Liner carriers set changes to their fleets as Iraq, Afghanistan wars end. By Chris Dupin The U.S. merchant marine is adjusting to the drawdown in military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan by reconfiguring their services. In April APL announced plans to take four of its U.S.-flag ships out service — the President Adams, President […]
United States expects to bolster trade with South America, hastening liner carrier service changes. By Chris Dupin In the past month, the Obama administration has been drawing renewed attention to the importance of trade between the United States and Latin America. In early May, the president visited both Mexico and Costa Rica, and at […]
In late April, a joint venture by ACM Shipping and broker GFI Group exited the container derivatives market. A GFI spokeswoman said the firm might return someday to the business, but today there were “not enough willing participants to trade.” Together with ACM and McQuilling, GFI continues to offer tanker and dry bulk […]
Ericsson takes hands-on control of supply chain, limits air transport use through better planning. By Eric Kulisch Ericsson, the Swedish provider of telecommunications network equipment and services, is a prime example of the uphill battle facing the air cargo industry. Global air cargo volumes have slowly improved since the financial crisis, but essentially are at […]
Atlanta is the new Miami. Dallas-Forth Worth is the new Los Angeles. If only targeting a new air cargo gateway were as easy as making a simple declaration of intent. Last month, Bob Pertierra, Metro Atlanta Chamber’s vice president of supply chain and manufacturing, talked to American Shipper about Atlanta’s hopes to snare […]
Shippers on clock to comply with new 24-hour rule for filing manifest, cargo data. By Eric Kulisch Ocean carriers and consolidators have less than a year to prepare for implementing Japan’s version of the 24-hour rule and trade intermediaries familiar with the complex data requirements are urging freight companies to start preparing now to avoid […]
Under the proposed rule, licensed OTIs, which include non-vessel-operating common carriers (NVOs) and freight forwarders, would have to renew their licenses every two years with the agency. Currently, OTIs have no such requirement.
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission recently approved a proposal to reform rules governing ocean transportation intermediaries. Under the proposed rule, licensed OTIs would have to renew their licenses every two years. Currently, OTIs have no requirement to renew once they have been granted a license. They only need a qualifying individual (QI) for […]
The National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America has come out against a U.S. Customs proposal to improve due process procedures for suspending a broker’s entry-filer code, saying that going after the code is a backdoor way of trying to take away a broker’s license and is unconstitutional. Customs and Border Protection […]
This year’s user conference of supply chain software developer JDA ballooned into the biggest event the company has ever held. Around 2,700 attendees convened in early May to discuss best practices and practical uses of the broad-reaching software that touches the transportation, warehousing, demand planning, and inventory departments, among many others. Those […]
Technology platforms provide accurate picture, but require shipper diligence to succeed. By Eric Johnson Acurious tidbit of information is to be found within American Shipper’s Import Operations and Compliance Benchmark Study both this year and last. Somewhere between one quarter and one third of respondents over the two years say that total landed cost is […]
Shippers should scrutinize their relationships with outside payment and auditing firms. By Eric Johnson When the news came in early spring that the third-party freight payment and audit vendor Trendset was embroiled in a fraud and embezzlement case, it might have ordinarily sent shockwaves through the shipping industry. Here was a vendor admitting to its […]
The March 26 rejection by the Virginia Port Authority Board of Commissioners of private overtures to run all four marine terminals under its control, as well as the inland port in Front Royal, makes sense for the state and for the time being ends a heated political debate surrounding the port’s future. The […]
Non-vessel-operating common carrier Vanguard Logistics Services has started new services from Batam, Indonesia to global destinations. Many Indonesian and multinational manufacturers operate on the small island of Batam, which is located 20 kilometers southeast of Singapore. All less-than-containerload cargo from Batam is traditionally moved via small barges to Singapore’s Pasir Panjang Breakbulk […]
Maersk Line made a profit of $204 million in the first quarter of 2013 compared to a loss of $599 million in the first quarter of 2012. It said the turnaround in the financial performance was achieved through lower costs, as revenue was unchanged at $6.3 billion in both quarters, and came despite price […]
AES Logistics and Aljex Software said Thursday the two companies have integrated AES Logistics rates into Aljex hosted software for quick access by Aljex users. AES is a provider of transportation services and supply chain logistics including truckload, less than truckload (LTL), ocean and air cargo service. Aljex is a provider of hosted […]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Wednesday awarded a $122 million contract to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. for deepening the entrance to the Port of Miami to 50 feet. Excavation is expected to commence in August.
Investors and stakeholders from more than 115 organizations have banded together under the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility to ask global shippers to ensure the safety and welfare of their workers.
UPS today announced a new app for the iPad to let users easily track packages, find UPS shipping locations, and access UPS My Choice, all with enhanced mapping features. The UPS app for iPad enables customers to track packages and find locations where they can send shipments. Additionally, the app allows users of […]
Once developed, the mine, which is located about 550 kilometers south of the capital city Ulaanbaatar, will be one of the largest copper mines in the world. It will also count as one of the most important projects in Mongolia.
