The importance of maintaining and improving infrastructure cannot be overstated. That’s because when cargo movement is delayed, redirected or seriously impeded, critical shipping deadlines are missed, orders get canceled, the cost of goods goes up, companies lose sales, businesses downsize, and America’s international competitiveness sinks. As a nation, many of the goods we […]
Your lead article “Ache at the Gate” (May 2014) effectively covers the waterfront on the past and future of turn time, and is mostly accurate and commendable. One paragraph contains gross factual errors: “Terminal operators three years ago published a study claiming that the median queue time to discharge or pick up a load […]
FedEx Ground’s switch to dimensional pricing causes shippers to exercise options. For new parents, placing multiple orders of diapers through online retailers is an easy way to stock up on an essential item. But for the carriers who bring the product to those consumers’ doorstep, the boom in online retail has lead […]
Gil Kerlikowske, who has been on the job as head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection for less than three months, said his law enforcement background in some ways gives him more credibility in pushing an agenda of reducing security and regulatory barriers for cross-border shipping. The former director of the White House […]
By Biju Kewalram For the last four or five years, the term “big data,” (closely related to “data analytics”) has become a key trend in using systems to gain competitive advantage. At its core, this subject revolves around the use of massive databases to derive patterns that can add commercial value…
Ports around the nation have mandated or encouraged the voluntary transition to modern, cleaner-burning diesel engines for motor carriers serving marine terminals, but federal, state, local or private sector assistance to help small businesses upgrade to new tractors should be targeted at 2010 model year engines because they do a better job at controlling […]
EPA ramps up effort to improve air quality around nation’s seaports.
In the first three months of 2014, IAG Cargo saw its commercial revenue fall by 20 million euros, year-over-year, to 250 million euros ($347.54 million). Despite the decline in revenues, volumes increased to 1.37 billon cargo ton kilometers, a 0.5-percent rise over the first quarter of 2013. With capacity flat for the quarter, […]
American Airlines Cargo is now offering seasonal service between JFK Airport and Rome, and Chicago O’Hare Airport and Dublin through October 25.
House and Senate negotiators said Thursday they have reached agreement on a joint authorization bill that will support commerce and create jobs by improving navigable waterways at ports and along the inland river system. The Water Resources Reform and Development Act gives the go-ahead for more than $8 billion in port and waterway […]
Connaughton Sean Connaughton, a former head of the U.S. Maritime Administration who until January served as Virginia Secretary of Transportation under former Gov. Bob McDonnell, was appointed last month to be the next president of the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association. Connaughton is technically president/CEO-designate during a transition period before he takes over […]
The Kuwait-based logistics and infrastructure company Agility said it had a net profit of 11.24 million Kuwaiti dinar ($40 million) in the first quarter of 2014, 11 percent more than in the same 2013 period. Revenue for the quarter was 314.28 million dinar, 11 percent less than in the same 2013 period. […]
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe vowed to shipping representatives of the Hampton Roads port area that he will raise the state’s East Coast ranking in agriculture and forest products exports from fourth to first place by the end of his term.
London-based Drewry has created a product that it says will allow shippers to share information about trends in contract shipping costs.
As liner carriers divest themselves of chassis in North America, shippers are increasingly concerned about the pressures that will be placed on their access to this equipment. “Over the next few years, there’s going to be a chassis crisis,” especially when the big ships arrive, Holly Pearce, director of international logistics, Lumber Liquidators, […]
While liner carriers laud the benefits of increasingly larger container ships for their operational efficiency and bottom lines, shippers are worried about the impacts these behemoth vessels will have on their supply chains.
ZIM will launch a new service between Asia and the West Coast of North America beginning in mid-May, it announced Thursday, which it said will improve transit time and extend port coverage.
Reacting to the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, the European Aviation Safety Administration has called for extending the required transmission time on underwater locating devices by 60 days.
DHL has begun early-morning helicopter delivery service from Los Angeles International Airport for banking customers located downtown as a way to guarantee 9 a.m. deliveries regardless of traffic. While the service is currently limited to banking customers, officials said it could be expanded in the future. The integrator has a similar service […]
The Great Lakes maritime community will pay tribute to Former Rep. Jim Oberstar on Thursday, according to a press release from The Interlake Steamship Company.
