The service will link northeast China with Fujian in southeast China and Shantou in south China’s Guangdong province. “This move is just the start of an intensive cooperation in domestic container shipping.” China Shipping said.
H.S. “Smitty” Thorne has been named deputy director and chief operating officer of the Alabama State Port Authority, which owns and operates the state’s deep-water port facilities at the Port of Mobile. Thorne will have oversight of the day-to-day administration, marketing and operations at the port. “This move will help alleviate increasing demands […]
Cargo volume at the two Southern California ports was mixed in September, with Los Angeles throughput rising 5.6 percent and Long Beach volume down 2.9 percent year-on-year. Los Angeles’ volume hit 744,923 TEUs during the month, the highest total since August 2010. Imports rose 3.4 percent, to 385,250 TEUs. Exports fell 2.6 percent […]
COSCO Container Lines said Monday it plans to hike rates on both the transpacific and Asia-Europe trades in the coming weeks. The eastbound transpacific increases, effective Dec. 1, are: $320 per 20-foot container, $400 per 40-foot container, $450 per 40-foot high-cube container and $506 per 45-foot container to U.S. West Coast ports and […]
The Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness will highlight the role that freight infrastructure and advise on policies to boost exports of American-made products.
The investment includes building 5 million square feet of warehousing space in Mumbai, Gurgaon, Delhi, Bengaluru, Nagpur, Chennai, Kolkata and Ahmedabad, as well as upgrades to DHL’s transport fleet in the country.
Canaveral Port Authority said a Civil Works Review Board for the Feasibility Study for Canaveral Harbor on Oct. 3 gave unanimous approval for submission to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Port Canaveral said the project to widen its 400-foot-wide harbor by 100 feet and to deepen it by two feet along its […]
The Obama administration hopes to complete development of a national freight policy early next year when Congress is expected to begin debating a long-term surface transportation plan that authorizes how money is spent and sets federal policies.
The Swiss forwarder and logistics company Panalpina warned further weakening of air freight volumes will impact its profitability. “After a weak July and an improvement in August, we expected our air freight volumes to grow sequentially in September. However, compared to August they came in much weaker than seasonally normal, especially on Europe-related trade […]
Cathay Pacific and sister airline Dragonair saw air cargo volume rise 2.4 percent year-on-year in September. The two airlines carried 134,584 tons of freight during the month. The airlines’ joint load factor was down 2 percent to 62.8 percent, while capacity decreased by 0.3 percent. Year to date, tonnage has declined by 8.3 percent against […]
Cargolux, Europe’s largest all-cargo airline, has entered an agreement to have CHEP Aerospace Solutions manage its cargo containers through 2017. Cargolux and CHEP, which previously operated as Unitpool, started their partnership in 2009. CHEP manages pools of air cargo containers, known as unit load devices or ULDs, for numerous airlines. “Three years […]
Alemán Zubieta Alberto Alemán Zubieta, the former administrator of the Panama Canal, will be presented with the Container and Intermodal Institute’s “Connie Award” on Dec. 10 during a luncheon in Newark, N.J. The $5.25 billion canal expansion project, which began under Alemán Zubieta’s leadership, will double the waterway’s capacity and involves construction of a new […]
The United States and Israel on Monday signed an agreement to ease burdens on U.S. companies, especially smaller manufacturers, seeking to export telecommunications products to Israel, while maintaining the United States’ high technical standards and facilitating cross-border trade. Under the Mutual Recognition Agreement between the Government of the United States and the Government […]
Aljex Software has integrated TransCore’s DAT Direct into its transportation management system. Aljex customers can now access DAT capabilities directly from Aljex without opening a second application or window, the Middlesex, N.J.-based company said. DAT data can also populate Aljex’s screens and enhance the time-savings of Aljex’s SmartSearch. Integration with DAT Direct […]
“The decision to suspend the service is based upon prevailing non-compensatory rate levels from the East Coast and longer roundtrip voyages which translate to higher costs for HMM,” the line said in a statement.
The Japanese carrier expects worldwide demand for PCTC transport to “steadily expand” and its four new vessels on order will transit the new Panama Canal locks when operational in the autumn of 2014.
He previously was senior vice president of liner services and business development for the North Carolina Ports Authority, where he was responsible for marketing and pricing container, bulk and breakbulk business activities.
William J. Shea, chief executive officer of DCLI, said his firm’s participation in the CCM pools “will increase flexibility for our customers and supplement our existing extensive chassis supply network.”
The U.S. Transportation Department said it’s scrapping obsolete ships in the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet in California at a faster than anticipated pace. In 2010, the Maritime Administration said it would remove 28 ships from the fleet by Sept. 30, 2012. To date, 36 ships have been removed, and three more vessels are […]
The U.S. Transportation Department’s Maritime Administration said it will award $2.36 million to six state maritime schools. MarAd awarded $392,913 each to the California Maritime Academy in Vallejo, Calif.; Great Lakes Maritime Academy in Traverse City, Mich.; Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, Maine; Massachusetts Maritime Academy in Buzzards Bay, Mass.; SUNY Maritime College […]
