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   The ICTSI Oregon terminal in Portland, Ore., on Tuesday closed after dockworkers represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) honored a picket line thrown up by longshoremen […]

   Harley Marine Services has awarded a contract to Portland, Ore.-based shipyard Vigor Fab to build two 83,000-barrel tank barges.    These barges will be the ninth and tenth built […]

   Singapore-based Odfjell Asia II Pte Ltd. and one of its senior crewmen pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Hartford, Conn., for violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from […]

   Non-vessel-operating common carrier Troy Container Line has entered a partnership with Basic Warehousing & Distribution for container freight station services in the Chicago area.    Basic Warehousing’s Oak Grove […]

   The vehicles were manufactured in China and imported into the United States between 2007 and 2013 without the required certification indicating that emissions would meet federal standards, EPA said.

   The transpacific container trade could see increased rate volatility in the coming year, predicted Lars Jensen, the chief executive officer of SeaIntel Consulting.    Speaking at the Journal of […]

   Fred Smith, the chief executive officer of FedEx, said a rise in protectionism is one of the biggest reasons that world trade is no longer growing rapidly.

   The U.S. Transportation Department on Friday proposed to approve United Airlines’ application to serve Tokyo’s downtown Haneda Airport from San Francisco.    Under a U.S.-Japan agreement, U.S. airlines may […]

   IT Minerals will spend $4.5 million to establish an importing, processing and exporting facility at the Port of New Orleans for minerals sourced from Mexico and other countries.    […]

   “K” Line said it will launch two new services this month to enhance service between Japan and the Philippines, Vietnam, Singapore and Indonesia. Hapag Lloyd and NYK will also […]

   Many container trades are lopsided, with great numbers of loaded boxes moving in one direction but not the other.    Such imbalance has led some companies to investigate the […]

   Hanjin Logistics’ Ambrite asks if industry is losing its entrepreneurial passion. Globalization has been a boon for the shipping industry, resulting in a huge increase in cargo volume.

   Nothing stays the same, and that also goes for American Shipper.    The 62-year-old publishing company, based in Jacksonville, Fla., has made a number of changes since the start […]

SeaLand will be Maersk’s intra-Americas brand.    Earlier this year, Maersk Line announced it would spin off its intra-Americas service into a new independent unit and operate it under the […]

BIS wants to clearly define responsibilities for these transactions.    Navigating U.S. export control regulations has always been a tricky task and it’s not uncommon for exporters and their freight […]

   Plano Molding designs and manufactures plastic storage boxes, including tackle boxes for fishermen. When it needed steel molds for its Illinois factory it contracted with CMT International, a company […]

   The governor of Oregon is once again getting involved in problems at the Port of Portland’s container terminal, Terminal 6, operated by International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI).    […]

   CSAV said it has called an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting for March 21, “when investors should approve the possible merger of CSAV’s containership business with those of the German shipper […]

   With the release of a new corn seed from Syngenta and concerns over mixing genetically modified grains in shipments, the U.S. Grain Council urged its shipper members to exercise […]

   The A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, helped by strong performance from its Maersk Line container shipping business and APM Terminals business, reported a profit of $3.78 billion in 2013, down from […]

   INTTRA announced today that it will collaborate with GS1 US, an information standards organization, to develop and implement containerized shipping data exchange guidelines for supply chain and logistics.

   Clariant Corp., a maker of desiccant materials, said its Container Dri II desiccant products exceed new specifications from the Federation of Cocoa Commerce Ltd. for protection of cocoa bean […]

   The Redwood City Port Commission on Wednesday approved a three-year lease with Boxer Industries for a carbon black pilot production facility.    Boxer Industries, based in Silicon Valley, Calif., […]

   Echo Global Logistics has acquired Comcar Logistics, a non-asset-based truckload brokerage based in Jacksonville, Fla.    Founded in 2011, Comcar provides truckload brokerage to a range of customers, primarily […]

   The lawsuit, filed in 2010, accused carriers of violations of the federal False Claims Act because ocean freight fuel surcharges were imposed on portions of military household good shipments […]

   Construction of the first of two new containerships for TOTE Inc. that will use liquefied natural gas (LNG) as fuel began Monday night at the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard […]

   BNSF Logistics and Tri Global Energy have entered into an agreement to align resources, market knowledge and industry relationships to support BNSFL’s development of the West Texas Wind Energy […]

   Maersk said that on April 1 it will raise freight rates from North Europe to the United States (East, Gulf and West Coast) by $500 per container. Eastbound rates […]

   A study commissioned by the New York Shipping Association said the port creates 165,350 direct jobs and 296,060 full-time jobs in the region. That’s up from 279,200 full time […]

   Expeditors reported a profit attributable to shareholders of $83.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2013, a 1-percent drop from the same 2012 period. Revenue in the quarter was […]

   Drewry predicts that “bigger east-west ships and larger alliances are likely to continue to allow key transshipment hub ports in the Mediterranean to outperform underlying organic market growth.”

