Swissport International has reorganized its upper management, promoting Joe Phelan to executive vice president and welcoming him to the company’s executive board. Phelan, who had been in charge of the North American ground handling and cargo departments, will now add the Asian region to his duties. Juan Jose Andres Alvez has been […]
The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security has proposed a rule on the control of military electronic equipment and related items the president determines no longer warrant control under the U.S. Munitions List, but rather under the Commerce Control List. The State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls published a related […]
USA*Engage, in a letter Wednesday, urged Senate lawmakers to oppose any effort to add sanction-related measures to the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (S. 3254) legislation. “Regarding Iran, events in the Middle East continue to underscore the necessity for thoughtful diplomacy and continued common purpose with U.S. allies,” wrote Richard N. Sawaya, USA*Engage’s […]
Oakbrook Terrance, Ill.-based truck leasing company NationaLease has appointed Jeffrey Spence to vice president of national accounts. He comes to NationaLease from Idealease Inc., where he served as director of lease development. He earlier served as general manager for PacLease in Chicago and began his career in transportation with Ryder Transportation and Logistics, […]
Shushter Rep. Bill Shuster, R-Pa., who was selected Wednesday to be the next House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman, announced the appointment of key senior staff to lead the committee. Christopher Bertram will become the committee’s chief of staff. This will be Bertram’s third tour on Capitol Hill. He was the staff director of […]
A study commissioned by the Alliance for Global Food Security, a coalition of 14 private voluntary organizations and cooperatives engaged in international food aid, found that “monetization” generates multiple benefits in the recipient country and by selling the commodity for a fair market value, as called for in the House Farm Bill, it is […]
A strike by longshoremen in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach has now spread to about 10 terminals in the ports. The strike began Tuesday at noon when clerical workers representated by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 63 Office Clerical Unit set up pickets at a single facility, the […]
“Since they operate their business on a roundtrip basis, it only makes sense to view the two segments as an integrated whole from an agreement perspective as well,” said TSA Executive Director Brian Conrad.
Trade groups representing the nation’s waterways transport industry have asked the White House and Federal Emergency Management Agency for a declaration of emergency to help alleviate worsening water level conditions on the Mississippi River. The request, which was initiated by American Waterways Operators, National Waterways Conference, Waterways Council, Inc., and 15 other national […]
U.S. Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade Francisco Sánchez is leading a trade mission this week, Nov. 26-30, in Zambia and South Africa. Some of the 14 companies that sent representatives on the trade mission are Case New Holland, Dow Chemical, Electro-Motive Diesel, and General Electric. The delegation arrived in Lusaka, Zambia, […]
The Manchester City Council has approved the planning application for the World Logistics Hub, a 1.4 million square-foot logistics park set for development in the free-enterprise zone near the Manchester Airport.
The discussion agreement said a consolidated charge will dramatically simplify how inland intermodal fuel surcharges are assessed and collected, and provide customers with greater clarity in forecasting their total freight costs.
Matson said earlier this month that it plans to build two new containerships. At an investment conference sponsored by the investment bank Stephens, the company said its strategic re-fleeting plan calls for two new containerships to be built in the next three to five years to replace existing older ships. The company estimated […]
Welcome to the 11th 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’ll take a closer look at each of these companies in terms of where their cargo originates, where […]
After nearly six months on a five-week rotation, ocean carrier Maersk Line has increased the speed of its weekly west coast North America-to-Central America WCCA service, while dropping a call at Puerto Caldera, Cost Rica. Roundtrip voyage time on the WCCA has decreased from 35 days to 28 days, and transit times southbound from […]
Due to disappointing profit results for the third quarter of 2012, CEVA has announced plans to reduce costs and realign contracts in an effort to save 100 million euros ($129 million). “This was a disappointing quarter in terms of our profit performance,” CEVA Chief Executive Officer Marvin O. Schlanger said in a statement. Schlanger […]
Kirby Corp. said it has agreed to acquire Penn Maritime and Maritime Investments, an operator of tank barges and tugboats that primarily transport black oil products along the U.S. coast for $295 million. The purchase price includes cash, Kirby common stock and the retirement of Penn’s debt. Penn operates a fleet of […]
In a poll of 1,136 executives conducted by SCM World, 58 percent said they admired Amazon most overall for the way it operates its supply chain, compared with 37 percent who picked Apple.
Chapman Freeborn has set up a new location in the Buenos Aires offices of Air World Travel, further expanding the air charter company’s presence in the region. Company officials have already handled two charter shipments from the area on Boeing 747 freighters. The first job involved 75 tons of printing calibration equipment from multiple origin […]
Toys “R” Us Canada has partnered with Canadian third party logistics services provider SCI Logistics to open a new distribution center in Delta, British Columbia, to serve the western Canadian market. The 180,000-square-foot facility is designed to receive goods from overseas and domestic manufacturers to ship directly to British Columbia for distribution to local […]
