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“This is a make or break period for transpacific carriers,” said TSA executive administrator Brian M. Conrad. The carriers “cannot afford another year in which expiring contracts and seasonally weak demand erode […]
Kohl’s Department Stores on Tuesday switched on its largest solar-power project at its million-square-foot e-commerce distribution center in Edgewater, Md. The facility opened in 2011 and recently earned its […]
Non-vessel-operating common carrier Shipco Transport will open a new International Cargo Terminals (ICT) export warehouse in Long Beach, Calif., on Jan. 7. ICT, with warehouses in Elizabeth, N.J. […]
NVC Logistics Group, a Rockleigh, N.J.-based third party logistics services provider, has named Robert Kovacs president, effective Jan. 1. He replaces Paul Henrici, who will retire from the […]
The U.S. Export-Import Bank approved loans for more than $150 million worth of American-made energy equipment that will head to Uruguay and Mexico. In specific, Ex-Im Bank approved a […]
The East and Gulf coast dockworkers’ union says it’s still willing to keep talking with management to secure a contract, but warned “unless we hear back from them we will […]
Several grain terminals in the Pacific Northwest trying to negotiate a new contract with workers said Monday evening that they were rejecting the most recent offer from the International Longshore […]
U.S. steel exports increased in October compared to September by 12.1 percent, according to the American Institute for International Steel and government data. “Exports to both NAFTA and […]
The leading German container shipping companies Hapag-Lloyd and Hamburg Süd said this morning that they are discussing a possible merger. If accomplished, the combined companies would be the […]
USMX has said it wants to cap royalty payments “and use the excess, not as savings for employers but to help pay for other benefits for ILA workers,” while ILA […]
The ocean carriers have once again slowed their joint weekly service between Asia and the east and west coasts of North America. Roundtrip voyage time on the loop has increased […]
The Florida East Coast Railway in October launched a new two-day intermodal service from Nashville, Tenn., to Miami designed to reduce trucking challenges into South Florida. It is the […]
Non-vessel-operating common carrier Vanguard Logistics Services has started servicing Yangon, Myanmar. Vanguard Myanmar, opened with partner Global Consolidators Ltd., has a dedicated Vanguard staff to oversee all aspects of […]
President Obama on Friday signed legislation that grants Russia permanent normal trade relations (PNTR). The 2012 Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law and […]
A New Jersey man on Friday was arrested for illegally trafficking in narwhal tusks and associated money laundering crimes, the Justice Department said. On Nov. 14, a federal […]
Ian Mulcahy, business agent for ILA Local 1657, expected that talks between his local and the Maritime Employers Association would begin next year after a deal is reached by CUPE and […]
BlueWater Reporting has announced today the launch of a new Website, www.BlueWaterReporting.com. The new service combines business intelligence tools for liner shipping analytics on a global basis with news content […]
The Georgia Ports Authority on Friday deployed its first four electrified rubber-tired gantry cranes (ERTG), making it the first North American port operation to introduce this cleaner and more efficient equipment. […]
NYK on Friday said it will merge its subsidiary companies NYK-Hinode Line Ltd. and NYK Global Bulk Corp. Hinode has been in business for more than a century […]
C.H. Robinson’s senior vice president Jim Butts will retire, effective Dec. 31. Butts started working at the Eden Prairie, Minn.-based logistics company in 1978. He has been senior […]
“If a new labor agreement is not reached and a port shutdown occurs, we respectfully ask you to be prepared to immediately put into place measures,” the organization told the […]
The U.S. Export-Import Bank approved a $1.03 billion loan to GLOBALFOUNDRIES to finance the export of American-made semiconductor manufacturing equipment to Germany. The transaction, which is Ex-Im Bank’s […]
The Port of New Orleans has elected Joe Toomy to serve as chairman. He succeeds Commissioner Valerie Cahill, whose term as chairman expired. Cahill will continue to serve […]
The Duluth Seaway Port Authority has appointed Jeff Borling to director of industrial/economic development, effective Jan. 1. Borling has spent most of his career in economic development. He […]
A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer, his girlfriend and two of their associates pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court for their participation in multi-year bribery and human […]
Saddle Creek Logistics Services, a Lakeland, Fla.-based third party logistics firm, has appointed Amy Barnes to director of business development. In this role, she will oversee the development […]
A federal mediator said after contract talks on Tuesday and Wednesday the Pacific Northwest Grain Handlers and ILWU Locals 4, 8, 19 and 23 “have agreed they require additional time to review […]
Three days of negotiations between the International Longshoremen’s Association and their employers ended on Wednesday without a labor agreement to replace the one that expires on Dec. 29.
