The liner organization said in a notice Tuesday that westbound revenues have declined considerably from levels seen earlier in the year, as demand in Asia has slowed and carriers have made concessions in their pricing.
Canadian National Railway said it will acquire more than 2,200 new freight cars and 1,300 containers in 2012 to support traffic growth and improve customer service. Jean-Jacques Ruest, executive vice president and chief marketing officer, said the new equipment is for “a range of markets, including forest products, metals, minerals, coal, iron ore, steel, consumer […]
Stephen Edwards has been named president and chief executive officer of GCT Global Container Terminals Inc., effective Sept. 10. He succeeds Michael E. Moore, who left the company in June. Edwards was president and CEO of Ports America, the largest terminal operating and stevedoring company in the United States, from 2007 to […]
EVA Air Cargo has joined the mobile revolution to give shippers and consignees faster and easier access to real-time air freight shipment status information through its new app. The free EVA Air Cargo App has been launched for the iPhone, iPad, and Android devices, and is available in four languages: English, traditional Chinese, simplified […]
The Port of New Orleans reported Tuesday that all terminals and truck gates are operating on normal schedules following a three-day shutdown to ride out Hurricane Isaac and restore power to portions of the port. Since the U.S. Coast Guard fully reopened the Mississippi River to commercial traffic on Sept. 1, terminal operators have […]
North Carolina-based less-than-truckload carrier Old Dominion Freight Line said Tuesday it has opened a new service center in Parkersburg, W.Va. The center is designed to serve seven cities in West Virginia, including Parkersburg, Clarksburg, Sistersville, New Milton, Harrisville, West Union and Ravenswood, and three in eastern Ohio (Marietta, Watertown and Athens). The […]
Energy management specialist Schneider Electric has signed an agreement to purchase supply chain and demand optimization software provider SolveIT Software. SolveIT, based in Adelaide, Australia, provides software for the supply and demand chain areas with a focus on optimization and predictive modeling. Its services are currently used by large organizations like Rio Tinto, BHP […]
The Port of Corpus Christi on Wednesday will inaugurate a repowered, cleaner-burning locomotive used to move railcars at its bulk terminal to and from the mainline. The Texas port used a $1.02 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, plus $256,514 of its own money under the matching requirements, to replace the locomotive’s […]
The deal is noteworthy because of the contract’s length, compared to typical forwarding contracts of one to three years, or less, and the volume – 60,000 TEUs per year – placed under the exclusive control of a single logistics provider.
Transpacific shippers who use 20-foot containers are likely overcharged on bunker fees, according to research by the maritime consultant SeaIntel. SeaIntel noted the transpacific trade is the only one where surcharges on 20-foot containers are not 50 percent of those assessed on 40-foot containers. Instead, bunker adjustment fee (BAF) levels on the transpacific […]
Groups representing companies in the apparel and luggage industry are calling on the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and their employers to resume labor negotiations, noting their members could face chargebacks from retailers . Talks on a contract to replace one that expires at the end of this month ended abruptly two weeks ago. […]
Centurion Cargo has appointed Paul Berntsen to vice president of the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. Berntsen, a 20-year air cargo veteran, will be based in the company’s Amsterdam office. Centurion Cargo, formerly Challenge Air Cargo, is based at Miami International Airport and currently operates a fleet of 10 MD-11 freighters.
As Americans celebrated Labor Day, there was still no sign of a thaw in the frozen labor negotiations between the International Longshoremen’s Association and employers of its members. East Coast ports prepare for the worst.
COSCO Container Lines said Monday it will assess a port congestion surcharge on eastbound transpacific cargo from Oct. 1. The surcharge, $800 per 20-foot container and $1,000 per 40-foot container, could well be related to a possible port strike at U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports from Sept. 30. Union longshoremen at […]
The carriers will suspend their Loop 3 service, which has a rotation of Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Singapore, Le Havre, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, Gothenburg, Rotterdam, Jeddah, Singapore, Shekou, Hong Kong, and Shanghai.
American Shipper through its AS Daily and Website offers you the latest and essential news on the ILA contract negotiations. The current master contract for the U.S. East and Gulf coast dockworkers’ union is set to expire Sept. 30. If you are not automatically redirected, please click here.
The U.S. Transportation Department’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has ordered the Tennessee-based trucking company Terri’s Farm to immediately cease all interstate transportation services because of prior unsafe practices. The FMCSA said it ordered the shutdown because of evidence that Terri’s Farm was a chameleon operation of another unsafe company previously stopped by […]
EI Systems has been picked to supply, install, configure, and support a railway management system at the Port of Montreal. EI will use its Web-based Rail Manager and Rail Logger products to develop the unified platform that will track car inventory, yard and car status, and movements across the port’s 60 miles of track […]
Equinox Owner-Operator Solutions has developed a mailbox service for truck drivers and other carriers on the go to review and respond to their regular mail received at home. Equinox, which also offers bookkeeping, tax, and business services for owner-operators, said its Equinox Mailbox service takes mail received at home, scans it, and uploads it […]
The maritime analyst SeaIntel said the current pricing environment on the Asia-Europe and transpacific trade bears the hallmarks of the rate wars that broke out in the second half of 2011. The projections puts a potential dampener on solid, if unspectacular financial results from most lines in the second quarter this year. […]
