American Shipper

The Senate passed legislation, as part of the ABLE Act, to enact a 9-cent increase to the barge diesel fuel user fee.

The manufacturer will complete a passenger-to-freighter conversion for the all-cargo airline.

The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has granted the carrier full Good Distribution Practice certification.

Carbofin S.PA. pleaded guilty to three counts of violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships related to the deliberate concealment of vessel pollution.

Barge service will provide added capacity for shippers as Horizon Lines leaves trade.

ILWU sends PMA proposals, as Congressman Bill Shuster writes to president about West Coast Longshore negotiations.

The expansion of the Panama Canal continues to move forward as workers put in place gates for the vessel chambers.

The U.S. International Trade Commission determined the country’s makers of carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod are harmed by similar imports from China.

Imports have increased in Oakland, but exports have fallen off so far this year.

Both Cathay Pacific and Hactl turned in impressive November results, due in part to port congestion on the West Coast.

APM Terminals’ Maasvlakte II terminal in Rotterdam will receive all of its electric power supply from Europe’s wind farms — both on- and offshore.

Shipments of limestone on U.S.-flag vessels plying the Great Lakes reached 2.7 million tons in November, a decrease of 4.4%, year-over-year.

During the past year, CSX transported about 100,000 tons of the fossilized shell to help rebuild habitat in two Maryland oyster sanctuaries.

The all-cargo airline is augmenting its service offerings at the Ohio airport this month.

The firm found that shippers are likely to ask that most fuel savings to be passed on to them and will benefit more than carriers from lower prices.

Todd Peters, the current chief executive officer of GENCO, will continue stay with the company.

Berkeley scientists see big drop from 2009 in emissions of black carbon and nitrogen oxides.

Congress included language rolling back the HOS rule in the omnibus spending bill it passed Saturday night.

Liner carrier made responding to e-bookings a priority, as it has seen its customers shift from phone bookings to electronic platform, according to INTTRA research.

Add Swiss World Cargo’s Chief Cargo Officer Oliver Evans to the growing list of long-time cargo bosses who have retired in the last few years.