The Port of Houston Authority will seek $300 million in private funding to support its investment plan, which is expected to top $3 billion over the next 15 years. The authority’s commission authorized the deal at its monthly meeting. At the meeting, the commission also allocated funds to the Army Corps of […]
The supply chain consulting firm enVista said this week it has partnered with Avercast, an inventory forecasting and demand planning solutions provider, to allow users to add demand planning and sales and operations planning (S&OP) to their enterprise resourcing planning (ERP) platforms. Avercast provides planning functionality that works with Microsoft Dynamics AX, one […]
Container volumes at the Port of Charleston grew 3 percent in July to 136,159 TEUs, the port’s strongest July result since 2008 and a 20-percent increase from July 2011. Year to date, the port has handled 925,075 TEUs.
The Department of Justice had requested that the trial start in 180 days. Carrier officials said that time frame is much too long since American is still facing bankruptcy proceedings.
To address public health concerns, the Trans-Pacific Partnership has proposed a regulation for trade in tobacco. “This proposal will, for the first time in a trade agreement, address specifically the public health issues surrounding tobacco — preserving the ability of the United States and other TPP countries to regulate tobacco and to apply […]
Thieves hit a last-mile courier van carrying pharmaceuticals in Modesto, Calif., Thursday. Nearly 30 similar thefts have occurred in the U.S. so far this year. In 2012, 12 last-mile courier thefts occurred around the nation.
The Federal Maritime Commission said that on July 25 it revoked the ocean transportation intermediary license of Transporte Medrano, Inc., doing business as Medrano Express. “Medrano Express is no longer authorized to provide ocean transportation services. Consumers and businesses should not tender cargo to Medrano Express or its agents for the international shipment […]
Military and law enforcement authorities from the United States and Thailand on Tuesday conducted a table-top exercise in Bangkok on how to interdict cargo vessels at sea suspected of carrying weapons of mass destruction, delivery systems or related materials, as part of the Proliferation Security Initiative. It is the first PSI event to […]
The Israeli carrier said this week it has launched a new service between Miami, Santo Tomas de Castilla in Guatemala and Puerto Cortes in Honduras, joining other carriers, including Evergreen and Hapag-Lloyd.
As spot market capacity ticked up 0.3 percent last week compared to the week prior, average prices for van and flatbed services dropped 0.5 percent and 1.4 percent, respectively, according to analyst DAT.
Swire Shipping said it will begin offering service to both the east and west coast of South America through partnership arrangements with CCNI. “Inward and outward shipments to/from South America will be transshipped via Los Angeles or Asia to provide the fastest transit times to our customers with both hubs offering weekly connections […]
The new DFW Connector, which is tied to the large Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport complex, officially opened for service Wednesday. The roadwork was part of a $1 billion project designed to help drivers navigate better and avoid congestion as they travel to and around the Texas airport. The DFW Connector received $260 million from […]
The liner carrier MOL said Wednesday it met internal key performance indicators for North America customer service in July in all but three of the 13 areas it tracks. The three missed targets were U.S.-to-Asia export missed vessel connections due to rail errors, Asia-to-U.S. documentation accuracy, and U.S. export documentation accuracy. Improvement was […]
Additional oil pipeline capacity in the Bakken and Gulf regions, however, are making crude transport on railways less of an attractive option in the short term, said an analysis by Jason Seidl of Cowen and Co.
A new rule was published to combine 16 paper forms used to register and update information from supply chain stakeholders into a single form on the Web. The agency says it will save $9 million over 10 years.
The first four of 16 new gates that are being built for the Panama Canal arrived this week aboard the semi-submersible vessel STX Sun Rise. “This is an exciting moment for the Panama Canal – the arrival of the new gates marks a great progress for this engineering project,” Panama Canal Administrator Jorge […]
Traffic is moving this morning on Dave Nesbit road along Port Canaveral’s southside after being shut down since May for reconstruction. The project involved road realignment, installation of underground utilities, new sidewalks and paving from George King Boulevard in front of the port’s Welcome Center to Mullet Road. It’s part of a $6 million Cove […]
Menzies John “Jock” Menzies, chairman of Baltimore-based The Terminal Corp. and founder of the American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN), died suddenly this weekend at his home. He was 69. The Capital Gazette of Annapolis, Md., reported that Menzies sustained severe injuries at the family’s property on Friday when a cable trolley system connecting […]
American Shipper‘s publisher, Jim Blaeser will host an interactive discussion with Walter Kemmsies, chief economist for Moffatt & Nichol, about emerging dynamics that will impact domestic and international freight markets in the years ahead. Key discussion points will include: Economic outlook on key freight transportation modes The impact of the shift from diesel to natural gas […]
The firm will use a business-to-consumer commerce platform operated by hybris, recently acquired by global software giant SAP, to provide retailers with Web design, posting product content from suppliers, among other services.
