Rep. Dan Lipinski, D- Ill., has introduced legislation which aims to stop foreign manufacturers from skirting U.S. Customs duties by creating a better information-sharing network between the industry and government.
Currently, import containers that don’t move inland from the dock as a block on unit trains are trucked 24 miles to BNSF’s Hobart Yard. The new intermodal facility would reduce about 1.3 million truck trips annually.
Lead bill sponsor State Republican Rep. Gene Ward noted foreign-built vessels are allowed in the domestic Guam trade, and said an exemption for cruise ships was put in place in 2003 by the late U.S. Sen. Daniel K Inouye.
The Port of New Orleans said its board of commissioners has given notice to AECOM Technical Services to begin the design of the port’s new Mississippi River Intermodal Terminal Project. The port received a $16.7 million federal transportation grant last year for improvements to the Napoleon Avenue Intermodal Terminal. The project site is […]
Maersk Line on Friday said it will raise freight rates April 15 from Asia (excluding Japan) to European destinations by $500 per TEU, while its rates to Syria will be raised 385 euros per TEU. “The prevailing freight rates from Asia to North Europe and the Mediterranean make it unsustainable and financially unviable to offer […]
A recently introduced bill in the U.S. Senate aims to eliminate antitrust exemptions in the rail industry, which according to the American Chemsitry Council, provides railroads with “unique government protections that help shield them from free markets and competition.” Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and David Vitter, R-La., introduced the bill Thursday. If […]
Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty released his 2013 budget yesterday, calling for more than $47 billion in new infrastructure spending in the next decade. In a speech announcing the budget, Flahrety said the program, his update to 2007’s Building Canada plan, will be “the largest and longest federal investment in building roads, bridges […]
Local government and industry officials at three ports on the opposite end of the spectrum in California are lobbying members of Congress and U.S. Customs to adjust how the agency is implementing forced budget cuts because reductions in manpower to clear cargo are beginning to harm the maritime industry, with potential losses of millions […]
The U.S. Surface Transportation Board has rejected a petition by the Association of American Railroads to consider product and geographic competition when analyzing whether rail rates for coal transportation are reasonable. The STB stopped including non-transportation factors in its analysis in 1998. The agency filed its petition in November, saying that indirect […]
Indonesia President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono broke ground Thursday on the nation’s largest port development, a project designed to allow Indonesia to accommodate the world’s largest containerships by 2018. The Kalibaru Project, or New Priok, includes an initial investment of $2.5 billion by the country’s largest port operator, IPC, at the port of Tanjung […]
The cloud-based global trade technology developer GT Nexus said this week it has been selected by the appliance manufacturer Electrolux to provide a cloud technology platform to automate the global freight spend management process for ocean and air. “We needed better technology to support our move from normal annual and spot buying to […]
The U.S. International Trade Commission ruled imports of stainless steel sinks from China are subsidized by the Chinese government and are harming domestic manufacturers of similar products since they are sold on the U.S. market at less than fair value. All six ITC commissioners voted in the affirmative on Thursday. As a […]
A consortium of APM Terminals, Bolloré Africa Logistics and the French industrial conglomerate Bouygues has been named the preferred bidder to manage a second container terminal at the Port of Abidjan in Ivory Coast. The $590 million project would be covered by a 21-year concession. The new terminal is slated to have a […]
A fact-finding mission this week to Panama by representatives of the Terrebonne Parish Economic Development Authority (TEDA) and the Port of Terrebonne in Louisiana has port officials considering the prospects of exporting liquefied natural gas. “In the process, we identified a huge opportunity in the exportation of liquefied natural gas (LNG),” said TEDA […]
Virgin Atlantic has added an Airbus A340-600 flight between London and Johannesburg, increasing cargo capacity during South Africa’s peak season. The additional plane is expected to remain on the route through the end of the 2013-2014 season. Exports to Johannesburg have been a bright spot in a quiet cargo year, said Nick […]
The Government Accountability Office Wednesday released a report on shipping between Puerto Rico and the United States and possible modification of the Jones Act requirement that vessels participating in the trade be registered in the United States, crewed by U.S. citizens, and built in a U.S. shipyard. The report was prepared at the request […]
In an interview with American Shipper, Zim CEO Rafi Danieli said the creditors had gained trust in Zim due to its cost-cutting endeavors. He also said they looked favorably upon the decision to cancel the five-ship order.
“We’re in the first federal budget cycle since the project has been approved, and we’re eagerly anticipating and waiting the release of the president’s budget,” Curtis Foltz, GPA’s head, said during the Georgia Logistics Summit.
The American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) said last October’s Superstorm Sandy, which ravaged the U.S. Northeast, has shown the network’s strength, as well a highlighted areas for improvement. “A particular strength of ALAN’s network is that its members tend to be problem solvers,” said ALAN President Jock Menzies, in a statement. “Supply chain […]
CenterPoint Properties broke ground this week on a new ACE Hardware distribution center at Wilmer, Texas. The 450,000-square-foot facility will be situated on 31.3 acres within the 59.9-acre Sunridge Business Park. The facility will be leased by ACE for 10 years, and is located about 10 miles outside Dallas, along the LBJ […]
