Truck gates into the major container terminals of the Port of New York and New Jersey are closed today. Maher Terminals, the port’s largest, said it shut down its truck gates at 4 p.m. on Thursday and will reopen them on Monday.
Panama Canal Administrator Jorge L. Quijano on Thursday strongly disputed charges by the contractor building the locks for a new waterway entrance that his agency has not promptly paid claims for unforeseen construction costs and said the project is on track to open for business in the fourth quarter of 2015 if there is […]
The Shanghai Container Freight Index was set at 1,176.12 on Friday, Jan. 3, 62.39 points higher than a week earlier. The index is a weighted average of estimated spot container freight rates on 15 routes out of Shanghai to different destinations worldwide and prepared by a panel for the Shanghai Shipping Exchange. […]
Kirby Corp., the nation’s largest tank barge operator and diesel engine services provider, said David W. Grzebinski has been elected president and chief operating officer, and that it plans to make him chief executive officer later this year. Grzebinski has been serving as the company’s executive vice president and chief financial officer since […]
The liner carrier said its weekly service to Cuba will begin by using the country’s new shipping terminal in Mariel, instead of Havana. The service will start with the sailing of the ship K Breeze from Port Everglades, Fla., on Jan. 25.
Malcom Purcell McLean Jr., son of containerization pioneer Malcom McLean Sr., died at his home in Orange Beach, Ala., on Sunday, Dec. 29, after a prolonged illness. He is survived by five children: Kemberly Sehoy McLean, Malcom P. McLean III, Jennifer Lacy McLean Sharpe, Christopher George McLean and Andrew Sikes McLean; four grandchildren; […]
A Florida-based management consultant who previously was a port executive suggested that because Florida ports are receiving more assistance from the state they should “engage in an exchange of ideas of how to make our port system better, ideas that may include consolidation or rationalization, and even the long-whispered state port authority, among many […]
French liner carrier CMA CGM announced Thursday that its Italian operations now has an agent in Naples, located in Southern Italy.
SITC announced last week the completion of the second phase of its Vietnam development, a $6 million investment which includes a 44,800-square-meter depot, a 1,200-square-meter modern office building, and a 4,000-square-meter integrated logistics warehouse. Phase III of the project is expected to deliver in the second half of 2014. When completed, SITC will […]
National average spot market freight rates for the final week of 2013 showed that van rates peaked, according to DAT. Activity slowed last week with Christmas falling on Wednesday, but spot rates across all equipment types continued to climb, including van rates, which increased by 1 cent. DAT stated that challenging weather and […]
CMA CGM has revised its Terminal Handling Charge for certain countries, it announced Tuesday. Brazil and Colombia, in effect as of Wednesday. Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain Atlantic Coast, Sweden and the U.K., effective Friday. Romania and Slovenia, effective Jan. 15. Norway and Russia Baltic ports, effective Feb. 1.
The Marine Response Alliance has relocated from Pompano, Fla., to Houston to be situated near international salvage partner TITAN Salvage, the group announced Tuesday. The new facility includes a state-of-the-art Emergency Response Center manned 24/7, which the group said is the only one of its kind in the U.S. Although the office […]
The schedule for completing the expansion of the Panama Canal could slip into 2016 if a contractual dispute with the consortium in charge of constructing a third set of wider locks to accommodate bigger vessels is not resolved soon. Over the weekend, Grupo Unidos por el Canal issued a statement threatening to suspend […]
COSCO Group said it held a ceremony in Ocean Plaza Dec. 30 for the signing of a shipbuilding contract with China State Shipbuilding Corporation for four 64,000 DWT dry bulk vessels.
Daniel Baldwin, executive director of Cargo and Conveyance Security, retired Tuesday from U.S. Customs and Border Protection after a 27-year career with the agency. He made the announcement in an email to friends and colleagues.
The first stage of a container terminal in Cuba at the Mariel Special Development Zone west of Havana will be opened this month by President Raul Castro and Dilma Rousseff, the president of Brazil.
Holt Logistics Corp. said it has completed a $2 million renovation to its 60,000 square-foot cold storage facility at Gloucester Terminal in Gloucester City, New Jersey.
CRST International, an Iowa-based transportation company, has acquired BESL Transfer Company, it announced Tuesday. “The acquisition of BESL will allow CRST to expand its flatbed operations nationwide footprint through their shorthaul, regional services and expanded agent base,” stated Group President of CRST John Gallardo. “For CRST and BESL, it means improved fleet utilization […]
Menlo Logistics’ European operations achieved a 16-percent, year-over-year increase in revenue in 2013, as the company added 50,000 square meters of warehouse space, it said recently. “Our growth strategy is not over-ambitious as far as volumes are concerned,” Menlo’s Tony Gunn said in a statement. “In what remains challenging economic conditions for manufacturers […]
The German Shippers Council said the P3 “could lead to monopolistic market conditions and rising prices for the shippers,” while Congressman Faleomavaega called the proposed alliance “a serious concern.”