   The U.S. Justice Department on Monday asked a federal court in California to issue an injunction seeking to shut down operations of four California companies and six individuals related […]

   Two New Jersey legislators are seeking to limit the ability of the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor from regulating the supply of labor in the Port of New […]

   Expansion of the CKYH alliance to include China Shipping or United Arab Shipping Corp. would narrow the economy of scale advantage the P3 alliance will have over its competitors, […]

   The Navios Group is a powerhouse in the bulk shipping world.    Recently, it has also taken an interest in the container shipping business.    The Piraeus-based Navios Group […]

Avoiding a supply chain meltdown if West Coast dock labor negotiations sour.    Negotiations between the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and International Longshore Workers Union (ILWU) on a contract that […]

   In August 2013, FDA published a Federal Register notice asking companies to volunteer for the two-year program. The agency has since pre-qualified 13 companies to participate.

Pritzker    U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker said Thursday that 21 U.S. companies will join her second trade mission, which will make three stops in the Middle East from […]

   Cosco, “K” Line, Yang Ming, Hanjin and Evergreen have confirmed that the five parties have agreed in principle to establish a shipping alliance, but only on the trades between […]

   The G6 Alliance today announced the 17 port rotations — 12 for the Asia-North America West Coast trade and five in the transatlantic — that it plans to start […]

   APM Terminals said Thursday that it will form a 50-50 joint venture with Toronto-based Brookfield Asset Management to operate its terminal in Port Elizabeth, N.J.

   NOL, the parent company of the container liner company APL, said it had a loss of $76 million in 2013, smaller than the $412 million loss it experienced in […]

   The ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles said container imports last month were higher than in January 2013.

   An examination by cargo surveyors of the Maersk container ship Svendborg Maersk showed that around 520 containers were lost overboard. Around 85 percent of those lost containers were empty.

   Dachser USA has entered a newly expanded warehouse in Chicago, which will serve as its Midwest hub providing cross-docking, warehouse storage, distribution, and buildup and breakdown of air and […]

   The trend of wider cooperation by container carriers may continue with the world’s fourth largest container carrier, Evergreen, saying it is looking at the possibility of creating a new […]

 “The two sides will establish a comprehensive strategic partnership and a resource-sharing mechanism in areas of shipping, terminal operation, logistics, shipbuilding, ship repair, etc.,” the liner companies said.

   Maersk Line will offer service to Georgetown in Guyana and Paramaribo in Suriname using its “Calypso feeder,” starting next month.    The company said it will serve the markets […]

   A joint venture between Rickmers Group and Apollo Global Management has purchased six Panamax container vessels from Hamburg Süd” for $176 million.    The ships, have been chartered back […]

   Maersk Line said it will begin offering service this month between East Coast ports in North America and South America by transshipping cargo through Algeciras, the Spanish port on […]

   Drewry said the container ship capacity on ultra large container vessels (ULCVs, or ships with capacity of more than 10,000 TEU) will increase by 31.4 percent this year, followed […]

   New Jersey’s Commissioner of Transportation said last week he had tried to arrange for a waiver to the Jones Act so that he could arrange a shipment of road […]

   In this decision (Estes Express Lines v. U.S. Federal Circuit. No. 13-5056. Jan. 3.), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed the Court of Federal Claims […]

   Consumers are an influential bunch, and just as they have pushed express companies to deliver products when and where they want them, so too are they having the same […]

   International Shipholding Corp. (ISC) — the parent company of several shipping companies including Central Gulf Lines, Waterman, United Ocean Services and CG Railway — said it will return its […]

Ocean transportation intermediaries question FMC’s push for new regulations.    The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission is continuing its review of proposed changes for regulating ocean freight forwarders and non-vessel-operating common […]

   In December, Jim Newsome, president and chief executive officer of the South Carolina State Ports Authority, suggested ports may respond to the planned P3 Network of Maersk, Mediterranean Shipping […]

Industry experts advise taking control of process rather than letting it drive you.    While the U.S. government’s ongoing initiative to reform its Cold War-era export control regulations promises significant […]

   The UK’s Imperial Tobacco Group is considering listing shares in its European logistics division on the stock market, according to reports by media outlets including Reuters and the Wall […]

   The Government Accountability Office is recommending the Maritime Administration take steps to improve its process when it selects companies to scrap ships.    MarAd uses a two-step process by […]

   Commerzbank said Thursday, as it reported its year-end results, that it had reduced the size of its shipping portfolio by €4.5 billion ($6.14 billion) — approximately 24 percent — to €14 […]

   CSAV said it plans to raise up to $600 million by selling additional stock capital in order to finance ships and complete its proposed merger with Hapag-Lloyd.    The […]

   Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding ASA Group (WWH), the Norwegian company that is a part owner in Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics and several other roll-on/roll-off cargo companies, said it saw positive growth […]

   The Port of Portland, Ore. will pay container carriers an incentive to move containers through the port.    Commissioners voted 7-1 Wednesday in favor of the plan to pay […]

   Rep. John Garamendi, D-CA, withdrew a proposed amendment to the Coast Guard Reauthorization Bill that would have required all export of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to be carried on […]

   MOL and its car carrier affiliate Nissan Motor Car Carrier Co. (NMCC) will pay a $1,275,000 penalty under a compromise agreement announced by the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) on […]

