Chris Gillis

Located in the Washington, D.C. area, Chris Gillis primarily reports on regulatory and legislative topics that impact cross-border trade. He joined American Shipper in 1994, shortly after graduating from Mount St. Mary’s College in Emmitsburg, Md., with a degree in international business and economics.
Oct - 2020 -
23 October
Chris Gillis

Hillebrand expands bulk liquid logistics with Braid acquisition

German forwarder says acquisition will expand its global business in handling nonhazardous bulk liquids such as alcoholic beverages and edible oils.

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22 October
Chris Gillis

Southwest Airlines records $1.2B Q3 loss

COVID-19 keeps bookings soft, planes parked during quarter.

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21 October
Chris Gillis

FMC grants temporary tariff publication relief to CMA CGM

The carrier sought relief from commission regulations earlier this month as part of its efforts to recover from a crippling cyberattack in late September.

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20 October
Chris Gillis

World Shipping Council stays in step with Shipping Act

The ocean container industry association files an agreement with the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission to ensure its collective activities do not violate the Shipping Act.

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Chris Gillis

Container return date upheaval by the numbers

The Agriculture Transportation Coalition, together with TradeLanes, surveys hundreds of American shippers about the cost to their bottom lines of uncommunicated earliest return dates from ocean carriers.

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19 October
Chris Gillis

Lombardi becomes Institute of International Container Lessors president

Former Port Authority of New York and New Jersey executive takes over at IICL from Steven Blust, who will continue in a senior adviser role.

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NCBFAA’s 35-year general counsel retires

The National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America’s general counsel Ed Greenberg looks forward to spending time with his grandson.

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09 October
Chris Gillis

FMC considers changing service contract filing requirements

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission will consider a change in its regulations that would allow filing of service contracts up to 30 days from the agreement’s effective date.

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CMA CGM seeks tariff publication relief from FMC post-cyberattack

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission will consider the French liner carrier’s relief petition to give it time to clean up its systems.

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Chris Gillis

Do you know where your chassis are?

Container chassis management model in the U.S. challenges advancement of full-circle tracking technologies.

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08 October
Chris Gillis

Reverse logistics requires handling customers with white gloves (with video)

Kenco’s Jason Neal explains at the FreightWaves Last Mile Logistics Summit how this service requires drivers to also be resilient customer service representatives.

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Chris Gillis

Industry groups ready responses to FMC’s ocean carrier pricing review

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission wants to learn the extent of allegations that ocean carriers are targeting noncontracted service providers for freight payment.

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07 October
Chris Gillis

FMC examines ocean carrier billing practices

U.S. Federal Maritime Commission steps forward with notice of inquiry to evaluate alleged ocean carrier abuse of “merchant” definition for bill of lading responsibility.

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06 October
Chris Gillis

Envase acquires SecurSpace for drayage storage

Drayage truckers on the Envase platform have access to an online marketplace that connects them to available parking and storage lots nationwide.

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Chris Gillis

Truckers counter ocean carrier effort to dismiss chassis complaint

The Intermodal Motor Carriers Conference insists the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has jurisdiction to ensure that ocean container chassis provisioning is conducted fairly.

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05 October
Chris Gillis

SAL expands US project cargo footprint with Intermarine

SAL Heavy Lift Group sees Intermarine expanding its ability to serve project cargo shippers throughout North and South America.

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Chris Gillis

American exporters want end to erratic container return dates

The inability of ocean carriers to timely inform shippers of schedule changes results in costly logistics disruptions and potential for lost international sales.

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01 October
Chris Gillis

DHL Global Forwarding picks new Americas CEO

Tim Robertson succeeds Bill Meahl, who will continue to serve in an advisory role until his retirement next September.

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FMC extends coronavirus-related service contract filing flexibility

U.S. Federal Maritime Commission anticipates COVID-19 impact on U.S. supply chain to continue into the first half of 2021.

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Sep - 2020 -
30 September
Chris Gillis

Geodis expands US workforce to meet peak season

The 3PL will add up to 8,000 employees to handle the seasonal increase in e-commerce shipments on top of its ongoing effort to raise its profile in the American market.

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