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   The import restrictions challenged by the United States in this dispute include an import licensing requirement and restrictive trade-related requirements imposed by Argentina.

   Oscar Hasbun, the chief executive officer of CSAV, said his company has “a reasonable expectation that we will be able to obtain the necessary approvals from regulatory authorities this […]

   ZIM said a reduction in revenues was a result of discontinuing some lines, not having revenues from a container manufacturing plant sold in 2013, and a 3-percent drop in […]

   UPS will open two package-distribution warehouses in the Dallas area by November, adding more than 700,000 square feet of handling space to the region.    Officials await the opening […]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Friday that California citrus farmers may restart exporting to China this season. In April 2013, California-origin citrus was barred from entering China after interceptions of […]

Probably better known to French tourists and stamp collectors than many people in the logistics industry, the container carrier said nevertheless Reunion’s location puts it at “the crossroads between Europe, […]

   Sea Star Line has placed an order for 100 new 40-foot and 50 45-foot refrigerated containers.    The order comes in the third year of a five-year plan that […]

The Danish container carrier said its customers were unprepared for the Russian counter-sanctions and it is working with these shippers’ origin offices to “find the best and most cost efficient […]

International customs officials at the World Customs Organization in Brussels have recently agreed on 234 changes to the global system that categorizes products that are imported and exported around the […]

   Econocaribe Consolidators of Miami has filed a complaint against another ocean transportation intermediary, Amoy International of City of Industry, Calif., at the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission, asking for reparations of […]

   Globe Tracker International has formed a strategic relationship with Total Soft Bank Ltd.    Globe Tracker, a Danish firm, specializes in global assets tracking, while Busan, South Korea-based Total […]

   A group of U.S. sugar users said Mexico should not be used as “scapegoat” for the fluctuations in U.S. sugar prices.     “Instead, the focus should be on reforming […]

   Minyan Marine is just one of two companies investigating the possibility of using articulated tug-barges to offer short-sea services for domestic shippers of containerized cargo in the United States.

   Neptune Pacific Line is not affiliated with Neptune Orient Line of Singapore, but is owned by the Los Angeles-based conglomerate Roll Global, which is best known for its food […]

   Protests targeting ZIM Line are expected in Tacoma and Seattle later this week in the wake of demonstrations that disrupted cargo operations at the Port of Oakland.    A […]

   The port said the 12-acre project will result “in a modern and efficient intermodal container transfer terminal to facilitate the movement of marine and rail cargo, while enhancing safety […]

   Member container shipping lines in the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) are proposing an across-the board general rate increase of at least $600 per 40-foot container to all destinations, effective […]

   NOL said it “continually evaluates all available options to improve the strategic positioning and performance of its businesses. These include considerations of a potential sale or initial public offering.”

   An attempt by anti-Israeli protesters trying to block a Zim Line ship from discharging and loading cargo in the Port of Oakland has turned into a high stakes game […]

   A ZIM vessel, as well as well as several others, awaits container handling in the Port of Oakland. The Oakland International Container Terminal’s manager hopes to resume movement of […]

   A.P. Moller-Maersk Chief Executive Officer Nils Andersen said that during the second quarter, “we saw a relatively stable rate environment,” but that rates are low, and at some time, […]

   CEVA Logistics has expanded its operations at Los Angeles International Airport, adding a 369,000-square-foot facility.    The new building features 50,000 square feet of office space and 170 dock […]

   The company said the next-day, cross-border service to the Toronto metro area is provided at no additional cost to customers with shipments traveling from Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. 

   Inbound containers were 363,394 TEU, down about 2 percent from July 2013; outbound containers were 163,295 TEU, up 4 percent; and empties were 190,719 TEU, up 2 percent.

   Industry stakeholders, regulators and the general public are encouraged to take part in the forum, which will be held on Sept. 15 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at […]

   Drewry says the number of containerships afloat decreased in the first half of 2014 and could fall on an annual basis this year for the first time in at […]

   The asset tracking solutions provider Globe Tracker International has begun a partnership with Refrigerated Transport Electronics, a developer and manufacturer of monitoring products for the intermodal refrigerated container industry, […]

   Members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union did not cross a picket line thrown up at the Port of Oakland Sunday evening by several hundred persons protesting Israeli […]

   Recently formed Chit Chat offers classes in general logistics education, as well as detailed topics such as air export, ships and shipping, customs brokerage, and Incoterms.

