U.S. Customs and Border Protection experienced an increased workload for border enforcement in fiscal year 2013, ended Sept. 30, despite tight manpower constraints from the sequester.
Pre-inspection of overseas shipping containers and trucks prior to crossing the Canadian border into the United States is one of the key accomplishments achieved under the Beyond the Border Initiative last year, according to a progress report issued by both countries in December. President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in […]
With U.S. infrastructure headed south, heavy equipment shipper sends 40 percent of cargo north. Stu Levenick, president of Caterpillar, said aging U.S. transportation infrastructure and related shipping inefficiencies raise cost and reduce the competitiveness of his company and others. “Our aging infrastructure and the shipping inefficiencies it creates has added an estimated three […]
Allegations of a plot cooked up by at least one member of the administration of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and an executive at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (exactly how many people were involved is unclear) to tie up traffic on the George Washington Bridge has tarnished the bi-state […]
The Port of Cleveland is about to embark on a bold move – offering a scheduled all-water container service from one of its terminals in the Great Lakes to the Port of Antwerp in Europe this spring.
The Plaquemines Port District in December purchased 550 acres of land, including 1.5 miles that fronts to the Mississippi River, as it looks to implement its 2010 master plan for developing a port and turning around the area’s economy. Officials said facilities could sprout up along the river, including coal and container terminals, […]
Greenfield port plan off Louisiana coast would rely on immigrant investors for funding. An investor group with a unique financing scheme that involves a controversial federal immigration program and wealthy foreigners fronting money for a new deep-water port at the mouth of the Mississippi River in exchange for permanent U.S. residency says the government […]
Transportation companies, 3PLs still see value in maintaining, growing their blogs. Before Twitter, and even Facebook and LinkedIn, there was a revolutionary new way that people and companies communicated using the Internet as a connective thread: blogs. Often obscured by society’s headlong leap into newer, more immediate social media platforms, blogs have persisted, […]
When it comes to transportation and compliance concerns, retailers have enough on their plates to make even the healthiest eater blush. But it’s often difficult to determine just what the highest priority issues are at any given moment. And often, those best placed to assess the market’s pain points are technology vendors, since […]
Swayed by changing market conditions and trends, retailers continue to drive logistics services. In the wake of the 2009 financial crisis, U.S. liner imports fell 16 percent, exports by 14 percent, and liner companies laid up about 500 containerships. When business picked up later that year and in 2010, many retailers found themselves […]
In December, officials at American Airlines Cargo were finally told what they had been waiting a long time to hear: Start talking with your colleagues at US Airways because the merger is finally complete.
Contractor plays hardball with Panama to get paid for unexpected construction costs. The Panama Canal expansion project, which consists of adding a third traffic lane with wider locks for big cargo vessels to transit the waterway, could be delayed until 2016, or beyond, by a nasty contract dispute that erupted into public view over […]
As China develops interior and urbanizes, its need to improve transport grows. Look for an increase in investment in and acquisitions of logistics companies by the Chinese in coming years, said Richard Gluck, a partner at Washington law firm Garvey, Schubert and Barer (GSB). Gluck is outside general counsel to the Transportation Intermediaries […]
By Walter Kemmsies, chief economist, Moffatt & Nichol A number of trends in the retail sector presage dramatic changes in the import distribution channels. The latest trend is for e-commerce retailers, like Amazon, to offer same-day delivery for Internet sales. This strategy is being tested in some urban markets and will likely spread across […]
The word “crowdsourcing” may not have entered your technology lexicon yet, but it likely will soon. The concept is relatively simple – use the general public to perform a set of tasks or services that would ordinarily have to be undertaken by employees, or outsourced to a specific firm. The crowdsourcing concept […]
By Jerry Cook In my recent columns, I have discussed how existing trade facilitation tools can help companies, especially small and midsized enterprises (SMEs), engage in growing global markets. I also urged the United States and other members of the World Trade Organization to finalize and implement a WTO trade facilitation agreement before the […]
Should the owner of a vessel be awarded damages for economic loss due to negligence in the absence of physical damage to its property? That issue was addressed once again in a recent court decision (American Petroleum And Transport Inc v. City Of New York. 2nd Circuit. No. 12–4505–CV. Dec. 6, 2013) that […]
As medicines have become more specialized and their manufacture globally has advanced, the need for cold-chain transportation has skyrocketed. The demand for cold-chain providers who can not only fly goods across the world while maintaining tight temperature controls, but can also mitigate issues with customs agencies when they arise and properly store these […]
Latin America’s supply chain will be the beneficiary of a partnership between CargoWise and DPS Logistics, CargoWise announced Thursday. DPS Logistics will help CargoWise expand in Latin America by providing sales, consultation, implementation and support services to customers. “Latin American supply chain providers will now benefit from a global software solution delivered […]
YRC Worldwide and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters are still talking after union employees last week rejected a contract proposal that would have allowed the company, it said, to pay off about $300 million in debt.
