Eric Martin-Neuville has been named the new chief operating officer of Geodis Wilson. He takes over from Fernando Gea, who’s retiring. Martin-Neuville joined the Geodis Group in 1985 and, as well as holding the position of managing director in France for many years, spent a considerable time working for the group in Asia-Pacific. […]
Singapore-based Megaton Shipping — an international air and sea freight forwarder handling shipments throughout Asia, Europe, North America and South Africa — has expanded its handling capabilities to include all manner of cargo regularly shipping to Central Asia and Russian port cities. The company had previously offered clients a limited list of handling […]
A team of five salvage experts boarded the grounded drilling unit Kulluk earlier Wednesday to conduct a structural assessment to be used to finalize salvage plans. The rig went aground on Sitkalidak Island on New Year’s Eve after towing lines broke during heavy seas. Kulluk The salvage team was lowered to the […]
Crowley Maritime Corp. has appointed Matt Yacavone to vice president of sales and chartering for its petroleum services, effective Jan. 7. Based in Jacksonville, Fla., he will report to Rob Grune, senior vice president and general manager for petroleum services. Yacavone will be responsible for the planning and direction of sales and […]
Port Freeport in Texas has appointed Jeff Strader to chief financial officer. Strader comes from the North Carolina State Ports Authority where he was deputy executive director for finance and administration and CFO. He follows another former North Carolina port authority executive, Glenn Carlson, who in mid-October became Freeport’s executive director, replacing […]
The Philippine terminal operator said Wednesday it has pulled out of a terminal it operates in Tartous, Syria, including its people, due to the ongoing civil war in the Middle East nation.
Two rival groups of ocean carriers with separate weekly loops in the Asia-to-east coast of South America trade are each skipping alternate sailings and taking slots on each other’s ships to reduce their overall capacity.
UPS has debuted a new offering for time-sensitive international heavyweight shipments. Worldwide Express FreightSM, an extension of its Worldwide Express program, is geared toward high-value pallets weighing more than 150 pounds, shipping them on a guaranteed, day-definite basis. The service includes overnight shipping to the United States from Asia, Europe, and Central and […]
Freight forwarder Lynden International has opened a service center at Canada’s Edmonton International Airport to boost its offerings in the Canadian oil and gas fields and strengthen the link between its Canadian and U.S. networks. The forwarder has offices across Canada and now has more than 50 locations in North America. “We […]
Before joining the agency in 2010, Michael Huerta served as managing director of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, worked in the U.S. Transportation Department, and ran the port of San Francisco.
The union and employers agreed last week to continue contract negotiations through Feb. 6, averting a strike that would have begun on Dec. 30, but there are still difficult issues for the two sides to address in the weeks ahead.
Canada-based ENTREC, an industrial transportation company, has acquired Taylor Crane Service, an oil crane operator located in the Bakken oil formation, for $4.3 million and 1 million shares of stock. A 31-day due diligence period will occur before the deal is closed. “The acquisition of Taylor Crane, combined with our current operations […]
Kulluk A large mobile drill rig ran aground off the coast of Alaska on Monday evening. Reports from the U.S. Coast Guard on Tuesday said a flyover of the Conical Drill Unit (CDU) Kulluk showed the vessel “remains grounded but stable” near Sitkalidak Island (north edge of Ocean Bay). The flight crew’s aerial inspection found […]
The growth of the U.S. container industry will be modest this year as the U.S. economy, led by consumer demand, continues to sputter at a weak pace, according to a forecast by the giant North American railcar provider.
Vietnam wants to become a global top-five clothing manufacturing and exporting nation by 2020, according to the global business information company Textiles Intelligence. The report said Vietnam has set an export target in the range $20 billion to $22 billion for 2020, up from $15.8 billion in 2011. Between 2005, Vietnam’s textile and clothing […]
Recently released cargo results for the international airports at Miami, Dallas/Fort Worth and Los Angeles paint a picture of revived domestic air freight in the waning months of 2012, with a big boost coming from mail.
The U.S. Export-Import Bank will finance a $1.8 billion direct loan to BG Energy Holdings Ltd. to support U.S. exports for a natural gas liquefaction (LNG) project in Queensland, Australia. This is the bank’s second LNG project in Australia, and it will support an estimated 9,200 American jobs. Ex-Im Bank’s financing will […]
The U.S. International Trade Commission has begun to update its report on the effects of significant U.S. import restraints. The report will also examine the contribution of services to U.S. manufacturing, the non-partisan, fact-finding agency said. The report, The Economic Effects of Significant U.S. Import Restraints: Eighth Update Special Topic: Services’ Contribution to […]
U.S. Customs officers seized almost 214 pounds of khat on Dec. 21 shipped as air freight from Doha, Qatar. The drug was listed on the airline’s cargo manifest as “wood coffee tables” and had a street value of about $30,000, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said. Khat is a green, leafy plant typically […]
