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In a press release issued by the dockworkers on March 26, ILA President Harold Daggett said “Our organizing mission will go global. We will really make our union an international […]

   The Coalition of New England Companies for Trade (CONECT) hosts its 17th Annual Northeast Trade & Transportation Conference in Newport, R.I. on April 2-4.    The two-and-a-half day conference […]

Big ships from Europe-Asia trade expected to enter the transpacific. By Chris Dupin    The next couple of years could see big changes in transpacific liner services, as many large containerships […]

   Even with slow steaming and economies of scale of bigger containerships, fuel is still a significant cost for carriers, amounting to about 60-70 percent of a voyage across the […]

The French liner carrier said it will manage and operate the terminal, giving customers the opportunity to clear their cargo through customs near Baghdad instead of the Umm Qasr seaport.

   Rickmers-Linie, a regular carrier at the Port of Philadelphia since 2008, will expand its service to the port when it begins its westbound round-the-world service that will connect markets in […]

   COSCO Pacific said it had gross profit of $315 million in 2012, 22 percent more than in 2011.    Revenue was $735.5 million, 23 percent more than in 2011. […]

   The U.S. Export-Import Bank has entered a marketing partnership with the Monterey Bay International Trade Association (MBITA), a non-profit organization in northern California, to help small and midsized exporters enter […]

   The U.S. Export-Import Bank has authorized more than $190 million in financing to support the export of Boeing 737-900ER aircraft to El Al Israel Airlines.    “This transaction will […]

   The National Shipping Co. of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) has sold its general cargo vessel, Saudi Diriyah, for scrap.    The company received SAR 30.25 million ($8 million) for the […]

   In May, Florida Coastal School of Law will start a number of programs in logistics and transportation law, including a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree, as well as graduate […]

Under Hochberg’s leadership in fiscal year 2012, the bank for the fourth-straight year set export finance records in a number of key areas. Overall financing for the first time exceeded […]

   A federal grand jury in San Juan, Puerto Rico, has returned an indictment against Thomas Farmer, a former executive of Jacksonville, Fla.-based Crowley Liner Services, for participating in a […]

   The proposed merger between the container liner companies Hapag-Lloyd and Hamburg Süd has been called off.    A brief statement from the shareholders of Hapag-Lloyd – the Albert Ballin investment group […]

Roy Schleicher, interim CEO at the Florida port, said because of the depressed economy, the port came to a “mutual agreement with Hanjin… that we would not pursue building their […]

Currently, import containers that don’t move inland from the dock as a block on unit trains are trucked 24 miles to BNSF’s Hobart Yard. The new intermodal facility would reduce […]

Lead bill sponsor State Republican Rep. Gene Ward noted foreign-built vessels are allowed in the domestic Guam trade, and said an exemption for cruise ships was put in place in 2003 […]

   The Port of New Orleans said its board of commissioners has given notice to AECOM Technical Services to begin the design of the port’s new Mississippi River Intermodal Terminal […]

   Maersk Line on Friday said it will raise freight rates April 15 from Asia (excluding Japan) to European destinations by $500 per TEU, while its rates to Syria will be […]

   Local government and industry officials at three ports on the opposite end of the spectrum in California are lobbying members of Congress and U.S. Customs to adjust how the […]

   The U.S. International Trade Commission ruled imports of stainless steel sinks from China are subsidized by the Chinese government and are harming domestic manufacturers of similar products since they […]

   A fact-finding mission this week to Panama by representatives of the Terrebonne Parish Economic Development Authority (TEDA) and the Port of Terrebonne in Louisiana has port officials considering the […]

   The Government Accountability Office Wednesday released a report on shipping between Puerto Rico and the United States and possible modification of the Jones Act requirement that vessels participating in the […]

   The American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) said last October’s Superstorm Sandy, which ravaged the U.S. Northeast, has shown the network’s strength, as well a highlighted areas for improvement.    […]

   CenterPoint Properties broke ground this week on a new ACE Hardware distribution center at Wilmer, Texas.    The 450,000-square-foot facility will be situated on 31.3 acres within the 59.9-acre […]

