A new report from Supply Chain Insights finds that certain industry sectors have, on average, more resilient supply chains than others. It suggests that supply chains in the medical device and consumer goods industries are most resilient.
Georgia’s state legislature has approved Gov. Nathan Deal’s proposal for $35 million in additional dredging funds for the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project. Georgia has now allocated $266 million, meeting the state’s portion for the project.
British Columbia said Wednesday that it, along with Port Metro Vancouver and the Canadian government, are “taking immediate and coordinated action” to try and end the truck driver strike at port. The provincial government said in a press release that it is preparing back-to-work legislation with a 90-day cooling-off period for truckers who […]
Port Canaveral will welcome its first ship-to-shore cranes Friday, which will arrive from the Port of Savannah. Once the fully assembled cranes arrive, they will be inspected and updated before being put into operation at the new container terminal opening this fall. As part of its cargo expansion, Canaveral is building two […]
The Federal Maritime Commission is introducing an online payment option for paying FMC fees and invoices. The FMC has contracted with the Department of the Treasury’s Pay.gov service to provide online payment options for its services. Beginning immediately, the FMC is providing two options for making payments — online and by paper check. […]
Ingram Barge Company said it has begun participating in the new barge freight component of the SmartWay Transport Partnership, a public-private partnership between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and freight carriers and shippers that aims to reduce pollution. Ingram noted that it has been working with the EPA since 2010 to develop the […]
A group of U.S. and Uruguayan government officials, as well as local politicians and industry representatives, gathered in Philadelphia on Wednesday to celebrate the recent arrival of containerized shipments of frozen boneless lamb meat from Uruguay. The shipment, the first to arrive in the United States since 2001, was made possible through a […]
The electronics distributor RS Components will use software from the the supply chain design solutions company LLamasoft. The company will use Llamasoft’s Supply Chain Guru throughout its global enterprise. RS Components and Allied Electronics are the trading brands of Electrocomponents plc, a global distributor of electronics and maintenance products. The company operates […]
The 15 container shipping lines in the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement said Wednesday that they have agreed to a general rate increase on April 15 of $300 per 40-foot container in an effort to mitigate rate erosion seen in February and early March. The carriers had previously said they planned a GRI of an undetermined […]
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission said its members voted not to block the P3 Network that Maersk, Mediterranean Shipping Co., and CMA CGM plan to start later this year. The three largest container carriers will operate the vessel-sharing agreement in the transpacific, transatlantic and Asia-Europe trades. The FMC said it conducted an extensive review […]
The Japan Fair Trade Commission said Tuesday that surcharge payment orders against four car carrier companies — NYK, “K” Line, Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics and Nissan Motor Car Carrier Co. — totaled about $223.7 million.
Congressional negotiators are expected to finalize joint legislation to reauthorize the Water Resources Development Act by late April and take it to the House and Senate for a final vote in May, maritime industry officials say.
Ocean carriers are making plans to divert cargo from Port Metro Vancouver, where a strike by truckers upset about driving rates has severely handicapped operations to U.S. ports in the Pacific Northwest, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Masamichi Morooka, chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping, told attendees of Shipping 2014, the annual conference of the Connecticut Maritime Association, that costs of complying with new regulations for shipping could reach $500 billion over the next decade. “We are about to enter an era where the timing of the introduction of […]
Global engineering and construction giant Bechtel announced earlier this month that it has been selected by a developer to manage the pre-construction phase of a privately financed container port on the Gulf of Mexico.
The ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles have reported lower cargo volumes in February than in the same period last year. The Port of Long Beach said in a statement that “cargo numbers were affected by the Lunar New Year, a holiday celebrated in China and other countries in East Asia. The […]
The Delaware Economic Development Office will issue a request for proposals later this month from the private sector on expanding the ramp area and load-bearing capacity at Dover Air Force Base’s civilian air terminal.
The asset-light transportation and logistics services provider Roadrunner Transportation Systems has acquired Los Angeles-based non-asset-based logistics company Unitrans International Corp. Roadrunner financed the $55.5 million with its own credit facility. The move continues a stream of acquisitions by Roadrunner in the non-asset space. In this case, it adds international capabilities to Roadrunner’s portfolio. […]
The boards of third party logistics providers Coyote Logistics of Chicago and Access America Transport in Chattanooga, Tenn., have approved a merger agreement. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Started in 2002, AAT provides multimodal transportation services, including truckload, less-than-truckload, intermodal, flatbed and specialized freight for shippers and carriers across the […]
The U.S. Export-Import Bank has entered a cross-marketing partnership with the Finance, Credit and International Business Association, a division of the National Association of Credit Management, which represents thousands of credit and finance professionals. The bank and FCIB signed a memorandum of understanding that conveys their mutual interest in providing information to business […]
