Two New York state residents — Chenglan Hu, 52, and Hau Fei Zhang, 53 — pleaded guilty Wednesday to importing more than 100,000 counterfeit and hazardous children’s toys from China for sale in the United States, the U.S. Justice Department said. “The defendants made millions importing dangerous, knock-off toys that put children in […]
Air freight prices inched up to an average of $3.32 per kilogram in July, rising $0.02 from the average price paid in June, according to Drewry’s East-West Air Freight Price Index. The index takes an average of rates paid by forwarders, including surcharges, on 21 key trade lanes. The July rate reflects […]
FreightWatch International put out a call to action for logistics firms to “ensure security protocols are up-to-date and in line with industry best practices for both in-transit and warehouse operations – both will be heavily targeted.”
ZIM said it has upgraded its service between the Mediterranean and West Africa. The weekly MAF service will operate six vessels with the rotation of Tarragona – Valencia – Algeciras – Tangier (Morocco) – Dakar – Lagos (Tin Can Island) – Tema – Abidjan –Tarragona. The company said the new MAF line […]
Vietnam should be careful about going forward with plans to privatize airports, International Air Transport Association Director General Tony Tyler said in a keynote address at Vietnam Aviation Day. “Vietnam is a dynamic and rapidly growing aviation market. The successful development of aviation will pay big dividends to the Vietnamese economy. It must be […]
The ILWU and the PMA said that they had reached a tentative agreement on terms for health benefits, subject to agreement on other issues.
The less-than-truckload carrier YRC Freight on Tuesday said it has released a new dimensional web quoting application via the company’s redesigned website. The quoting application is designed to make it easier for customers to obtain a competitive quote based on density, schedule a pickup, and pay instantly with a credit card. Customers no […]
CEVA Logistics said it will expand its operations in San Diego by opening a new 125,000-square-foot logistics facility with 23 dock doors. The facility will combine two current CEVA operations in the area ‚ one in Poway, Calif., and its current freight management operation in San Diego. The announcement follows CEVA’s recent […]
The UPS Store is the latest company to report a large data breach that jeopardizes its customers information. The retail shipping outlet of parcel delivery company UPS said it discovered malware on systems at 51 locations, or about 1 percent of its 4,470 franchise centers, in the United States. Customers who used a […]
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association, which represents employers, said Tuesday that they had reached a tentative agreement on terms for health benefits.
The petitioners for this investigation are the American Sugar Coalition and its individual members. The product covered by this investigation is sugar derived from sugar cane or sugar beets.
Steel shipments into the United States continued to grow in July, expanding by more than 6 percent from June and nearly 56 percent from a year earlier, according to the American Institute for International Steel.
The agreement with the Pacific Northwest Grain Handlers Association ends a lockout at Portland’s Columbia Grain and Vancouver, Wash.’s United Grain facilities that had been going on for more than a year.
In a letter to the president of Local 8 of the dockworkers’ union in Portland, Bill Wyatt, executive director of the Port of Portland, said the port authority had made the decision because of poor productivity at its Terminal 6 container facility.
Maersk spokesman Tim Simpson speaks on the move to a Florham Park, New Jersey location.
The company said the sale of its terminal in Portsmouth, Va., has been concluded with a partnership comprised of affiliates of investment funds managed by Alinda Capital Partners and Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS).
The 79-year-old chairman and former chief executive of the Pasha Group died last week in Lake Tahoe, Calif. The company has operated a ro/ro vessel in the U.S. mainland-Hawaii trade for years, in addition to offering an array of other services.
The Alabama State Port Authority on Monday completed the purchase of two industrial properties formerly owned by Walter Energy. The properties cost the port $25 million, and include about 35 acres fronting the port’s channel and another 63-acre tract within one-half mile of harbor. Both properties are adjacent to the port’s Choctaw Point […]
Classification services provider ABS has opened a new office in Beijing. The firm opened its first office in China at Shanghai in 1993. “Our Beijing office will be central to our operations as we seek to expand our presence and service offerings throughout China,” said Kwok Wai Lee, ABS’s vice president of […]
A retail trade association has once again called on the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) to reach an agreement on an new contract to replace their agreement which expired July 1. Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) President Sandy Kennedy urged the two groups to “remain focused on […]
