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 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 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 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 […]

   “Labor relations remain strained to date,” the analyst said. “Such frequent, low-level disputes will negatively affect the effectiveness of conflict-resolution mechanisms relating to the canal.”

   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, […]

   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 […]

   “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 […]

   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, […]

   This month’s issue of American Shipper contains articles about improvements being made at both the Global Container Terminal and Port Newark Container Terminal, but there’ also been interesting news […]

   The National Climate Assessment released in May by the federal government warned the U.S. transportation system is becoming “increasingly vulnerable to climate change impacts.”    At the 33rd World […]

Port of San Francisco sees a future in breakbulk, bulk cargo.    Since 2005, when the Port of San Francisco stopped handling containers, its cargo business has dropped dramatically, from […]

Port drivers and their employers in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on Saturday agreed to a “cooling off” period brokered by L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti. 

While containers are moving through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, concern remains that drayage truckers’ pickets could disrupt contract negotiations between the ILWU and PMA. 

   China Shippers’ Association Vice President Cai Jia-Xiang said Chinese regulators need better statistics on the Chinese market share of the carriers, but believes they are above the 30-percent limit […]

   “During this short-term bump in volumes, CN and its terminal partners will be striving to ensure that our base-level business, in particular Canadian cargo, will continue to be supported […]

   The attention of carriers and shippers is focused Friday morning on events in Los Angeles and Long Beach, where a potentially volatile labor situation is unfolding.

   “Long truck lines are expected at the ports … as drivers and their allies picket Green Fleet Systems, Total Transportation Services, Inc., and Pacific 9 Transportation trucks,” Justice for Port […]

   The companies are seeking a contract with terms similar to those the ILWU signed with the new Export Grain Terminal that opened in Longview, Wash., in 2012.

   Maersk supports the lower emissions limits, noting they will have “significant positive effects on the environmental and health,” but also called for “strict regulatory enforcement to … ensure a […]

   Robert McEllrath, president of the ILWU, said that ILWU members have been locked out of the Mitsui-United Grain Corp. elevator since February 2013 and the Marubeni-Columbia Grain elevator since […]

   A proposed canal across Nicaragua to link the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans would extend 173 miles and cost $40 billion.    Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega and Wang Jing, the […]

   Several terminals in Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach were briefly closed Tuesday morning after members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union honored picket lines set up […]

   “With the overall uncertainty already seen in the eastbound freight market, the central issue for shippers and carriers alike is maintaining service and schedule reliability,” explained TSA Executive Administrator […]

   The Teamsters said Monday that they had shut down operations at three drayage companies servicing the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach that employ about 400 drivers, but […]

   In a filing with the Tel Aviv stock exchange, Israel Corp. said a district court agreed to change the terms of the Israel government’s “golden share” so that state […]

   Hyundai Merchant Marine said it has taken delivery of the third in a series of five, 13,100-TEU ships being built at a cost of $129 million each by Daewoo […]

   The International Longshore and Warehouse Union and employers represented by the Pacific Maritime Association said late Monday they had “agreed to take a 72-hour break from negotiations on a […]

   Mundra will become India’s largest container port in next 24 months, with a total container handling capacity reaching 5.5 million TEUs, CMA CGM said. The companies plan to begin […]

   Drivers from three drayage firms began what they are calling an “unfair labor practice strike” at truck yards and marine terminals at the ports of Los Angeles and Long […]

   The cranes, which are currently under assembly at the Newark, N.J., terminal, are only the most visible sign of a $500 million project to improve PNCT, with work extending […]

   Global Container Terminal is not the only facility at the Port of New York and New Jersey being upgraded.    Port Newark Container Terminal expects to put into operation […]

   At a meeting of the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners on June 23, Al Moro, acting executive director, said the longer construction period may also raise the cost […]

   NYK Stolt Shipholdings, a joint venture company by NYK and Stolt Tankers, the tanker division of Stolt-Nielsen Ltd., has ordered two 12,500-deadweight-ton parcel tankers from Japan’s Usuki Shipyard Co. […]

   Hanjin Shipping said it had secured KRW 300 billion (about $297 million) through the spin off of its bulk shipping business to a new company that will be jointly […]

Danieli    The Israeli business newspaper Globes and Reuters are both reporting that Rafi Danieli plans to step down as chief executive officer of Zim and will become chairman of […]

   Talks continue between the West Coast dockworkers union and its employer representatives, despite passing the 5 p.m. (PST) contract expiration Tuesday. Shippers, meanwhile, are increasingly concerned about the lack […]

   “I don’t see that it is chassis any more than it is congestion,” said Fred Johring, president of Golden State Express. “As these big vessels have started coming in, […]

   The current contract between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and employers is due to expire tomorrow, July 1, but nearly all observers are expecting talks to continue.

