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   The ship classification society Germanischer Lloyd (GL) said Wednesday it has developed new route-specific stowage guidelines for container vessels.    The guidelines, available to all GL-classed boxships, is meant to offer container lines additional flexibility to load more containers on deck, while maintaining required safety levels.    “With new route specific loading calculations, GL […]

   Kohl’s Department Stores on Tuesday switched on its largest solar-power project at its million-square-foot e-commerce distribution center in Edgewater, Md.    The facility opened in 2011 and recently earned its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. The location is Kohl’s sixth solar-based site in Maryland.    The […]

   The South Carolina Ports Authority said Tuesday that container traffic at the Port of Charleston increased 11.9 percent to 125,780 TEUs in November from November, 2011.    Charleston’s container volume of 1.26 million TEUs year-to-date is 9 percent above the 2011 level.    “While we are slightly off of aggressive projections set for the year […]

   Non-vessel-operating common carrier Shipco Transport will open a new International Cargo Terminals (ICT) export warehouse in Long Beach, Calif., on Jan. 7.    ICT, with warehouses in Elizabeth, N.J. and in Miami, is a Shipco subsidiary.    The new 188,000-square-foot facility is located 10 minutes from the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. […]

   NVC Logistics Group, a Rockleigh, N.J.-based third party logistics services provider, has named Robert Kovacs president, effective Jan. 1.    He replaces Paul Henrici, who will retire from the company at the end of the month, after 17 years of service. Kovacs was most recently NVC’s senior vice president. He joined the company in […]

   The U.S. Export-Import Bank approved loans for more than $150 million worth of American-made energy equipment that will head to Uruguay and Mexico.    In specific, Ex-Im Bank approved a $78.6 million direct loan to Abengoa, a company in Seville, Spain, that applies technology solutions for sustainable development in the energy and environment sectors. It […]

The East and Gulf coast dockworkers’ union says it’s still willing to keep talking with management to secure a contract, but warned “unless we hear back from them we will be on strike on Dec. 29.”

Several grain terminals in the Pacific Northwest trying to negotiate a new contract with workers said Monday evening that they were rejecting the most recent offer from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union.

The Maher-J.P. Morgan team is going up against APM Terminals, which started the privatization process last spring by making a offer valued at $3.1 billion to $3.9 billion to take over port operations for 48 years.

Container traffic at the Southern California ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach collectively fell 1.7 percent in November, due in part to a strike at 10 of 14 terminals in the two ports during the last week of the month.

Dahlman Rose & Co. has switched its outlook on the domestic airline industry from cautious to bullish, citing higher passenger revenues, possible lower fuel prices and a stability gleaned from domestic airline consolidation.

   U.S. steel exports increased in October compared to September by 12.1 percent, according to the American Institute for International Steel and government data.    “Exports to both NAFTA and the smaller steel export markets in Asia and the EU increased on a month-to-month basis offsetting declines in other markets. The increase in exports – […]

   The logistics software company Descartes Systems Group said Tuesday that it is working with DHL Global Forwarding and other customers to spearhead the air freight forwarding industry’s adoption of Cargo-XML as a new communication standard.    “Descartes manages all of DHL Global Forwarding’s electronic communications with our air carrier partners,” said Steve Smith, head […]