Euroandinos Port Terminals at the Port of Paita in Peru has ordered one super post-Panamax ship-to-shore crane and two rubber tire gantry stacking cranes from Liebherr Container Cranes Ltd., the Irish company said. The container cranes are scheduled for delivery late this year. The ship crane has a maximum load capacity of […]
Con-way Truckload has purchased 525 tractors for an undisclosed amount, allowing the company to retire tractors approaching 500,000 service miles. The units will be delivered throughout the year, with the last tractor scheduled to hit the road in December. The order consists of 325 Kenworth T680 tractors and 200 2014 Navistar ProStar models. […]
UPS Freight, which offers truckload and less-than-truckload service, said Friday it will increase spot market rates 5.9 percent in North America, effective June 10. The increase, which is in line with previous annual adjustments, also applies to accessorial charges. Large customers typically can negotiate discounted rates. – Eric Kulish
The U.S.-Canada Border Infrastructure Investment Plan is the latest initiative under President Obama’s and Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Beyond the Border declaration to have a shared approach to security and economic competitiveness.
The plan raises the local share of the $733 million project from $189 million to $383 million, with $95 million of that increase for terminal improvements necessary to accommodate the deeper channel draft.
The Truck Operators Independent Contractor Act would prevent trucking companies from misclassifying truckers as a way to avoid workers’ rights and employer responsibilities, including unemployment and Social Security contributions.
The U.S. Commerce Department has found shippers of certain frozen shrimp in China, India, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam receive government subsidies, while those in Ecuador and Indonesia do not. In its China investigation, Commerce preliminarily determined that the sole respondent, Zhanjiang Guolian Aquatic Products Co., Ltd. and its cross-owed affiliates, received a subsidy […]
The Canadian House of Commons passed the Fair Rail Freight Service Act, which encourages shippers and railroads to negotiate service agreements and gives shippers access to an arbitration process if no agreement is reached. The Canadian Transportation Agency will serve as arbiter when needed and will have the authority to mete out a fine […]
European officials from all branches of government have agreed on a plan to develop a multi-modal, single-market transportation structure by 2030. The agreement must now be approved by the European Parliament Plenary and Council. Financing for the significant, multi-decade project will largely come from member states, although officials anticipate there will be […]
The Annapolis, Md.-based integration solutions provider ARINC Inc. this week introducted of e-Forwarder, a new solution that provides cargo operations management for small to midsized freight forwarders. The product is a client-server based platform that provides forwarders with a single, integrated solution for cargo management from initial cargo acceptance and waybill generation to final […]
The Peruvian freight forwarder International Freight Shipping S.A.C. has adopted the cloud-based platform from logistics technology provider CargoWise. IFS in Peru, part of the IFS Group, will use CargoWise’s ediEnterprise. IFS has 5,000 international partners globally, and more than 1,000 active local customers. “After careful analysis of all available global freight forwarding […]
Officials from Zim said they are hopeful that general rate increases being announced by carriers to take effect at the beginning of July will stick and improve the outlook for the container shipping industry. Zim “is generating good utilization of the vessels,” Guy Eldar, the company’s chief financial officer, said in a telephone […]
The liner carrier said Friday it’s increasing the size of a July 1 general rate increase for cargo moving from Asia to North Europe from $750 per TEU to $950 per TEU. It added it “continues to face unsustainable rates in the trade.”
Yang Ming has extended its lease at the Port of Los Angeles for an additional nine years. The liner carrier’s current lease at the West Basin Container Terminal ends in 2021. The new agreement extends the lease to 2030 and will result in additional port revenues of between $365 million and $525 million, depending […]
UPS has made a “significant expansion” to its Asian healthcare network by opening a 22,000-square-meter healthcare facility in Hangzhou, China, according to a press statement. The new facility, which was designed to meet the specific needs of pharmaceutical companies, features a fully automated tracking system. It is staffed by an on-site quality assurance […]
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey implemented the controversial $4.05-per-TEU Cargo Facility Charge in 2011 to help pay for road and rail infrastructure, as well as security at the port.
“The recent bridge collapse is a classic example of how the stability of our nation’s highways and bridges is already compromised,” OOIDA’s Todd Spencer said. “Adding more weight to the equation is the last thing we need.”
The Mexican government is stepping up its implementation of recently introduced streamline audit procedures for the verification of textile products entering the country. The procedures seek to avoid the illegal transshipment of textiles and other products under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The new approach uses a sampling method with the […]
Vice President Joe Biden and Haitian President Michel Martelly signed a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) this week in Port of Spain which will provide a forum for bilateral talks to enhance trade and investment and discuss specific trade issues between the United States and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The 15 member […]
The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) has upgraded the United States’ risk classification for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or “mad cow” disease, to negligible risk. “This is a significant achievement that has been many years in the making for the United States, American beef producers and businesses, and federal and state partners who […]
