A trade organization for the agriculture and forest product industry said U.S. exporters are “extremely worried of massive economic loss” in the event of a shutdown of U.S. East and Gulf coast ports if longshoremen and their employers can’t agree…
U.S. grocery chain Kroger increased its fleet efficiency by 9.75 percent in the past year, reaching a 25.5 percent improvement compared to 2008 figures, according to the company’s latest sustainability report. The Kroger 2012 Sustainability Report said the company uses transportation management systems to improve the use of its store delivery and inbound […]
Two fleet management services companies have teamed up to work on GPS fleet tracking aimed at helping drivers improve their operations. GreenRoad, which offers driver performance management services, and GPS Insight, which provides GPS-based fleet tracking services for private companies and governments, are combining their efforts to produce a new set of products […]
The Australian liner carrier said shipments transiting the U.S. West Coast from and to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands will be exempt from its surcharge on inbound or outbound cargo at U.S. ports, if an ILA strike occurs.
U.S. Customs is eager for another industry expert to join its ACE development team after the successful run of former customs broker and forwarder Cindy Allen, Assistant Commissioner for International Trade Allen Gina said.
The global freight forwarder Panalpina said Tuesday it has started three new direct less-than-containerload (LCL) services from Asia to Europe. Operated by the company’s in-house non-vessel-operating common carrier Pantainer Express Line, the new weekly services connect Singapore to Prague and Budapest and Shanghai to Graz, Austria with guaranteed transit times. “There is […]
Dachser Transport of America Inc. (Dachser USA), the U.S. division of Germany-based Dachser GmbH & Co., has appointed John Barbasetti di Prun to director of ocean freight for the United States. In this role, Barbasetti di Prun will oversee all ocean forwarding operations for Dachser USA’s growing client base. Dachser has recorded very […]
The passage of S.B. 1243 (sponsored by State Sen. Alan Lowenthal, D-Long Beach) will mean the state’s tax exemption for marine fuel that was due to expire Jan. 1, 2014, will remain intact until Jan. 1, 2024.
Qatar Airways has appointed CHEP Aerospace Solutions to maintain and repair its world fleet of Unit Load Devices (ULDs) and galley cart equipment under a five-year contract. CHEP will use its overseas network of 50 repair stations to maintain the airline’s more than 24,000 ULDs and galley carts, and will expand this network […]
A news report on Monday interpreted Hapag-Lloyd’s temporary suspension of its service to Puerto Caldera as a response to the massive earthquake that occurred in Costa Rica on Sept. 5. The liner carrier clarified the suspension was actually the result of “extreme congestion” and “partial closure of most of their berthing positions” due to dredging […]
Meredith Broadbent, a Republican from Virginia, was sworn in as a commissioner of the U.S. International Trade Commission on Tuesday. Nominated to the ITC by President Obama on Nov. 8, 2011, she was confirmed by the Senate on Aug. 2, 2012. She will fill the commission term expiring on June 16, 2017. Broadbent […]
Intermodal pioneer Donald C. Orris will be honored Oct. 2 at the Containerization and Intermodal Institute’s Connie Awards event in Long Beach, Calif. Orris, who helped build stacktrains into the driving force of intermodalism, will be honored in addition to Matson Navigation Co.’s Chief Executive Officer and President Matthew Cox, who is receiving the […]
Finland has committed to funding new, greener technologies to reduce emissions ahead of the impending regulations due in 2015. As part of a national action plan, the Nordic country is attempting to comply with this and other European Union directives around the Baltic shipping lanes before they take effect. The new environmental regulations are […]
A box on board a “K” Line containership is likely the cause of an explosion over the weekend near India’s largest port complex, with the 20 crew members on the ship uninjured by the blast. Visible flames were reported on the 4,380-TEU Amsterdam Bridge, which is currently at anchor outside the Nhava Sheva port […]
Data2Logistics is planning to narrow its focus to infuse its system with up-to-date, market-based information and cost-saving freight bill auditing actions in the hope of benefiting shippers. The global freight bill processing, auditing, and cost-reduction advisor said combining these services will benefit both inbound and outbound shippers, whether they operate domestically or internationally, […]
Shippers should carefully read surcharge notices issued by container lines in the past two weeks in response to a potential longshoremen’s strike and port closure on the East and Gulf coasts to understand them, an FMC official said.
Demand Management has announced a new Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) module that will integrate these functions with its existing demand forecasting and requirements planning services. Demand Management, a global provider of supply chain management tools, said the new module will be part of its existing DSX supply chain software and will meet […]
The carrier will raise rates to $900 per 20-foot container and $1,000 per 40-foot container on its U.S. inland-haulage import (IHI) services applicable from Los Angeles and Long Beach on Oct. 7.
Import cargo volume at major U.S. retail container ports is expected to increase 8.5 percent in September compared with the same month last year, with strong increases expected into the holiday season.
The headquarters of the freight forwarder and logistics company Damco will move from Copenhagen, Denmark, to The Hague in the Netherlands in the first quarter of 2013, the company said Tuesday. Damco, a unit of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, will join sister company APM Terminals in the Dutch city, and away from the location of […]
