Along with the master contract, local agreements at most ports along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts also were ratified by ILA members, including one with the NYSA. Negotiations are continuing in Baltimore, Philadelphia and Hampton Roads.
An Austrian company will build a plant for making hot briquetted iron (HBI), a raw material used for making steel, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Port Corpus Christi Authority commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved a long-term lease agreement with voestalpine Texas Holding, whose parent company is headquartered in Linz, Austria. (The company does not […]
Port Corpus Christi commissioners on Tuesday approved a grant agreement with the U.S. Maritime Administration outlining the terms and conditions for the use of funds to start construction of the Nueces River Rail Yard. On June 21, 2012, the U.S. Department of Transportation awarded a $10 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant to […]
Non-vessel-operating common carrier Shipco Transport has opened offices in Pakistan, with its head location in Karachi and branch facilities in Lahore, Faisalabad and Sialkot. The Pakistan operation will be headed by Asim Saeed and the staff of General Maritime (Pvt) Ltd., Shipco’s long-time agent in the country. “While we have had a presence […]
LATAM Airlines Group, the amalgamation of LAN Airlines and TAM, saw cargo inch up in March, increasing by 0.4 percent, year over year, to 407 million tons. Capacity rose as well, ramping up by 3.5 percent. Cargo load factor dropped by 1.8 points to 60.1 percent. “The growth in cargo capacity is […]
Hellmann US has unveiled a less-than-containerload freight service tapping smaller volume shippers. As part of the new LCL service, the third party logistics services provider will provide shipment documentation support, customs brokerage, online tracking, warehousing and a host of other value-added options. Hellmann boasts more than 242 port pair, direct sailings and 443 offices in […]
Tex Gunning, the next chief executive officer of TNT Express, has officially been appointed to the executive board during TNT Express’ annual general meeting of shareholders. The group also named Sjoerd Vollebregt as an independent board member for a four-year term. Margot Scheltema and Shemaya Levy have also been selected for the board and will […]
Toll Global Forwarding has broken ground on a 2.65-acre, 70,000-square-foot facility near London Heathrow’s cargo village. The development, which will include 50,000 square feet of warehouse space, replaces Toll’s previous facility, which was purchased in its deal for WT Cargo in 2011. Delivery is expected in October. “This new base at Heathrow […]
TNT Express said the appeal by UPS isn’t a reconsideration or a renewal of the previous merger offer. Officials reiterated that TNT withdrew the offer in January and will focus on its new profit improvement plan.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has agreed to pay the Federal Aviation Administration $3.5 million for aircraft rescue and firefighting violations at JFK, LaGuardia, Newark and Teterboro airports spanning from December 2010 to June 2012. The port authority has 30 days to pay the fine before incurring an additional […]
“The impact of sequestration isn’t yet fully known, but Customs officials are working hard to manage their resources and keep cargo moving,” NRF Vice President for Supply Chain and Customs Policy Jonathan Gold said.
Unions representing Hong Kong dockworkers will hold talks with two contractors and mediators from Hong Kong’s Labor Department on Wednesday, according to a report from Radio Television Hong Kong.
The top port analyst at London-based consultancy Drewry said Monday a deal announced last week in which the liner carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co. will sell a 35-percent stake in its terminals business to the New York-based private equity group Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) makes sense for both sides. The deal, worth $1.9 billion, […]
General cargo at the Port of New Orleans totaled 7.55 million tons in 2012, 8.6 percent more than in 2011. Volume was boosted by steel imports, which were 1.92 million tons in 2012, 38 percent more than the 1.39 million tons handled in 2011. Other top performing commodities included chemical exports, which […]
The portal-based ocean shipping network INTTRA has launched a new member service that enables shippers to buy cargo insurance from marine insurance specialist FP Marine Risks via INTTRA’s e-commerce platform. INTTRA members can elect to purchase cargo insurance at competitive rates during the shipping process through Alto, FP Marine Risks’ online insurance platform. Effective […]
The electronics manufacturing services provider Flextronics has signed up with the global trade management solutions provider Amber Road to automate the screening of partners, customers and vendors. Flextronics will use Amber Road’s hosted, Web-based Restricted Party Screening (RPS) On-Demand application, with the objective of maintaining a low export risk profile while expediting screening. […]
The software provider Cirrus TMS said Tuesday it has expanded the availability of its software-as-a-service (Saas)-based transportation management technology. Cirrus said the TMS platform was previously only available to a select group of clients, but now the software may be licensed to businesses that prefer to self-manage their freight operations. Since development […]
The ocean carrier NYK Group said it has recently launched a tsunami alert system that will provide tsunami warnings to vessels. Tsunami warnings issued by the Japan Meteorological Agency and other weather service providers will be sent by e-mail to vessels through the company’s NYK e-missions’ system, an existing system that provides information […]
In March, intermodal traffic rose by 0.5 percent, year over year, to 933,208 containers, while the number of carloads declined by 0.5 percent to 1.117 million when compared to March 2012, Association of American Railroads said.
Rickmers Chennai Rickmers-Linie said it will add a another ship to its fleet. The 19,100- deadweight-ton Pacific Winter, to be renamed Rickmers Chennai, is a sister ship to Baltic Winter, originally chartered in by Rickmers in December 2011, and to be renamed the Rickmers Dubai. The ships, built in 2012 and2011, have 800-ton […]
