the U.S. sugar program, which has cost consumers […]

   Kenny E. Toy, 54, a former afloat programs manager at the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command, was sentenced Tuesday to serve 96 months in jail for taking bribes.   […]

   Horizon Lines reported a loss of $1.6 million in its second quarter, which ended June 22, compared with a loss of about $900,000 in the second quarter of 2013. […]

   The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security is further restricting trade with Russia in response to the country’s continued support of separatists in eastern Ukraine.     In […]

   Seaspan has an ambitious orderbook, saying its  “managed fleet consists of 109 containerships, representing a total capacity of over 840,000 TEU, including 30 newbuilding containerships” due by the end […]

   Exel has formed a new freight brokerage company, Exel Freight Connect, to help connect its customers with carriers across the United States, Canada and Mexico.     The new company […]

   Steel imports from Canada were up just more than 1 percent to 534,000 net tons, while imports from South Korea dropped almost 22 percent to 457,000 net tons, after […]

   Several groups in the San Francisco Bay area say they are going to attempt to prevent Zim ships from docking and discharging cargo at the Port of Oakland on […]

   The U.S. Commerce Department has determined that imports of certain electric-generating solar panels imported from China and Taiwan are being dumped on the U.S. market.    Dumping occurs when […]

   Five years after its implementation, the Earned Import Allowance Program is not providing enough incentives to help reverse the decline in Dominican apparel exports to the U.S. market, according […]

    The two sides are trying to work out a new contract to replace the six year pact that expired on July 1. The ILWU-PMA agreement covers nearly 20,000 longshore […]

   Port Commission Chairman Janiece Longoria said an Army Corps of Engineers report found the minimum net benefits of the improved Bayport and Barbours Cut channels to the U.S. economy […]

   The Port of Savannah handled a record 3.14 million TEU in the fiscal year ending June 30, up by 6.3 percent, or 186,567 TEU, compared to the previous year. […]

   The Hong Kong-based liner company said it moved 1,453,193 TEU in the period ending June 30, 11.2-percent more than in the same 2013 period, while revenues were $1.5 billion, […]

   The Port of Oakland handled 205,692 TEU in June 2014, 4.6-percent more than in June 2013. Full export containers were 84,032, up 1.7 percent; full import containers were 73,853, […]

   Qatar has become the majority owner of the United Arab Shipping Company (UASC), one of the most expansion-minded container shipping companies in the world.    A U.S. Federal Maritime […]

   Degnan was nominated by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and confirmed by the New Jersey State Senate on July 10. Christie has been slammed for the role members of […]

   The International Longshore and Warehouse Union and employers represented by the Pacific Maritime Association resumed contact talks on Wednesday, following a break in which union negotiators attended a Longshore […]

   In Vancouver, Canada, the carrier said that “an increase in volumes diverted away from U.S. West Coast, coupled with limited allocation in rail cars to U.S. corridors, has resulted […]

   The project will improve access to the terminal gate complex and enhance the movement of new vehicles between BMW’s processing facility and the vessel-berthing area. The road improvements are […]

   An array of sensors that provide ships and other users in the Port of Jacksonville with real-time tidal and weather information was dedicated Wednesday.    The Physical Oceanographic Real-Time […]

   Costamare, an Athens-based company that owns and charters containerships to liner companies, said it had net income in the second quarter ending June 30 of $27.4 million, compared to […]

   The Piracy Reporting Center of the International Chamber of Commerce’s International Maritime Bureau is raising the alarm about an increase in small tanker hijackings.    While the overall number […]

   Roadrunner Transportation Systems of Cudahy, Wisc., said it has acquired Integrated Services, Inc., of Kokomo, Indiana, a regional logistics provider primarily focused the automotive industry, for $13 million.    […]

   “As I commented this past spring when preliminary cargo figures began rolling in, we’re really entering a great period here at the Port of Philadelphia,” said Charles G. Kopp, […]

   Port Freeport in Texas recently received two new post-Panamax cranes from Shanghai.    Both cranes will occupy a portion of Berth 7 at Velasco Terminal. They stand just under […]

   Non-vessel-operating common carrier Vanguard Logistics Services has established Vanguard Turkey Lojistik Hizmetler A.S., providing both import and export less-than-containerload services.    The NVO has provided services in Turkey through […]

   Crowley is reportedly “in talks to acquire Horizon Line’s port facilities in San Juan and its service between the mainland and Puerto Rico,” according to the publication Caribbean Business, […]

   Foreign shipping lines are resuming container service to Iranian ports.    “Thai Wan Hai Company became the first foreign shipping line that resumed operation in Iran after its ship […]

   Derek Leathers, Werner’s president and chief operating officer, said his company has expanded its business relationship and worked closely with Hercules’ chairman and chief executive officer, and the company’s […]

   Matson said it entered into a settlement agreement on July 17 with the federal government over a whistleblower lawsuit that claimed violations of the federal False Claims Act because […]

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 20 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.

   The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 20 license applications and changes for review.    The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from Alibaba Global Shipping, Oakland, Calif. […]

Individuals knowing of any reason why an applicant should not receive an OTI license or amendment are urged to contact the FMC’s Office of Transportation Intermediaries.

