Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker announced the next phase of the government’s National Export Initiative, a data-based, customer service-oriented initiative to help businesses capitalize on demand from foreign markets.
The container terminal operating system provider Tideworks Technology said Tuesday it has been selected by Sea Star Line, LLC, to implement its suite of solutions at its Jacksonville, Fla., and San Juan, Puerto Rico, terminals. Sea Star will use Tideworks’ solutions under a fully hosted model, as the carrier seeks to update the […]
Canada’s transport minister announced the new proposals, offered up by the Tanker Safety Expert Panel, one year after the Canadian government first issued proposals to beef up its tanker security.
The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security on Tuesday published regulations that will change the way U.S. export controls are applied to most commercial, scientific, and civil satellites and their parts and components. Together with a companion rule issued by the Department of State, the action moves the items from Category […]
New York-based The Broad Street Capital this week introduced a new service it says will help small and mid-size companies to more than double their present exports within 18 months. The product, GroupExportBoost, was at the Annual Conference of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and was specifically developed for U.S. manufacturers […]
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 49 license applications and changes for review. The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from AC Shipping, Newark, N.J. (Alexander Yanushko, president); Alliance Cargo System, Staten Island, N.Y. (Gregory Ly, president); Bluesea Logistics Corp., Monterey Park, Calif. (Chao Sun, general manager); Contrans Cargo, Westminster, Calif. […]
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 49 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review. The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from ABF Global Supply Chain, Fort Smith, Ark. (Carlos Martinez-Tomatis, division vice president); Action Cargo Transport, Carolina, Puerto Rico (Jose E. Del Cueto, president); AIT Ocean Systems, Itasca, Ill. […]
The bill, which will be amended and voted on by the Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee Thursday, maintains status-quo baseline funding for federal aid highway and transit programs plus inflation, about $50 billion annually.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration wants to fine transportation officials $11,000 each time they coerce drivers to disobey hours of service requirements, commercial-drivers license policies and other regulations.
The Surface Transportation Board’s Office of Environmental Analysis has recommended that environmental mitigation be completed before constructing a 43.2-mile track through central Utah to connect Union Pacific’s mainline to a coal transfer facility. As proposed, the new track would fill 12.3 acres of wetlands, and the agency, in its Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact […]
Hapag-Lloyd reported a loss in the first quarter of 119.1 million euros ($163.4 million) compared with a loss of 93.6 million euros in the first quarter of 2013, and noted the result reflects the takeover of CSAV’s container business.
The Army Corps of Engineers has permitted construction of the Houston Port Authority’s Bayport and Barbours Cut channel improvement projects, and approved the federal assumption of maintenance of the channels when construction is completed. The improvement projects at the port’s two container terminals will deepen the channels from 40 feet to 45 feet, […]
Liner carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co. will consolidate its activities at the Port of Antwerp’s Deurganck dock on the left bank of the Scheldt river. The Antwerp Port Authority said the transfer is needed to allow further expansion by MSC.
BlueGrace Logistics, which operates on a franchise model, is making a push to expand in the New York market. The process for obtaining a franchise with the company consists of several in-depth interviews, a face-to-face visit with the corporate team in Tampa, Fla., and one-on-one consulting with an existing franchise owner in the […]
Rose Peter Rose, the long-time chief executive officer of Expeditors International who retired in March but was to serve as chairman of the board of directors until May 2015, has resigned his position. Rose, who helped found the Seattle-based company in 1981, announced in October his pending departure from the CEO position after […]
“The company does not rule out the possibility of deepening cooperation agreements with other players in order to achieve greater stability, both in fleet and in service coverage,” CCNI’s chairman, Beltran Felipe Urenda Salamanca, said.
The class-action suit has so far generated more than $848 million from 21 airlines including Lufthansa, Air France and American Airlines. Polar Air Cargo, Air New Zealand and Asiana Airlines are among the eight remaining defendants.
Amazon has expanded its Sunday delivery program to 15 additional cities in Texas, Louisiana, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Oklahoma, expanding the service beyond New York City and Los Angeles. The new cities are Austin, College Station, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and Waco, Texas; Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio; Indianapolis; Louisville and Lexington, Ky.; […]
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Monday will release the preliminary text for a six-year surface transportation reauthorization bill. The committee will mark up the bill on May 15.
U.S. steel exports experienced a significant rebound in March, though they remained below the levels of a year earlier, according to U.S. government data analyzed by the American Institute for International Steel. “Following a dip in February, when many parts of the United States were still suffering the impact of a harsh winter, […]
