The Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) expects negotiations on a new labor contract with the International Longshore Workers Union (ILWU) to begin in mid-May. The current contract expires on July 1. Stephen Hennessey, senior vice president and chief operating officer for the PMA, told attendees of the Port Productivity Conference of Cargo Business News […]
Turkish freight forwarder Omsan Logistics has converted all of its shipments to electronic air waybills and has been shipping cargo with e-AWBs via Turkish Airlines, saving between 8 and 10 euro ($10.85-$13.52) in the process, the forwarder said. “Paperless AWBs are saving us time, increasing our efficiencies and reducing waste,” Yeliz Ortac, the […]
The strike threat comes after the union, a 3,000-member group of conductors, trainmen and yardmen, voted down a labor contract with CN that was presented in October, according to SchedNet.
Isabella Shipping has merged its U.S. East Coast and U.S. Gulf liner services, dropping its call in Cartagena, Colombia, according to BlueWater Reporting.
Korean Air and Singapore Airlines have agreed to pay more than $200 million in a class-action lawsuit stemming from the carriers’ price-fixing activities, according to the law firm Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg.
American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier (ARC), the largest U.S.-flag ro/ro carrier, recently delivered 29 Abrams tanks and 33 Bradley fighting vehicles to the port of Bremerhaven, Germany. The Abrams tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles, which arrived on Jan. 24, were moved from the Port of Bremerhaven via rail to Grafenwöhr, Germany, where they will […]
The Port of Quincy is working with the state representatives who have formed the Great Northern Corridor Coalition in order to improve rail freight movements across the Great Northern Corridor. The representatives are from the states in the corridor, which spans the northern tier of the United States from the Puget Sound and […]
Leeco Steel is planning to open a 98,000-square-foot distribution center at Port Tampa Bay, the company’s first location in Florida, in April. The company will use the location to help expand its offerings in the Southeast. “Leeco’s announcement of their new facility further supports the port’s role as an expanding gateway to […]
ChassisFinder.com has launched a real-time tool that will let users see chassis that are currently in use, along with thee pickup locations and costs of those chassis. ChassisDashboard is available to ChassisFinder users. “ChassisDashboard was built based on direct feedback from the user community,” ChassisFinder President Bill Knight said in a statement. […]
At the first meeting of the Preparatory Committee on Trade Facilitation on Jan. 31, World Trade Organization members unanimously elected Philippine Ambassador Esteban B. Conejos, Jr., as chairman.
Panama Canal officials on Tuesday broke off talks with the international consortium responsible for constructing a third set of larger locks, potentially jeopardizing the late 2015 opening for a project that is nine months behind schedule.
Kerry Logistics will collaborate on logistics services with designer kitchenware specialist Joseph Joseph, the company announced Tuesday. Specifically, Kerry said it will support Joseph Joseph’s expansion program, providing air and ocean transport services from China to the United Kingdom and United States. Joseph Joseph started operations in the United Kingdom in 2003 […]
AS Daily reported Monday that CMA CGM is starting a second U.S. East Coast – Oceania loop in March 2014. It should be pointed out that CMA CGM will in fact be joining the existing Maersk/Mediterranean Shipping Co./Hamburg Sud/Hapag-Lloyd Oceania loop sailing weekly from Philadelphia and Charleston to Oceania. CMA CGM will call this […]
Manuel Benitez, deputy administrator of the Panama Canal Authority, said Monday he is still hopeful that an agreement can be reached between the canal authority and the contractor group building a new set of locks.
The agency said its proposed a rule would require certain shippers, receivers, and carriers who transport food by truck and rail for either human or animal consumption take steps to prevent contamination.
Seventeen Democratic and Republican governors last week urged Congress to find a long-term solution for the revenue shortage that plagues the Highway Trust Fund, which is expected to run out of money to pay for highway construction by the end of the summer. Congress has propped up the HTF, which is the repository […]
Department investigators seized more than $21.6 million worth of fake National Football League merchandise, arrested more than 50 people and shut down more than 5,000 Websites in coordination with the NFL.
Question: What agency has the most significant role in protecting U.S. commerce from infiltration by drug smugglers, terrorists, thieves and even pests and harmful products? Answer: Customs and Border Protection. As simple as that answer may be, the White House and Congress for the past two years since the recess appointment of […]
The cat fight between the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) and a construction consortium over who is responsible for excess costs associated with building a new set of locks to increase the waterway’s vessel capacity was predictable. Grupo Unidos por el Canal — led by Spanish construction firm Sacyr Vallehermoso, Italian engineering firm Salini […]
During the first, second and third rounds of the trade and investment talks that took place in July, November and December 2013, respectively, negotiating groups set out respective approaches and ambitions in some 20 areas that would be affected by the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). These rounds will be followed by a […]
