An early October news report in the Irish Independent newspaper said one of two small rockets fired by al-Qaida terrorist affiliate Al-firqan Brigade at the vessel COSCO Asia as it transited the Suez Canal on Aug. 31 struck a container filled with smuggled cigarettes. The illegal cargo had a reported street value in […]
The National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America honored Al Gina, who recently retired as assistant commissioner for international trade at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, during its annual Government Affairs Conference in Washington on Sept. 23. Gina, a native New Yorker and die-hard New York Jets fan, received two standing ovations […]
When Mumbai, India-based Allcargo Logistics, the parent company of Ecu-Line, announced it acquired a 100-percent interest in Econocaribe Consolidators, it furthered the ongoing trend of consolidating the ocean freight consolidators. Allcargo said Econocaribe is the third largest U.S. non-vessel-operating common carrier. Based in Miami, Econocaribe has nine U.S. offices and 22 receiving terminals […]
The United States Maritime Alliance’s Dave Adam said the return of work pertains to master contract work. That includes the handling of containers and large roll-on, roll-off cargo, though not cars.
The Port of Baltimore said arbitration was expected to begin Friday morning in an effort to end a strike by members of International Longshoremen’s Association. The strike began Wednesday and has shutdown public terminals in the port.
President Barack Obama is expected today to formally nominate former Defense Department General Counsel Jeh Johnson to be secretary of homeland security. Rand Beers has been serving as acting secretary since mid-August.
Maersk officials said this week the members of the pending P3 Network will submit regulatory filings in Europe, North America and Asia within a week or two, with details of the alliance’s planned schedule to be made public soon as well.
Maersk Line has advised that a labor action in Rotterdam is causing it to divert ships to Amsterdam. The carrier said that due to current collective labor agreement negotiations for a new facility of APM Terminals in Rotterdam, “the current facility of APM Terminals in Rotterdam has been confronted with unannounced work stoppages. […]
Construction officially kicked off Thursday on the Port of Savannah’s “last mile” Jimmy Deloach (Parkway) Connector project. “Today, we take another step toward making sure companies can get their goods in and out of the port as safely and as quickly as possible, thereby saving time, money and lives,” Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal […]
Freight railroad CSX said Thursday it will invest $50 million to build a new intermodal facility near Pittsburgh to serve shippers in the area and enhance the efficiency of its truck-like service. The facility will be located in McKees Rocks and Stowe Township on the route between CSX’s ultra-modern truck-rail transfer hub in Northwest Ohio and a large terminal in Chambersburg, […]
A group of large U.S. retail trade associations have asked the country’s lawmakers to renew the African Growth and Opportunity Act for at least 15 years “to ensure the predictability necessary to support trade and investment decisions.”
Earlier this month, the Chinese government announced plans for a sweeping free-trade zone in China, a move with implications that would stretch far and wide. The biggest consequence of the FTZ for the liner shipping industry, however, would come from the allowance of foreign-flagged vessels to participate in some form in Chinese domestic […]
Total revenues at Werner Enterprises ticked up during the third quarter by 1 percent, year over year, to $511.73 million, while trucking revenues declined by 1 percent. So far this year, trucking revenues are down 2 percent to $955.06 million. On average, revenues per total mile increased by 2.4 percent during the quarter, […]
Executives at two of the top terminal operating companies in the world said this week that data is a problem that plagues their ability to make operations more efficient. “I think, generally, data we have to work with is way too poor,” Steen Knudsen, regional chief operating officer, Asia Pacific, for APM Terminals, […]
BNSF Railway has unveiled a 433-acre intermodal facility at the Logistics Park Kansas City. The facility has six tracks spanning 8,000 feet each; 4,300 container-stacking spots; and five gantry cranes. Officials peg the initial lift capacity for the facility at 50,000 truck containers; down the road, expansions could grow this capacity to 1.5 […]
Legislation signed earlier this week by President Obama to reopen and fund the federal government through January 15, 2014, also contains a provision to fund the Maritime Security Program at $186 million. USA Maritime, an organization of carriers and unions that supports and lobbies for the U.S.-flag shipping, said, “The MSP provision restores […]
In the midst of Washington’s gridlock over funding the government, President Obama on Tuesday signed legislation mandating that any effort by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration pushing trucking companies to screen, test or treat drivers for sleep disorders be done through a formal rulemaking rather than by issuing guidance. The agency originally said […]
The terminal operating system developer Navis on Thursday said that Pier F at Long Beach Container Terminal (LBCT) has gone live with Navis’ N4 system. The implementation is aimed at streamlining current operations and preparing for the implementation of N4 for the new OOCL-leased Middle Harbor terminal under construction in Long Beach. […]
Singapore Airlines Cargo and Etihad Cargo have initiated a cargo swap, with the Asian airline offering Etihad capacity on its weekly freighters from Singapore to London Heathrow via Abu Dhabi. In return, Etihad will grant Singapore space on its Abu Dhabi freighter flights to Frankfurt. Etihad will also open up access to its […]
Thursday’s newswire incorrectly named the Jacksonville Port Authority and Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce as new members of the Deep Water Now Initiative aimed at drumming up business support in North Florida for deepening the St. Johns’s River access to the Port of Jacksonville. Jaxport and the Jacksonville Chamber launched the initiative. Joining the effort […]
