The Los Angeles Harbor Commission on Thursday certified the final Environmental Impact Report for the proposed Southern California International Gateway (SCIG) intermodal railyard, which it said would increase the efficiency and competitiveness of moving containerized cargo through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. BNSF will invest $500 million in the rail container […]
The National Transportation Safety Board has scheduled a forum and hearing in April to look into the viability of lithium ion batteries in airplanes. The agency also released an interim report of its ongoing investigation into the battery fire aboard a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight. NTSB Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman […]
Air cargo contractor Forward Air has acquired Total Quality Inc., a security and temperature-controlled services provider, for $66 million. TQI offers a range of services for pharmaceutical shippers and also works in the truckload and less-than-truckload brokerage arena. According to Forward Air’s president and chief executive officer, Bruce Campbell, the company had been […]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on Tuesday stopped a shipment containing 445 counterfeit “Beats by Dr. Dre” headphones and 28 all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) that violated Environmental Protection Agency rules. The seized merchandise was valued at $171,499. “This seizure demonstrates the vigilance of CBP […]
AMR Corp. has started preparing for an impending merger with US Airways, promoting Bev Goulet to senior vice president and chief integration officer. Goulet, who had just finished leading the merger transition planning team, served as chief restructuring officer during AMR’s journey through bankruptcy. She held that position while working as vice president […]
The Martin Bencher Group, a Denmark-based freight forwarder, has opened a new office in Sydney, Australia. Josefin Ahlgren will manage the office. She has been with the company for over seven years, during which time she has opened and managed Martin Bencher´s office in Stockholm, Sweden, and recently served as quality manager. “Martin Bencher has […]
Swissport is in negotiations with Scandinavian Airline Systems to form a joint venture company, owning 51 percent of the new organization and SAS’ ground-handing offerings in Denmark, Sweden and Norway.
Katoen Natie USA will invest $150 million to build a plastics storage, packaging and distribution facility for petrochemical shippers in Baton Rouge, La., Louisiana Economic Development announced Wednesday. A company official said the facility will handle the increased chemical production resulting from the booming growth of shale gas production in the United States. […]
The domestic ocean carrier is moving its Northeast terminal from the Port of New York/New Jersey in Elizabeth, N.J., to Philadelphia to better serve customers and reduce costs on its Puerto Rico service.
Gerry Wang, chairman and chief executive officer of the containership chartering firm Seaspan, said his firm has “never been as excited as we are today about the opportunities, dealing with all the new growth opportunities and also the financing transactions that we’re doing.” Wang made the comment this week while discussing the company’s […]
Freight shipments rose by 0.5 percent, year over year, and increased by 5.6 percent when compared to January, according to the Cass Freight Index. January’s numbers showed a 4.8 percent, month-to-month drop. Expenditures fell by 1 percent when compared to February 2012, but rose by 1.8 percent from January. These increases […]
The demonstration program aims to determine if the alternative is viable as a power source for long-distance freight moves. Potential benefits include reduced fuel costs and emissions of greenhouse gas and diesel particulates.
Information technology solutions provider Descartes Systems Group turned in significant year-over-year increases for fiscal-year 2013, with revenue finishing the year up 11 percent at $126.9 million, net income up 12 percent at $16 million, and a 32 percent rise in earnings-per-share, which ended the year at $0.25. Services revenues also rose by 11 percent, […]
The Multimodal Opportunities via Enhanced (MOVE) Act offered by Rep. Albio Sires, D-N.J., would expand the definition of the national freight network to include rail, waterways, inland ports, freight intermodal connectors, and airports.
The United States and Iraq on Wednesday announced that the bilateral Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) between the two countries, first negotiated in 2005, is likely to enter into force later this year. The TIFA will provide a bilateral forum devoted to increasing trade and investment between the countries. The announcement follows […]
Citing a recently released study on airline emissions, the European organization Environment & Transport has called for the International Civil Aviation Organization to act on a market-based approach to airline emissions this year. The study, published by Manchester Metropolitan University, finds the European Union’s emissions trading scheme, when applied to the aviation industry, […]
A post on the ILA’s Facebook page Wednesday said the union and New York Shipping Association (NYSA), the group that represents employers in the Port of New York and New Jersey, “engaged in intense negotiations for (the) third day.”
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), Russia’s largest cargo airline and part of Volga-Dnepr Group, has increased its flights from Moscow to Milan, Italy, to three times a week. The new Boeing 747 all-cargo service will operate every Tuesday and is in addition to ABC’s existing flights on Thursdays and Sundays. AirBridgeCargo has served the Italian […]
This Sunday emergency response agencies around the port of Los Angeles and Long Beach port complex will conduct a full-scale exercise that will provide a “vivid depiction of a unified command working together on a simulated incident” inside the Alameda Corridor. The drill, which will take place between 9 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., will include […]
Yang Ming is increasing its participation in a service between the United States, Caribbean, and east coast of South America. The Taiwanese carrier will deploy one ship on what it calls the ANS route jointly operated with NYK, Evergreen and Hanjin. Under this new service structure, Yang Ming’s status will move up […]
