The liner carrier MOL said last week it met internal key performance indicators for North America customer service in August in all but three of the 13 areas it tracks on a monthly basis. The three areas the KPI targets weren’t met were U.S.-to-Asia export missed vessel connections due to rail issues, Asia-to-U.S. […]
One week after the T&I Committee presented a reauthorization bill for the Water Resources Development Act, the committee quickly made amendments and voted to send it to the full House for consideration.
Draft amendments to require mandatory verification of gross weight of containers under the SOLAS convention were agreed to on Friday by the IMO’s Subcommittee on Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and Containers.
Company and port authority officials noted the Florida port is closest to Mexico’s fast-growing vehicle manufacturing areas served by the ports of Veracruz and Altamira and offers the quickest transit times to the U.S. market.
Maersk has completed the sale of its drayage provider Bridge Terminal Transport to Platinum Equity for an undisclosed amount. The Charlotte-based firm, which has a network of 1,300 owner-operators, will continue to operate under the Bridge Terminal brand. A Platinum Equity transition team has currently been put in place. “We are excited about […]
In the coming months, Canadian Pacific will shutter its locomotive reliability center at the Alyth Yard in Calgary, eliminating 130 positions. The decision stems from the Canadian Transportation Agency’s order for the railway to stop idling operations and “load testing” near the center at night. Canadian Pacific officials maintain that stopping work between the […]
The council is the principal national advisory committee on international trade, and advises the president on government policies and programs related to U.S. trade and export promotion, including the National Export Initiative.
Tapping into a strategic growth area, DSV Air & Sea has increased the number of U.S. destinations covered by its Everyday air freight offering from the United Kingdom. Starting at $1.50 per kilogram, shippers can now use DSV to book their freight with a variety of carriers to “all major destinations in the […]
Gov. Pat Quinn of Illinois on Thursday praised construction of a new intermodal container terminal at Archer Daniels Midland Co.’s major agricultural processing and headquarters complex in Decatur as a tool for helping boost the state’s economy, “Within a few short years I think we will see the dynamic growth of the inland port. […]
The liner carrier United Arab Shipping Co. (UASC) will use the cloud-based supply chain technology provider GT Nexus to provide transactional e-commerce services, the company said this week. UASC has integrated its operational systems to support bookings, shipping instructions, schedules, and shipment status events for multiple customers through the GT Nexus platform. […]
The U.S. Export-Import Bank this week authorized a pair of direct loans totaling $33.6 million to Abengoa of Seville, Spain, that will facilitate the export of American heat-transfer fluid produced by The Dow Chemical Co. for use in solar projects in Spain and South Africa. Ex-Im Bank’s financing will support about 200 U.S. […]
Registration is now open for U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s annual East Coast Trade Symposium, scheduled for Oct. 24-25 in Washington. The popular event attracts hundreds of trade professionals to rub elbows with CBP officials and learn the latest developments in cargo security, trade processing, and enforcement. This year’s panel topics include the Automated […]
The American Trucking Associations has named 17 executives to LEAD ATA, a program to engage future leaders in the trucking industry. The group’s first session will take place during ATA’s annual conference in Orlando this October. According to the ATA, the sessions will provide the future leaders with information about the regulation […]
The Office of the Inspector General will begin this month a mandatory audit into the U.S. Department of Transportation’s information management practices to make sure the department is safe-guarding personal information. The audit will look at whether there are adequate protections to make sure the personal data isn’t disseminated and make sure the […]
Airline officials said the global air cargo market faces over capacity and most combination airlines are focusing on carrying cargo in the belly holds of their passenger planes. After the 747s leave, the carrier will have two B777 freighters.
Fresh on the heels of its acquisition of G.W. Palmer, Roadrunner Transportation Systems has purchased the assets of refrigerated truckload provider YES Trans for $1.2 million in cash and an earn-out capped at just more than $1 million.
The company added Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai to its international direct priority ocean product, bringing the end-to-end ocean service to India. Officials point to a 2012 growth in ocean freight of 12 percent in the country.
Calgary-based Canadian Pacific has lost a contract with liner carrier OOCL, one of its two major intermodal agreements, to Canadian National, according to an update by analyst Cowen and Co. The deal was up for renewal at the end of the year. Cowen estimates the gain for CN to be around $105 million […]
IAG Cargo will launch another routing between London Heathrow and Hyderabad, bringing the total weekly service to seven flights, to be flown on a Boeing 777-200 plane. The new plane will bring a 50 percent increase in cargo capacity to the route, which IAG hopes will tap into growth in the Indian pharmaceutical […]
