OIA Global, a Portland, Ore.-based logistics services provider, has opened a new office in Sao Paulo, Brazil. “Consistent with last year’s acquisition of Bellville Rodair International, OIA Global is continuing our growth strategy, allowing us to further build our infrastructure in one of the world’s fastest growing markets,” said Charlie Hornecker, OIA’s chief […]
The American Institute for International Steel reported shrinking steel exports in February over January, especially for the NAFTA region, which represents about three-quarters of total U.S. steel exports. The association reported a 9-percent drop in U.S. steel exports to Canada, and an almost identical 9.3 percent drop of these shipments to Mexico. […]
The U.S. Export-Import Bank has established a partnership with Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce and World Trade Center Charleston in South Carolina.
A 2,840-TEU container ship, the Hansa Constitution, went aground in Hong Kong harbor on Sunday afternoon. A video posted to YouTube shows the 633-foot ship slowly coming to rest just short of a seawall near playing fields at the University of Hong Kong in Pok Fu Lam. The ship is owned by […]
Saltchuk Resources said it will acquire Tropical Shipping, a company that operates ships between the U.S. and Canada and the islands in the Caribbean and Bahamas, from AGL Resources, an Atlanta-based natural gas utility holding company. AGL Resources did not say what the sale price was, but said, “after-tax cash proceeds and repatriated […]
CEO Lovetro says chassis pool operator “intent on providing a broader suite of services.” TRAC Intermodal, the largest chassis leasing company in North America, is looking to enter the drayage business. TRAC’s fleet of 310,000 chassis is spread across the United States among 546 locations for its marine chassis and 154 locations for […]
Greater cooperation among all air cargo stakeholders — airlines, freight forwarders and shippers — will help erase the communications gap between shippers’ expectations of service quality and what the airlines actually provide, according to the European Shippers’ Council. To that end, the industry as a whole needs to collaborate on new pilot projects […]
Fred Smith, chairman and chief executive officer of FedEx Corp., in an April 10 speech pushed back against those saying that new flight-and-duty time rules for passenger airline pilots should apply to cargo airlines too. Calls for the change have become louder after investigators looking into a UPS Cargo plane crash in Alabama last […]
OOO “Garant-S” sued Empire United Lines and Michael Hitrinov, its president and owner, for losses arising from a third-party theft of Garant’s automobiles.
By Alan Spear, U.S. director of cargo security loss control for AIG Global Marine If you feel baffled by our information-intense culture, you’re not alone. Not only are we bombarded with “stuff”—some useful, most not—we are fed daily statements which are misleading and/or inaccurate. It has become more difficult to adhere to KISS (Keep […]
It’s hard to go much more than a week in the supply chain business without hearing about the silos that separate everyone. Carriers don’t talk to shippers. Inbound doesn’t talk to outbound. International doesn’t talk to domestic. Procurement doesn’t talk to finance. Sourcing doesn’t talk to transportation. Merchandising doesn’t talk to anyone.
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission made the right call in late March not to block the P3 Network, which Maersk Line, Mediterranean Shipping Co. and CMA CGM plan to start later this year. The three largest container carriers will operate the mega vessel-sharing agreement in the transpacific, transatlantic and Asia-Europe trades. They […]
Singapore has bold plan to relocate container terminals. Port planning doesn’t get more audacious than this. Singapore, home to the world’s second largest container port, is simultaneously undertaking a huge expansion of its Pasir Panjang Terminal, while making plans to eventually relocate container operations to Tuas at the western edge of the country, an […]
Navios Maritime Holdings controls a fleet of 64 dry-bulk ships, workhorses of the sea that carry commodities such as grain, soybeans and iron ore. However, during a recent presentation about its business, specifically in a section touching on the prospects for a subsidiary called Navios South American Logistics, Angeliki Frangou, Navios’ chairman and […]
Rising U.S. oil and gas production expected to drive harbor and terminal upgrades over next several years. The boom in U.S. oil and gas production is having a beneficial effect on the Port of Houston, one that’s expected to keep growing in coming years. “The energy sector, the resurgence in that field — […]
MarAd’s acting chief says “cargo will create a demand for ships, and ships create a demand for mariners.” A year after taking charge of the U.S. Maritime Administration, Paul “Chip” Jaenichen sounded the alarm about the future of the U.S. Merchant Marine. Responding to questions during a hearing in March before the […]
Congestion attributed to labor shortages, computer glitches, and a reduced supply of container chassis led the Port of Authority of New York and New Jersey in December to form a Port Performance Task Force. Then a string of winter storms severely disrupted operations. One of the main problems, maritime officials say, is a […]
Truckers on March 26 reached agreement with Canadian and port officials to end a month-long strike over trip rates and long queues at Port Metro Vancouver that severely disrupted cargo deliveries and caused some ocean carriers to divert loads to the nearby U.S. ports of Seattle and Tacoma. At the height of the […]
The Virginia Port Authority in early April outlined a series of recent steps, as well as future ones, to address poor terminal productivity that has caused congestion for motor carriers and cargo delays for shippers during the past year. Officials said they are implementing a series of measures such as extending gate hours […]
As truck capacity tightens, white paper says shippers must make their freight more attractive. In the multibillion-dollar U.S. freight transportation market, relationships sometimes get overwhelmed by the sheer volume of cargo being moved and the number of carriers angling to move it. A new white paper by the freight brokerage and third party […]