   The container leasing company Textainer reported strong growth in revenue last year, but a drop in profit.    Textainer said it had a profit of $45.5 million in the […]

   Riker McKenzie, Local 333 president, said the contract was rejected by a vote of 416-140. He added that members of the union will continue to work and while the […]

   Donjon Shipbuilding and Repair, located in Erie, Pa., has entered a contract to construct a 185,000-barrel coastal petroleum and chemical barge for Seabulk Tankers.    The barge will become […]

   Athens-based Danaos, whose stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange, said it had a loss in the fourth quarter of 2013 of $4.2 million compared to a […]

   National Shipping of America, which operates a fortnightly service between Houston, Port Everglades, and Puerto Rico, is partnering with Rickmers-Linie (America) to expand breakbulk service to Puerto Rico.

   Maersk Line is returning  the 14 ships it had on charter from the German KG fund MPC Flottenfonds III.    The ships ranged in size between 3,604 TEU and […]

   The United States on Monday requested World Trade Organization dispute settlement consultations with India concerning domestic content requirements in Phase II of India’s National Solar Mission.    The U.S. […]

   About one in three containership sailings between China and North America were pulled by carriers during the week of Feb. 3-9, according to BlueWater Reporting, which has launched a […]

   The commissioners of the Port of Portland, Ore., will consider a program to spend up to $4 million on incentives to keep container carriers calling the port when they […]

   The P3 carriers — Maersk, MSC and CMA CGM — have provided the Federal Maritime Commission with additional information on their proposed vessel sharing agreement, according to the FMC. […]

   Total intermodal shipments increased 4.6 percent in 2013 to 15.5 million containers and trailers (of all sizes) and were up 7 percent in the fourth quarter to just shy […]

   “This initiative is charged with bringing together federal resources to help rural businesses and leaders take advantage of new investment opportunities, and access new … markets abroad,” the White […]

   The proposed contract largely deals with work on automobile, cruise and forest product ships. A six-year master contract for working container ships was approved by the union last year.

   The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says construction to raise the roadway of the Bayonne Bridge is “well under way and continues to accelerate at a […]

   Opponents of the practice of the demolition of old ships on beaches in Southeast Asian countries took their campaign to the headquarters of the German Shipowners Association in Hamburg […]

   Tropical Shipping, a specialist in moving cargo to destinations in the Bahamas and Caribbean, had flat operating earnings in the fourth quarter, but a 50-percent increase in earnings before […]

   Li & Fung said it is establishing a vendor-support services business unit to enhance factory and worker safety, raise standards, and improve operational efficiencies in its global supply chain. […]

   MOL has confirmed press reports that it has filed a lawsuit in Tokyo against the shipyard Mitsubishi Heavy Industry over the break-up and eventual sinking of the containership MOL […]

   A reauthorization bill for the U.S. Coast Guard introduced on Thursday includes provisions that its authors say will help strengthen the U.S. Merchant Marine and proposals that they say […]

   The U.S. trade deficit also improved $63.1 billion from the past year to $471.5 billion. Merchandise exports to the 20 economies that have trade agreements with the United States […]

   The U.S. Export-Import Bank said it’s now open for business in Burma to help finance short-term and medium-term U.S. export sales.    “After a diligent review, the bank’s board […]

   “Liner shipping is becoming less and less reliable as operators ignore service standards in the rush to cut costs. The bad news for shippers is that the situation is […]

   Ports America Companies said it had refinanced debt facilities of both Ports America, Inc., (PAI) and MTC Holdings, Inc., (MTC) into a single, unified capital structure.    The refinancing […]

   International Shipholding Corp. (ISC) — the parent company of several shipping companies including Central Gulf Lines, Waterman, United Ocean Services and CG Railway — said it will return its […]

   The Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) expects negotiations on a new labor contract with the International Longshore Workers Union (ILWU) to begin in mid-May. The current contract expires on July […]

   American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier (ARC), the largest U.S.-flag ro/ro carrier, recently delivered 29 Abrams tanks and 33 Bradley fighting vehicles to the port of Bremerhaven, Germany.    The Abrams […]

The agency said its proposed a rule would require certain shippers, receivers, and carriers who transport food by truck and rail for either human or animal consumption take steps to […]

   Question: What agency has the most significant role in protecting U.S. commerce from infiltration by drug smugglers, terrorists, thieves and even pests and harmful products?    Answer: Customs and […]

This recent research is considered one of the largest real-world studies ever conducted with commercial truck drivers, and included 106 participants, 1,260 days of data and nearly 415,000 miles of […]

   The General Accountability Office recommended the transportation secretary, in consultation with the maritime industry, study and identify any potential problems in ensuring that U.S. mariners are adequately trained to […]

Liner carrier United Arab Shipping Co. said the total order is worth more than $2 billion including all options. The containerships will be delivered later this year through the first […]

   Drewry said as containerships get larger, carriers appear to favor skipping voyages rather than laying up vessels as a means to control capacity.    “Whilst the number of vessels […]

   The credit agency Moody’s says the U.S. port industry has a negative outlook because container-volume growth will lag behind the historic norm, putting pressure on the industry’s biggest customers. […]