American Shipper

   The Florida East Coast Railway in October launched a new two-day intermodal service from Nashville, Tenn., to Miami designed to reduce trucking challenges into South Florida.    It is the latest in a series of new investments and business initiatives to attract more shippers with customers in the Florida market, as well as those importing […]

   Non-vessel-operating common carrier Vanguard Logistics Services has started servicing Yangon, Myanmar.    Vanguard Myanmar, opened with partner Global Consolidators Ltd., has a dedicated Vanguard staff to oversee all aspects of sales, customer service and port operations. Employees at this location coordinate weekly less-than-containerload services from more than 90 origins globally through Singapore to Asia World Terminal in […]

   President Obama on Friday signed legislation that grants Russia permanent normal trade relations (PNTR).    The 2012 Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law and Accountability Act will allow the United States to apply the World Trade Organization agreement to Russia, offering new trade opportunities for U.S. businesses and allowing […]

   A New Jersey man on Friday was arrested for illegally trafficking in narwhal tusks and associated money laundering crimes, the Justice Department said.    On Nov. 14, a federal grand jury sitting in Bangor, Maine, returned an indictment that was partially unsealed Friday upon the arrest of Andrew L. Zarauskas of Union, N.J. The […]

Ian Mulcahy, business agent for ILA Local 1657, expected that talks between his local and the Maritime Employers Association would begin next year after a deal is reached by CUPE and its employers.

The test pilot will begin as early as the middle of next week in San Francisco, allowing customers to purchase goods from online retailers and have them delivered hours later.

Before the storm hit, the Philadelphia facility had been test-running up to 175,000 barrels per day, Delta’s production goal. The airline hopes to bring its jet fuel refinery back to full operation in a few weeks.

The State Department has provided funding to Customs and Border Protection to train 13 Libyan defense and customs officials on border security techniques, especially to control flows of dangerous weapons.

BlueWater Reporting has announced today the launch of a new Website, www.BlueWaterReporting.com. The new service combines business intelligence tools for liner shipping analytics on a global basis with news content from media partner American Shipper. BlueWaterReporting.com combines 17 new analytical applications on the BlueWater Reporting business intelligence platform with seven reports from the www.ComPairData.com Website, […]

   U.S. Customs officers in Laredo, Texas, recently seized a shipment of 7,800 counterfeit Audemars Piguet watches with a retail value of $83 million, the agency said.    It is the second significant seizure involving the same trademark in less than six months.    Import specialists identified the shipment, which arrived by an express delivery truck, […]

   The Georgia Ports Authority on Friday deployed its first four electrified rubber-tired gantry cranes (ERTG), making it the first North American port operation to introduce this cleaner and more efficient equipment.    The new technology reduces fuel consumption by an estimated 95 percent, GPA said.    “This project is the latest in a series of GPA […]