The economic relationship between the United States and European Union is already the world’s largest, accounting for one third of total goods and services trade and nearly half of global […]

   U.S. Commerce Department officials said progress was made to strengthen the economic relationship between the United States and Brazil, following the eighth meeting of the U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum, which […]

   Chinese liner carrier COSCO has announced a general rate increase of $475 per TEU for all shipments from Far East (excluding Japan) and the India and Pakistan region to Northwest Europe and […]

   At the end of last month, Ryder System surpassed its goal of hiring 1,000 veterans by the end of the year, a pledge made in November 2011 as part […]

   UPS has appointed Cindy Miller to president of UPS Europe and Derek Woodward as president of emerging markets, effective April 30.    Miller, currently president of UPS U.K., Ireland […]

   The Government Accountability Office Wednesday released a report on shipping between Puerto Rico and the United States and possible modification of the Jones Act requirement that vessels participating in […]

The French liner company is anticipating similar profitability despite a poor economy in Europe and supply-demand equilibrium, which CFO Michel Sirat said is still “a bit shaky” for the container shipping industry.

“Halifax has been targeting this type of Asian service as part of our container growth strategy. This service plays to our port’s strengths including transit time advantages via the Suez […]

The terminal operator said higher revenue was “driven by strong growth in the Middle East, Europe and Africa region representing our ability to improve revenue from both our container and non-container operations.”

   With an eye to recent political upheaval in Egypt, the latest edition of Drewry’s Container Insight Weekly contains a detailed analysis of what might happen to the container shipping […]

   Crowley Maritime Corp.’s liner services group will now offer shippers a second weekly southbound sailing from Port Everglades, Fla., to Nassau, Bahamas, starting Saturday, March 23.    The new […]

The National Shipping Co. of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) will add the Port of Jacksonville to its liner service schedule. The carrier’s newly built multipurpose vessel Bahri Abha will make its […]

   DHL Express has increased its cargo capacity by 30 percent in Penang, Malaysia, with the introduction of its new A300 freighter service.     Almost 61 percent of the exports from […]

   Hanson Logistics, a St. Joseph, Mich.-based temperature-controlled warehouse provider, has started the third phase of its Chicago consolidation center, located in Hobart, Ind.    The expansion is part of […]

   The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has recently amended its regulations to allow the import of fresh bananas from the Philippines to the U.S. […]

   Data2Logistics, a supply chain information technology solutions provider, has launched its Shipper-Industry Benchmarking Program, providing a consultative review of a company’s freight shipping costs, comparing findings with industry benchmarks […]

   Liner carriers Zim and Hapag-Lloyd both announced today that they were postponing or canceling containership orders.     Zim said it had reached an agreement to immediately cancel orders for […]

Members of the CKYH – Green Alliance of container liner companies (COSCON, “K” Line, Yang Ming, and Hanjin Shipping) said Tuesday they will restructure their current Asia-U.S. East Coast loops, […]

Hapag-Lloyd said it had a net loss of 128 million euros ($166 million) in 2012 compared to a net loss of 28.8 million euros in 2011. The German carrier also […]

   Liner carrier Zim will participate in three G6 services to U.S. East Coast.    Zim, which has been jointly operating the SCE service with the Grand Alliance between Asia […]

   The Business Development and Economic Relations Working Group of the U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission on Monday reached agreement on an Action Plan for 2013-2014.    The plan will serve […]

   Chandra Brown has joined the U.S. Commerce Department as deputy assistant secretary for manufacturing.    In this role, she will be responsible for identifying factors affecting competitiveness and barriers […]

   French liner carrier CMA CGM said it had a net profit of $361 million in 2012 compared to a loss of $5 million in 2011.    Consolidated revenue rose […]

   After just a month and a half on an eight-week rotation, the ocean carrier Maersk Line has once again increased the speed of its weekly FM3 service between Asia and the […]

   After two and a half months on a 10-week rotation, the ocean carrier Maersk Line has removed one of the two vessels added to its weekly Asia-to-South Africa Safari […]

