The ruling, which found that the FAA doesn’t have jurisdiction because the unmanned aerial vehicle didn’t fit the “aircraft” classification, could have implications for the regulation of commercial drone use.
The Federal Maritime Commission “unanimously voted to effectively allow the Ports of Seattle and Tacoma to move forward on a cooperative agreement to exchange information and work together to find synergies,” Commissioner William Doyle said.
The announcement Monday that two big fruit companies — Chiquita and Fyffes — plan to merge also means that two of the top 10 operators of conventional breakbulk reefer ships will combine.
Old Dominion Freight Line on Monday reported a year-over-year increase in its less-than-truckload tons per day for February of 11.7 percent, which followed comparable-period growth of 10.1 percent for January 2014. Based on these results and its outlook for March, Old Dominion on Tuesday raised its expectations for growth in first-quarter 2014 LTL […]
Florida Gov. Rick Scott visited the Jacksonville Port Authority on Monday to kick-off the beginning phase of the Intermodal Container Transfer Facility, which is expected to be completed in 2015. The port said the new facility will increase cargo transfer efficiency between ships and trains. The project, with a price tag of […]
Port Metro Vancouver says it is taking security measures amid a strike by container truckers that is dramatically disrupting port operations, while working to address the group’s concerns. According to CBC News, the strike group, made up of union drivers and non-unionized drivers, includes about 400 workers, and is responsible for nine picket […]
U.S. Bank and Nexus Systems on Monday said that they are entering into a strategic agreement to establish a new standard for end-to-end electronic invoice processing and payment. The partnership will seek to combine Nexus’ invoicing software expertise with U.S. Bank’s payment-processing capabilities to create completely automated accounts-payable management solutions. Among U.S. […]
Hanjin Shipping announced Monday that it will continue calling the Port of Portland on a weekly basis. Last fall, the Asian shipper told port officials, including terminal operator ICTSI Oregon, that it would pull its business from Portland if rising costs and productivity issues at Terminal 6, including an ongoing labor dispute, weren’t […]
Global Terminal in Bayonne, N.J., is upgrading its terminal operating system (TOS) by becoming the first company in North America to upgrade to version 2.5 of Navis’s N4 TOS. This recent version of Navis N4 supports Global’s new state-of-the-art radio frequency identification and optical character recognition gate technologies commissioned last summer, as well […]
U.S. steel exports were 963,060 tons in January, up 10.5 percent from December 2013, but 10.6 percent lower than in January 2013, according to U.S. government data.
TNT Express has agreed to sell its Dutch fashion business, TNT Fashion Group B.V., to a group of companies that includes Belspeed and the Netlog Group for an undisclosed amount. The fashion group’s works council and federal regulators both have to approve the deal, but the arrangement is expected to be completed during […]
The diplomatic crisis ensuing from Russia’s military intervention in the Ukrainian region of Crimea could harm trade with Ukraine. The biggest potential impact so far is on Ukrainian grain exports, which could benefit U.S. farmers. Sanctions imposed by the European Union, the United States, Switzerland, Austria, Lichtenstein and Canada are primarily targeted at […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has expanded its Farm Storage and Facility Loan program, which provides low-interest financing to small and mid-sized producers. The program includes 23 new categories of eligible equipment for fruit and vegetable producers, and makes it easier for the country’s farmers and ranchers to finance the equipment they need […]
OOIL Chairman C.C. Tung said that overcapacity will occur this year, stemming from tonnage growth, but that there will be higher demand than in 2013. OOIL saw revenue of $6.23 billion in 2013, compared to $6.46 billion in 2012.
American Airlines reported an 11.2-percent gain in cargo miles in February, with 173,529 cargo ton miles, up from 156,097 cargo ton miles in February 2013. United Airlines logged 182,913 cargo ton miles in February.
Private equity firm Wind Point Partners has invested an undisclosed amount for a majority stake in Dicom Transportation Group, with support from the current management and Scott Dobak, who will become Dicom’s chief executive officer. Rick McClelland, the former CEO of Dynamex, will serve as Dicom’s new chairman of the board, while Joe […]
The U.S. Commerce Department on Friday reported that the country’s exports of goods and services for January reached $192.5 billion, up from $191.3 billion in December. “U.S. exports are off to a solid start in 2014, and we will build on that success in the months and years ahead,” said U.S. Commerce Secretary […]
Details are still sketchy nearly three days after Malaysia flight MH370, a Boeing 777-200 that was traveling between Kuala Lumpur and Beijing, lost contact with air traffic control, and search parties from around the world have been combing the flight path, looking for clues to the missing airplane. Accounting for crew members, 239 […]
CBP Deputy Commissioner Thomas Winkowski laid out the possibility of expanding the CBP Trade Symposium to Mexico and Canada to exchange ideas for minimizing the regulatory burden on cross-border trade.
Investigators are trying to determine the cause of a fire that broke out Thursday on a barge that was being towed to Puerto Rico as part of Crowley Maritime’s regular service to the island. A Coast Guard spokesman said the fire had been extinguished and that the 730-foot container barge was currently docked […]
