TSA Executive Administrator Brian M. Conrad said the 15 liner shipping companies that are part of the discussion agreement “cannot afford another year in which expiring contracts and seasonally weak demand erode rate levels.”
APL said it will move its vessel operations in the Port of Oakland from a terminal operated by its affiliate Eagle Marine Services to the adjacent Oakland International Container Terminal, which is operated by SSA Marine.
The Port of Jacksonville has received a $585,000 federal grant to install diesel oxidation catalysts on container cranes to improve the air quality in and around the port, according to information on the port’s Website. The money was awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Diesel Emission Reduction Program through a direct allocation to […]
Less-than-truckload company ABF Freight System and the Teamsters National Freight Industry Committee have exchanged contract proposals in anticipation of negotiations that will begin Jan. 7.
A coalition of more than 100 trade associations has asked President Obama to help prevent a strike by the union, which posted a document on its Website briefing members on preparations for a strike to begin at 12:01 a.m. on Dec. 30.
The global third party logistics services provider has appointed Francesc Casamitjana as regional chief executive officer of its Global Integrated Logistics (GIL) business in the Americas, effective Jan. 1.
Miami-based non-vessel-operating common carrier Econocaribe Consolidators has appointed John Kamada to manager for the U.S. West Coast region. Based in Los Angeles, Kamada will be responsible for sales and operations in the Pacific region. Prior to joining Econocaribe, he developed full-containerload sales for Ocean World Lines.
Xun Wang, a former managing director of PPG Paints Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., was sentenced Thursday to a year in prison for conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday released its final rule establishing general regulations to improve the traceability of livestock moving interstate. “With the final rule announced today, the United States now has a flexible, effective animal disease traceability system for livestock moving interstate, without undue burdens for ranchers and U.S. livestock businesses,” said […]
An Iranian company, its subsidiaries and several of its officers and business partners have been charged in Alexandria, Va., for allegedly exporting more than $30 million in computer goods from U.S. companies to Iran, in violation of trade sanctions imposed on Iran, the U.S. Justice Department said. “BMWW (Business Machinery World Wide) is […]
Third party logistics services provider SDV has set up a subsidiary in Norway extending its network to Scandinavia. “SDV Norway AS is fully integrated into SDV’s global network and offers a complete range of services in international supply chain. The headquarters are located in central Oslo where ocean freight and industrial projects are […]
For the first time in its history, China is expected to produce more corn than rough rice, demonstrating a growing affluence by the Chinese middle class and their demand for an increasingly protein-rich diet, the Washington-based U.S. Grain Council said. In its December World Agricultural Supply & Demand Estimate, the U.S. Department of Agriculture […]
Wednesday’s story on November container volumes at the Port of Charleston included incorrect figures for the Port of Jacksonville’s year-to-date volume. The 403,504 TEU figure in the story actually refers to container tonnage. The port doesn’t have calendar year data available at this point, but its fiscal year volume for 2011/2012, ended Sept. 30, was 923,660 […]
