The Port of Philadelphia said it handled 4,418,674 metric tons of cargo last year, 10.4 percent more than in 2011. “While the national and world economy still challenges our efforts in many ways, our most recent annual cargo statistics again demonstrate that the Port of Philadelphia is on the right track,” said James […]
The agency recently announced that mutual recognition between C-TPAT and the European Union’s AEO program was fully implemented Jan. 31. Also, later this month, CBP will be able to publish seizure and forfeiture notices on the Internet…
SDV has opened a new South American office in Colombia, adding the location to its current holdings in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. Officials cited Colombia’s GDP growth and economic reforms as reasons to expand into the country. Oil and gas, as well as mining, are big industries in Colombia; those are two […]
The power and automation technology company ABB has acquired San Diego-based APS Technology Group (APS), which develops and markets vision-based solutions for the port industry.
Maersk Line will stop routing ships from East Asia to the U.S. East Coast ports of Savannah, Charleston and Miami through the Panama Canal in April, instead sending them through the Suez Canal. The company’s current Asia-East Coast TP7 string, which today uses the Panama Canal, will be combined with a Suez-routed Asia-Europe […]
Australia is set to gain 42,000 jobs from the transport industry over the next five years, bringing the total transportation workforce to more than 622,000 workers. But according to a report by the government’s Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, most of these gains will be experienced in just two arenas. […]
Wilhelmsen Technical Solutions (WTS) has set up a new office in Houston in response to increased client demand for its newbuilding and aftermarket products and services. WTS is targeting increased business from the local offshore industry in the Gulf of Mexico and an expanded focus on Brazil, where deep-water offshore production is entering […]
“The United States calls on Russia to restore market access for U.S. meat and meat products immediately and to abide by its obligations as a member of the World Trade Organization,” U.S. trade officials responded.
The U.S. Export-Import Bank and ICICI Bank of India entered a memorandum of understanding pledging cooperation on financing projects beneficial to both India and the United States. Up to $500 million in new transactions could be financed as a result of the initiative. ICICI Bank is India’s largest private sector bank and […]
Preparations for Valentine’s Day, the annual onslaught of flower shipments from around the world, have begun. Saudi Cargo has added four extra freighter flights between Nairobi and Amsterdam this month to meet an increased demand for flower exports. The new flights — a mix of MD11 and B 747-F aircraft — will bring […]
Two Illinois men have allegedly defrauded UPS of more than $1.2 million in the past two years. According to the U.S. Justice Department, Mark Gleason, a UPS employee, and Dayton Sloan of D&S Construction have been charged with wire fraud and money laundering. The Justice Department said Gleason allegedly signed a general maintenance contract with […]
The service allows booked vessels to arrive much closer to their scheduled transit times, instead of arriving earlier and having to remain for several hours at anchor before actually beginning their transits.
Feb. 1’s accidental engine space flooding on one of the world’s largest and most expensive to operate container vessels provided an unexpected insight into the commercial difficulties facing owners like Maersk Line due to the imbalance between the global supply of ship capacity and cargo demand. A spokesman for the line reportedly confirmed […]
The union said its Wage Scale Committee, a group of about 200 delegates, will meet in Tampa, Fla., on March 12-14. The committee is the group that decides whether or not to recommend to union members to approve the union’s master contract with employers.
The ownership of the combined company, which would generate $38 billion in revenues, is to include a 72 percent stake for creditors of American’s parent company. US Airways shareholders would take the remaining 28 percent.
David V. Aguilar is taking retirement and will step down as the head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Department of Homeland Security announced late Friday. His retirement takes effect at the end of March.
In a brief announcement IAG Cago, the amalgamation of British Airways and Iberia Airways, has said it will implement a contingency plan to minimize the impact of an upcoming Iberia strike on its customers. Unions for Iberia’s workers announced last week that their strikes will take place Feb. 18-22, March 4-8, and March […]
The U.S. shippers’ group said its proposal, submitted in 2011 to increase rail competition, “represents one of the best efforts to achieve rail regulatory reform since the passage of the Staggers Act over 30 years ago.”
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission will consider changes that would allow foreign non-vessel-operating common carriers to use Negotiated Rate Arrangements (NRAs) during a meeting on Wednesday. In December, the commission directed its staff “to prepare a proposed rule incorporating a foreign NVOCC registration requirement and service requirements in a draft advanced notice of proposed rulemaking.” […]
FedEx in 2014 will begin using 15 electric tow tractors at its air hubs in Oakland, Calif., and Memphis, Tenn., and that have been retrofitted with hydrogen-powered fuel cells subsidized by the U.S. government. The U.S. Department of Energy awarded Plug Power of Latham, N.Y., $2.5 million to modify ground-service equipment as part of its […]
