When contract negotiations between U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast longshoremen and their employers abruptly broke down Aug. 22, the news didn’t catch the majority of shippers and carriers by surprise.
The subsidiary of NOL said moving automobiles in containers allows more frequent shipping of vehicles from origin to destination as well as reduces transload times and handling which can lead to damages.
DuPont said it will install a scrubber on a Maersk containership to remove sulfur dioxide from its emissions. The scrubber will be placed on the Maersk Taurus. The two companies said the technology could be an “economic alternative to using a more expensive low sulphur content fuel when operating in SOx restricted areas known […]
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton’s chief of staff resigned Saturday amid allegations of sexual harassment by three male ICE employees, according to multiple news reports. Suzanne Barr served as an aide to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano when she was governor of Arizona and came to Washington to take the ICE […]
A new container port in northern Vietnam opened last week with the call of a 2,020-TEU Mediterranean Shipping Co. vessel. The Cai Lan International Container Terminal (CICT) is around 60 miles from Hanoi, the largest city in northern Vietnam, and will have annual handling capacity of 520,000 TEUs when its four berths formally […]
The White House on Friday said the United States and Cambodia have agreed to start exploratory discussions on a potential bilateral investment treaty. The announcement follows a meeting in Siem Reap between U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Cambodian Economic Minister Cham Prasidh, who is also presiding over ministerial meetings of the Association […]
The Japanese container line is planning a $1,000 surcharge for North American bound shipments from Asia, India and Australia to compensate for disruptions if ILA dockworkers strike at the end of September.
The liner carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co. said Friday that the Port of Antwerp has been hit by an unscheduled rail strike by Belgian train drivers. The strike, which began Thursday afternoon, has “seriously affected” rail traffic to and from the port, which serves as MSC’s hub in Northern Europe. “For today and […]
Gulf port reopens for business today after minimal damage from Hurricane Isaac earlier this week, with New Orleans port director lauding Army Corps of Engineers, pilots, and Coast Guard for their efforts
Clerks at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach continue to discuss a new contract with employers, partially alleviating concerns earlier this week that they could picket and induce a wider ILWU work stoppage
DB SCHENKERmarineparts, a special air freight service for global parts supply to ships, is now offering a direct integration between a client’s procurement system and MyMPS, DB Schenker’s online inventory management system for parts supply. The new service will allow customers’ information to be automatically uploaded into MyMPS on an order-line level when the […]
CSafe LLC and IAG Cargo have signed an agreement to expand the IAG Cargo Constant Climate service to pharmaceutical companies with temperature control requirements on their transport moves. IAG Cargo, a joint venture between British Airways World Cargo and Iberia Cargo, will lease active temperature-controlled containers to freight forwarders, providing them a streamlined […]
The logistics technology provider CargoWise said Friday it has deepened its reach into mainland China with the successful adoption of its ediEnterprise software platform by Hong Kong-based freight forwarder S-Cargo Group Co. CargoWise, which specializes in technology solutions for logistics service providers (LSPs), said the integration and adoption project began in March by installing […]
Transportation and brokerage software provider TransCore DAT has integrated PC*MILLER as its primary mileage, routing, and mapping solution for its load boards, truckload rate index, and other services, the companies said. The integration of ALK Technologies’ PC*MILLER has gone live and is already available to DAT customers. David Schrader, senior vice president of […]
The Virginia Port Authority Board of Commissioners announced Thursday evening that Jerry Bridges, who has headed the state agency since 2007, will step down as port director at the end of October. In January 2011, Bridges received a six-year contract extension. “In so many different ways Jerry has done a lot of […]
Kirk U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk will visit Vietnam on Sept. 2 -3 for meetings with senior Vietnamese government officials. Kirk’s trip is expected to help strengthen bilateral economic relations between the two countries. Since the United States and Vietnam re-established diplomatic ties 17 years ago, two-way trade between the countries has […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasts that the country’s food and agricultural exports will reach $143.5 billion in fiscal 2013, well above the record set in 2011. At the same time, the USDA revised its fiscal 2012 forecast upward to a near-record $136.5 billion. Since 2009, U.S. agricultural exports have made gains of 50 […]
Yoshitani A debate has broken out over the Port of Seattle Chief Executive Officer Tay Yoshitani’s role on the board of Seattle-based freight forwarder Expeditors International. On Aug. 24, a group of 13 Washington state legislators wrote a letter to Seattle’s port commissioners that they were concerned the post on Expeditors’ board was […]
New Orleans port officials said they hope to resume normal operations by the weekend. The port only received some minor wind damage, and there are nine general cargo ships awaiting entry to its marine terminals.
China’s two major container lines – COSCO Container Lines and China Shipping – lost a combined $387 million in the first half of 2011, with both carriers performing worse this year than last during the period.
