In addition to the U.S., the other trading partners involved in the negotiations are Australia, Canada, China, Costa Rica, the European Union, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Switzerland and Taiwan.
Several terminals in Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach were briefly closed Tuesday morning after members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union honored picket lines set up by Teamster protesters.
If Congress doesn’t come up with a plan to infuse the Highway Trust Fund with cash, Mississippi will pull all of its transportation projects currently up for bid, according to the executive director of the Mississippi DOT.
South Carolina-based Swing Transport has selected ORBCOMM to implement its tracking solution on 1,000 dry van trailers, providing web-based fleet management and real-time monitoring of the carrier’s freight. The carrier will receive ORBCOMM’s GT1100 devices, one-inch, self-powered sensors that attach to each truck. Swing will combine ORBOMM’s tracking and monitoring products with a […]
John D. Rockefeller, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, on Monday urged President Obama to speed up a rulemaking aimed at improving safety for transportation of crude oil by rail. The Office of Management and Budget is reviewing proposed rules by the Department of Transportation that would set stricter design […]
“With the overall uncertainty already seen in the eastbound freight market, the central issue for shippers and carriers alike is maintaining service and schedule reliability,” explained TSA Executive Administrator Brian Conrad.
The Teamsters said Monday that they had shut down operations at three drayage companies servicing the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach that employ about 400 drivers, but it was unclear whether the protests would widely affect container terminal operations at the ports after the International Longshore and Warehouse Union announced a three-day […]
The group held organizational meetings this spring and has now received commitments from the charter members to support the mission of ensuring industry-wide compliance with environmental air quality rules.
In a filing with the Tel Aviv stock exchange, Israel Corp. said a district court agreed to change the terms of the Israel government’s “golden share” so that state approval would be required only for transfers of more than 35 percent.
Hyundai Merchant Marine said it has taken delivery of the third in a series of five, 13,100-TEU ships being built at a cost of $129 million each by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering. Hyundai Drive has joined the G6 Asia-Europe Loop 6. A similar group of five ships was built by the […]
SEKO Logistics has built a 152,000-square-foot logistics center in Milton Keynes, England, to support e-commerce growth. SEKO will employ 150 workers at the new facility. The construction of the warehouse, from which SEKO will conduct global fulfillment, delivery management and returns solutions, comes on the heels of last year’s warehouse opening in […]
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union and employers represented by the Pacific Maritime Association said late Monday they had “agreed to take a 72-hour break from negotiations on a new coast-wide contract while the ILWU attends to an unrelated negotiation taking place in the Pacific Northwest.” The subject of that negotiation was not specified, […]
The Federal Aviation Administration has approved Envirotainer’s RKN e1 unit load device for use on airlines governed by the agency. Envirotainer said there are still approvals and processes to iron out, but that the containers should be available within six months. In light of the full approval, the company said it is […]
In the early 1950s, Diaz followed his father into the shipping business at Garcia and Diaz as a ship agent and manager. He later became vice president at Grace Lines and T.J. Stevenson Co., and then was named president of West Coast Lines.
Mundra will become India’s largest container port in next 24 months, with a total container handling capacity reaching 5.5 million TEUs, CMA CGM said. The companies plan to begin construction immediately.
Last week, Joseph Szabo, administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration, made a pitch for the GROW AMERICA Act, saying “we have to work harder than ever to create a framework that will ensure these goods move safely, reliably and efficiently.” Speaking at the Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Division Convention in San […]
The call throughout the country for Congress to fix the Highway Trust Fund before it runs out of money in September and domestic construction grinds to a halt has reached a fever pitch. The Washington Post editorial board wrote last week that a long-term fix to the issue is unlikely before the November […]
“In the past, when transporting sensitive freight such as precision equipment, medical instruments or food products over land, it was necessary to use air-suspension trucks. However, air-suspension trucks have high costs,” the company said.
Officials with Lufthansa and Air China have agreed to enhance their commercial partnership, pledging better services and connections between Europe and China in the future. The carriers foresee benefits filtering to customers by October. “Thanks to strategic partnerships with leading airlines, the Lufthansa Group airlines now connect the world’s four largest economies […]
Three Boeing aircraft hulls being transported by Montana Rail Link derailed Thursday in Montana, spilling the aircraft components in the Clark Fork River, according to company spokesperson Lynda Frost, who was interviewed on local radio station KGVO. According to press reports, 737, 777 and 747 hulls were being transported, and only the 737 […]
