Shipments of coal on the Great Lakes totaled 2.7 million tons in July, a slight increase – 63,000 tons – compared to June, but a drop of 12.4 percent compared to a year ago, according to the Lake Carriers’ Association. Loadings fell 30.5 percent more when compared to the month’s five-year average, the […]
Seattle-based Jensen Maritime Consultants, a Crowley Maritime Corp. company, has expanded its presence to the U.S. Gulf with the opening of a third office in New Orleans. The new location places Jensen in close proximity to many of its customers and shipyards in the Gulf region, as well as to Crowley’s Houston-based project […]
The FAA alleges that between Aug. 2 and Aug. 12, 2010, FedEx employees in numerous locations around the country improperly accepted several dozen shipments containing hazardous materials for air transport.
The U.S. Commerce Department has approved a new foreign trade zone (FTZ) in Miami-Dade County at PortMiami. “The new Foreign Trade Zone in Miami will provide Florida businesses with new opportunities as they seek to export their products around the world,” said Commerce Assistant Secretary for Import Administration Paul Piquado, in a statement. […]
The U.S.-based Coalition for Sugar Reform pointed to a 12 percent increase in world sugar prices from June to July as another reason for Congress to reform the U.S. sugar trade program this year. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s Food Price Index, released last week, reported a global increase of 6 […]
Verizon is enhancing its Field Force Manager and Fleet Control to help companies achieve greater returns when managing mobile workforces and their fleets out on the streets. The company’s services now combine location management, cloud services, and tablet-optimized solutions for fleet operations. The additions include a new version of Verizon’s Field Force Manager, […]
The companies have targeted an equity amount of $890 million, with Goodman putting in 55 percent and CPPIB at 45 percent. GNAP’s investment strategy will focus on logistics and industrial property in North America.
The private equity firm agreed to purchase 4.4 million common shares of Navigator Holdings Ltd. from the bankrupt Lehman Brothers Inc. (LBI) for $110 million, more than doubling its holdings in the gas tanker company.
Philippines-based ICTSI said its first revenue increased 8 percent to $345 million. Volume through its global network of niche container terminals increased 9 percent year-on-year to nearly 2.7 million TEUs.
The International Transport Workers’ Federation said Monday that privatization plans have been temporarily put on hold at Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala’s largest Pacific port. ITF, which is an international federation of transportation unions, said the Guatemala military withdrew from the port as a result of an agreement between the government and the port workers’ […]
The owners of a Mediterranean Shipping Co.-operated vessel rocked by an explosion while on course in the Atlantic a month ago have yet to find a safe haven port in Europe. The German ship owner, Reederei NSB, also said efforts to fully extinguish the blaze aboard the vessel has again been hampered by […]
COSCO Container Lines on Friday said it will hike its eastbound transpacific rates from Sept. 10. The increases, which apply to origins in the Far East, Southeast Asia, and Indian Subcontinent, are: $400 per 20-foot container, $500 per 40-foot container, $563 per 40-foot high-cube container, and $633 per 45-foot container to the U.S. West Coast […]
Limestone shipments on the Great Lakes increased 11.9 percent in July compared to 2011 while iron ore volume decreased 2.2 percent, the Lake Carriers’ Association said. The 57-vessel U.S.-flag fleet that plies the Lakes hauled 4.1 million tons of limestone from U.S. and Canadian ports. Loadings were also more than 8 percent ahead of […]
Zim said it will impose a $20-per-TEU low-sulfur fuel charge, effective Sept. 15, on cargo moving between North Europe/Mediterranean and North America (all coasts) in both directions. Zim said the charge is applied to cover the increased cost of low-sulfur fuel used to comply with regulations in the North America Emissions Control Area […]
The U-Freight Group (UFL) has apointed Steven Wong to vice president of sales and marketing for its main subsidiaries, U-Freight Ltd. and U-Ocean Ltd. in Hong Kong. Wong, a 30-year industry veteran, joined UFL in 2009 as general manager from Rijin International Freight Co., one of the group’s forwarding brands.
In the coming weeks FW Warehousing, a third party logistics service provider, is updating its business management software to Microsoft Dynamics NAV (formerly Navision) version 6.2. “For our customers, the biggest and most noticeable change resulting from this upgrade will be a new and improved web portal,” said Randy Monroe, FW’s director of information technology. […]
Panalpina, a provider of supply chain solutions, has appointed Rod Angwin as its Chief Information Officer (CIO). Angwin has over 30 years of IT experience with major retail and consumer brands, and will focus his work at Panalpina on defining IT services and rolling out industry-specific customer facing solutions. Angwin will begin his […]
The Montreal-based stevedoring and transportation company Logistec has acquired CrossGlobe Transport, a firm which provides port logistics services for forest products, auto parts and other cargo at three terminals in Hampton Roads and also operates an off-dock facility. Among the services provided by CrossGlobe are container stuffing and destuffing, warehousing and distribution, and […]
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) is evaluating WTO proposals to expand the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) on tariff-free digital goods and related products.
