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   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 […]

   Crowley Maritime Corporation has acquired majority ownership of Accord Ship Management (HK) Limited and Accord Marine Management Pvt. Ltd., which provide third-party international crewing and technical ship management.

   American Fast Freight will open the largest cargo terminal on Alaska’s Kodiak Island on May 2.    The terminal is a 6,000-square-foot terminal built two miles from the Port […]

   Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and the owners of seven “C-series” container ships are seeking damages of ¥13.8 billion ($135 million) from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in connection with the […]

   California’s Port of Hueneme has conducted its first operational and safety vessel test of its recently installed grid-based shore-power system. The first vessel to test the new plug-in system was […]

   MOL (America) said it will stop supplying chassis for store-door moves (where a container is delivered to a consignee or shipper’s place of business rather than a marine terminal) […]

   The Lake Carriers’ Association, which represents 17 American companies that operate 57 U.S.-flag vessels on the Great Lakes ice, said only three coal cargos were loaded so far this […]

   Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics has expanded its roll-on/roll-off vessel service to South America’s west coast this month by adding a monthly call to San Antonio, Chile.    “San Antonio is […]

   OIA Global, a Portland, Ore.-based logistics services provider, has opened a new office in Sao Paulo, Brazil.    “Consistent with last year’s acquisition of Bellville Rodair International, OIA Global […]

   The American Institute for International Steel reported shrinking steel exports in February over January, especially for the NAFTA region, which represents about three-quarters of total U.S. steel exports.   […]

   A 2,840-TEU container ship, the Hansa Constitution, went aground in Hong Kong harbor on Sunday afternoon.    A video posted to YouTube shows the 633-foot ship slowly coming to […]

   Saltchuk Resources said it will acquire Tropical Shipping, a company that operates ships between the U.S. and Canada and the islands in the Caribbean and Bahamas, from AGL Resources, […]

CEO Lovetro says chassis pool operator “intent on providing a broader suite of services.”    TRAC Intermodal, the largest chassis leasing company in North America, is looking to enter the […]

   OOO “Garant-S” sued Empire United Lines and Michael Hitrinov, its president and owner, for losses arising from a third-party theft of Garant’s automobiles.

   The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission made the right call in late March not to block the P3 Network, which Maersk Line, Mediterranean Shipping Co. and CMA CGM plan to […]

Singapore has bold plan to relocate container terminals.    Port planning doesn’t get more audacious than this.    Singapore, home to the world’s second largest container port, is simultaneously undertaking a […]

   Navios Maritime Holdings controls a fleet of 64 dry-bulk ships, workhorses of the sea that carry commodities such as grain, soybeans and iron ore.    However, during a recent […]

Rising U.S. oil and gas production expected to drive harbor and terminal upgrades over next several years.    The boom in U.S. oil and gas production is having a beneficial […]

MarAd’s acting chief says “cargo will create a demand for ships, and ships create a demand for mariners.”      A year after taking charge of the U.S. Maritime Administration, […]

   The Practising Law Institute has published the Maritime Law Answer Book, written by Charlie Papavizas and H. Allen Black. Both are partners at the Washington office of the law […]

   Fednav in late March said it had become the first shipping company to use drones to check ice conditions on the water during a commercial voyage.    The Umiak […]

   About $487 million will be spent modernizing the Saint Lawrence Seaway over the next five years, some on a new mooring system that will use vacuum pads instead of […]