The meeting was described as a “state of the port” briefing for longshoremen, who rejected a local contract seven weeks ago, but continue to work while negotiations continue. The Virginia Pilot reported the port will reopen at noon.
The U.S. Department of Transportation said Tuesday that the fifth round of TIGER grants is oversubscribed once again, with 568 applications from around the country seeking more than $9 billion for infrastructure projects for a program that only has $474 million in available funding. The deadline for public and private entities to submit applications […]
The Port of Corpus Christi has awarded a $12.6 million contract to low bidder Haas-Anderson Construction to build a new interchange rail yard at the west end of the inner harbor, the port authority announced Tuesday. Rail traffic at the Texas port has more than doubled during the past five years. The Nueces River […]
The number of flights in the European Union are predicted to increase by 50 percent in the next 20 years, and the European Commission has taken action today to jumpstart its Single European Sky solution to this pending capacity issue. The commission recently proposed updating the Single European Sky regulations and amending rules […]
The Port of Oakland said Tuesday that a maritime visibility sensor has been placed at the Ben E. Nutter Terminal (Berth 38) operated by Seaside Transportation Services and home to Evergreen Marine Corp. The sensor is a continuously operating visibility data collection platform that helps mariners make informed decisions in foggy or low […]
The global trade management (GTM) solutions provider Amber Road said Tuesday it has opened an office in Munich, Germany, to serve as its Europe/Middle East/Africa (EMEA) headquarters. Strong demand for its global trade management solutions in Europe has fueled the company’s growth in the region, Amber Road said. Amber Road began offering services […]
The third party logistics company and truck brokerage Transplace on Tuesday released its Freight Allocation Module 2.0, a Web-based application that optimizes transportation by allowing shippers to auction freight with approved carrier partners. FAM 2.0 offers authorized carrier companies improved visual presentation of available freight along with spot rate quotations in real time […]
Hamburg Süd will be offering a new fixed-day, fortnightly service from South Africa to Argentina and Brazil (SABR Service) in cooperation with Nile Dutch, beginning next month. The new service will have a rotation of Durban, Port Elizabeth, Buenos Aires, Rio Grande, Itajai, Santos, and Rio de Janeiro. Further destinations in South America, […]
Con-way Freight will increase its rates by an average of 5.9 percent on June 24. The general rate increase applies to customers on the CNW 599 tariff. The change will impact general less-than-truckload rates and accessorial fees associated with these shipments in and across the borders of Canada, Puerto Rico and the United States. […]
The less-than-truckload carrier Old Dominion Freight Line has released a new mobile app designed to allow customers to more easily follow their shipments and connect with the company. The new app, launched Tuesday for Apple mobile devices, allows customers to log into their online accounts, view bills of lading and shipment details, schedule pickups, […]
LATAM Airlines saw passenger traffic rise on declining capacity in May, but cargo load factor remained flat for the month. Cargo traffic increased 1.5 percent, year over year, but capacity also ticked up 1.5 percent. The carrier’s cargo load factor stayed stagnant at 58.2 percent. So far this year, LATAM cargo traffic has […]
“This project can be built away from where people live and children go to school, but the City of Los Angeles wants to put it in a low-income minority neighborhood,” said David Pettit, attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council.
The largest amount of demand will come in the single-aisle aircraft category, with 24,670 planes at a cost of $2.29 trillion. The manufacturer predicts the least amount of orders will be for large, wide-body planes.
Construction crews, working around the clock, put the finishing touches Monday on the first of two temporary bridge spans over the Skagit River in Washington and have started work on the second one.
China Merchants Holdings (International) Co. Ltd. today completed its purchase of a 49-percent equity stake in the French liner carrier’s terminals business, which includes 15 facilities in eight countries, for 400 million euros.
The U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on Monday unanimously approved the nominations of Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx to be secretary of transportation and Penny Pritzker to be secretary of commerce. Meanwhile, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., was announced as the new chairman of the Commerce subcommittee on surface transportation and merchant marine infrastructure, […]
Of the 20 nations in the G20, a group that has pledged to roll back protectionist trade measures, only Canada ranks among the top 20 trade markets in the world, according to the International Chamber of Commerce’s 2013 Open Markets Index. The biennial index, which was created to follow up on open-trade pledges […]
If you have wondered what Maersk Line’s new “Triple E” ships will look like when they’re underway, the Website gCaptain has posted photographs of the first of these vessels undergoing sea trials. gCaptain said it obtained some of the photos from the Website shipspotting.com Maersk Line said it will take delivery of the ship […]
A long-planned barge service between the Ports of Stockton and Oakland, Calif., began operation on Sunday evening. A barge loaded with 32 40-foot containers filled with animal feed set off from Stockton and arrived at the Ports America terminal on Monday morning where they were to be loaded onto a Yang Ming ship, […]
The Transport Council of the European Commission has adopted a general approach to rail interoperability throughout the European Union, removing administrative and technical barriers to the “Fourth Railway Package.” The European Parliament will vote on the proposal in November. The entire railway package, adopted Jan. 30, calls for measures to open up […]
