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 […]
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.
