The Obama administration last week tried to make the arcane, Washington Beltway battle over looming spending cuts a little more personal by running Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood before the cameras and the press corps at the White House to explain how air travelers will feel the pain. On Friday, the federal government will […]
The liner carrier MOL saw most of its internal regional key performance indicators (KPIs) improve in January from December. Of 13 KPIs MOL tracks in its North America operations, eight improved, four held steady, and only one declined. The biggest improvements came in its lost call percentage, which fell from 2.2 percent in […]
A proposed law, H.B. 1719, that would force the ports of Seattle and Tacoma to employ drayage truck operators to move containerized cargo, was approved 5-4. The bill may be put on the state’s calendar for a second reading.
The European Parliament’s Environmental Committee has backed a proposal to officially suspend the European Union’s emissions trading scheme as it applies to airlines. In November, the European Commission proposed to “stop the clock” on the ETS, providing the International Civil Aviation Organization with enough time to come up with a global solution. […]
A trade facilitation agreement by the World Trade Organization would benefit the supply chain by reducing trade blockages at borders, according to the Global Air Cargo Advisory Group. Customs procedures are at the heart of such an agreement, and organizational changes are too important to be left alone, GACAG officials said. The […]
The Jacksonville Port Authority told the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that it needs a 47-foot-deep channel to remain competitive. At a meeting of Monday, Jaxport’s board of directors voted unanimously to inform the Corps that it will pursue this harbor depth by supplying additional local investment for the project. “We all know that there […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will start inspecting cantaloupe packinghouses, specifically targeting Listeria, during the 2013 growing season to assess current industry practices and identify unsanitary conditions that may result in consumer health risks. The agency will also continue to target imported cantaloupes at the border for sampling and may “engage in other […]
The European Shippers Council has proposed that problems related to misdeclared container weights can be dealt with through better exchange of information between shippers and container liner companies.
The cloud-based global ocean and air rate management provider CargoSphere on Tuesday released version 4.0 of its CargoSphere Rate Network (CRN). The new release is intended to provide a more intuitive, clearly defined and easy-to-use rate network for non-vessel-operating common carriers and freight forwarders seeking to collaborate with global agents. The network […]
Toyota said Tuesday it will begin exporting U.S.-assembled Venza autos to Russia and the Ukraine via the Port of Brunswick, Ga. Colonel’s Island Terminal at the Port of Brunswick handled a record 612,489 auto and machinery units in 2012, up from 497,404 units in the previous year. Toyota is a new client for the […]
The logistics software company Descartes Systems Group said Tuesday that Great Lakes Wine & Spirits, a leading distributor of wines, spirits and beer in Michigan, is using Descartes Mobile for Android to improve delivery performance across its fleet. Descartes Mobile is a cloud-based solution within Descartes’ integrated Routing, Mobile and Telematics offering, part […]
Tex Gunning was named CEO, with interim CEO Bernard Bot stepping down to assume the role of chief financial officer. Gunning, who has extensive business experience, will assume his position at the company on June 1.
“By looking at, then rejecting tolls in favor of more efficient revenue sources, Virginia lawmakers have provided a solid example for states looking to finance needed transportation infrastructure,” ATA President Bill Graves said.
After a nearly 1-percent gain in December, the Chemical Production Regional Index rose by 0.7 percent in January, according to the American Chemistry Council. Chemical production increased across all major producing regions, as year-over-year chemical production rose by 0.9 percent, the ACC added. Bulk transportation trucking companies see this increase as an opportunity to […]
NewAge Software & Solutions, a provider of enterprise applications for freight forwarding and logistics companies, has moved into the North American market, led by industry veterans Michael Sinclair and Charles Chute. New Age was established in 2003 and currently has users in 36 countries, including forwarders, non-vessel-operating common carriers, consolidators, 3PLs, warehouse operators, […]
U.S. wineries set a record for exports last year with $1.43 billion in revenues, up 2.6 percent on a yearly basis, and the third consecutive year that the value of wine exports has increased, according to the San Francisco-based Wine Institute. Ninety percent of those exports were from California. The volume of wine shipments […]
Transit times eastbound from the Mediterranean to South Korea and China have improved by about seven days, as vessels will no longer slow steam one week on the return leg between Hong Kong and Busan.
The British Columbia port said increasing the number of trucks with GPS transponder units “will provide an even more accurate, real-time base of data enabling greater insight to routing, operational and congestion information.”
Lars Jensen, chief executive officer of the Danish maritime research firm SeaIntel, said his firm expects 48 super-post-Panamax vessels to enter Asia-Europe trade in 2013, and for some existing vessels in that trade to cascade into the transpacific. SeaIntel’s most recent Sunday Spotlight newsletter takes a look at those deliveries on a detailed […]
OIA Global has launched a new day-definite, less-than-truckload service for shipments across the United States. OIA Day Definite will cover deliveries within one to six business days. “We are very excited about this new service because it allows shippers a dependable and competitively priced option to move shipments to virtually any point across […]
