U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s resident humorist, Assistant Commissioner for International Trade Al Gina, for the second year in a row was the keynote lunch speaker at the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America’s Government Affairs Conference on Sept. 10 in Washington. Once again he had the delegates laughing and whistling […]
The liner carrier Zim said Thursday that Guy Eldar will become the company’s new chief financial officer in December. Eldar will replace current CFO Alon Raveh, who the company said in August would leave under a planned restructuring. Eldar was formerly CFO of Danya Cebus Ltd., a public company listed on the […]
Non-vessel-operating common carrier Vanguard Logistics Services has opened a new office in Danang, Vietnam. Vanguard Danang was set up with partner, KMG, and will provide freight forwarders with both less-than-containerload and full-containerload services. Danang is located in the center of Vietnam. “Establishing an office here was the next logical step in expanding […]
Crowley Maritime Corp.’s new tanker, Pennsylvania, called the Port of Corpus Christi, Texas, for the first time on Wednesday. The port said the U.S.-flag ship ship will “move products related to Eagle Ford Shale,” the large shale oil formation in South Texas. The 45,800-deadweight-ton Pennsylvania is one of two tankers purchased by Crowley Maritime […]
Jensen Maritime, a naval architecture and marine engineering firm owned by Crowley Maritime Corp., said former president and part-owner Sue Williams will retire. Williams joined Jensen in 1980, under founder and majority owner Ben Jensen, with initial responsibilities for managing the front desk. That year the firm was a partnership, with Ben Jensen […]
Paul R. Bergent, who recently retired as president of intermodal and chief marketing officer for J.B. Hunt Transportation Services, was named the winner of the Intermodal Association of North America’s Silver Kingpin Award. He will be presented the award on Nov. 12 during IANA’s Intermodal Expo in Anaheim, Calif. The award honors life-time […]
The liner carrier CMA CGM will charter 10 9,200-TEU vessels from China International Marine Containers (CIMC), a noteworthy move since CIMC’s primary business is manufacturing boxes, not owning ships.
The deal is a major expansion for King Ocean, which has been operating eight ships in services to Aruba, Curacao, and Bonaire and to Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama and Venezuela.
CKYH – the Green Alliance is set to shelve one of its transpacific services for the winter as of Sept. 28. The member lines – COSCO Container Lines, “K” Line, Yang Ming, and Hanjin Shipping – will suspend their AWE-6 all-water service from Asia. The service has a rotation of Yantian, Ningbo, Shanghai, […]
A working group reached a compromise and recommended that the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention be amended to require that loaded container weights be verified, but was “derailed” by some IMO members
The liner carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co. said Monday it is increasing rates from the Far East to several Latin American and Caribbean areas from April 15. The increase, $560 per 20-foot container and $800 per 40-foot or 40-foot high-cube container, is applicable to destinations in the Caribbean, Panama, east coast of Central America, Cartagena, […]
The liner carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co. said Tuesday it plans to raise rates from the Far East to Mexico and the west coasts of South and Central America from Oct. 6. The increase is $500 per 20-foot container and $1,000 per 40-foot or 40-foot high-cube container.
Maersk Line seems ready to lose market share in the refrigerated container market if that’s what’s required to drag rate levels higher. The carrier’s Chief Executive Officer Soren Skou on Tuesday announced the line will raise rates by an average of 30 percent on reefer shipments from Jan. 1. The news, delivered […]
Port Freeport in Texas has issued a request for proposal for development of an 85-acre container terminal alongside the port’s upper turning basin. “It is the port’s intent to enter into a long-term agreement (10-20+ years) with a carrier, terminal operator and/or carrier-terminal group, partners or others to develop and operate the new Port Freeport-Velasco Terminal,” […]
Sen. Charles Schumer requested the Transportation Department investigate GPS systems used by trucking companies and consider developing a federal standard for truck-routing systems.
Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS) has reached a deal with Diamond Pet Foods to have the pet company use its plastic pallet and communication platform on all new shipments. iGPS operates a pallet rental system that features lightweight, 100 percent recyclable plastic pallets with embedded radio frequency identification devise (RFID) tags. Diamond said it will now […]
Once again the hyper-partisan Congress has failed to act on important legislation. The issue this time is Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) for Russia, which would help spur U.S. exports to the seventh largest economy in the world. U.S. businesses are big-time frustrated that Congress didn’t vote on giving most-favored nation trading status […]
L-3 Security & Detection Systems (SDS) said three new X-ray systems for screening breakbulk freight and skids have been added to the U.S. Transportation Security Administration’s Air Cargo Qualified Product List (QPL). SDS said the new systems are the PX 10.10-MV, PX 15.17-MV 200, and PX 18.18-MV 200, and they will enable the company […]
On-time performance in August fell for each of the world’s biggest 20 liner carriers, according to the latest research by SeaIntel Maritime Analysis. Overall performance fell from 83 percent in July to 77 percent in August, SeaIntel said, with none of the top 20 improving month-on-month “This decline was also seen for […]
Countering U.S. claims, a review of U.S. efforts to comply with a World Trade Organization ruling on illegal subsidies in the so-called “Boeing case” by the European Union found the United States has not lived up to its obligations, the European Commission said Tuesday. The commission has therefore decided to challenge the alleged U.S. non-compliance […]
