The 6,732-TEU MSC Flaminia, hit by an explosion while en route from Charleston to Bremerhaven, is being towed toward British territorial waters before eventually heading to Wilhelmshaven in northern Germany.
Online trucking transportation management software provider TruckingOffice has partnered with Getloaded to develop a branded management and maintenance planning system for Getloaded members. The new service, called GetloadedOps, was launched today at the Great American Truck Show in Dallas, Texas and is specifically designed to handle the record keeping needed for a trucking […]
Low Mississippi River levels have not affected operations within the Port of New Orleans, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has maintained the congressionally authorized 45-foot-deep channel from Baton Rouge, La., to the mouth of the river, the port authority said Wednesday. “Deep-draft shipping and cruise operations within the Port of New […]
DHL Global Forwarding, a subsidiary of Deutsche Post DHL, said it’s ramping up its services to meet new demands for multi-channel supply chain fulfillment and e-commerce. During the past 12 months, the company has experienced growth in its International Supply Chain (ISC) product in the Americas. Customers are increasingly looking for fulfillment options around e-commerce, mobiles, and direct-to-consumer sales, the […]
GAC Energy and Marine Services, a subsidiary of Dubai-based global shipping, logistics and marine services provider GAC Group, has opened a new warehouse in Laredo, Texas, to meet the growing demands of oil and gas customers who import and export across the U.S.-Mexico border. Laredo is the largest commercial border crossing with Mexico. […]
Negotiations between U.S. East and Gulf coast union dockworkers and their employers over a new master contract abruptly broke down Wednesday morning, leading to the cancellation of three days of scheduled talks this week…
ABS, a provider of classification services to the marine and offshore industries, is planning to partner with Engineering Software Reliability Group (ESRG) to expand real-time data management of its fleet management software suite. ESRG, a developer of data analysis and remote monitoring technology, will provide support for real-time data management related to the ABS Nautical Systems […]
The SEC voted 3-2 on Wednesday to approve implementing regulations which require publically traded companies to determine whether their products contain “conflict” minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Union Pacific Railroad has unveiled an advanced experimental locomotive to test three emissions-reducing technologies that will eventually be deployed in California. At the company’s J.R. Davis Yard in Roseville, located northeast of Sacramento, Calif., the UP 9900 will test exhaust gas recirculation (EGR), diesel oxidation catalysts (DOC), and diesel particulate filters (DPF). The railroad said the […]
GOPA IT Consultants has opened a new global Transportation Management (TM) Innovation Center to develop solutions to global transportation challenges and solve problems with how to use new technologies. The TM center, located in GOPA’s new U.S. headquarters in San Mateo, Calif., will initially focus on using SAP’s TM platform and the existing consulting […]
The liner carrier will leave the Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement, an entity that sets guidelines for rates and surcharges on shipments from the United States to Asia, on Sept. 1. WTSA will then have nine members.
Mediterranean Shipping Co. and CMA CGM, the second and third biggest lines, compete fiercely with Maersk Line, and previously voiced concerns that APMT taking over operations at Virginia would unfairly benefit Maersk.
UPS on Wednesday said it would give more time to finalize its $6.28 billion deal to acquire rival TNT Express because European Union competition authorities have not finished their review of antitrust issues.
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union last week filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Port of Portland, contending the port wrongly stepped into a dispute between the union and the container terminal operator in Portland. The lawsuit is related to a $4.7 million payment the port paid to the terminal operator, […]
Confidence among European freight forwarders has deteriorated for the third consecutive month, according to the latest Stifel Nicolaus Logistics Confidence Index. The investment bank’s transportation and logistics research group has partnered with U.K.-based research firm Transport Intelligence to develop the index, which measures freight activity across several European-based trade lanes. “Results for […]
TransCore Link Logistics has completed the integration of its Canadian freight matching system with its dispatching application. With the latest release of its Linkdispatch, customers can manage their business end-to-end through integration with the Loadlink freight matching system. Entries in Linkdispatch can be set to automatically transfer into Loadlink, as well as allow […]
The liner carrier Zim said Wednesday it plans to raise rates on the westbound Asia-Europe trade in September. The carrier’s increases will be $300 per TEU to the Mediterranean and Black Sea ports and $350 per TEU to Northern Europe from Sept. 10. On Sept. 15, Zim will increase rates from Asia to […]
The U.S. government on Tuesday has requested consultations with the Argentine government under the dispute settlement provisions of the WTO concerning restrictive trade measures applied to all goods imported into Argentina.
Russia, the world’s ninth largest economy, will join the World Trade Organization today, plugging a major gap in the organization’s membership and concluding a nearly two-decade long process. The impacts of Russia’s admission, which was initially approved last year, will likely be more muted in the United States than in other regions, due […]
The freight forwarder and logistics company Damco has set up a partnership with Panamanian logistics company Exclusive Brands Logistics Corp. (EBL) to develop a hub in Panama’s Colon Free Zone (CFZ). The deal is aimed at promoting imports and re-exports of apparel and fashion between Asia, the free zone, and Latin American destinations. […]
