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 […]
The U.S. International Trade Commission unanimously determined there is “reasonable indication” that a U.S. industry is harmed by imports of silica bricks and shapes from China that are allegedly sold in the United States at less than fair value. As a result of the ITC’s affirmative determination, the Commerce Department will continue its investigation […]
The Panama Canal Authority said Monday that the expansion of the waterway, begun five years ago, is now about half completed, and the official date for the completion of the expansion project remains October 2014.
A coalition of shrimp producers in the Gulf region filed a petition with the ITC on Friday asking for imposition of countervailing duties on imported shrimp from seven countries because of alleged unfair subsidies.
New tile-based dashboards allow users to quickly configure a system to meet their needs, while allowing developers to update particular functions of a broader system on the fly. It really gets to rethinking the bare bones of a system.
Foss Maritime last month was awarded a $600,000 grant from the U.S. Maritime Administration to convert a tug operating in the San Pedro Bay ports into a diesel-hybrid that lowers emissions and fuel consumption.
