A court appeal hearing at the Highest Economic Court in Kiev, Ukraine, for cargo handler Swissport International to try to regain legal control of its former operation in the country was postponed Tuesday and will take place in two weeks. Swissport had appealed to the court in mid-April after having lost its business […]
The United States is now a “listed” country with the European Commission, so that U.S. pharmaceutical companies need not obtain an export certificate from the Food and Drug Administration before shipping certain products to Europe. Without the waiver, all U.S. companies shipping active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) to Europe after July 1, 2013, would […]
A congressional watchdog agency found that among 56 petitions filed between 2007 and 2012 for relief from unfair trade practices only 21 included at least one small to midsized petitioner. Small and midsized companies are defined by the Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy as independent businesses with fewer than 500 employees. […]
FedEx Trade Networks, the freight forwarding arm of FedEx Corp., has set up operations in Dublin as part of its ongoing expansion. The Dublin office is the company’s 24th in Europe, and is located close to the Dublin airport, seaport and key motorways. “Dublin is an important transport hub for the medical device, […]
American Shipper, in partnership with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA), surveyed roughly 230 transportation buyers on procurement practices, processes, technologies and results. Key discussion areas will include: Transportation spend and contract rates Length of negotiations and timeframe to implementation Assessing bids and timing procurement events Procurement […]
In the IT world that exists outside logistics, there are a few more buzzy concepts than in-memory computing (IMC). The dual heavyweights of enterprise resource planning — SAP and Oracle — have both unveiled in-memory database technologies across their range of solutions in the past year. Expect more specialized providers to do likewise. […]
Global shippers try to influence end to hazardous sweatshops in Bangladesh. By Jon Ross On April 24, more than 1,000 workers sewing T-shirts, shorts and other clothing in a Bangladesh garment factory died when the building suddenly collapsed. In November, a fire at another factory in the region killed 112 people. Facing these devastating […]
Everyone in logistics deals with some mixture of tight lead times, proprietary customer information, and expedited movements. But few, if any, deal with those elements on the scale that Ingram Micro Mobility does. That’s because the company, formerly known as Brightpoint, is one of the largest logistics vendors to the mobile phone industry. […]
Publically, ocean carriers have long been keen for their services not to be categorized as a commodity, even as rates drop to below cost levels on certain lanes, as carriers increasingly group together on fewer, but larger services, and as the apparent differentiation between slots on two ships seems to be nil. But […]
The U.S. Department of Transportation is wading into a sticky thicket after a provision in last year’s MAP-21 transportation law mandated a study on the controversial issue of increasing federal standards for the size and weight of tractor-trailers. Industry officials hope that the study will definitely silence critics who say longer, heavier vehicles […]
Last year, air cargo industry groups, likely fed up with an all-or-nothing approach to e-freight that was getting nobody anywhere, introduced a piecemeal approach aimed at easing the air cargo industry into the 21st century. Starting with the air waybill, the plan was to get carriers, airports, forwarders and shippers slowly on board […]
Damco, the forwarding and logistics services arm of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, has ambitious plans for growth over the next several years and a big agenda as it adapts to a changing market. “If we look ahead in the years to come I would say that we, like everybody, will probably see some […]
While Germanischer Lloyd (GL) noted “a complete hull design will without doubt achieve much more substantial fuel savings,” shipowners may be able to achieve significant fuel savings by changing the nose of their ships. “An optimized bulbous bow section still offers rather attractive potential fuel efficiency gains, especially for large, high-powered containerships,” which […]
Big ships have dominated the shipping news this year. The first in a series of 20 18,000-TEU ships was scheduled to be delivered to Maersk Line at the end of June; China Shipping this spring placed an order for even larger, 18,500-TEU ships; and there have been reports that United Arab Shipping Corp. […]
Japanese liner MOL said it’s working with the shipbuilder, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and Japanese classification society Nippon Kaiji Kyokai to arrange inspection of the six sister vessels as quickly as possible.
After years of battling for funding for critical infrastructure projects along the nation’s key commercial waterways, the Waterways Council voiced optimism that this fall could be a turning point. In a press briefing in Washington Monday, Waterways Council President and Chief Executive Officer Michael Toohey said he’s hopeful Congress will move forward with legislation in […]
Delta and other airlines consider ways to better manage energy for jets. By Jon Ross In 2012, Delta Air Lines made a bold move to tamp down its jet-fuel costs. Tired of paying a premium for fuel and seeing prices yo-yo in the market, carrier officials decided to get into the refinery business […]
Sweden’s Wallenius Lines has ordered two large car carriers from Tianjin Xingang Shipyard in China with an option to build two more. The ships, scheduled for delivery in 2015 and 2016, will be operated by WWL.
Non-vessel-operating common carrier Troy Container Line will offer an array of new full- and less-than-containerload services to and from Bolivia, Chile, Peru, and Paraguay. Weekly services are now available to and from San Antonio, Chile; Callao, Peru; and Bolivia, while services will be bi-monthly to and from Paraguay, the Red Bank, N.J.-based company said. […]
At first glance, the proposed P3 Network of Maersk, Mediterranean Shipping Co., and CMA CGM — the three largest container carriers in the world — may better stand for the “Powerful 3,” conjuring thoughts of cartels and monopolies in the minds of shippers. Indeed the operations agreement would initially provide 255 ships in […]
