Matson Navigation Co. President and Chief Executive Officer Matthew J. Cox will receive a Connie Award from the Containerization & Intermodal Institute (CII) on Oct. 2 in Long Beach, Calif. Connie recipients are acknowledged for their significant influence on containerization in world trade and transportation. CII, founded in 1960, has been presenting the Connie Award since […]
The improvement included two of the carriers making operating profits at group level. Collectively, the three lines cut their first quarter fiscal year losses from $265 million in 2011 to $42 million this year.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has named L. Dave Fluty as port director for the Houston/Galveston area. Fluty previously served as the deputy assistant commissioner for CBP’s Office of Training and Development. He is returning to the Houston area where he once served as director of the agency’s local laboratory that provides scientific and forensic […]
Government officials and business leaders are using last week’s report from the FMC on U.S.-bound sea freight moving through Canadian and Mexican ports to support calls for HMT reform and increased U.S. port investment.
The Swiss forwarding and logistics company had consolidated profit of 17.3 million Swiss francs ($17.7 million) in the second quarter ending June 30, 46 percent less than the 32 million Swiss francs it earned in the same 2011 period.
The Eastern railroad said it completed $20.5 million of track, bridge and signal improvements along a major coal line through the Monongahela Valley during a seven-day blitz timed to coincide with coal miners’ annual weeklong summer break.
Crowley Maritime said it will offer less-than-containerload ocean and air cargo lifts along with customs brokerage services to Cartagena, Colombia as the first step in an expansion of its logistics services to South American. Crowley said it will offer the LCL service from several points, including its distribution centers in Miami; San Juan, Puerto […]
Endeavour Capital has sold Network Global Logistics (NGL) to Quad-C Management Inc. NGL, based in Broomfield, Colo., is a third-party logistics company that uses an integrated network for next-flight-out deliveries, service parts logistics, fulfillment, distribution, and transportation management. The companies said NGL’s management participated in the recapitalization and will continue in its current role. […]
Logitude World, a provider of freight forwarding software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings, has announced a partnership with Pangea Logistics Network to bring the SaaS forwarding solution to Pangea’s members. According to Pangea, moving to a SaaS freight forwarding solution is a natural fit and part of the industry’s evolution. It said this is the first […]
The U.S. Commerce Department on Monday announced an array of antidumping duties for imports of large residential washers from Mexico and South Korea. Dumping occurs when a foreign company sells a product in the United States at less than fair value. Commerce preliminarily determined that Mexican and South Korean producers/exporters sold large residential washers in […]
The lives of Kansas-based motor carriers just got a little easier thanks to the new option to file quarterly international fuel tax information online. Companies can now submit their International Fuel Tax Agreement Quarterly Tax Returns through the Kansas Department of Revenue’s Kansas IFTA Quarterly Filings application. Motor carriers with an active […]
The Port of Longview in Washington state has appointed Geir-Eilif Kalhagen to chief executive officer, effective Sept. 1. He succeeds long-time executive Ken O’Hollaren. Port of Longview’s commissioners hired consultant Shey-Harding to lead a nationwide search, which led them to local candidate Kalhagen, who has 26 years of maritime industry experience. He […]
Fluensee, a provider of radio frequency identification device tracking and supply chain management services, has entered into a partnership with Evanhoe & Associates, an IT systems integrator with automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) experience in industries such as government, healthcare, and manufacturing. The agreement will allow Evanhoe to offer Fluensee’s Web-based RFID services […]
Eastbound transpacific shippers continue to worry about a possible strike at U.S. East Coast ports, according to data from the latest Transpacific Pulse survey conducted last week by American Shipper. Fifty-three percent of shipper respondents said they would route cargo via U.S. West Coast ports, compared to 55 percent of shippers asked the […]
CBP will hold its annual Trade Symposium for an East Coast audience Sept. 27-28 in Washington. More details to follow on the agency’s Website.
“This is a great victory for Canadian ports and carriers. The study’s findings debunk claims of unfair practices by Canada,” said Perrin Beatty, president and chief executive officer of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
The U.S. Trade and Development Agency awarded a $345,060 grant to the Bahia State Infrastructure Secretariat (SEINFRA) to support the development of a plan for the modernization and expansion of Bahia’s airport network in Northeastern Brazil. The USTDA grant will fund technical assistance for two portions of SEINFRA’s airport project. In specific, it […]
The Commerce Department on Friday ruled that China and Vietnam have dumped utility-scale wind turbine towers on the U.S. market. Dumping occurs when a foreign company sells a product in the United States at less than fair value. Commerce in its antidumping investigation preliminarily determined that Chinese and Vietnamese producers/exporters sold their […]
The U.S. Surface Transportation Board said last week that it has begun two initiatives to explore ways to further protect so-called captive shippers who are served by a single railroad from unreasonable rail rates. The STB proposes to reform its rules on how it resolves rate disputes to ensure that all captive shippers have […]
The relatively new trend of Websites offering daily and weekly deals for goods and services is adding complexity in the marketplace as big names like Google join pioneers like Groupon and Living Social. The sites that offer reduced pricing on goods are all looking to ship goods purchased quickly, meaning the supply chain […]
