Maersk spokesman Michael Storgaard said divers examined the ship on Sunday while discharging containers at the Suez Canal Container Terminal and found the flooding was caused by damage to one of the stern thrusters.
The 30-year deal will see ICTSI build and operate a 1.8-million-TEU container terminal in the Central American country, with 1,100 meters of berth for container operations and 400 meters for general cargo.
The liner carriers Mediterranean Shipping Co. and Zim said Monday they will start a new service linking ports in Northern Europe with the Mediterranean. The service will have a rotation of Felixstowe, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp, Le Havre, Ashdod, Alexandria, Haifa, Ashdod, Valencia, and Felixstowe. The lines will operate the service with five vessels of […]
The Port of West Sacramento in Northern California has released a request for interest (RFI) to identify potential business partners to lease or operate the port’s cargo facilities and to lease, purchase or develop port-owned real estate. The inland port is located in one of the richest agricultural regions in the world. The […]
The North Carolina State Ports Authority on Friday named Jeff Miles as acting executive director. Miles has served in senior management positions in the port and maritime transportation industry for 20 years. He spent a decade as the general manager of container operations at the South Carolina State Ports Authority. In addition to […]
After nine months on a seven-week rotation, the ocean carrier Maersk Line has further slowed its FM3 service between Asia and the Indian Subcontinent in order to skip a sailing position from India in March. American Shipper reported April 12, 2012 that the FM3 had slowed to a seven-week roundtrip voyage time and […]
Under the bill, drafted by the nation’s Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry, armed guards on board Japanese-flagged vessels would be permitted to fire warning shots to deter pirates.
DSV Air & Sea Ltd. has started DSV Xpress, a flexible-priced courier and express service aimed at same-day or next-day delivery. The program groups multimodal capabilities together under one roof. The service is currently only offered in Sweden, the United Kingdom, Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany. Services include online booking, track […]
George H. Cohen, director of the U.S. Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, said “local negotiations are ongoing and will continue without interruption to any port operation.”
Unit revenues at Delta Air Lines increased 5.5 percent, year over year, in January based on shrinking capacity and increased activity on transatlantic routes. While most of this gain came from increases in the passenger market, Delta’s cargo activity did well in January, showing a modest improvement over results from January 2012. Cargo […]
The logistics services provider GAC said Monday it has started construction of its new office and warehouse in Houston. The facility is located in Houston’s Central Green Business Park, with GAC set to consolidate its existing warehouses into a 181,067-square-foot cross-dock building with four acres of outside storage space. The new building, […]
The New Zealand-based terminal operating software developer Jade Software has won a deal to provide a terminal operating system for five mixed cargo facilities in the U.S. Southeast. The terminals, operated by Diversified Port Holdings, include two in Jacksonville, Fla., and one each in Mobile, Ala.; New Orleans; and Port Everglades, Fla. Jade’s Master Terminal […]
Tampa, Fla.-based beer distributor J.J. Taylor Cos. is replacing its fleet with compressed natural gas vehicle, ordering 43 CNG tractors. The company will turn its entire Tampa fleet of 95 trucks to CNG vehicles in the next 36 months. The company is also building a CNG fueling station in Tampa, and the […]
The U.S. federal mediator said “the tentative agreement is subject to the ratification procedures of both parties and, as well, to agreements being achieved in a number of local union negotiations.”
During past year, USDA has eliminated barriers, opened markets, secured the release of U.S. shipments held in foreign ports, and ensured the safe movement of agricultural products consistent with international standards.
Surface trade between the United States and Canada and Mexico is on the rise again, finishing in November with a year-over-year increase of 6.2 percent for a total of $81.5 billion. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, transportation from the United States via truck totaled $56.2 billion, while $14.9 billion worth of goods […]
Japan’s largest shipping companies reported results for their third fiscal quarters, ending Dec. 31. NYK, MOL, and “K” Line all have fiscal years that end on March 31. NYK reported a profit of 7.3 billion yen ($80 million) in the third quarter compared with a loss of 5.2 billion yen in the […]
The Japanese carrier operated 17 planes before an exploding battery forced it to ground its fleet. In January, this led to 459 domestic and overseas flight cancellations.
“Though justified for decades as national security measures, many cabotage regulations… are motivated largely by protectionist concerns for local industries and employment,” the organization said.
For the 14th consecutive year, the Defense Department has renewed its one-year contract with U.S. Bank Freight Payment, an agreement that saves the department hundreds of thousands of dollars in freight invoicing costs. The partnership began in 1999, when U.S. bank ended up processing 69 invoices throughout the year. In 2012, U.S. Bank processed […]