   Sabahaddin Akman, owner of the Istanbul, Turkey-based firm Ozay Pharmaceuticals, pleaded guilty to charges of smuggling misbranded and adulterated cancer treatment drugs into the United States, said the U.S. […]

California funds study of hybrid dray trucks powered by overhead wires to achieve cleaner air.    The demise of the electric trolley car network that once crisscrossed Los Angeles is […]

   Ask most American high school seniors what they plan to study in college, and you will likely get answers such as accounting, engineering, education and pre-med, to name a […]

Small Calif. firm wants to commercialize cheaper, clean-air alternative to electrifying berthed vessels.    In an effort to reduce air pollution, West Coast ports and shipping lines have spent hundreds […]

   As of mid-August, there has been remarkably little information coming out of talks between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and Pacific Maritime Administration over a new contract to […]

CSCMP, universities work with companies to prepare graduates for growing field.    As the field of supply chain management becomes ever more important as a competitive differentiator among the world’s […]

   Last year might be one both shippers and transportation companies moving cargo through the Port of New York and New Jersey would like to forget. Congestion got so bad […]

Looming capacity shortage, regulatory demands and driver shortage triggers.    After high spot rates during the first few months of the year, prices for van, refrigerated and flatbed transport came […]

U.S. dairy export growth is something for these shippers to smile about.    Dairy exports have increased rapidly in the past two decades, growing from $982 million in 1995 to […]

Liner carriers are under enormous pressure to confront overcapacity and cleaner fuel requirements.    While there are some signs that the economy is improving in the United States and Europe, […]

   A new company, Minyan Marine, believes it has a winning formula for building a successful “marine highway” operation.    While coastal shipping of containers or truck trailers are common […]

   The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Fund, which owns marine terminal operations at ports in New York and Vancouver, Canada, is actively seeking to grow its portfolio of infrastructure assets. But […]

   This decision involves a shipment of clothing moving from China to Mexico that “went missing” along the way. (U.S. v. C.H. Robinson. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. No. 13-1168. […]

   The company said its terminal in Odessa was being affected by the crisis in the Ukraine, with container throughput falling “considerably short of the previous year’s figures.”

   Revenues were 34.3 billion NTD in the second quarter this year, compared with 29.9 NTD last year. Yang Ming also announced it has upgraded its southeast Asia service and […]

   Aluminerie Alouette expects to ship close to 500,000 metric tons of aluminum to U.S. ports including Oswego; Toledo, Ohio; and Detroit on barges owned by McKeil Marine over the […]

   Protesters are targeting Zim Line in a demonstration planned at the Port of Oakland Saturday.     Several groups in the San Francisco Bay area had said they were going […]

   Evergreen Marine Corp. had a profit of 412 million New Taiwan dollars ($13.7 million) in the second quarter of 2014, compared with a loss of 569 million NTD in […]

   Reefer container volumes are forecast by Drewry to rise by 20.5 million tons by 2018 — 16.5 million tons by organic growth and 4 million tons at the expense […]

   The company moved about 2.9 million TEU of container cargo in the first half of 2014 — 5.8-percent more than in the first six months of 2013 — but […]

   Hatch Mott MacDonald said it will lead the design for the Eastport Development of Port Tampa Bay in Florida.    The engineering company said the facility will initially handle […]

   U.S.-flag Great Lakes carriers moved about 11.36 million tons of cargo in July, their highest monthly total in two years, according to the Lake Carriers’ Association, which represents 17 […]

   The Port of Savannah handed 293,889 TEU in July, a 19.2-percent increase over the previous year, and an all-time high.    “Improved confidence among U.S. retailers, newly added port […]

   The shipping publication Lloyd’s List is reporting that Samsung will build a minimum of three 19,200-TEU ships for Scorpio Group, which will bareboat charter the ships to Mediterranean Shipping […]

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services said it would neither comment on nor disclose the terms of the agreement on a contract with grain elevator operators.

   “Steve has been integral in many of my successes. His combination of political, policy and communications know-how has been a tremendous asset,” said Bill Shuster, head of the House […]

   C.C. Tung, chairman of OOIL, said that “there are underlying developments that support a degree of cautious optimism” about the outlook for the shipping industry.

