NYK will launch a new South Pacific Link (SPL) service between the Far East and the South Pacific islands beginning in January. The vessels in the new SPL service will be operated by NYK Bulk & Projects Carriers. The SPL service will be operated using multipurpose semi-container vessels that will make 72-day round […]
The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners, which oversees the Port of Long Beach, has elected Doug Drummond as its new president after the city council last month voted to dismiss former board president Thomas Fields. In addition to Drummond’s election, the board also voted Rich Dines as vice president and Lori Ann […]
CMA CGM will have a new call in Takoradi, Ghana, on its PC South service, which connects Libreville and Port Gentil in Gabon, and Takoradi in Ghana, to Europe, the Mediterranean, India, the Middle East and North America via the Tanger Med terminal. According to a press release, the new rotation will take […]
Cargo shippers at a handful of ports of entry could see fewer lines to clear U.S. Customs thanks to five localities that have stepped up and offered to pay overtime so the budget-strapped agency can operate longer hours or add manpower.
It is the highest quarterly growth for the U.S. economy since the recession five years ago and, along with unemployment falling below 7 percent, signals that the pace of economic recovery is quickening.
China has issued a new document to clarify value-added tax measures that went into effect in Aug. 1, which have caused concern in the shipping and logistics industry both here and in China.
A report on large container ship safety, growing out of the loss of the container ship MOL Comfort, which broke in half June 17, has been released, setting visual safety inspection and weight verification recommendations.
The U.S. Export-Import Bank has approved a $694.4 million loan to Roy Hill Holdings of Australia that is contingent upon the purchase of U.S. mining and rail equipment from Caterpillar, GE and Atlas Copco. Export credit agencies of several other countries have obtained preliminary or final approvals for the Roy Hill transaction, according […]
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced Thursday the establishment of a new global training alliance that will enhance air transport training and learning resources in the event of the anticipated global shortages of skilled air transport personnel. Current forecasts show the aviation system doubling in […]
By Walter Kemmsies, chief economist, Moffatt & Nichol Last month’s column laid out a base case outlook for 2014, and so this month the focus is placed on various key factors that are unlikely to happen but should not be totally discounted…
By Eric Kulisch and Jon Ross Liquefied natural gas seen as viable propulsion fuel for freight sector. Transportation industry interest in liquefied natural gas to power cargo vessels, barges, trucks and railroads is growing rapidly in response to the high price of petroleum fuels and new environmental regulations aimed at curbing harmful emissions and greenhouse gases. […]
Deciding on which TMS is right is often about how much control a shipper wants and how much trust it has in its 3PL. On the road from turning manual processes into automated ones, shippers often see transportation management as a first logical step to address. Yet according to industry estimates, fewer than […]
The deal will establish a joint U.S.-Libya Council on Trade and Investment, which will address issues including market access, intellectual property, labor, and environmental challenges, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said.
The European Union is changing its trade duties for developing countries exporting goods to the EU, reducing the number of nations eligible for its Generalised System of Preferences from 177 to 90. On Jan. 1, those 90 countries will benefit from a “powerful tool for economic development by providing the world’s poorest countries […]
COSCO will increase its rates for all shipments, including reefer cargo, from the Far East to South America West Coast and Mexico, and MSC’s rates will increase on all cargo from the Far East to West Africa and Angola.
Timothy Skud, deputy assistant secretary for tax, trade and tariff policy at the Treasury Department, missed the Nov. 15 meeting of the Commercial Operations Advisory Committee because of a longstanding commitment. The panel meets quarterly to provide industry input to the departments of Homeland Security and Treasury on cross-border customs and security issues. Skud’s […]
Eric Kulisch, trade and transportation editor of American Shipper, received an award from the London-based Seahorse Club Dec. 10 for his September issue cover story, “Breaking down the wall”, an analysis on how e-commerce has hastened retailers toward omni-channel strategies. The Seahorse Club is a networking group of public relations, marketing, advertising and […]
The American Trucking Associations wants the brakes put on a Washington, D.C., clean air bill that requires trucks entering the city after 2017 to be powered by at least some portion of alternative fuel. In a letter signed by the ATA’s Robert Pitcher, the organization told Phil Mendelson, D.C. council chairman, the […]
After a lengthy negotiation between less-than-truckload carrier ABF Freight and its union on a new contract — a discussion that dragged on throughout 2013, necessitating numerous contract extensions and even bringing about a strike vote — officials at YRC, another LTL trucker, are taking a different tact with their employees. Last fall, YRC’s […]
Thieves hijacked a truck in early December carrying radioactive waste from a hospital in Tijuana, Mexico, to a waste storage center, and then abandoned the vehicle a few days later after having removed, then discarded, the radioactive material, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency. The truck loaded with Cobalt-60, which is used […]