   Express carrier UPS has acquired the 49 percent interest that VN Post Express had in a joint venture, giving the company 100-percent control of its operations in Vietnam.    […]

   Echo Global Logistics, a Chicago-based provider of transportation and supply chain management services, has acquired Open Mile, a truckload brokerage headquartered in Boston.    “Open Mile has developed leading […]

   Hiab, part of Cargotec corporation, has received 1.4 million euros ($1.8 million) in funding from the European Union for a three-year research project with three universities in Poland and […]

The G6 Alliance, which announced earlier this year that it would expand beyond the Asia-Europe trade lane, has revealed port rotations for six services between East Asia and the U.S. East […]

“K” Line has not yet decided if it will own the ships or charter them from another company. “There are several options but our basic idea is to create an […]

   The Shanghai Container Freight Index (SCFI) for exports from China jumped sharply last week.    The overall SCFI rose 13.1 percent to 1,231.31, while the index for cargo moving to Europe was […]

   Building on the success of an ocean-import security pilot designed to increase trade efficiency, the United States and Canada on Thursday reached an agreement in principle to move ahead with […]

   Maersk Line’s Triple-E container ships will star in their own television mini-series.    The shipping company said the Discovery Channel will broadcast a six-part series on the construction of […]

Friday, March 15, marked the one-year anniversary of the entry into force of the U.S.-South Korea free trade agreement and, so far, the White House is pleased with the results. […]

Commissioner William P. Doyle said the G6 Alliance will deploy more than 50 ships in the transpacific trade, with three strings through the Panama Canal and three through the Suez Canal, […]

Soren Skou, Maersk Line CEO, said if there’s insufficient demand by shippers for transport when its 18,000-TEU ships enter service later this year between Asia and Europe, the company will […]

   The Japanese government announced it intends to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations.    The TPP is a free trade agreement currently under negotiation between 11 countries, including Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, […]

   The Southern California ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles reported strong growth in cargo volumes in February, but noted the sharp increase may be due in part to […]

   An effort by the state of Delaware to attract private investment in the Port of Wilmington has stalled.    In a letter to Alan Levin, director of the Delaware Economic […]

   China Shipping Terminal has signed a memorandum of understanding with to purchase a 24-percent share of APM Terminals Zeebrugge.    The transaction is scheduled to be finalized by the […]

   Evergreen Line will team up with Hanjin and Simatech to launch a new service linking the Indian Subcontinent, Persian Gulf and East Africa from late March.    Four 2,500-2,800 TEU vessels […]

   ModusLink is moving to a 15,200-square-meter distribution center in Venray, the Netherlands, that will employ between 350 and 500 people to replace its current location in Apeldoorn.    The […]

   Worldwide Express, a Dallas-based package shipping firm and one of the largest UPS express service resellers, has launched an enhanced version of its shipping technology platforms, SpeedShip 2.0 and […]

   The Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority’s board on Thursday elected Marc Krantz as chairman.    Chris Ronayne was also named vice chairman, while Diane Downing was picked to be secretary. […]

   Inchcape Shipping Services  is warning that if ships arriving from Asia are infested with Asian gypsy moths or do not have required documentation, there can be significant delays in […]

   In one of his last acts before departing the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative this Friday, Ron Kirk said the United States has requested the World Trade Organization […]

   The International Longshoremen’s Association has set Tuesday, April 9, as the date it will hold a ratification vote on a new six-year master contract with employers.    The ILA […]

“Outsourcing our logistics division will help to reduce costs throughout our logistics operations while allowing us to focus on core competencies,” said Torsten Pilz, senior vice president of supply chain […]

“Having introduced our round-the-world Pearl String service with an eastbound rotation 10 years ago, we are convinced that the time to start up a similar concept in the other direction has […]

   Several container carriers will combine two services operating between Southeast Asia and Australia next month into a single string employing larger ships.    The new service will be operated […]

The federal mediator said the agreement will be submitted to the membership of each group for ratification and “paves the way for six years of stable labor-management relations covering all the […]

