Pritzker U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker will lead her first business development mission to Mexico City and Monterrey, Mexico from Nov. 18-22. The mission’s purpose is to strengthen the countries’ bilateral commercial and economic relationship and highlight new U.S. business opportunities with Mexico. Mexico is the United States’ second largest export market and […]
A big fire broke out early this morning in Nairobi’s international airport, destroying the main passenger arrivals hall and forcing a halt to all inbound and outbound flights as Kenyan authorities were slow to contain the blaze, according to news reports from the nation’s capital. The Nairobi airport is the busiest in East Africa […]
American Roll-on/Roll-Off Carrier (ARC) has expanded its Atlantic ro/ro service with the addition of a fifth U.S.-flag vessel. The ARC Freedom will allow for regular port calls at Galveston, Texas, and Veracruz, Mexico. “With this service expansion, ARC will provide substantial, reliable, and regular support to their commercial partners in the U.S., […]
Clean Cargo Working Group, an initiative of carriers and shippers dedicated to environmental performance improvement in marine container transport through measurement, evaluation, and reporting, said Independent Container Lines and Arkas Container Transport recently joining the membership. Zim also announced it recently joined the group. “The growth curve in membership continues to increase,” […]
Domestic container volume rose 9 percent, year over year, during the second quarter, and total intermodal traffic inched up by 2.4 percent, according to the Intermodal Association of North America. Containers finished the period at just under 1.52 million, compared to just more than 1.39 million during last year’s second quarter. Total intermodal […]
A growing number of targeted degree programs have been established to educate the next generation of industry leaders. This one-hour, interactive discussion will help you understand how to assess the value supply chain education presents to you and your organization: Transportation spend and contract rates Length of negotiations and timeframe to implementation Assessing bids and […]
Rotunda Capital and Fidus Investment Corp. have sold their investment in Dallas-based shipping firm Worldwide Express to a group of investors for an undisclosed amount. The two companies had owned Worldwide Express since 2009. Worldwide Express reached revenues of $550 million in 2012, rising from a 2009 revenue point of $192 million. Tom […]
Nie Lijuan, deputy secretary-general at the China Association of the National Shipbuilding Industry (CANSI), said the goal is to “ease the supply glut of low-end ships and boost technology competence in producing high-end ships.”
Crowley Maritime Corp. said it has tripled its bonded warehouse space in Panama and consolidated its liner and logistics teams to a new shared location in Panama City. Miguel Artiga, vice president of logistics for Central America, said the facility in the Parque Sur corporate and industrial park can handle nationalized and bonded […]
In the second quarter, Deutsche Post DHL experienced a 2 percent rise over 2011’s second-quarter adjusted revenues of 13.7 billion euros ($18.2 billion) due to gains in the German parcel market, the company’s supply chain division, and DHL’s express business. DHL has also increased its earnings guidance, revising its estimated earnings from between 2.7 […]
Con-way Truckload has invested $2 million in “sense and respond” technology systems for the 525 tractors it will receive this year. The new systems include front-collision avoidance, electronic stability control and lane-departure warning. Front-collision avoidance will sound a warning if the truck comes within a three-second stopping distance of the car in front […]
NRF President Matthew Shay said some members are paying thousands of additional dollars as a result of the congestion, with increased costs coming from storage at the terminal and longer driver wait-times of up to six hours.
AMR Corp. and US Airways Group have received permission from the European Commission for the $11 billion merger of American Airlines and US Airways conditional upon the release of a daily slot pair at Heathrow Airport.
International Airlines Group transported 468 million tons of cargo during July, an 8.6-percent drop from the same month in 2012. So far this year, the airline group has carried 3.2 billion tons of cargo compared to 3.5 billion tons of cargo during the first seven months of 2012. Revenue ton kilometers also […]
President Obama on Friday nominated Gil Kerlikowske, director of Office of National Drug Control Policy in the White House, to be commissioner of Customs and Border Protection. The news comes less than a month after the American Association of Exporters and Importers wrote a letter urging the president to quickly name someone to helm […]
Singapore-based Cargo Community Network and Etihad Airport Services-Cargo have banded together to create the Cargo Community Service technology platform in Abu Dhabi, helping to promote the region as Etihad’s international gateway. The system will be online in the fourth quarter. Freight forwarders in the region will be able to use the service […]
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AIT Worldwide Logistics has opened a new facility in Houston, strengthening the company’s presence in the oil and energy industry. The office is headed by Mike Wilson, a 25-year transportation industry veteran with experience in Mexico and Central America. “With the widening of the Panama Canal nearing completion, the Port of Houston […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has expanded the market for California table grapes to include Western Australia. The addition of Western Australia is anticipated to boost the estimated export value of table grapes, which last fiscal year was valued at $54.2 million. “Access to Western Australia […]
Capes Shipping Agencies, a Norfolk, Va.-based ships agency and bulk freight forwarder, has opened an office in Baltimore, adjacent to Seagirt Container Terminal. “Capes has served the Port of Baltimore area for many years and we are excited to launch a full-time operational presence in the heart of the Baltimore harbor. Our presence […]
