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   SPS Commerce, a provider of on-demand, Web-based supply chain management systems for retailers, has acquired Edifice, a company that builds supply chain collaboration technology designed to share store point-of-sale (POS)  analytics data within a retailer’s system and to their partners.    Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.    “Supply chain collaboration, powered by […]

   The Port of San Diego received more than 1,000 Volkswagon Beetles and Jettas at its National City Marine Terminal on Aug. 1 as part of a new regular roll on/roll off service between Mexico, the United States and transpacific markets operated by Siem Car Carriers.    Pasha Automotive Services, which is processing the vehicles […]

   The ocean carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co. has added a new westbound call at Singapore to its weekly Asia-Europe Lion Service. It’s Asia-North Europe partner CMA CGM takes slots on this loop, calling it FAL7.      Previously the Lion Service ran non-stop from Chiwan via Suez to Sines, Portugal with a transit time of 19 days. […]

   Hapag-Lloyd said it would increase transatlantic freight rates on October 1.    Rates on eastbound cargo moving through ports on U.S. Gulf coast and the east coasts of Mexico, the U.S. and Canada (including U.S. cargo moving via Canadian ports) to North Europe and the Mediterranean will increase $200 for 20-foot containers and $300 […]

   The ocean carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co. has temporarily suspended the implementation of an ‘SKR’ strike surcharge on shipments between the U.S.A. and  New Zealand from Aug. 15 to Sep. 1, subject to ongoing review of the industrial dispute in New Zealand’s ports. The surcharge, appliccable to U.S. exports, is for $110 per 20-foot and $220 per 40-foot […]

   The transatlantic liner carrier Atlantic Container Line said today that it has ordered five new combination container/roll-on, roll-off ships from a Chinese shipyard that will be delivered in 2015.    The ships, while having similar dimensions to its existing five vessels will have the ability to carry 3,800 TEU of containerized cargo, a 105 […]

   Trailer Bridge said it had completed a $9 million investment in state-of-the-art high cube 53-foot steel containers.    The Company will take delivery of 800 containers this month and another 325 will be delivered in October and November of this year.    As a result, the average age of Trailer Bridge’s container fleet will […]

Alliance with NVO-focused CargoSphere is based on integrating ocean schedule and rate information and continues INTTRA’s path towards partnership with software vendors in the ocean supply chain sphere

   PeopleNet has developed a new iPad app that provides fleet managers access to critical event alerts, the onboard computing and carrier fleet communications software provider said this week at its user conference in Boca Raton, Fla.    The company said the app is targered at safety and maintenance managers.    Randy Boyles, PeopleNet vice president, […]

   An item in Wednesday’s AS Daily incorrectly described the operators of an Asia-Mediterranean service that has begun slowing its eastbound leg. The EUM service is operated by the G6 Alliance, a grouping of the New World and Grand alliances, whose members are APL, Hapag-Lloyd, Hyundai Merchant Marine, NYK Line, MOL, and OOCL.

   U.S. exports to China are growing, despite a $295 billion trade deficit with the Asian manufacturing power, according to a new report by the U.S.-China Business Council breaks down that growth by congressional district.    But the report also shows that the U.S. is losing ground to other countries in terms of market share […]

     Thermo King, a maker of transportation temperature control products, has launched a new trailer temperature control platform aimed at providing “double-digit fuel savings, best-in-class performance, and lower life cycle costs,” while also complying to regulations for trailer owners and operators.    The products, dubbed Precedent, will be rolled out this year. In early […]

Web commerce giant signals intent to adjust to changing logistics dynamics with significant expansion of U.S. fulfillment facilities, as it continues on growth path following strong second quarter revenue  

   Industry-wide container vessel schedule reliability improved to a new record high of 75.7 percent in the second quarter of 2012, according to Drewry Maritime Research’s quarterly Carrier Performance Insight report.    The latest score represents a 3.4 percent improvement from the reliability level seen in the first quarter of 2012. Ship arrival reliability improved […]

Federal, state, and local politicians highlight benefits for Philadelphia of dredging Delaware River, with a proposed terminal expansion based on increasing channel depth from 40 to 45 feet

   A major typhoon slammed into eastern China Wednesday, causing flooding and evacuations in the country’s financial hub of Shanghai and wreaking havoc with air and ocean cargo.    Typhoon Haikui made landfall south of Shanghai, in Zhejiang Province, with winds nearing 90 mph, forcing the evacuation of 1.5 million people in the region. Zhejiang Province […]

Maritime analyst SeaIntel uses container delivery metrics from partner INTTRA and analysis from Transparency International to correlate on-time shipment delivery patterns with corruption levels

   The container equipment fleet grew by 8.5 percent during 2011, despite demand significantly tailing off from the second quarter through the rest of the year, according to a new report from Drewry Maritime Research.    The report, Container Census 2012 – Survey and Forecast of Global Container Units, projects that up to 70 percent […]

   Logistics software and rate management software developer Catapult International said Tuesday it has won a long-term contract with global non-vessel operating common carrier Ecu International to provide a cloud-based technology system for the global ocean consolidation services company.    Antwerp-based Ecu-Line will use Catapult’s rate and quotation management system, where employees and customers are able to […]

After postponing new canal transit fee announcement, Panama authority sets new toll structures for next two years to provide pricing stability, while also setting up different rate levels for 10 categories of ships