The Agriculture Transportation Coalition has urged the ILWU and employers to “take action to keep U.S. West Coast ports (and the cargo that is dependent upon them) viable.”
The U.S. Maritime Administration is accepting applications until Sept. 30, 2016 for future marine highway projects. “Eligible projects should establish new or enhance existing marine highway services that reduce land-side congestion and increase the use of domestic marine transportation,” said MarAd, but do not have to parallel land-side routes, MarAd noted that’s […]
The Japanese shipping company bought a 30 percent stake in the Mexican logistics company CSI Group to expand its participation in Mexico’s burgeoning finished automobile trade in North America.
Researchers from iMinds-Ghent University in Belgium are working on a new standardized format for the tracking of ocean containers, according to an article in Projects Magazine. iMinds focuses on the development of wireless communications networks and their application to industry. iMinds researcher Ingrid Moerman heads the Control and Management of Constrained Devices teams […]
Five aviation leaders have joined the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey at Northeast airports. The new team of general managers — Michael Moran at John F. Kennedy International; Rich Heslin at Newark Liberty International; Lysa Scully at LaGuardia and Ed Harrison at Stewart International — have more than 100 years […]
Domestic freight activity inched up by 0.4 percent from March to April, led by trucking and intermodal growth, according to recently released figures collected by the Department of Transportation. While the DOT’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics measured significant rail car growth in March, that activity slowed down in April. With the latest […]
In June, truck spot rates for van, flatbed and refrigerated loads rose when compared to May’s results, and spot market capacity declined by 18 percent, but costs didn’t increase as much as anticipated, according to a DAT analysis.
During the first week of June, spot market truck capacity fell by 8.8 percent from the previous week, pushing up van, reefer and flatbed rates, according to DAT. Van spot rates rose by 3.5 percent to an average of $2.05 per mile after falling by $0.04 during May. Compared to May 2013, however, […]
The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday unanimously confirmed Gene Seroka, head of commercial in the Americas region for American President Lines, as the new executive director of the Port of Los Angeles.
“We need to be investing well above the current insufficient investment levels, or our nation is going to be stuck treading water,” Nick Rahall, D-W. Va., said at the Rally for Roads event in Washington, D.C.
There are plans to dredge the Yangtze and increase the navigation capacity of the Three Gorges Dam. People’s Daily reported China is also working on standardized ships for the Yangtze and developing energy-saving vessels.
The LTL industry has experienced a tonnage rise, with most major carriers reporting solid first-quarter numbers, according to a Stifel Nicolaus analysis, and as capacity shrinks, LTL tonnage should also see a nice second quarter. In the first quarter, Old Dominion and FedEx Freight posted big gains in tonnage, but all LTL carriers […]
C.R. England opened a new terminal Wednesday in Colton, Calif., and also added 10 new LNG trucks to its fleet. The 34-acre facility is located at 2250 S. Riverside Ave. and includes a maintenance shop with eight service bays, a driver resource center and parking for 250 tractors and 350 trailers. “C.R. […]
The services are New York direct to Tunis, Tunisia, and Atlanta direct to Karachi, Pakistan. The biweekly New York-Tunis service will have a transit time of 17 days. The weekly Atlanta-Karachi service will have a a 26-day transit time.
R.J. Corman Railroad Group of Nicholasville, Ky., was selected by the board of the Northwest Tennessee Regional Port Authority to operate the nation’s newest multimodal inland port at Cates Landing, Tenn. “We see the Port of Cates Landing as having the potential for a wide range of prospective activities, where a modern berthing […]
The Houston Ship Channel will be gaining an ethane export facility through an agreement with Enterprise Products Partners and the Port of Houston Authority. “The agreement is exciting for the port and the entire region in terms of creating jobs and fostering positive economic impact,” said Janiece Longoria, chairman of the port commission […]
The current officer supply is 610,000, a shortfall of 19,000. This shortfall is forecast to rise to 21,700 by 2018 given that there will be a need for an additional 38,500 officers by that time, according to Drewry.
Possibly signaling the start of wider commercial acceptance of drones, the Federal Aviation Administration has given the go-ahead to BP and AeroVironment to use an unmanned aircraft system over Alaska for surveying purposes. This marks the first FAA authorization of a UAS over land. “These surveys on Alaska’s North Slope are another […]
Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, American Shipping Company and funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management, have created a pure-play Jones Act shipping company, Philly Tankers. Two tankers will be built by 2017.
Located in the Yinzhou Economic Development Zone, the plant will make various kinds of logistic equipment such as standard or special containers, CIMC said in a filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The factory will cost $482 million.
