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. […]
Astea International will provide its services to streamline and strengthen the mobile and business operations of APi Group. APi, which serves the industrial, specialty construction and life safety markets, said it chose Astea to help with lifecycle management and mobility solutions for its customers. APi has about 200 locations and 40 subsidiaries each operating as independent […]
Since Aug. 1, liner carriers have been subject to new International Maritime Organization regulations that require cleaner fuel to be burned near U.S. and Canadian coasts to reduce vessel emissions.
The liner carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co. said it will asses steep bunker surcharges on the eastbound transpacific and westbound Asia-Europe trades from early October. From Oct. 4, the line will asses a fee of $419 per 20-foot container and $523 per 40-foot container on shipments from Asia to the U.S. West Coast and $762 per […]
The ocean carrier Maersk Line has added a second (northbound) port call at Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, a new call at Conakry, Guinea and an additional vessel to its weekly WAF2 service between hub ports in the West Mediterranean and West Africa. Simultaneously, it has sped up its parallel WAF3 loop for a second […]
Vessel traffic on the Mississippi River is back to normal following Hurricane Isaac and activity at the Port of New Orleans has intensified in an effort to clear a backlog of cargo after a three-day shutdown. Power was restored Saturday evening to the Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal, enabling Ports America to begin cargo-lifting operations […]
The liner carrier CSAV said Tuesday it had first-half operating losses of $265 million, 55.7 percent lower than in the same period in 2011. Revenue for the Chile-based carrier fell 32.5 percent to $1.8 billion. First half volume fell 52.7 percent to 820,200 TEUs. CSAV’s second quarter was much stronger than a year prior, with […]