FMC Chairman Richard Lidinsky noted that foreign NVOs have wanted to be able to offer Negotiated Rate Arrangements since the commission approved allowing domestic NVOs to offer them.
The ocean carriers Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) of Japan and Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd have added a fourth vessel to their joint weekly MAREXN service between the U.S. West Coast, Mexico and Central America, […]
Craig Perciavalle was promoted to president of Austal USA, the subsidiary of Australian shipbuilding company, Austal Ltd. He most recently served as senior vice president of operations. Perciavalle […]
Two barge industry groups said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has named two contractors to remove rock pinacles in the Mississippi at Thebes, Ill., and that the agency […]
A senior Commerce Department official helping to oversee the overhaul of the country’s antiquated export control regulations said the Obama administration is committed to following through on concluding these […]
The U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday reported that the country’s exports in goods and services for October were down 3.6 percent from the previous month to $180.5 billion. […]
The CKYH or Green Alliance of container shipping companies (COSCO, “K” Line, Yang Ming and Hanjin Shipping) said it will cancel seven voyages on loops between Asia and North Europe and […]
The Port of Hamburg said the world’s largest containership, the 16,020-TEU CMA CGM Marco Polo, berthed at the HHLA Container Terminal Burchardkai (CTB). But Reinhard Peschel, managing director […]
Import cargo volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to increase 3.9 percent in December despite a strike that closed the nation’s largest port complex for […]
The Port of Virginia handled 198,720 TEUs of containerized cargo in November, the second best month ever for the port. Several carriers rerouted container cargo through Norfolk after […]
With the U.S. government’s recent order to impose duties of Chinese solar panels, a group representing U.S. manufacturers of this equipment warned importers that tariffs may climb. Federal […]
Entercoms, a Dallas-based provider of aftermarket supply chain services, has named Michael Smith chief commercial officer. He will be responsible for commercial strategy and development in marketing, sales, […]
Fednav Group’s ship, Federal Satsuki, is discharging cargo at Federal Marine Terminals in Cleveland this week, one of a series of new “green” vessels being built by the Montreal-based […]
The Port of Jacksonville said a grant will allow it to reduce pollution from equipment at its Talleyrand and Blount Island marine terminals. Awarded by the Florida Department […]
Cavotec said it had won multiple orders for alternative maritime power (AMP) shore-to-ship electrical power systems at the Port of Los Angeles. These projects follow several orders for […]
There may be a need for further improvements to the Panama Canal even after the waterway completes its current expansion in 2015, said Alberto Alemán Zubieta, former administrator of the […]
About 200 ILA wage scale delegates, meeting this week in Delray Beach, Fla., with employer representatives from the U.S. Marine Alliance (USMX), voted unanimously to grant union president Harold Daggett the ability […]
Light-weight pallet maker Airdex International has promoted Randall “Randy” Boeller to vice president of global logistics. His responsibilities will be focused primarily on growth of Airdex’s products in […]
CBP solidifies ties with Israel Customs. U.S. Customs and Border Protection is laying the ground work for an agreement to mutually recognize the Israeli Tax Authority’s Authorized Economic Operator program. […]
An association representing a half dozen grain terminals on the Columbia River and Puget Sound said over the weekend that federal mediators have called for additional meetings to reach a […]
The U.S. government expressed its irritation with Russia over the country’s new requirement that U.S. beef and pork shipments be tested and certified free of the feed additive ractopamine. […]
Capes Shipping Agencies, a Norfolk, Va.-based ships agency and bulk coal freight forwarder, has expanded its operations in New Orleans, Houston and Portland, Ore., through a joint venture with […]
Contract talks resume today between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and its employers, represented by the U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX), in Delray Beach, Fla. Shipper groups are urging the two […]
A wide group of U.S. companies are urging the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and its employers to “make every attempt possible at reaching agreement on a new contract” when they […]
Third party logistics services firm UTi Worldwide reported profit of $10.5 million in the third quarter ending Oct. 31, compared to $28.5 million in the third quarter last year. […]
These restrictions include the broad use of “non-transparent and discretionary import licensing requirements that have the effect of unfairly restricting U.S. exports,” the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said.
The Port of Seattle Authority’s commission this week approved a 25-year plan that seeks to grow traffic at the city’s port and airport and create 100,000 new jobs while […]
The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed the 2012 Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal Act by a vote of 92-4, clearing the way for U.S. companies to take full advantage […]
Four men were charged with making illegal exports of carbon fiber from the United States to Iran and China, the U.S. Justice Department announced on Thursday. Carbon fiber has a […]
COSCO said that on Dec. 4 it signed a strategic cooperation agreement with China Shipbuilding Industry Corp. and an order for two VLCCs, with an option for two more. […]
“Puerto Rico’s economy remains in a prolonged multi-year recession, during which time domestic container volumes to the island have contracted sharply,” said Richard Rodriguez, head of the liner’s Puerto Rico […]
The line next month will offer two new services from Manzanillo, Mexico, to the west coast of Central America as part of a restructuring of its service to the region.
