Nexus Consulting of Alexandria, Va., said the attacks were carried out by a terrorist group calling itself Al-Furqan and its followers are “seeking to disrupt the canal with extreme means, including deadly […]
Improperly weighed boxes present safety hazards for ships, their crews, other cargo on board, workers in port facilities handling containers, and on roads. These containers also lead to incorrect ship stowage and accidents.
Balder, a self-unloading bulk carrier owned by the Norwegian shipping company Torvald Klaveness and managed by CSL, has become the first vessel to operate in the U.S. Emissions Control […]
In its Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade released Thursday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasts that agricultural exports will reach $140 billion in fiscal year 2013. If realized, […]
The U.S. International Trade Commission has started an investigation to examine a wide range of Indian policies that allegedly discriminate against U.S. trade and investment. The investigation, Trade, […]
The U.S. Export-Import Bank has authorized $1.5 billion in export financing for a pair of transactions to support the export of U.S. goods and services to Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), Mexico’s national […]
CargoWise, a technology solutions provider to logistics service providers, said CMA CGM Logistics will adopt ediEnterprise through WiseCloud across its offices in 50 countries over the next 18 months, […]
The United States and Uruguay this week signed a memorandum of understanding to enhance trade facilitation between the two countries. Uruguay is an important emerging trading partner for the […]
Washington state senators introduce bill for a new maritime goods user fee. By Chris Dupin U.S. Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell said they will introduce legislation when the Senate […]
As Thomas Edison is to the light bulb, Henry Ford to automobile manufacturing, Fred Smith to express shipping, and Jeffrey Straubel to electric cars, Jeff Bezos’ lasting impact may […]
The big four global container terminal operators remain PSA International, Hutchison Ports, APM Terminals and DP World, but with varying levels of activity according to Drewry’s Annual Review of […]
Since the death of its founder, John “Jock” Menzies, on Aug. 17, the board and staff of the American Logistics Aid Network have vowed to continue efforts to guide and […]
U.S. steel imports increased 0.6 percent in July compared to June, according to preliminary data released by the federal government and analyzed by the American Institute for International Steel […]
The recently-approved contract between employers and the ILA encouraged retirement of some older longshoremen with a buyout package, and 300 longshoremen will retire in the Port of New York and […]
A new study says that increasing the depth of the shipping channels in the lower Mississippi River to 50 feet could create thousands of new jobs and billions of […]
To address public health concerns, the Trans-Pacific Partnership has proposed a regulation for trade in tobacco. “This proposal will, for the first time in a trade agreement, address […]
The Federal Maritime Commission said that on July 25 it revoked the ocean transportation intermediary license of Transporte Medrano, Inc., doing business as Medrano Express. “Medrano Express is […]
The new DFW Connector, which is tied to the large Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport complex, officially opened for service Wednesday. The roadwork was part of a $1 billion project […]
“To put this growth into context, the 186 million TEUs which this growth represents is the equivalent of the entire throughput of all Chinese ports in 2012. Or to put […]
“This convention is a milestone in maritime history,” said ILO director-general. “The product of tripartite dialogue and international cooperation, it enables decent working and living conditions for seafarers.”
“We are concerned that in using the trade laws to disrupt a number of legitimate, responsible and long-term supply relationships, the ITC has allowed domestic industry OCTG producers to misuse […]
Shipping industry analysts at the brokerage firm Jefferies wrote in a new research note that they “see risk of new shipbuilding orders delaying the recovery of the shipping industry […]
Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell are proposing to replace the tax with the “Maritime Goods Movement User Fee,” which would apply to all entry points for U.S.-bound cargo, […]
A.P. Moller-Maersk reported a profit of $856 million in the second quarter ending June 30, 11 percent less than the $965 million earned in the second quarter of 2012. […]
The Suez Canal Authority said 68 ships crossed the canal with a record total load of 4.8 million tons on August 9, but concerns are rising about the impact […]
The National Industrial Transportation League has requested assistance from the U.S. Government in obtaining clarifications on a value-added tax being imposed by the Chinese government.
