The liner carrier Hyundai Merchant Marine said Thursday it will assess a $65 per container maintenance surcharge on scrap metal shipments from North America to Asia. The surcharge, which takes effect Oct. 1, is intended to make container damage repair costs predictable for both the line and its customers, Hyundai said. “The surcharge […]
The member lines of the Canada Transpacific Stabilization Agreement said Friday they are amending their currency adjustment factor from Oct 1. The eastbound CAF will be 7 percent from all Asia origins, including China and Japan. The organization last amended its surcharge in July, when it was set at 7 percent. The […]
U.S. Marshals this week seized food products stored in a Fremont, Calif., company’s warehouse after inspectors from the Food and Drug Administration found widespread and active rodent infestation. The FDA initiated the seizure of various food products in the warehouse owned by the San Francisco Herb & Natural Food Co. on Aug. 21 […]
The CKYH alliance of liner shipping companies has added a 10th vessel to its weekly MD2 service between Asia and the Mediterranean, increasing roundtrip voyage time from 63 days to 70 days. Transit times eastbound from the Mediterranean to Singapore, Hong Kong, China, and Taiwan have increased by about seven days, as vessels […]
“This port tour gave our policymakers’ staffs valuable exposure to the size and scope of port operations, and enhanced their understanding of the challenges facing our nation’s ports,” said Rep. Janice Hahn, co-chair of the Congressional PORTS Caucus.
Fujitsu has announced the introduction of its new Logifit series of logistics solutions that seek to leverage data to help cut costs and improve service and data quality. The first product, called Logifit/LM Butsuryu KPI, is now on sale in Japan and provides a logistics key performance indicator (KPI) software package that guides […]
The line said Thursday it will increase rates by $300 per 20-foot container and $400 per 40-foot container from Northern Europe and the Mediterranean to the U.S. East Coast. It will also hike rates from Northern Europe to Canada and Mexico.
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.
