Giovanetti, who has served as a member of American Shipper magazine’s editorial board, said he plans to stay active in ocean shipping, “but just not as intensely as I have up to now.”
A fire aboard a PIL-operated boxship in the Indian Ocean last week has been contained, according to reports. The 1,740-TEU Liberian-flagged container vessel Hansa Brandenburg was en route from Singapore to Durban when the blaze erupted on July 17 200 miles off the coast of Mauritius. All crew members were rescued by another […]
Sea Star Line will use wireless devices from WAM Technologies for its StarGuard Elite Service for refrigerated cargo, which the line started earlier this month. The WAM Technologies’ devices, WAM-R, will be mounted on every Sea Star refrigerated container in its elite service to provide reefer customers, especially pharmaceutical companies, full visibility of […]
The admiralty and maritime law firm Nourse & Bowles has merged with McLaughlin & Stern, a large, full-service firm with offices in New York City and Florida. The combined firms will offer legal services to the maritime and related industries, including cargo, charter party, vessel management, personal injury, death, and insurance issues. – […]
Saudia Cargo has launched an online tool to assist importers shipping automotive cargo, high-value goods, human remains, live animals and dangerous goods into Saudi Arabia. The new program, OK-2-KSA, will also include proof-of-delivery to the airline’s hubs in the area. “The OK-2-KSA tool replaces the current manual approval process of emails/faxes for […]
The U.S. Surface Transportation Board’s new procedures for gauging the reasonableness of railroad rates removes limits on relief payments on midsized rail disputes and ups the limit on smaller rail rate disputes to $4 million.
Revenue across all the liner carrier’s major trades dropped in the first half of 2013, as a particularly hard second quarter took its toll. Revenue as a whole fell 3.7 percent year-on-year in the first half to $2.7 billion.
Seized switchblades. A trade enforcement team from U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized a shipment of 2,400 switchblades and 1,200 butterfly combs from China last month in Baltimore for violating the federal Switchblade Knife Act of 1958. The Act prohibits the importation, sale or possession of spring-assisted, automatically opening knives in interstate commerce. Folding […]
During the fourth quarter, the airline will launch twice-weekly Boeing 747-8 freighter service from Hong Kong to Guadalajara. The flight, which will mark the carrier’s first Latin American destination, is still subject to government approval.
“We believe that Tampa is right in the sweet spot for short-sea shipments out of Mexico. We also believe it will become a gateway port for export finished vehicles,” Steven Rand, Amports president and chief executive officer, said.
U.S. importers are hopeful that legislation introduced in the House this week to renew the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) for two years will pass before the duty-free import program expires July 31. In 2012, GSP saved American companies nearly $750 million on imports from 127 developing countries. “We are so happy […]
A former Customs and Border Protection officer, his girlfriend, a nephew and two of their associates were sentenced Thursday in federal court for participating in bribery and alien smuggling activities along the U.S./Mexico border spanning about two years, according to the U.S. Justice Department. Juan Carlos Guerrero, a former CBP officer from Mission, […]
The Philadelphia Regional Port Authority said it handled 2,519,967 metric tons of cargo in the first six months of this year, or a 13.62 percent increase over the same period in 2012. If current cargo trends continue through the remainder of the year, 2013 will be the fourth straight year of double-digit cargo […]
Compagnie Maritime Belge generated 168.11 million in revenue during the second quarter, a rise of more than $20 million over the first quarter. However, the Antwerp-based company’s first-half revenue totals 315.96 million, a small decline from the first half of last year. The company’s financial result for the period came to $11.72 […]
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 27 license applications and changes for review. The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from Gwinnett Shipping & Receiving, Norcross, Ga. (Won A. An, manager); King Solomon Logistics, South Richmond Hill, N.Y. (Bernard Hollingsworth, president); KY Logistics, Jamaica, N.Y. (Yau Fung Ling, president); Master Logistics, […]
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 27 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review. The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from BeavEx, Nashville, Tenn. (David W. Hofer Jr., vice president); BFB North America, Pembroke Pines, Fla. (Cenovia Huanaquiri, president); Eurybia Logistics, Monterey Park, Calif. (Zhang Yi, president); Global Relocation, […]
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 27 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.
FMC reviews 27 OTI license applications
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 27 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.
Officials from the U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the Canadian Ministry of Transport have released the North American Fatigue Management Program. The Website will include training and information about truck driver fatigue management, with the aim of reducing fatigue-related crashes. The site will provide information about sleep disorders, anti-fatigue scheduling, and […]
