American Shipper

Green Express allows fast, low-cost transport of perishables between Latin American and U.S. markets.

By Walter Kemmsies, chief economist, Moffatt & Nichol    Neglect of the inland waterway system undermines the Midwest’s ability to import and export heavy cargo, especially grain and oilseeds. Overlooking the importance of the inland waterway system is easy to do and may require a little imagination to understand…

   We’ve seen a rash of pretty significant acquisitions in the supply chain technology space over the past year.    There was the joining of transportation management powerhouses JDA and RedPrairie in November 2012, followed by the merger of GT Nexus and TradeCard in January.    Then, in early September, the cloud-based spend management solutions […]

More industry analysts dialing back previous dire predictions.    In its latest data on the perennial debate over the trucking industry’s driver shortage, the American Trucking Associations has predicted that by 2022 the industry will have an unmet demand for 239,000 drivers.    The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s new hours of service rules, which took […]

   We’ve seen a rash of pretty significant acquisitions in the supply chain technology space over the past year.    There was the joining of transportation management powerhouses JDA and RedPrairie in November 2012, followed by the merger of GT Nexus and TradeCard in January.    Then, in early September, the cloud-based spend management solutions […]

   The stainless steel tubing manufactured by the Finnish company Stalatube is used for a variety of applications, such as building structures and facades, machinery to manufacture food and pharmaceuticals, offshore oil rigs, bus frames, and even sculptures.    About 70 percent of the company’s annual sales of 100 million euros ($133 million) are in […]

   TetraPak uses C.H. Robinson’s system to increase payload efficiency, gain visibility. Global shippers keen on upgrading their transportation management processes often face an unwelcome dilemma — their appetite to improve or establish a global platform is not matched. 

With progressive industrial policies, the country offers numerous opportunities for American shippers, their suppliers, 3PLs and carriers. By Jon Isbell    I have made two trips to Mexico this year, visiting Tijuana, Guadalajara, San Luis Potosi, Irapuato, Leon, Mexico City, and Monterrey. I traveled by road from Guadalajara to San Luis Potosí to the outskirts of […]

New technology helps shipowners use bunker and still meet sulfur emission reductions.    As 2015 approaches, shipping companies face the possibility of sharply higher fuel costs as regulations require the maximum amount of sulfur in bunker fuel used in so-called sulfur “emission control areas” (ECAs) to be cut 10-fold.    The International Maritime Organization has created […]

Vendors are busy building logistics apps for mobile environments, but who’s truly ahead?    If there’s one trend among the handful of buzzwords that emerge each year in the IT industry that’s straightforward to understand, it’s mobility.    That’s partly because we all hold in our hands the key to this new trend — the smartphone.    […]

   When the most recent round of TIGER grants was announced in September, Duluth Seaway Port Authority in Minnesota received $10 million to increase general cargo handling capacity by improving the 28-acre Garfield Pier and connecting it to roads and railroads.    It was a nice coda for the career of Adolph Ojard, who retired at […]

   Air cargo forwarders and shippers have certainly seen more challenging times, but in the current domestic landscape, the persistent sluggish U.S. economy is still taking a heavy toll.    It’s a good thing forwarders are multimodal, said Brandon Fried, executive director of the Airforwarders Association, because his membership has picked up the slack in […]

   The time is now for American shippers, especially those bringing significant volumes of goods in containers through West Coast ports from Asia, to consider contingency plans if the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and their employers represented by the Pacific Maritime Association should fail to negotiate a new labor contract before the existing one’s […]

By Jerry Cook     International components and inputs are key links in the supply chain for U.S. manufacturers, and effective trade facilitation will increase a U.S. operation’s manufacturing activities, as well as its ability to export, import and invest…

   Aboiler, manufactured by Babcock & Wilcox for the Indonesian sugar refiner Jawamanis Rafinasi, was shipped by railcar to Coastal Cargo Co. in New Orleans where the plan was to load it on a vessel owned by Rickmers-Linie for transport to Indonesia.    The court noted Coastal was hired to serve two specific roles: Retained […]

   In your Aug. 5 AS Daily article, “European IPR seizures dropped in 2012,” about intellectual property rights-related seizure data from EU law enforcement in 2012 you stated “The vast majority of the cargo was being transported in postal and courier packages.” The official EU press release on this matter (IP/13/761, Aug. 5), however, talked […]

New programs, services, and infrastructure embody South Atlantic port’s growth strategy.    A new system for managing drayage moves to crosstown rail facilities has contributed to a 27 percent increase in intermodal volume at the Port of Charleston for the calendar year 2012 compared to 2011, Jim Newsome, president and chief executive officer of the South […]

Oscar Hasbún, CEO of the liner carrier, said he was satisfied with the results of the capitalization and noted “it provides strong support for the company from its shareholders and the market, and is also a sign of confidence.”

Drewry said its study, Reefer Shipping Market Review and Forecast 2013/14, found the containership mode is forecast to provide in excess of 94 percent of overall reefer tonnage within the next few years.

If the carrier fully complies with the agreement, no charges will be brought against it. The trucking company will also cooperate with future illegal cigarette investigations and make a $140,000 donation to charity.