   APM Terminals Izmir in Turkey has recently ordered three ship-to-shore quay cranes capable of handling containerships larger than 10,000 TEU from ZPMC in China.    In addition, the terminal […]

   Third party logistics services provider Agility has entered a partnership with Shanghai International Port Group Logistics (SIPGL) to expand its East China ocean freight services.     The agreement covers […]

   Hapag-Lloyd officials have said the carrier will scrap older ships at “green recycling yards.”    The company confirmed reports by Deutsche Presse-Agentur and broadcaster Deutsche Welle that it will […]

   “DP World Vancouver is still experiencing an extremely high discharge volume of U.S. cargoes. This, combined with a Canadian cargo increase and rail car supply that does not meet […]

   Pasha has said the ship is expected to enter service later this year, carrying containers and ro/ro cargo between Southern California and Hawaii, where today it operates the ro/ro […]

   Russia’s import ban in response to sanctions from the U.S. and Europe over the war in Ukraine will hurt companies that ship a variety of agriculture products, according to […]

   Hapag-Lloyd has announced several rate increases. Effective August 18, it will increase rates for all cargo and container type moving from the Far East to Mediterranean or North Europe […]

   Moody’s put MOL’s Baa3 rating — the lowest of its investment grade ratings — under review on Monday after MOL reported earnings of 8.5 billion yen ($84 million) for […]

   CSAV said the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission have approved plans to merge CSAV’s container business with Hapag-Lloyd.    “This is part of the consultation process […]

   “Exports to most other trading partners are down for the year, though two notable — and, perhaps, surprising — exceptions are Venezuela and Russia,” said the American Institute for […]

   China’s export restraints, the U.S. government had warned, “artificially increase world prices for these raw material inputs while artificially lowering prices for Chinese producers.”

   A bumper crop of Canadian grain has led to a 70-percent increase in maritime shipments via the St. Lawrence Seaway over last year’s season, according to the Chamber of […]

   The U.S. Commerce Department on Wednesday reported that the country’s exports of goods and services reached a record $195.9 billion, eclipsing the previous month’s amount by more than $300 […]

   APL attributed a 3-percent increase in costs of sales per FEU “largely to a nation-wide trucking shortage in the U.S., port congestion issues in Southern California, as well as […]

   Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 4,090,079 tons in July, the highest total for the trade since July 2012, according to the Lake Carriers’ Association, which represents […]

   “We are making good on our promise to help residents in states affected by natural disasters and other emergencies,” said Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx in a statement.

   The U.S. and Kenyan governments on Wednesday signed a Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement to collaborate on security and trade facilitation.     “This agreement will expand our efforts to combat […]

   Sunland Logistics Solutions, a South Carolina-based third party logistics services provider, has entered a partnership with Artisan Logistics as their in-house carrier to support Sunland’s customers with transportation services […]

   A record amount of container cargo moved through the Port of the Port of New York and New Jersey in the first six months of 2014. The agency attributed […]

A USDA official said the situation at the Port of Vancouver doesn’t “ensure safe access to the UGC facility for the GIPSA, and therefore [USDA] is conditionally withholding official grain […]

   Egypt plans to improve the Suez Canal by building a 45-mile section parallel to the existing canal that will act as a bypass so ships can travel in two […]

   The demise of the network of electric trolley cars that once crisscrossed Los Angeles is an important and controversial chapter in the history of public transportation.

   The program was developed and implemented by the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and the Environmental Defense Center.

   The bank also announced that it will pledge $3 billion in financing to support U.S exports to Sub-Saharan Africa over the next two fiscal years.

   The White House announced Tuesday that the United States has entered an agreement to boost trade and investment with the Economic Community of West African States.      “Africa […]

   Less-than-truckload carrier Dayton Freight has relocated its Columbia, Mo., service center.     The facility includes 32 truck doors and was “constructed in response to increased customer demand,” the company […]

   Ships transiting the Panama Canal have relatively fewer accidents than those using the Suez Canal or the Kiel Canal, and the number of ship casualties has dropped over the […]

   “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.

   Deutsche Bank recently put Maher on the sales block. Maher operates the largest terminal in the Port of New York and New Jersey, as well as the Prince Rupert intermodal […]

   “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 […]