APC Postal Logistics has opened a sales and warehousing facility in Bell, Calif., near the Los Angeles International Airport to serve as the base of its West Coast operations. “This expansion will allow us to provide more efficient and faster uplift to our customers west of the Rockies and will improve our ability […]
The Port of Antwerp Authority said it will invite expressions of interest for new opportunities to expand cargo handling capacity at its Deurganck dock, a request prompted by the desire of MSC, the second-largest container shipping company and a member of the P3 alliance with Maersk and CMA CGM, to expand its activities in […]
Panalpina expects to go paperless on 80 percent of all cargo flights by 2015. The company inaugurated what it says is the first roundtrip general air cargo flight using entirely paperless technology last month. The route between Luxembourg and Huntsville, Ala., was flown on a 747-8 freighter. “The company is confident that […]
Officials raised tonnage-per-day expectations due to significant growth in October and November. The carrier said it will likely see year-over-year growth of between 9.5 percent and 10 percent in the fourth quarter.
The Federal Maritime Commission said Monday it planned to host on Dec. 17 a global regulatory summit “in light of the increased networking among ocean common carriers.” Regulators from China and the European Union will be in attendance.
Maersk said it will launch a new new weekly intra-America service, MesoAmerica Express (MAE), that will connect the United States and Puerto Rico with Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and the Dominican Republic. The MAE rotation will be Houston — Altamira — Veracruz — Santo Tomas — Puerto Cortes — Puerto Limon — Manzanillo […]
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Monday urged House and Senate negotiators to resolve the differences between the Senate and House-passed versions of the Water Resources Development Act and favorably report a joint bill as soon as possible. In a letter to conference committee members, the largest U.S. business federation said the two […]
“That is classic Jeff Bezos. He’s playing his magic tricks again,” Michael Zakkour, a principle with Tompkins International Consulting. “I can give 100 reasons why he’ll never do home drone delivery.”
The Federal Antimonopoly Service said the case was initiated upon materials obtained in the course of several dozens of unscheduled on-site inspections of economic entities — in particular, Russian agents of marine container shippers.
The six containership companies that belong to the G6 Alliance are planning to expand their cooperation to the Asia-U.S. West Coast and transatlantic trade lanes. The new services are scheduled to begin in the second quarter of 2014, pending regulatory approval. The G6 Alliance, which already cooperates in the Asia-Europe and Asia-U.S. East […]
The International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations has linked up with the International Air Transport Association to press governments to ratify Montreal Convention 1999, which would pave the way for wider implementation of e-freight. According to the organizations, 88 states have still not ratified MC99, and these governments were urged to explore passing […]
U.S. steel imports in October increased 8.4 percent compared to September based on preliminary data reported by the government and analyzed by the American Institute for International Steel. “Steel imports jumped in October, as pricing for semi-finished steel products, used by the domestic industry to augment their raw steel capacity, strengthened this fall,” […]
According to Amazon’s website, officials expect to have the shipping option in place by 2015, pending rules and regulations regarding the use of commercial drones being considered by the Federal Aviation Administration.
In a letter to the FMC, ILA President Harold Daggett wrote, “Such a drastic consolidation of capacity naturally leads to questions as to the long-term impact of such an agreement upon the industry as a whole.”
During the third quarter, Zim, the Israel-based container shipping company, had a net loss of $44 million, down from a $97 million loss in the second quarter of this year. A year earlier, the company banked a $16 million profit.
Union Pacific has launched an intermodal service between Monterrey, Mexico, and Chicago. UP trains will interchange at Eagle Pass, Texas, and Ferromex will carry the goods, which UP suspects will consist mostly of consumer and manufactured cargo, in Mexico to Monterrey. UP and Ferromex officials said they had made “significant” investments in […]
MTC Logistics, a subsidiary of Hoffberger Holdings, Inc., will expand its Port of Baltimore temperature-controlled distribution center located at the Chesapeake Commerce Center. “The strategic position immediately adjacent to the Seagirt Marine Terminal has allowed us to continue to expand our international service offerings,” said MTC Logistics’ president, F. Brooks Royster, III, in […]
The European Shippers’ Council and the Asian Shippers’ Meeting said they have “agreed to take their cooperation to the next level,” according to a statement after a meeting last week in Chiang Rai, Thailand.
Shipper groups are expressing reservations over the plan by the three largest container carriers — Maersk, MSC and CMA CGM — to form a P3 alliance to operate on the major east-west trade lanes. “As an alliance, it is too big. With 255 vessels totaling 2.5 million TEU, the P3 will be dominant […]
C.R. England, the largest refrigerated motor carrier in North America, last month began using patented TrailerTail technology from ATDynamics on its latest order of new trailers to help improve aerodynamics and fuel economy. The Salt Lake City company previously utilized side skirts to improve fuel efficiency of its diesel trucks by 5 percent. […]
