American Shipper

   After nearly two months on a six-week rotation, ocean carrier Maersk Line has increased the speed of its weekly Asia-to-East Indian CHX service, decreasing roundtrip voyage time from 42 days to 35 days.     Transit times eastbound from India to Maersk’s mega-regional hub in Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia, on the CHX remain roughly the same, […]

“Americans are increasingly streamlining their seasonal checklists thanks to the convenience of online shopping, a pattern that is now extending to the post-Christmas tradition of holiday returns,” a FedEx official said.

   The European recession and weak demand for imports led to a decline in cargo volumes at the Port of Antwerp this year, according to preliminary estimates.    The port authority said Thursday that container throughput receded 0.4 percent from last year’s level to 8.63 million TEUs and tonnage for all cargo types dipped 1.8 percent […]

   Welcome to the 12th and final installment of American Shipper’s yearlong countdown of the top 12 non-vessel-operating common carriers for U.S. inbound containerized cargo.    Using data provided to American Shipper by the trade intelligence firm Zepol Corp., we’ve taken a closer look at each of these companies in terms of where their cargo […]

Three companies operating grain export terminals in the Pacific Northwest – United Grain, Columbia Grain and Louis Dreyfus – said members of the ILWU rejected their last, best and final contract offer.

The Copenhagen-based freight forwarder has seen continuous improvement in its multimodal offerings in 2012, with Serge Tripet, the company’s global head of sea-air product, saying every month has been better than the last.

   The United States and Russia have agreed to an Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Action Plan to improve IPR protection and enforcement.    The IPR Action Plan addresses priority areas including combating IPR infringement over the Internet and strengthening IPR enforcement.     “Agreement on the IPR Action Plan represents a significant step at a historic […]

The U.S. Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service director said the International Longshoremen’s Association and the group trying to negotiate a new contract with them, the U.S. Maritime Alliance, have agreed to meet before their current pact expires.

   Quality Distribution has appointed former U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration head Annette M. Sandberg to board director.    Sandberg has more than 20 years of public safety and law enforcement experience at federal and state government agencies. She ran the FMCSA from Aug. 1, 2003 to April 1, 2006. She also served as deputy aqdministrator […]

The merged entity, which will be branded under the JDA name and based in JDA’s current headquarters in Scottsdale, Ariz., created a combined entity with revenue of more than $1 billion.

Executive Recycling collected used cell phones, computers and other electronics components from individuals and businesses, and advertised that it would properly recycle or recondition the devices in the United States.

   Intelligrated, a North American-based automated material handling solutions provider, said late last week that it has acquired Ossining, N.Y.-based supply chain software developer Knighted.    Intelligrated described the acquisition as a strategic move to boost its fulfillment velocity for e-commerce, multichannel retail, third party logistics, wholesale, consumer products and food and beverage industries.    Knighted […]

   It’s not much of a Christmas present, at least yet, but late Monday afternoon, the director of the U.S. Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) said the International Longshoremen’s Association and the group trying to negotiate a new contract with them, the U.S. Maritime Alliance, have agreed to meet before their current pact expires on […]