A showdown could be in the works next month over who has the right to repair chassis used to move containers to and from marine terminals. The International […]
Seaspan Corp., which builds containerships and charters them to liner companies, said it will build and charter 10 additional 14,000-TEU ships to Yang Ming. In January, Seaspan said […]
The Diamond State Port Corp., which operates the Port of Wilmington, Del., and Dole Food Co. said they have reached a deal for Dole to continue to use the […]
Members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) in the Port of Hampton Roads voted 520 to 483 on Monday to reject the terms and conditions of a new local […]
CSAV, the Chilean container shipping company, said that its board on Tuesday approved plans to sell, then lease back, two 6,500-TEU containerships. It said “the transaction is in […]
The Fairview Container Terminal at the Port of Prince Rupert in British Columbia is adding a fourth container crane, even as a member of the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission questioned […]
The United States and an economic bloc of five East African countries have agreed to launch formal negotiations on a trade facilitation agreement, announced U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman […]
Shipments of coal on the Great Lakes reached 2.9 million tons in July, an increase of 2.5 percent over June, and a jump of 7.3 percent compared to a year ago, […]
Starting Aug. 19, trucks entering the secure area of a marine terminal in the Port of New York and New Jersey, must be registered in the port’s drayage truck registry (DTR) […]
Pritzker U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker will lead her first business development mission to Mexico City and Monterrey, Mexico from Nov. 18-22. The mission’s purpose is to strengthen the […]
Nie Lijuan, deputy secretary-general at the China Association of the National Shipbuilding Industry (CANSI), said the goal is to “ease the supply glut of low-end ships and boost technology competence in producing […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has expanded the market for California table grapes to include Western Australia. The addition of Western Australia […]
The county has been promoting development of the Jasper Ocean Terminal for many years on the north bank of the river, on land that was used by the Georgia Ports […]
The U.S. Trade and Development Agency and George Washington University signed a memorandum of understanding establishing a partnership to develop the Global Procurement Initiative: Understanding Best Value. The […]
Senate confirmation was reached Friday on three key U.S. Commerce Department posts. Ellen Herbst was confirmed as Commerce assistant secretary for administration and chief financial officer. She has […]
Two Democratic Capitol Hill lawmakers from New York, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Rep. Jerrold Nadler, introduced legislation Thursday that they said will “update federal law to ensure that ports can […]
Roanoke Trade Services is advising freight forwarders and property brokers that they need to “re-comply” with new permitting and bonding mandate put forth in the 2012 highway reauthorization bill, known […]
GSP is designed to promote economic growth in the developing world by providing preferential, duty-free entry for up to 5,000 products when imported from one of 127 designated beneficiary countries […]
A value-added tax (VAT) will be applied to transportation and logistics services throughout China, starting today, Aug. 1. “In 2012, China reformed its existing VAT system by integrating the […]
Several environmental groups have filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Coast Guard and Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, challenging a permit amendment authorizing the raising […]
Chinese solar panel suppliers on Saturday agreed to a voluntary price undertaking where they commit to stop dumping their products on the European market and keep prices above a certain […]
U.S. steel imports declined 14 percent in June compared to May, according to preliminary government data recently analyzed by the American Institute for International Steel (AIIS). “The decline in […]
Gerard J. Coyle, vice president of environmental and sustainable operations for Evans Delivery Co., said at a House field hearing that “the New York City Metropolitan area has some of […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has published its proposed regulations to implement its Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) and third-party auditor accreditation under the Food Safety Modernization Act […]
The U.S. International Trade Commission said the four-year-old Earned Import Allowance Program (EIAP) is not providing enough incentives to help boost the competitiveness of Dominican apparel exports in the […]
The American Maritime Partnership (AMP) said it opposes legislation introduced by Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi to relax the U.S.-build requirement of the Jones Act for bulk vessels operating […]
Puerto Rico’s representative to the U.S. House of Representatives said he has introduced legislation that would exempt vessels carrying fuel, agricultural products and other bulk cargo from provisions of […]
Effective August 1, the per container charge with a destination within 260 miles of the Port of New York and New Jersey will be reduced to $94 from $100 […]
China International Marine Containers said that it has entered into a $425 million shipbuilding contract with the Chinese shipyard, New Times Shipbuilding, for the construction of five 8,800-TEU containerships. […]
Loaded container volumes in the first six months were 757,632 TEU, up 7.2 percent; empty container volumes totaled 220,934 TEU, up 6.4 percent. The port handled 166,093 TEU of […]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Federal Maritime Commission said they have signed an agreement to share data from CBP’s Automated Commercial Environment-International Trade Data System (ACE-ITDS) […]
PSA International said the Zeebrugge International Port (ZIP) Container Terminal in Belgium opened last week with the berthing of the Ever Laden, a deepsea container vessel operated by Evergreen. […]
Alabama Steel Terminals will develop a new $36 million steel coil handling facility at the Alabama State Port Authority’s main docks complex in Mobile. AST will construct the 372,600-square-foot warehouse […]
Liner carriers spanning the east-west container trades may be desperately pressing for rate increases to make up for financial losses, but indications are that industry resolve is as strong […]
Maersk Line said it will implement a general rate increase (GRI) for dry and reefer shipments from the Far East to the United States on September 1. Rates will […]
If the Suez Canal was suddenly closed, container vessel schedules between Asia and Europe could be immediately adjusted to minimize delays by simply increasing speeds to 22 knots in […]
Giovanetti, who has served as a member of American Shipper magazine’s editorial board, said he plans to stay active in ocean shipping, “but just not as intensely as I […]
U.S. importers are hopeful that legislation introduced in the House this week to renew the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) for two years will pass before the duty-free import […]
A former Customs and Border Protection officer, his girlfriend, a nephew and two of their associates were sentenced Thursday in federal court for participating in bribery and alien smuggling […]
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 27 license applications and changes for review. The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from Gwinnett Shipping & Receiving, Norcross, […]
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 27 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review. The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from BeavEx, Nashville, Tenn. […]
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 27 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.
