American Shipper

American Shipper, in partnership with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), surveyed nearly 190 shippers and third party logistics providers on their freight payment procedures, strategies, global integration, and technology. Key focus areas include: The tools shippers and 3PLs use to extend payment terms The extent to […]

   Nautilus Holdings, Ltd., a company that owns 16 containerships and charters them to various liner companies, filed for protection along with several affiliates under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code on Tuesday, citing the downturn in the container shipping industry.    The ships have been on charter to companies such as Maersk, Evergreen, […]

   The Task Force was created by the Port Authority with the New York Shipping Association in December 2013 to identify challenges and examine long-term recommendations to improve service reliability and efficiency.

   The Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Program is asking that seafarers attacked and kidnapped by pirates be remembered on the International Maritime Organization’s Day of the Seafarer 2014, celebrated on June 25.    “As the world celebrates the Day of the Seafarer 2014 and pays tribute to their dedication and contribution to global trade, MPHRP […]

   Bloom brought INTTRA from a start-up to a firm that originates more than 23 percent of global container traffic. The company announced earlier this year he was stepping down, but was staying to help with transition to a successor.

   Zim’s parent company said in a stock exchange filing last week that the liner company has held talks seeking a strategic partner, but said both its debt and the Israel government’s “golden” share were obstacles in those negotiations.

   Descartes has initiated a public offering in the United States and Canada of 9.5 million common shares to generate cash for future acquisitions, debt repayment and general purposes, according to the company.    “Completion of the offering is subject to market conditions and approval by the Toronto Stock Exchange. There can be no assurance […]

   Port Canaveral has signed a 35-year agreement with GT-USA, the U.S. arm of Gulftainer, a terminal operator headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, to operate and further develop its container and multi-purpose cargo terminal.

   OW Bunker, a distributor of marine fuels, has acquired marine fuel broker Wilhelmsen Marine Fuels, a subsidiary of Norwegian Wilhelmsen Maritime Services.    Terms of the deal were not disclosed.    Wilhelmsen Marine Fuels’ main activity is broking services from offices in Oslo, London and Singapore. The firm will continue as a separate business […]

   Ford Motor Co. has modified standard bi-level rail cars used by auto manufacturers for finished vehicle shipments to transport its new full-size Transit cargo vans in the United States, the company said.

   Third-party logistics provider Yusen Logistics has started temperature-controlled, less-than-truckload services for food products in Indochina.    “With reefer trucks often used for road transportation of food products and other chilled cargo, solutions can be costly with scheduling issues, as trucks sometimes need to be chartered even for small orders, or postponed until more cargo […]

   The 15 container shipping lines that are members of the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement have delayed the effective date of a scheduled peak season surcharge of $400 per 40-foot container from June 15 to July 1, saying that the new date coincides with “expiration of various market rates on June 30.    “The objective is […]

   Damco, a third-party logistics subsidiary of A.P. Moller-Maersk, has started operating its first warehouse and container freight station in Myanmar.     The 4,000-square-meter facility is located 15 kilometers from Yangon ports and major industrial sites in the country.     “After acquiring an operating license in 2013 and opening a new office in Yangon, we […]

   Less-than-truckload carrier Old Dominion Freight Line has completed an expansion to its Portland, Maine, facility.     The renovated service center has 43 doors — more than 60-percent more doors than the original service center, Old Dominion said. The company entered Maine in 2005.    The service center provides service throughout Maine, including Sanford, Scarborough, […]

   A strike by members of a French air traffic controllers union has caused delays throughout Europe, according to the International Air Transport Association.    News reports found that the proposed six-day strike has impacted 20 percent of all flights in France.    “In addition to vacationers, business people undertaking important trips, and those awaiting […]

   The European Commission said Tuesday it has extended by another five years until April 2020 thevalidity of its existing legal framework exempting, if certainconditions are met, liner-shipping consortia from EU antitrust rules.    The decision comes days after China scuttled plans for the P3 Network that Maersk, MSC and CMA CGM planned to operate […]

   U.S. Customs and Border Protection has plans to test a holistic trusted trader program that combines security and trade compliance similar to the World Customs Organization’s Authorized Economic Operator model, the agency announced in the Federal Register last week.      The pilot program represents another step toward integrated government cargo clearance at the […]

  Sen. Heidi Heitkamp is tasking the Federal Emergency Management Agency with finding out how to properly prepare local first responders in the case of crude oil derailments.

   APM will fund the $35 million in improvements, which will raise the cranes 32 feet and extend the boom reach by 10 feet. Work is expected to begin this fall and be completed in 2016.

   DHL Global Forwarding will work with Airbus to ship parts for its A319, A320 and A321 planes from a production site in Germany to the company’s new facility in Mobile, Ala., for final assembly.    The agreement will commence in 2015. DHL will load components like wings and fuselages onto air and ocean carriers […]