C-TPAT Portal 2.0 almost ready for prime time. The next version of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism’s online portal will be launched in the next 60 to 90 days, U.S. Customs said in a communique to the trade community. The enhanced version of the C-TPAT Portal was originally introduced at the C-TPAT Supply Chain […]
MOL said Tuesday morning that a fire continues to burn on its wrecked containership MOL Comfort. The company said “due to adverse weather, the work has not been progressing smoothly and the fire is not yet under control. Observations show that many containers on the deck have been burnt out.” MOL Comfort […]
Hapag-Lloyd said in August the Gulf Atlantic Express (GAX) service between North Europe and the United States will switch its Miami call to Port Everglades, Fla. The last vessel calling at Miami will be the St. Louis Express, expected to arrive Aug. 17. The first vessel calling Port Everglades will be the Philadelphia Express […]
The Website OneMorePallet.com boasts a “name-your-price” payment option that then matches shippers with truckers who have available capacity and are looking for cargo, saving shippers time and money with their searches.
Container carriers “need to rely less on the chronic use of general rate increases (GRIs) and pay more attention to minimizing surplus capacity at the trade route level to stabilize the shipping market,” said the London-based consultants and research firm Drewry. “We are stuck in a vicious rut of GRI, followed by rapid […]
Russia’s chief sanitary inspector complained to the Moscow Times newspaper that the United States was trying to use political and administrative pressure to overturn the ban instead of going to an international court.
Maersk Line said it will implement a general rate increase on dry cargo shipments moving from Miami to Panama on Aug. 8. The increase is $150 for 20-foot containers and $300 for 40- and 45-foot boxes.
Shipments of iron ore on the Great Lakes totaled 6 million tons in June, a decrease of 6 percent compared to May, and a drop of 7 percent compared to a year ago, according to the Lake Carriers’ Association. Loadings also trailed the month’s long-term average by 4.4 percent. Iron ore shipments […]
In preparation for its new, 115,000-square-foot cargo facility, Aloha Air Cargo is boosting its staff by as many as 50 employees. Construction of the facility, which will open at the Honolulu International Airport during the first quarter of next year, began in May. The new cargo area will consolidate Aloha’s existing cargo operations […]
The professional services and investment management firm Jones Lang LaSalle has named the Port of New York and New Jersey as the top U.S. seaport according three factors: availability of industrial real estate surrounding the ports, proximity to population density, and improved infrastructure. Amid flat cargo volume growth, JLL points out in its […]
Australia’s largest retailer Woolworths has deployed Descartes Route Planner and cloud-based Descartes Mobile to support increased growth of its online grocery business. The applications are delivered via Descartes’ partner in Australia The Bestrane Group. “The Woolworths online grocery business has grown at a significant pace and this trend continues to accelerate,” said […]
Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg, founders of Switzerland-based Solar Impulse, recently completed the first domestic coast-to-coast flight by a solar-powered aircraft. The two flew from San Francisco to JFK International in New York in a little more than two months, with stops in Phoenix, Dallas, St. Louis and Washington, along the way. The […]
Although it has been present in the region since 2001, DB Schenker has now established its own legal entity in Laos, Schenker (Lao) Sole Co. According to officials, the change will allow Schenker to offer more services at better rates. In conjunction with the new entity, the company has unveiled a 3,000-square-meter facility […]
Asiana flight OZ214, a non-stop flight from Incheon International Airport, on Saturday slammed into the runway at the Northern California airport, the aircraft skidding down the tarmac, injuring 180 people and resulting in two fatalities.
MOL reported a fire had broken out in the fore section of the containership as it was being towed. If this section of the vessel is also lost it could further complicate efforts to determine what caused it to break in half.
The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration awarded nearly $1 million in grants to community and junior colleges last week to train military veterans for jobs in the transportation industry.
MOL Liner said T.K. Konishi has been promoted to chief executive officer effective June 21, succeeding Junichiro Ikeda who remains chairman of MOL Liner. Konishi said the company will shift its transpacific trade management to Hong Kong where it will locate all trade management function to and from the Asia region as well […]
APL Logistics said Monday it has launched an online sales channel for Walmart in Mexico. The new solution, which includes a warehouse management system, integrates with Walmart’s new online shopping site and enables same-day order fulfillment and next-day delivery. Through the partnership, APL Logistics provides all order management, planning, and fulfillment for Walmart’s […]
The U.S. Transportation Department has issued a $421 million loan for the S.R. 91 Corridor Improvement Project in Southern California to increase capacity on the corridor and ease congestion on the Riverside County side of the highway. DOT said the loan was made possible through “innovative federal financing assistance that partners with private […]
TNT Express has sold its 14.3 percent stake in the software solutions company Apriso to Dassault Systemes for $205 million. TNT Express received the Apriso stake when it demerged from TNT N.V. in May 2011. France-based Dassault Systems, which creates 3D design software, plans to fully integrate Apriso into its portfolio, according […]
