Workforce Florida Inc. last week announced the availability of a $2 million Quick Response Training Challenge Grant for employers in Florida’s logistics and trade industry.
Loaded inbound volumes at seven West Coast ports will see a 0.9-percent, year over year, decline during the second quarter of the year, ending the period at 2.8 million TEUs, according to Global Port Tracker. In the third quarter, though, volume will increase by 2 percent to 2.99 million TEUs, followed by a […]
The Georgia Ports Authority said Subaru will start importing five of its models through the Port of Brunswick. Subaru National Transportation Manager Larry Strug said the deepwater port at Brunswick will serve two zones in Subaru’s national distribution network. The zones cover an area from North Carolina to Florida. Other import terminals include […]
The Port of Houston Authority’s commission Tuesday awarded a contract worth nearly $50 million to Konecranes Finland Corp. for four electric wharf cranes at Barbours Cut Container Terminal. The commission also amended a contract with Konecranes for eight diesel electric container yard cranes for Barbours Cut to include three additional diesel electric container […]
The U.S. Transportation Department on Wednesday awarded a $10.9 million TIGER 2012 grant to the City of West Memphis, Ark., to expand the city’s port. “Once the expansion is complete, the port will be able to handle increased freight rail capacity, helping businesses send more goods to markets across the country. It will […]
“We had to restructure and reorganize and become more like an asset manager, and that is what we did,” Tobias König, CEO of the company, said in a telephone interview with American Shipper.
The ocean carrier’s liner services group is adding more than 3,000 pieces of cargo handling equipment to its fleet. The new equipment will be used to serve shippers in its Puerto Rico, Caribbean and Latin America services.
Third-party logistics providers will see 2013 revenues of $148.4 million, an increase of 4.6 percent, according to a recently released report by Armstrong & Associates. Revenues of third-party logistics providers in the United States increased by 6 percent, year over year, in 2012 to $141.8 billion. According to Armstrong & Associates, the compound […]
Based on data gathered by the American Trucking Associations’ members, domestic tonnage fell in April after seeing a rise in March. The ATA’s seasonally adjusted tonnage index ended last month, down 0.2 percent after being up 0.9 percent in March. Compared to last April, the tonnage index rose 4.3 percent, the largest […]
Non-vessel-operating common carrier Shipco Transport will start a joint venture with its longtime partner and agent Profreight in Auckland, New Zealand. Shipco New Zealand will take over all activities currently handled by Profreight in Auckland and will be staffed with the current Profreight employees. Gary Sayles will serve as managing director of the […]
Non-vessel-operating common carrier Ecu-Line has made several changes to its Far East management. “This step has been taken as part of the long-term development strategy for the region,” the company said. Already in February, Uday Shetty was appointed the new chief operating officer for the Asia-Pacific region. Today, Ecu-Line said Mike Dye, […]
Acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank last week wrapped up a seven-day trip to Latin America to help drum up business for U.S. companies engaged in infrastructure planning and construction with a speech at the American Chamber of Commerce Panama where she highlighted the importance of trade relations with the Central American nation. Twenty companies specializing […]
Auggie Tellez, executive vice president of the Seafarers International Union, said in testimony the U.S.-flag vessel industry already lost a third of food aid cargo last year because of a change in the MAP-21 transportation law.
The United States and Burma have signed a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) on Tuesday, establishing a platform for ongoing dialogue and cooperation on trade and investment issues between the two governments.
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics will manage vehicle processing for the 78,000-square-foot Subaru facility at the Port of Brunswick, Ga., starting in July. With the agreement, WWL becomes the automaker’s supplier for the Southeast United States. The contract includes import processing, accessory installation, transportation preparations and pre-delivery inspections. The company also manages Subaru holdings […]
MOL said it will open its own office in Canada and operate as MOL (Canada) on July 31, ending 53 years of representation of its liner business by the agency Montship. All other agent agreements between MOL’s non-liner divisions and Montship will continue without interruption. “Montship has been a fantastic partner for MOL […]
DHL Supply Chain announced that it will invest INR 650 million ($11.7 million) in its new 320,000-square-foot warehouse in Luhari, Delhi, anchored by Proctor & Gamble. The company is planning additional facilities in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru and Chennai in 2013. The new facility, and the forthcoming construction, is part of the INR 6.85 […]
Canadian retail sales stayed flat in March at $39.5 billion, according to Statistics Canada. Retail volume rose 0.7 percent over February when price-change effects were removed from the equation. Clothing sales bumped up 3.1 percent, while motor vehicle and parts sales rose 0.7 percent, seeing an increase in activity for the third month […]
Con-way Freight is planning to break ground on an $8 million, 47,000-square-foot service center in Fond du Lac, Wis., in June. The facility, which will replace a current 27-year-old facility, is expected to deliver by March 2014. The 21-acre property in the city’s Fox Ridge Business Park will feature 96 dock doors, […]
The money will be used to develop the legal system in the affected countries, strengthen financial oversight systems that could prevent the flow of money to pirates, share expertise and training, and provide security support.
