Gene Seroka, president of the Americas for APL Ltd., said he’s encouraged by the presence of the FMCS during the talks, singling out efforts to bring the union and employers together by FMCS Director George H. Cohen.
With a goal of increasing freight revenue by 10 percent in 2013, the Finnish carrier will open a new cargo hub in Brussels in March, initiating new weekly MD-11 services connecting the facility with New York, Chicago and Helsinki.
“Safcomar (renamed SDV Suisse) has expanded in a number of fast-growing sectors such as pharmaceuticals, bio plasma, perfumes, fragrances and luxury goods,” said Hugo Roppel, the newly appointed CEO of SDV’s Swiss operation.
Global air freight demand improved by 1.6 percent, year over year, in November after experiencing a 2.6-percent decline during the previous month, according to recently released data from the International Air Transport Association. The organization anticipates worldwide cargo growth of 1.4 percent in 2013. Even though air freight has seen some improvement, IATA […]
The American Trucking Associations has seen progress on 12 of the 20 steps it proposed four years ago to significantly reduce highway truck crashes. At that time, the organization lobbied policymakers to put these safety measures into effect. “ATA has been a vocal advocate for making common sense, data-supported, regulatory and legislative […]
“Even with the recent reports of the CEO of AMR stating a deal is weeks away, we believe there could be an announcement forthcoming shortly,” said industry analyst Dahlman, Rose & Co.
Shipments of coal on U.S.-flag vessels working in the Great Lakes totaled 25,347,709 tons in 2012, a decrease of 8.2 percent compared to 2011. The trade was 25 percent off its 5-year average, according to the Lake Carrier’s Association (LCA), which represents 17 American companies that operate 57 U.S.-flag vessels on the Great […]
A new DynaLines study by Netherlands-based Dynamar B.V. on the possible merger of Hapag-Lloyd and Hamburg Süd finds the combined companies “would have a lower exposure to the more challenging, but still important East-West routes and a further improved coverage of the believed more promising North-South trades.” The 14 page Hamburg Express report, released Tuesday, noted […]
Unifeeder said it’s offering improved service between the United Kingdom and other European ports with shorter transit times and more departures in the wake of its acquisition of Feederlink Shipping and Trading from Irish Continental Group last year. It said the network of Feederlink and Unifeeder has now been combined. Details on transit […]
San Francisco-based Menlo Worldwide Logistics has opened the $50 million, 37,000-square-meter Sunview Centre, a warehousing and distribution facility in Singapore. The company now has seven facilities in Singapore spanning 195,000 square meters. The company’s president, Robert L. Bianco Jr., points to the new facility as part of Menlo’s continued expansion in Asia. […]
Hamburg Süd has launched a direct liner service between North, Central and South America, deploying five vessels with a nominal slot capacity of 1,850 TEUs, including refrigerated container plugs. Hamburg Süd said the services replaces a current Cartagena–California service and has the following port rotation: Guayaquil, Balboa, Puerto Quetzal, Los Angeles, Oakland, Manzanillo, Puerto […]
Overseas Reymar The Coast Guard said it’s continuing to investigate Monday morning’s allision by the Overseas Reymar with the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, but noted Tuesday an initial review of communication between the ship and the port’s Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) revealed that “VTS warned the ship prior to the allision.” The tanker reported the […]
Rickmers-Linie has set up a new company, Rickmers-Linie (Singapore) Pte Ltd., to strengthen its presence in Southeast Asia. The new company will operate out of offices co-located with Rickmers Shipmanagement in Singapore. Rickmers-Linie (Singapore) has already taken over all responsibilities for Rickmers-Linie’s activities from its former agent, Horizon Shipping, with which it […]
Some companies imply they are moving away from the spot market altogether, using contracts as a baseline instead of a reaction to a down market. These shippers would only play the spot market for emergency shipments.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said last week it continues to project river stages will sustain the authorized nine-foot deep commercial navigation channel between St. Louis and Cairo, Ill., offering some relief to barge operators.
Congress has introduced an amendment that would add all-cargo carriers to the Federal Aviation Administration’s pilot flight duty guidelines, which are to take effect in 2014. Introduced by New York congressmen Michael Grimm and Tim Bishop, the Safe Skies Act of 2013 seeks to amend the FAA’s rule to apply the changes to […]
The FBI is looking into a shipping fraud scheme out of Canada and has set up a Website and online questionnaire for victims of the activities. Allegedly, fake Canadian businesses located in or around Montreal have been requesting credit lines from U.S. companies and ordering materials against the credit, and shipping the goods […]
An article in yesterday’s AS Daily about the U.S. Transportation Command’s 12-carrier air cargo contract misstated the value. It should be $694 million.
The third-party logistics provider also plans to announce next week the acquisition of EP-Team, an air cargo company that specializes in expedited project cargo using Russian Antonov and other aircraft capable of handling oversize loads.
The ocean transport software developer Global Maritime Transportation Services (GMTS) on Tuesday released a rate tool that gives users the ability to index by trade, port pairs, commodity, equipment size, and type of market rates via a 24/7 information feed. The patent-pending software, dubbed BOTE Charts by Globe Maritime, is part of a […]
