Clean Energy, the T. Boone Pickens company with plans to develop a nationwide natural gas fueling network, has opened its first liquefied natural gas station in Florida. The facility is located in Jacksonville and will primarily serve heavy-duty trucks. UPS and Raven Transport are the first two trucking companies that have committed to […]
The Maritime Administration kicked off a three-day “National Maritime Strategy Symposium” in Washington on Tuesday with calls to expand the U.S. flag fleet serving international trade. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx told those attending the symposium that the country needs a policy that “keeps America’s sealift capability, protects our long term economic interests, […]
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx has chosen 10 industry executives to serve three-year terms on the Federal Aviation Administration’s Management Advisory Council. The new appointees will join three existing members in the group, which was formed out of 1996’s Federal Aviation Reauthorization Act. The council meets once every quarter to discuss safety and air […]
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ModusLink Global Solutions Inc. today announced a new cloud-based contact center solution will significantly upgrade its information technology infrastructure. The around-the-clock global platform will provide a single gateway for all inbound communication for more than 15 current client programs. “Moving contact center support to the cloud allows us to vastly improve the amount […]
The manufacturing sector gained strength in the fourth quarter of 2013, with retail demand remaining sluggish, according to the investment banking firm Stifel Nicolaus. In a report issued Tuesday, the company highlighted its findings for the quarter, and concluded that energy-related, automotive and construction-related freight remains strong. It also found that grain traffic […]
“The recent series of explosions and accidents involving oil trains demands an investigation and review of our current safety practices and regulations,” Senators John Rockefeller and Ron Wyden said.
Terex Corporation will centralize and automate management of its worldwide trade processes through Amber Road. This will streamline Terex’s import, export and trade agreement management across all business units worldwide. “Free trade agreements are a multi-million-dollar savings opportunity, but much of it was slipping between our fingers,” said David Thomas, head of […]
Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Monday pledged a record $8.8 billion for the state’s infrastructure this fiscal year, including $138 million reserved for Florida’s seaports. The seaport money includes $2.6 million reserved for the Blount Island Marine Terminal at JAXPORT, which “will extend the life of existing infrastructure, increase operations and allow the […]
ILA members approved a national master contract that covers containerized cargo last April. But negotiations over local issues and handling of breakbulk cargo continued in some ports, including Baltimore.
The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Monday evening favorably reported President Obama’s nominees for several positions including: Paul Jaenichen, Sr., to be administrator of the Maritime Administration Debra Miller, to be a member of the Surface Transportation Board Arun Kumar, to be Assistant Secretary for Trade Promotion and Director General […]
CMA CGM, Maersk, APL, OOCL, Emirates Shipping, Hamburg Süd and Regional Container Lines will cooperate on services between the Far East and Indian subcontinent starting next month.
Levenick The next federal legislation covering surface transportation must make domestic infrastructure improvement a priority for shippers to remain competitive on a global scale, according to Stu Levenick, president of Caterpillar. “While other parts of the world are integrating and modernizing their infrastructure to meet the economic challenges of the 21st century, we […]
Reederei NSB, the owner of the containership MSC Monterey, said repairs on its cracked deck and hull have been completed.
SDV announced today the acquisition of the business assets of Belgian forwarder, EDT. The majority of the cargo-flows managed by EDT consist of dry bulk cargo to and from Africa. SDV will keep on operating these flows under the EDT name. “We noticed that some of our customers consider a shift from container-transport […]
The amount of freight carried by the transportation industry rose 1.2 percent in November from October, according to the Freight Transportation Services Index released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics. The Freight TSI measures the month-to-month changes in freight shipments by mode of transportation in tons and ton-miles, […]
Nearly 70 percent of Teamsters came out to cast the in-person vote over the weekend, according to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The new master agreement covers 13,000 UPS Freight employees.
Members of the G6 Alliance today announced the cancellation of two Asia-Europe sailings in response to seasonal changes in market demand.
The Taiwanese carrier said it had signed charter agreements with both Costamare and Shoei Kisen Kaisha for each to provide, on charter, five 14,000-TEU containerships to be delivered during 2016 and 2017, respectively.
Clement C.M. Leung will succeed Donald Tong as the Hong Kong government’s U.S. commissioner for economic and trade affairs. Leung is currently the director of food and environmental hygiene, and he will begin his new role Feb. 3. As commissioner, Leung will direct constituency-building activities across the U.S. as well as the […]
