The marine terminal operator will manage a dedicated facility created for the barge service that will haul export and import containers to and from the Port of Oakland, 75 miles away on the San Joaquin River.
Soren Skou, Maersk Line CEO, said if there’s insufficient demand by shippers for transport when its 18,000-TEU ships enter service later this year between Asia and Europe, the company will trim capacity.
The motor carrier sent the union a proposed set of network changes to optimize line-haul density, reduce shipment handling and improve service. YRC would like the improvements to start in May.
The Japanese government announced it intends to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations. The TPP is a free trade agreement currently under negotiation between 11 countries, including Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States and Vietnam. Trade groups welcomed the possibility of including Japan in the TPP. […]
The Southern California ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles reported strong growth in cargo volumes in February, but noted the sharp increase may be due in part to the timing of Chinese New Year which dampened volumes last February but led to a surge this year. The Port of Long Beach said its […]
An effort by the state of Delaware to attract private investment in the Port of Wilmington has stalled. In a letter to Alan Levin, director of the Delaware Economic Development Office and chairman of the Diamond State Port Corp., Texas-based Kinder Morgan said it’s “suspending our efforts to secure a long-term lease arrangement with […]
China Shipping Terminal has signed a memorandum of understanding with to purchase a 24-percent share of APM Terminals Zeebrugge. The transaction is scheduled to be finalized by the end of June 2013. APM Terminals currently holds a 75-percent majority share in APM Terminals Zeebrugge N.V., with the Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) having […]
Miami, Chicago and Memphis are home to airports offering the best investment and leasing potential, according to Jones Lang LaSalle’s U.S. Airport Real Estate Index. Chicago and Miami, in particular, are rated well due to their status as international passenger gateways, and Memphis finished third on the list due to FedEx’s hub presence at […]
Evergreen Line will team up with Hanjin and Simatech to launch a new service linking the Indian Subcontinent, Persian Gulf and East Africa from late March. Four 2,500-2,800 TEU vessels will be deployed on the joint “IDEA” service. The first sailing is planned from Mundra (Northwest India) on March 26. The port rotation for the […]
Envirotainer has picked C.A.L Cargo Airlines as the first airline from Israel to earn its status as a qualified Envirotainer provider, signaling the airline has passed the requisite training to manage Envirotainer shipments. The airline, which is only the eighth carrier in the world to gain such a status, can now handled the […]
ModusLink is moving to a 15,200-square-meter distribution center in Venray, the Netherlands, that will employ between 350 and 500 people to replace its current location in Apeldoorn. The new facility will be up and running by July. Company officials were weighing different options for Europe, including opening a facility in the Czech Republic […]
Worldwide Express, a Dallas-based package shipping firm and one of the largest UPS express service resellers, has launched an enhanced version of its shipping technology platforms, SpeedShip 2.0 and SpeedFreight 2.0. “Historically, most shipping companies have set up their UPS customers on SpeedShip 1.0,” said David R. Kiger, chief executive officer, who founded […]
The Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority’s board on Thursday elected Marc Krantz as chairman. Chris Ronayne was also named vice chairman, while Diane Downing was picked to be secretary. They will each serve one-year terms. Krantz is managing partner of the Cleveland law firm Kohrman Jackson & Krantz. He has served on the […]
Kenneth Bargteil, well respected within customs compliance circles for his deep knowledge of the industry and regulatory affairs in Washington, has been honored with the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America’s 2013 Centurion Award. Bargteil, a tireless advocate for the customs brokerage industry and interlocutor with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, is […]
Inchcape Shipping Services is warning that if ships arriving from Asia are infested with Asian gypsy moths or do not have required documentation, there can be significant delays in cargo loading or discharging activities. The company has published an alert on the subject, advising of Asian gypsy moth regulations for vessels arriving at […]
RIDEMAKERZ, a toy car company, has begun distributing products to its Anaheim store from Regal Logistics’s new Los Angeles distribution center. The 1.6-million-square-foot DC will allow flexible options for distributing the toys, which are imported from China. Regal is also providing RIDEMAKERZ with warehousing and other value-added services. “We moved all our warehousing and fulfillment […]
In one of his last acts before departing the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative this Friday, Ron Kirk said the United States has requested the World Trade Organization to establish a dispute settlement panel to examine Indonesia’s trade measures applied to horticultural products, animals, and animal products. Indonesia has “created a complex […]
Departing U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said Thursday that his deputy, Demetrios Marantis, will assume the role of acting U.S. trade representative. Kirk departs his position Friday after four years of service in President Obama’s cabinet. Marantis Marantis, confirmed by the U.S. Senate as deputy U.S. trade representative in May 2009, has been responsible […]
The International Longshoremen’s Association has set Tuesday, April 9, as the date it will hold a ratification vote on a new six-year master contract with employers. The ILA and employers in the Port of New York and New Jersey, the port where about 3,250 of the 14,500 union workers covered by the master […]
In the fourth quarter of 2012, the turnover rate for drivers at large truckload carriers hit 90 percent, a 14-point drop from the previous quarter, according to the American Trucking Associations’ Trucking Activity Report.
