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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, […]
ProTrans, a U.S.-based transportation and supply chain management provider, has expanded its coverage by opening a new center in Kansas City, Mo. “The opening of the Kansas City […]
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 […]
James Caponiti has been appointed president of the American Maritime Congress, a nonprofit organization representing the U.S. maritime industry. He has been executive director of AMC since October 2011. […]
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.
CEVA Logistics has opened a Foreign Trade Zone warehouse operation in Miami, the company announced Tuesday. U.S. Customs and Border Protection approved the operation, which joins CEVA’s existing […]
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 […]
Swift Transportation said earnings per share during the first quarter will fall between $0.11 and $0.13, a lower-than-expected range that comes as a result of severe weather and its […]
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, […]
Congestion attributed to labor shortages, computer glitches, and a reduced supply of container chassis led the Port of Authority of New York and New Jersey in December to form […]
The Virginia Port Authority in early April outlined a series of recent steps, as well as future ones, to address poor terminal productivity that has caused congestion for motor […]
STB weighs arguments for competitive switching between railroads. At the end of March, an anticipated public hearing by the U.S. Surface Transportation Board brought more than eight hours of […]
EDF’s Green Freight initiative helps companies lower their emissions while building a business case for sustainability.EDF’s Green Freight initiative helps companies lower their emissions while building a business case for […]
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 […]
Last month I wrote about Tiger Cool Express and several other providers of temperature-controlled transport (“Refrigerated rail heats up,” pages 34-42). Buried in the story is a brief mention […]
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 […]
A.P. Moller-Maersk said it has agreed to sell to NorSea Group the core business activities of its Danbor unit, involved in logistics and services for the wind and oil […]
The supply chain design software provider LLamasoft said Thursday that the home furnishings Internet retailer Wayfair has selected LLamasoft’s Transportation Guru product for supply chain network design and transportation […]
Foxx U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on Friday appointed 10 new members to the Marine Transportation System National Advisory Council. Established in 2010, MTSNAC is comprised of 29 […]
New Orleans-based Dupuy Storage and Forwarding opened a new, 100,000-square-feet coffee warehouse and distribution facility this week in North Charleston to serve the rising levels of imported coffee beans […]
The U.S. Commerce Department on Thursday reported that the country’s exports of goods and services in February fell slightly to $190.4 billion from $192.5 billion in January. However, […]
Requirements for U.S. exports to be carried on U.S. flag ships is the subject of legislation moving through Congress. On Tuesday, the House of Representatives unanimously approved The Coast Guard […]
The Federal Maritime Commission said Wednesday it has concluded its review of the proposed amendment to the G6 Alliance Agreement and will allow the vessel-sharing agreement to expand into […]
CSX has begun operating a sophisticated, new intermodal terminal in Winter Haven, Fla., about 45 minutes west of Orlando. The facility will serve as an end-of-line rail hub […]
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 46 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review. The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from B&F International, Carson, […]
Kuehne + Nagel has expanded its less-than-container-load (LCL) service, opening a new hub in Busan, South Korea, as part of its expansion in the Asia-Pacific region. Busan is […]
The multipurpose, or breakbulk, shipping sector should see better times following a tough 2013, according to the London-based consultant Drewry.
Hamburg Süd said it did well in 2013 “under difficult business conditions,” and “subdued market growth and operational problems in the vastly overstretched ports in Brazil,” but it does not […]
Drewry Maritime Research says the container shipping industry “remains in an extended down cycle” due to the entry of new and larger vessels across all trades. The consulting […]
A.P. Moller – Maersk Group and China Shipping (Group) have signed an agreement that they said paves the way for new discussions on more collaboration and joint ventures.
The Government of Jamaica said it has signed a “framework agreement” with China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) for the development of a transshipment hub in the Portland Bight, according […]
XPO Logistics has closed its $335 million acquisition of Pacer, completing a deal that was announced in January. Daniel Avramovich, Pacer’s former chief executive officer, has taken over […]
Evergreen Line will join with members of the CKYH alliance — COSCO, “K” Line, Yang Ming and Hanjin — in operating container services to the United States East Coast. […]
U.S. steel imports increased in February compared to January by 1.4 percent, according to preliminary government data analyzed by the American Institute for International Steel. “Improved pricing at […]
Exporters and importers should be developing options to prepare for a possible disruption at West Coast ports this year, said Peter Friedmann, executive director of the Agriculture Transportation Coalition […]
David Samson, the chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, has resigned, effective immediately, said New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Friday afternoon.
CMA CGM, the third-largest container carrier in the world, said it had a net consolidated profit of $408 million in 2013, 22.8 percent more than the $332 million it […]
BMW’s announcement Friday that it will invest $1 billion to expand its plant in Spartanburg County, S.C., underscores the increasing resurgence in domestic U.S. manufacturing, growth in foreign direct investment, […]
China Cosco Holdings Co. said last week that profit attributable to equity holders in 2013 was 235.5 million Chinese Yuan Renminbi ($37.9 million) compared to 9.6 billion RMB in […]
Air freight consolidator AMI has opened offices in Darwin, Australia, and Christchurch, New Zealand. Darwin, the capital of northern Australia, is experiencing a surge in freight business to […]
Sluggish demand and increased capacity “led to a notable mismatch between supply and demand,” and freight rates on main trade lanes “showed no substantial recovery and continued to fluctuate […]
The project at the port in northern Chile, which calls for the construction of a third berth and the expansion of another, will cost upward of $350 million. Iquique […]
The liner carrier MOL said this week its India subsidiary has expanded a warehouse in the burgeoning city of Gurgaon, a suburb southwest of the national capital, New Delhi. […]
Stratford Land, a Dallas-based land investment and management company, has broken ground on RiverPort Business Park in Hardeeville, S.C. The property is located four miles from the I-95 […]
The company will pay $630,000 in civil penalties and post a $300,000-to-$500,000 bond to satisfy any future potential penalties related to the import of model year 2014, 2015 and […]
The Global Shippers’ Forum is calling for shippers to have a greater voice in global discussions as the debate on how to tackle maritime greenhouse gas emissions continues. GSF […]
Groups representing drayage drivers in the Port of Vancouver, British Columbia, said Wednesday they had reached a deal to end a month-and-a-half-old strike. “We did it,” said a […]
ZIM, the Israel-based container carrier, said it had a net loss in 2013 of $530 million compared with $428 million last year. Excluding extraordinary expenses, the annual loss […]
The U.S. maritime industry is “at the precipice of potential failure” said acting U.S. Maritime Administrator Paul “Chip” Jaenichen during testimony to the Coast Guard and Maritime Subcommittee of […]
SeaLand, the newly founded intra-Americas regional carrier of Maersk Group, said it has appointed the following executives to lead the company under Craig Mygatt, who was named earlier this […]
At a waterfront rally Tuesday, the president of the International Longshoremen’s Association along with several business leaders and government officials called for limiting the power of the Waterfront Commission […]
This year’s outlook for the container shipping industry is “bleak” and publicly-listed global container shipping companies “face a greater risk of financial distress, including possible bankruptcy, than at […]
