Container throughput at the Port of Virginia grew 24 percent in August on a yearly basis to 188,658 TEUs, the Virginia Port Authority said. The figure comes on the heels of three consecutive monthly records, including an 8 percent increase to 180,384 shipping units in July. Since January the port has processed 1.36 […]
The ocean carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co. has extended its Andean Feeder Service between its hub in Freeport, Bahamas, and the west coast of South America to include a full direct service to New York and Philadelphia. Previously the five-ship Andean Feeder loop turned in Freeport and a separate single-ship weekly shuttle connected New […]
Logistics industry knowledge provider Transport Intelligence (Ti) and executive search consultancy Hanover Fox International (HFI) have formed a strategic alliance for recruitment in the logistics sector. The partnership will combine HFI’s recruitment expertise with Ti’s 10 years’ of experience in the logistics industry, as well as its rolodex of senior level logistics and transport […]
The combined e-commerce logistics firms will offer a network of 18 European distribution centers, access to the Reflex warehouse management system, a European contact center, and extensive transport services.
Marine services provider Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) has opened 10 new offices in India. The offices are located in Ludhiana, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Nagpur, Kanpur, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Indore, Hyderabad, and Bengaluru, and are the result of Inchcape’s significant increase in business with Hapag-Lloyd India. “Winning this additional business is a new chapter in […]
The environmental group Basel Action Network (BAN) said the U.S. Maritime Administration has adopted a new policy effectively ending the federal artificial reefing program that allowed the scuttling of old ships for artificial reefs. The practice dates back to the 1972 Liberty Ship Act. “Since the program’s inception, approximately 45 ships have been […]
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received for review an application for a license change. The agency received the application from NTL Naigai Trans Lines (USA), Torrance, Calif. (Yoij Kurita, president) to add the trade name NTL Cargo One. Persons knowing of any reason why the applicant should not receive an OTI license amendment are urged […]
FMC reviews OTI license application
U.S. Xpress Enterprises, a Chattanooga, Tenn.-based trucking company, has named Latasha Neal vice president of driver recruiting. She has nearly 20 years of experience in the trucking industry, working primarily in the areas of driver recruiting and retention. Neal most recently served as director of recruiting and retention for Swift Transportation.
“It has been a challenge to develop a viable concept for transporting blades of this size (55 meters long) by rail in Europe, but well worth the effort,” said Mette Heileskov Bulow, transportation chief specialist at Vestas.
When Dow Chemical plans for the future it follows the approach that IBM gets the most headlines for: it looks decades down the road and prepares for trends and crises related to energy, environment, population, food, and other demands. The company is now shifting focus because of a trend that shippers can’t stop […]
The U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday reported the country’s exports in goods and services for July was $183.3 billion, down 1 percent compared to the month previously. Imports for July also declined 0.8 percent to $225.3 billion, compared to June. “While there’s still more work to do, we remain on track toward […]
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.