FMC reviews 27 OTI license applications
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 27 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.
Clariant has introduced a new desiccant technology for containers transporting grain shipments. Clariant’s Container Dri II protects bulk grain for the length of the shipment to its final […]
The U.S. Transportation Department’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has updated the certification process for the transport of consumer fireworks, also known as 1.4G fireworks, making approvals […]
U.S. grain shipments from the U.S. and Canadian heartland through the St. Lawrence Seaway have made a “decisive comeback, posting a nearly 50 percent jump” in June from the […]
The United States on Friday said it has fully implemented the recommendations and rulings of the World Trade Organization in a dispute brought by Mexico on the U.S. dolphin-safe […]
The outlook for trade from China is weak, but surprisingly some shippers have reported difficulty obtaining space on eastbound transpacific container services out of North China ports. Earlier […]
Last year, Houston ranked No. 1 with total exports of $110 billion, an increase of 5.6 percent over 2011, while New York clinched the No. 2 spot with $102 […]
The United States was the world’s largest services market and the world’s top exporter and importer of services in 2011, the U.S. International Trade Commission said in its Recent […]
The department said the past four years represent the strongest period for U.S. agricultural exports in the history of the country. Farm exports in fiscal year 2012 reached $135.8 billion and […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has begun issuing nearly $2 million in fiscal year 2012 payments through a program that assists farmers and producers in U.S. territories who paid […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will publish an interim rule establishing the definitions of “common cultivar” and “common food crop” and seeks public […]
The Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority’s board voted unanimously Monday to place a levy renewal on the November countywide ballot. “The port plays a unique and essential role in […]
Container carriers “need to rely less on the chronic use of general rate increases (GRIs) and pay more attention to minimizing surplus capacity at the trade route level to […]
Russia’s chief sanitary inspector complained to the Moscow Times newspaper that the United States was trying to use political and administrative pressure to overturn the ban instead of going to […]
Shipments of iron ore on the Great Lakes totaled 6 million tons in June, a decrease of 6 percent compared to May, and a drop of 7 percent compared […]
The U.S. Transportation Department has issued a $421 million loan for the S.R. 91 Corridor Improvement Project in Southern California to increase capacity on the corridor and ease congestion […]
The U.S. Commerce Department said total exports of goods and services in May “dropped slightly” to $187.1 billion, from $187.6 billion in April. The department noted, however, that […]
U.S. steel exports increased in May over April by 11.6 percent, according to government data analyzed by the American Institute for International Steel (AIIS). “Exports of American made […]
Prior to his confirmation, he served as the mayor of Charlotte from 2009 to 2013. During that time, he is credited with making transportation investments the centerpiece of Charlotte’s job […]
A group of nine manufacturers of oil and gas drilling pipe have filed petitions with the U.S. Commerce Department and International Trade Commission requesting antidumping relief from imports of […]
A combination of new grade separations, such as road or rail overpasses or underpasses, and highway-rail grade crossing closures and enhancements, will allow trains on the Piedmont Corridor to travel […]
The Japanese liner carrier said Saturday evening that it’s continuing to tow the fore portion of MOL Comfort, which broke in half on June 17 in the Indian Ocean. The aft […]
Penny Pritzker was nominated by President Obama to serve as commerce secretary on May 9. On Thursday, the Senate unanimously voted to confirm Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx as the country’s […]
Bayonne Bridge Hundreds of construction workers and shipping industry representatives were on hand Wednesday as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and David Samson, chairman of the Port Authority of […]
The White House announced Thursday it will suspend the eligibility of Bangladesh for tariff benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP). “Our GSP statute requires certain basic […]
MOL said the aft part of the containership MOL Comfort sank in the Indian Ocean around noon, local time, on Thursday, 10 days after it broke in two during […]
The state bill—authored by Sen. Norby Chabert and signed by the governor—modifies the Investor Tax Credit and the Import-Export Tax Credit by expanding the types of port projects that qualify […]
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 14 license applications and changes for review. The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from Bellcom, Marietta, Ga. (Cornelius U. Odinjor, […]
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 14 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 14 license applications and changes for review. The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from Central Ohio Logistics Center, Jeffersonville, Ohio […]
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 14 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review. The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from ACL America, […]
