Close to 90 percent of the union workers who voted have decided to strike at Menzies World Cargo. The Heathrow-based workers are upset their pay has been frozen for the last two years. “Our door is always open, but time is running out,” Oliver Richardson of Unite, Britain’s largest trade union, said […]
The Port of Los Angeles saw container volumes drop 12.9 percent in May, continuing the trend at the nation’s busiest container port this year. Volume fell to 636,851 TEUs during the month, including a 12 percent drop in loaded import cargo (to 326,114 TEUs), and a 16.3 percent drop in loaded export cargo […]
The U.K. consulting and research firm Transport Intelligence (Ti) said the global contract logistics market grew 3.4 percent by value in 2012, but warned that growth hides “increasing divergence in the performance of regional markets.” Ti’s latest report Global Contract Logistics 2013, found growth in emerging markets is much higher than those in Europe […]
The shipping consultants Drewry are predicting that the westbound cargo growth in the Mediterranean-North America trade “is likely to remain poor, so more schedules between the Mediterranean and ECNA (East Coast North America) will need to be rationalized soon. Operating services in isolation, such Hapag-Lloyd’s MGX schedule, and MSC’s loops A and B, appears […]
Cargolux launched Boeing 747-8 service from Luxembourg to Sao Paulo, Brazil, June 16, marking the first ever freighter flight of this size plane into the country. Viracopos International Airport is the only airport in Brazil certified for 747-8 service. Officials expect auto parts, pharmaceutical products and fruit to serve as the main exports […]
Old Dominion Freight will increase its base rates by about 4.9 percent on July 1. According to officials, the new rates will offset new equipment costs, preserve competitive waves and healthcare for workers, and leave room for a “nominal increase” on lane charges. “We are sensitive to our customers’ budgets, and we […]
COSCO Pacific reports that it handled 5.1 million TEUs in May, 7.6 percent more than in May 2012. Year to date, the company has handled 24.4 million TEUs, 10.1 more than in the first five months of 2012. – Chris Dupin
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has agreed to make suspension or removal from the program not immediate. DHS has also published a document outlining the measures it will take for security breaches.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday in favor of the American Trucking Associations (ATA) in the group’s effort to turn back the Port of Los Angeles’ efforts to regulate the drayage trucking industry. In 2007, the port created a Clean Truck Program that required trucking companies operating at the port to enter into […]
“It’s hard enough having to go through a NAFTA verification audit once, but being subjected to re-auditing when you’ve already passed with flying colors seems unduly harsh on business,” trade attorney Elise Shibles said.
In 2011, the port instituted a cargo facility charge (CFC) on all waterborne cargo, including empty containers. The fee is $4.95 for 20-foot containers, $9.90 for 40-foot containers, and $1.11 per unit for vehicle cargo.
French liner carrier CMA CGM has announced a “revenue restoration program” on its Asia-Europe trade lane. Outbound from Europe, the company said it will impose a general rate increase on July 1 of $150 per 20-foot container and $200 per 40-foot container from North Europe (defined as North Continent, Scandinavia, Baltic, and the United […]
The Canadian government has unveiled plans for a new airport, among other developments, at the federally-owned Pickering Lands site outside of Toronto. The new airport will replace the aging Buttonville Municipal Airport.
The U.K.-based supplier of customs software Impatex said Friday that its Web-based freight management and customs processing package NetFreight is now available in the cloud, following an alliance with freight industry hardware specialist Albacore Systems. NetFreight, launched in 2005 and acquired by Impatex in 2007, was designed as a browser-based system, operating either […]
The first of Maersk’s new “Triple-E” ships was officially named this morning in a ceremony at the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard in Okpo, South Korea. The world’s largest containership bears the name of the late Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, who passed away in April 2012 at the age of 98. Triple-E […]
The U.S. Export-Import Bank has signed a City/State Partnership with the Tennessee Small Business Development Center to help boost jobs in the state by promoting exports. “The partnership will bring foreign markets within reach of Tennessee businesses and support thousands of local small-business jobs,” said Ex-Im Bank Chairman and President Fred P. Hochberg in a […]
Last year, one in four of the more than 607,000 bridges that dot the United States was deemed deficient and is either racked with structural issues or is so obsolete it isn’t suitable for traffic. In a recent report, the Government Accountability Office found there has been some improvement to bridge safety — the number of […]
“By restricting competition to the few U.S.-flagged ships still sailing… cargo preference adds $140 million in transportation costs (to food aid) each year,” said Rep. Ed Royce, chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Electronic Shipping Solutions (ESS), a provider of shipping and trade document and data solutions, is partnering with the commodities shipper to include new grain trade routes from Argentina and Brazil to Europe.
“Trucks that you thought were available will all of a sudden disappear, usually hauling for local farmers and grain elevators. This indirectly affects the whole industry,” BulkLoadsNow.com’s Jared Flinn said.
