Cadec Global will now provide deeper performance management scorecards to help fleet managers track and report on driver and vehicle performance in real time. As part of its PowerVue system, these scorecards will provide fleet managers with an intuitive report on driver behavior based on certain key performance indicators (KPIs) that are developed […]
The container line Mediterranean Shipping Co. said Tuesday it intends to hike rates from the west Mediterranean to the United States in October. The increases, $320 per 20-foot container and $400 per 40-foot container, are applicable to origins in Italy, the south of France, Spain, Portugal, Slovenia, Croatia, Albania, Serbia, and Macedonia. […]
The ILO Maritime Labor Convention (MLC) was recently ratified by Russia and the Philippines, meaning the required 30 ILO member states had approved the international regulation. It goes into effect from August 2013.
A CSX freight train carrying coal derailed around midnight in Ellicott City, Md., west of Baltimore, killing two people and crushing several cars that were parked nearby in a public lot, according to a press release from the Howard County Police Department. The police said 21 of the train’s 80 cars jumped the track, […]
Crowley Maritime Corp.’s petroleum and chemical transportation group has bought two new Jones Act tankers from Aker Philadelphia Shipyard. The tankers, scheduled for delivery in September and March 2013, mark Crowley’s re-entry into the Jones Act tanker market since its last tanker was retired in 2011. The Jones Act, which governs transport in […]
The U.S. Commerce Department and the city of Los Angeles will develop a new online resource to highlight domestic suppliers of apparel, textiles and footwear. “There is incredible demand for products stamped with the label: ‘Made in the USA’ globally, but it’s sometimes difficult to identify domestic resources for these products. We are […]
The liner carrier Zim said Tuesday that Chief Financial Officer Allon Raveh will leave at the end of 2012 in a planned move that’s part of structural and managerial changes in the company. Raveh has been Zim’s CFO for four years. His replacement will be announced in a couple days, the company said. […]
The liner carrier CMA CGM said Monday it has named three new members to its board. The new members are Dominique Bussereau, former French secretary of state for transport; Pierre Mongin, president of Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP); and Jihad Azour, Lebanon’s former minister of finance between 2005 and 2008. The […]
The proposal from German bank’s RREEF unit is one of three Virginia has received from outside entities to take over port operations in the wake of an unsolicited bid by APM Terminals in May to run the terminals.
The USS Porter, a guided-missile destroyer on Sunday collided with the Japanese-owned bulk oil tanker Otowasan, a Panamanian-flagged vessel, but both were able to operate under their own power after the collision.
Huigen Yang, head of the Polar Research Institute of China, told Reuters he expected more ice along the route than the vessel encountered. He said most of the Northern Sea Route is open.
Caribbean liner carrier Tropical Shipping said it plans to hike rates from Sept. 16. The increases are $125 per 20-foot container, $250 per 40-foot container and $281 for containers larger than 40 feet. Tropical will also assess increases on vehicle and breakbulk cargo. The increases apply to dry and refrigerated shipments between […]
The liner carrier CMA CGM said Friday it will raise rates on the Asia-Europe trade in both directions over the coming weeks. The line will first seek to hike westbound headhaul rates to Europe by $300 per TEU from Sept. 1. The increase is applicable from all origins, including Japan, Southeast Asia and […]
Global Industry Analysts (GIA) has projected the global third party logistics (3PL) market to reach $1.35 trillion by the year 2018, driven by globalization of trade and the ever-increasing need for freight capacity and effective logistics management. According to GIA, a publisher of off-the-shelf market research, logistics efforts will continue to grow more […]
TOTE, Inc. has appointed Philip H. Greene Jr., a retired rear admiral of the U.S. Navy, to vice president. After 32 years in the Navy, Greene served as the eleventh superintendent of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, N.Y. Most recently he was the U.S. Transportation Department chairman at the National Defense […]
BizSlate has been developing a supply chain management system with the help of a committee of small business managers for the past 11 months. The service has reached its second testing stage and is still on track for a 2012 release.
Evergreen Line has confirmed that it has started a new Asia-Europe service with Hanjin Shipping, ending a service arrangement with China Shipping on the same trade. Last week, it was reported by maritime news outlets that the line had dropped out of the service it jointly ran with China Shipping, the AEX1/CEM loop, […]
The U.S. Army has added requirements to its project to modernize logistics at its installations, according to a release from Northrop Grumman Information Systems. In response, Northrop Grumman and the Defense Department have adjusted their contract around the Global Combat Support System (GCSS-Army). Northrop Grumman is working with the Army to develop a single Web-based system […]
NRF, in partnership with its member companies, has launched an Integrated Mobile Initiative (IMI), which it bills as a first-of-its-kind initiative to act as a single source of information around challenges and opportunities with mobile retailing.