   Shareholders of Israel Corp. approved a debt restructuring agreement for Zim, but the company is still trying to negotiate an agreement over the “golden share” the Israeli government maintains […]

   A senior executive at CMA CGM also said that the fact that the P3 will not move forward will have no impact on CMA CGM’s 2014 results, saying that […]

   CMA CGM said the first in a series of 28 new containerships with capacities of 9,400 TEU – 10,900 TEU will enter its fleet on June 30, with a […]

   “Even though a labor agreement is not expected to be reached by the June 30 deadline, the ILWU and PMA must remain at the negotiating table, without engaging in […]

   Nautilus Holdings, Ltd., a company that owns 16 containerships and charters them to various liner companies, filed for protection along with several affiliates under Chapter 11 of the U.S. […]

   The Task Force was created by the Port Authority with the New York Shipping Association in December 2013 to identify challenges and examine long-term recommendations to improve service reliability […]

   The Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Program is asking that seafarers attacked and kidnapped by pirates be remembered on the International Maritime Organization’s Day of the Seafarer 2014, celebrated on […]

   Bloom brought INTTRA from a start-up to a firm that originates more than 23 percent of global container traffic. The company announced earlier this year he was stepping down, […]

   Zim’s parent company said in a stock exchange filing last week that the liner company has held talks seeking a strategic partner, but said both its debt and the […]

   Port Canaveral has signed a 35-year agreement with GT-USA, the U.S. arm of Gulftainer, a terminal operator headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, to operate and further develop its […]

   The 15 container shipping lines that are members of the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement have delayed the effective date of a scheduled peak season surcharge of $400 per 40-foot container […]

   The European Commission said Tuesday it has extended by another five years until April 2020 thevalidity of its existing legal framework exempting, if certainconditions are met, liner-shipping consortia from […]

   APM will fund the $35 million in improvements, which will raise the cranes 32 feet and extend the boom reach by 10 feet. Work is expected to begin this […]

   The PMA has released a study that cautions, “Should terminal charges at the West Coast ports increase as the result of the contract negotiations … the competitive logistics position […]

   Drewry said the decision to block the P3 Network “will probably postpone the stabilization of the over-supplied and unprofitable carrier industry, but the further development of mega-alliances will not […]

   The Georgia Ports Authority said it had record cargo volumes in May.    The agency said 290,436 TEU moved through Savannah, 11-percent more when compared to May 2013. Breakbulk […]

   The decision by China earlier this week to turn disallow the P3 Network should not be an obstacle to the operation of other vessel-sharing agreements, said Commissioner Richard Lidinsky […]

   The National Labor Relations Board has consolidated complaints against Green Fleet Systems that allege labor law violations and the violation of a settlement agreement reached with the International Brotherhood […]

   Israel’s Minister of Finance has said the country will not give up its so-called “golden share” in Zim.    A notice on the ministry’s website said that the decision […]

   Doyle noted the FMC “did not have jurisdiction over the Asia-Europe service route; therefore, the FMC did not issue a decision with respect to that route.”

   The Port of Los Angeles will hold a public hearing on Thursday evening to receive public comments prior to considering the a request by APM Terminals to raise 14 […]

   According to Drewry’s recently published 2014 Container Census report, high-cube, 40-foot containers, which it said will represent nearly 50 percent of the fleet, are cutting into the market for  […]

   Asian shippers groups said they were pleased with the decision on Tuesday by China’s Ministry of Commerce to block formation of the P3 Network, a global vessel-sharing alliance set […]

   The Chinese Ministry of Commerce will not approve the proposed P3 Network between Maersk Line, Mediterranean Shipping Co. and CMA CGM, scuttling the effort by the three carriers to […]

   Cargo container numbers edged up 2.7 percent last month at the Port of Long Beach, making for the Southern California seaport’s busiest May since 2007. Los Angeles handled 689,141 […]

   “Bold standards” that cut new heavy truck fuel consumption by 40 percent compared to 2010 levels would deliver significant environmental and economic benefits, according to a new report commissioned […]

   “Financially troubled deep-sea ocean carriers are increasingly seeking salvation in the intra-Asia market due to higher than usual cargo growth and the availability of cheap vessel charter rates,” said […]

   HMM, Korea’s second largest carrier after Hanjin, will sell 6.81 million convertible preferred shares worth 57 billion won to Market Vantage Ltd. and make a similar sale to Market […]

   The Agriculture Transportation Coalition has urged the ILWU and employers to “take action to keep U.S. West Coast ports (and the cargo that is dependent upon them) viable.”