The U.S. Justice Department said Markos Baghdasarian, manager of Delfin Group USA LLC, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in the District of South Carolina to charges of conspiracy to violate […]
An L.A. port official said the huge size of the two ports – their terminals, workforce, railroad infrastructure and large number of truckers – give them a great deal of […]
Hyundai said it will increase all refrigerated cargo rates by $1500 per unit on Jan. 1. The rate increase will apply across the board to all commodities from […]
The Jacksonville, Fla.-based carrier made several changes to the senior management in its shipping and logistics businesses and consolidated its commercial marketing, sales, customer care and pricing activities.
The National Foreign Trade Council and the U.S.-Middle East Free Trade (MEFTA) Coalition welcomed the announcement of three new U.S.-Morocco initiatives aimed at advancing bilateral trade and investment ties […]
The U.S. Export-Import Bank on Wednesday approved its fourth supply chain finance transaction and will guarantee up to 90 percent of $450 million in liquidity offered by a JPMorgan […]
Menlo Worldwide Logistics has agreed to provide JF Hillebrand Singapore with warehousing and inventory management services for its client, whisky distiller William Grant & Sons. Menlo, which has […]
National Interstate Corp. has appointed Tony Mercurio to executive vice president and chief operating officer, effective Jan. 1. He joined National Interstate in 1997 and currently serves as […]
Many American shippers are disturbed that the administration, if not President Obama himself, failed to issue even a statement about the importance of ending the now-concluded strike in the Southern California ports.
The parent company of Sea Star Line and Totem Ocean Trailer Express said Tuesday that it will build two new 3,100-TEU containerships for the Puerto Rico trade that will be […]
Privately-held third party logistics provider Transplace said Thursday it has acquired Torus Freight Systems, a Canadian 3PL specializing in cross-border and intra-Canada freight management. Ontario-based Torus is the third […]
CMA CGM said it was implementing general rate increases Jan. 1 on several routes out of Asia. The French carrier said it will raise rates $500 per TEU […]
The Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor Employers Association said at 11 p.m. PST that they had reached an agreement on a new contract to replace one that had expired on June […]
The China Nuclear Industry Huaxing Construction Co., Ltd., a corporate entity owned and operated by the Chinese government, pled guilty Monday to conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic […]
The U.S. Export-Import Bank has voted to extend a $1.06 billion direct loan and to guarantee a $1.06 billion JPMorgan Chase loan to Reliance Industries Ltd. of Mumbai, India, […]
The U.S. Senate may vote as early as today on the pending 2012 Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal Act, which many industry groups say would open their trade opportunities […]
The Los Angeles mayor said ILWU Local 63, Office Clerical Unit (OCU) and employers of the Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor Employers Association have agreed to have a federal mediator to assist with […]
Nearly 100 trade associations from around the country — groups representing the interests of retailers, manufacturers, farmers and transportation companies — sent a letter today asking President Obama to […]
The agency has implemented 11 improvements to its Safety Measurement System (SMS) to enhance its ability to identify and take action against truckers with safety and compliance concerns.
The U.S. Export-Import Bank said it will back bonds issued by Ethiopian Airlines of Addis Ababa to finance the export of four of 10 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft to […]
Non-vessel-operating common carrier Troy Container Line has expanded its Charlotte, N.C.-based import operation by moving to a larger office in the port city. “The new office provides additional […]
The United States said it will support two activities to assist China’s efforts to develop its rail and port sectors. U.S. Trade and Development Agency Director Leocadia I. […]
The USDA in its second Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade in fiscal year 2013 said the country’s farm exports have climbed more than 50 percent in value, from $96.3 billion in 2009 to […]
A half-dozen large shippers polled on a not-for-attribution basis by American Shipper this week said they were surprised by how quickly the breakdown in contract talks developed into a strike.
Liner carrier Yang Ming will introduce a new service between Japan, Taiwan and Southeast Asia through a slot exchange with Japan’s Interasia Lines. Yang Ming said it will […]
A strike by members of the 600 members of International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 63, Office Clerical Unit (OCU) enters its second week today. Meanwhile, American Shipper has […]
Rickmers Holding unveils plans to invest in eight to 16 containerships, in the 5,000- to 7,500-TEU range, with Los Angeles-based investment firm Oaktree, aiming to charter the vessels to efficiency-seeking […]
German container line hooks into electrical power in Oakland, signalling key step in efforts to comply with 2014 California mandate that certain percentage of ship calls use so-called “cold ironing” […]