   Participants in the latest installment of American Shipper‘s quarterly survey on developments in the transpacific container trade, TP Pulse, expect freight rates to increase or remain stable in the coming […]

The Jones Act carrier reported a net loss of $17.9 million in the fourth quarter ending Dec. 23, compared to a net loss of $63.6 million (profit of $74.2 million from […]

   Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP), Malaysia’s largest container terminal operator, has appointed Glen Hilton to chief executive officer.    “Glen’s track record and extensive experience in managing ports and […]

The union’s wage scale delegates on Tuesday approved, in principle, the proposed aspects of the master contract for its dockworkers. The ILA and USMX will meet Wednesday to review the complete […]

   The Athens, Greece-based containership chartering firm Box Ships said Wednesday it has priced its previously announced public offering of 4 million common shares at $5.25 per share.     The […]

   Hanjin Logistics, a subsidiary of liner carrier Hanjin Shipping, has opened new offices in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, Vietnam, and Mumbai, India.    The company started operations […]

   Globe Tracker International (GTI) has introduced a product for tracking and monitoring cargo and assets such as shipping containers.    “After working for over half a decade to develop, […]

   Steel exports in January increased by 11.2 percent, compared to December 2012, according to U.S. government data analyzed by the American Institute for International Steel (AIIS).    “Exports increased… […]

   Tideworks Technology, a Seattle-based provider of terminal management and planning software solutions, said it has completed implementation of its terminal operating system at Cai Lan International Container Terminal (CICT) […]

   The Korean Register of Shipping has taken its information mobile with the launch of a new app called SMART Fleet.    SMART Fleet is available on Android and iOS […]

   Truckload line-haul costs have risen 4.3 percent last month compared to February 2012, but have remained flat from January, according to the Cass Truckload Linehaul Index.    Intermodal costs […]

   China’s COSCO Group said Monday it’s proposing to shuffle assets to help boost results in 2013 and reduce the risk of its stock being suspended from trading on the […]

“The resumption of TIFA talks between Taiwan and the United States represents a new stage in our economic relationship that will more fully open the lines of communication on trade […]

   MIQ Logistics has opened a new facility in Laredo, Texas, to better serve customers’ cross-border supply chain needs.    Salvador “Sal” Beattie will manage MIQ’s Laredo operation.    “Businesses […]

The European Shippers’s Council said it welcomes a decision by the European Commission to end guidelines that gave the liner shipping industry special treatment under European antitrust law.

   InterSystems Corp., a Massachusetts-based software company specializing in healthcare technology, beat three foreign competitors to win a $37 million contract with the Chilean Ministry of Health.    This bid […]

“We’ll keep watching it, but at this time it’s just not a viable option,” said Gene Seroka, CEO of APL Americas. He explained it was difficult to find exports to match inbound […]

   Minneapolis-based XRS Corp. has appointed Brendan Reidy to president and chief operating officer.    Reidy is the former chairman and chief executive officer of Clarus Systems in Redwood City, […]

   DCT Gdansk Container Terminal said Maersk’s 18,000-TEU “Triple E” ship will call its terminal on the Baltic Sea in August.    DCT said a Triple E ship “will call for […]

   Zim will add a second outbound call in New York to its Zim Container Service Atlantic (ZCA) string that connects the U.S. and Mediterranean ports.    Starting this month, […]

   Drewry, the London-based maritime research and consulting company, said nearly 150 sailings by container carriers were cancelled on the transpacific and Asia-Europe routes between October 2012 and this February, […]

   The Jacksonville Port Authority’s 2013 Logistics & Intermodal Conference, March 18-19, will highlight how major global terminal operators are expanding in emerging markets, including those in South America, Central […]

   DB Schenker Logistics has opened a new cross-docking terminal in Pruszcz Gdański in the greater Gdansk area.    Schenker said the new facility is close to roads linking Gdańsk, […]

“It is something that on the face of it sounds so logical, but, quite frankly, behind all this is a property rights question,” said Matthew Rose, the Class I railroad’s chairman and […]