CaroTrans has begun a new weekly, direct service from the U.S. West Coast to seven points in Central America, the company announced Thursday. The points are Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Panama. “This new U.S. West Coast service to Central America further reinforces our commitment to delivering services […]
The Florida Transportation Commission has agreed to a five-year, $38.7 billion transportation work program from the Florida Department of Transportation and will submit a review of the plan to Gov. Rick Scott.
Anchorage, Alaska, is suing the federal government in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims over what it says is the U.S. Maritime Administration’s (MarAd) “breach and complete abdication of its contractual responsibilities” as manager of a port improvement project. Management of the project was “not handled competently,” Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan said during […]
The global logistics solutions software developer Descartes Systems saw fourth-quarter operating profit rise 16 percent, year-over-year, to $11.3 million, on revenue that rose 19 percent, to $40.3 million.
The president of the Pacific Maritime Association said that while negotiations with the union may go past the July 1 expiration date for the current labor pact, he expects an agreement to be reached without a labor stoppage.
The trucks will be used first in rural Oklahoma and Louisiana in early 2015, where they will replace vehicles that run on gasoline and diesel, but UPS plans on expanding the program to other states.
In an effort to expand carbon-emissions reporting, DHL Global Forwarding, Freight has launched a new web platform, unveiled a new scanning technology to compare a company’s emissions to industry benchmarks, and adopted a new reporting protocol. By using the Greenhouse Gas Protocol “Product Lifecycle Accounting and Reporting Standard,” DHL can expand the number […]
UTi Worldwide will seek shareholder approval in June to settle in cash two recently closed convertible notes totaling $575 million, a development, the company said, is a “significant step” toward recapitalization. “Our refinancing strengthens our balance sheet and allows us to focus on completing our transformation and growing our business,” Eric Kirchner, UTi’s […]
Domestic cargo thefts remained flat between 2012 and 2013, but the 951 incidents reported by companies still represented the largest number of thefts on record, according to FreightWatch International. The organization said that even though the amount of thefts didn’t increase from 2012 to 2013, thieves are becoming more organized and innovative. FreightWatch […]
Welch’s has chosen Transplace’s transportation management system to manage its operations in the United States, Transplace announced Tuesday. John Mancinelli, director of customer operations for Welch’s, stated, “In order for us to continue our success, we need the right tools that align with our company goals. Transplace has a deep understanding of consumer […]
The ICTSI Oregon terminal in Portland, Ore., on Tuesday closed after dockworkers represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) honored a picket line thrown up by longshoremen from Honduras who said they were locked out of a terminal in Puerto Cortés also operated by the Philippines-based International Container Terminal Services Inc. […]
Harley Marine Services has awarded a contract to Portland, Ore.-based shipyard Vigor Fab to build two 83,000-barrel tank barges. These barges will be the ninth and tenth built by Vigor for Harley Marine. The first of these two new tank barges is scheduled for delivery in spring 2015, followed by the second that […]
Singapore-based Odfjell Asia II Pte Ltd. and one of its senior crewmen pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Hartford, Conn., for violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, the Justice Department said.
President Barack Obama on Tuesday released a $3.9 trillion budget for fiscal year 2015, with a 2.6-percent budget increase for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a $10 billion freight program within a $302 billion plan for surface transportation programs over four years, and a reduction in funding to dredge harbors — and little chance […]
Non-vessel-operating common carrier Troy Container Line has entered a partnership with Basic Warehousing & Distribution for container freight station services in the Chicago area. Basic Warehousing’s Oak Grove Village container freight station will handle Troy’s outbound and inbound less-than-containerloads and full boxes for the Midwest region. The 100,000-square-foot CFS is located outside of […]
The vehicles were manufactured in China and imported into the United States between 2007 and 2013 without the required certification indicating that emissions would meet federal standards, EPA said.
New cash infusions and a restructured performance bond agreed to last week to settle a contract dispute will jump-start Panama Canal construction, Canal Authority Administrator Jorge Quijano said.
Having helped complete the refinancing of YRC Worldwide, Harry Wilson has resigned from the carrier’s board of directors so that a transportation expert can take his place. “This was a complicated set of financial transactions that had to be completed in a short period of time and all the while we stayed totally […]
IAG Cargo has added Boeing 787 Dreamliner service between London Heathrow and Austin. The service is now offered five times each week, but will switch to a daily schedule on May 3. The new route will benefit Mexican businesses shipping products to Europe, officials said. “Texas is increasingly proving to be […]
The GAO’s findings suggest that industry worries about a pilot shortage for U.S. airlines have been overblown. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the industry will need up to 4,500 pilots each year for the next 10 years.
