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, […]
The U.S. International Trade Commission on Friday determined that there’s a “reasonable indication” that a U.S. industry is harmed by sugar imports from Mexico that are allegedly subsidized and sold in the United States at less than fair value. Chairman Irving A. Williamson and Commissioners Dean A. Pinkert, David S. Johanson, Meredith M. […]
The White House on Thursday requested new World Trade Organization dispute settlement consultations with Indonesia to address the Southeast Asian country’s import licensing restrictions on horticultural products, animals and animal products. The United States previously requested consultations on prior versions of Indonesia’s trade-restrictive measures. The United States is now asking for additional consultations […]
“Lake Superior’s ice was so challenging that the U.S. and Canadian Coast Guards had to convoy freighters the entire month,” the Lake Carriers’ Association said, noting that vessels couldn’t cross Lake Superior unescorted until May 2.
Non-vessel-operating common carrier Shipco Transport has opened a new office in Chongqing, China. Consolidations from Chongqing will route through the NVO’s Shanghai gateway. “China’s focus is moving west in recent years, with the great Moving West strategy led and encouraged by the government. More and more, world-leading manufacturers are moving to the […]
The much-anticipated negotiations on a new contract between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and their employers at 29 West Coast ports, represented by the Pacific Maritime Association, started Monday.
When the ocean shipping e-commerce network INTTRA announced a new partnership with the rate and contract management solutions provider Catapult International in late April, it seemed like significant news. The merging of INTTRA’s ocean schedules and booking modules with Catapult’s rate engines provides a perfect match for freight forwarders and non-vessel-operating common carriers […]
Public-private partnerships provide $26 billion to upgrade country’s maritime facilities. The government of Brazil has embarked on an ambitious, multibillion-dollar port modernization and expansion program to help make the maritime system more efficient and the nation’s exports more competitive in world markets. Brazil has the potential to become an economic power. It has […]
Cargo at Southwest Airlines is in expansion mode, with an eye toward entering overseas markets. During the remainder of this year, the U.S. carrier will begin converting international flights serviced under the AirTran banner as part of the final steps of the Southwest-AirTran merger. Once technical upgrades are conducted on these flights, Southwest […]