Individuals knowing of any reason why an applicant should not receive an OTI license or amendment are urged to contact the Office of Transportation Intermediaries.

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 20 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 20 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.

   The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 20 license applications and changes for review.    The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from ASL Global Logistics, Humble, Texas […]

   The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 20 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.    The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from Blue Circle […]

Six filings come from each California and Texas; five other states represented.

FMC reviews 20 OTI license applications

   The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 20 license applications and changes for review.    The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from CTL USA, Brooklyn, N.Y. (Joy Fu, secretary); […]

   The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 20 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.    The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier Burnaby license applications from Arrow […]

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 20 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.

   The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 20 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.    The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from Amarine Shipping, Compton, […]

   The International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association will take a break from negotiations on Monday and Tuesday.

   “This is a very important operation because it involved the first movement of the gates from the special dock where they were unloaded to the lower chamber of the […]

   CMA CGM said that through its Greenmodal Transport subsidiary it has acquired a 15.5-percent stake in a company building an intermodal terminal in Marseille.    Other partners in the […]

   The cargo discharged this week includes 12 nacelle cooling units and 14 generators destined for the wind farm near New Salem, N.D. The components are loaded on trucks and […]

   A federal grand jury in San Francisco has indicted FedEx Corporation and two subsidiaries with conspiracy to traffic in controlled substances and mis-branded prescription drugs because of its role […]

   Canada’s Algoma Central Corp. said Algoma Harvester, the second in a fleet of six new bulk ships equipped with exhaust gas scrubbers that it is building for use on […]

   TOTE said a dual-fuel, slow-speed engine for the first of its new “Marlin Class” ships was delivered to General Dynamics’ NASSCO’s shipyard in San Diego. TOTE is building two […]

   Zim said the restructuring “provides the company with a stable, long-term capital structure. The company will now focus on the implementation of its business plan, with a view to […]

   The Port of Long Beach said its terminals handled 610,516 TEU of containerized cargo in June, 8-percent more than in June 2013. It was the busiest June since 2007, […]

   The Obama administration said Russia continues to provide Ukrainian separatists heavy weapons, equipment, and other financing, and continues to allow militants to enter Ukraine freely.

   TSA called it “part of an ongoing revenue-improvement program aimed at enabling carrier reinvestment in the transpacific trade lane to ensure adequate service levels as demand increases.”

   The budget includes funding for 28 new full-time positions, which include 20 in engineering to support ongoing capital improvements, and six to enhance port security.

   The Port of Los Angeles said it handled 736,438 TEU of containerized cargo in June, 13.89-percent more than in the same period the prior year.    Container imports rose […]

   A Norfolk Southern train hauling vehicles and intermodal cargo from Lousiville, Ky., to Norfolk, Va., derailed Monday.    A dozen autorack cars and two double-stack intermodal rail cars traveling […]

   Hamburg Süd has phased the 4,600-TEU Cap Jackson, into an 11-ship fleet in that the company operates in a vessel-sharing agreement with Hapag-Lloyd between the West Coast of North […]

   Kevin Castagnola, executive director and chief executive officer of the South Jersey Port Corporation, has signed a term sheet with Holt and is now negotiating a lease.

   The container carrier Zim said that it had reached an agreement with the Israeli government about its so-called “golden share” which, among other things, gives the government control over […]

   Missouri’s Mid Continent Nail petitioned the investigation. The nine U.S. steel nail producers are in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Texas.

   The U.S. Commerce Department will hire its first ever chief data officer as part of meeting President Obama’s Year of Action.     “No other department can rival the reach, […]

   A World Trade Organization dispute settlement panel on Monday issued a mixed result, rejecting numerous claims brought by India in a challenge against U.S. trade remedy laws and determinations […]

   “This is a pure VSA, and VSAs of this type are only filed with the MOT; that is what we are seeing. That’s where they get filed, not with […]

   Chiquita Brands will continue to use the Port of Wilmington in Delaware as its mid-Atlantic distribution hub for the next five years, the state’s Diamond State Port Corporation said […]

   Port truck drivers in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach said Saturday afternoon that they have agreed to a “cooling off” period requested by Los Angeles Mayor […]

By changing culture of operations, Con-way Freight expects to enhance competitiveness.    A company can spend millions of dollars on new equipment and systems in an effort to become more […]

   A recent 2nd Circuit decision could strengthen the hand of shippers or carriers that use derivatives such as forward freight agreements (FFAs) to enforce contracts. (D’Amico Dry Limited v. […]

Project and heavy-lift carriers see oil and gas equipment cargoes leading recovery.    The outlook for the breakbulk cargo sector, including vessels that carry heavy-lift and project cargo, appears to […]

Port, private-sector spending expected to boost rail, warehousing, and agriculture facilities.    The Port of Oakland is planning to spend hundreds of millions of dollars over the next few years on […]

   On the heels of the decision in June by China’s Ministry of Commerce to reject the plan by the world’s three largest liner carriers to form the P3 Network, […]