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 […]
“In total the carriers have announced increases adding up to more than $4,000/TEU. This illustrates that despite the actually achieved increase, it has not been straightforward to obtain,” SeaIntel said. Profit struggle continues.
Infosys, a global provider of supply chain visibility software, has launched a new system for infrastructure testing. The platform contains services that cover an entire infrastructure lifecycle, from the development of new hardware through a lifetime of integration, migration, and operation. Infosys said companies can use its tools to test systems and […]
The Chinese carrier indicated poor freight rates in the bulk market, as well as high fuel prices, are to blame. It lost more than $1 billion on its liner operations, and more than $1.6 billion at the group level, in 2011.
The Busan Port Authority said Friday that it has named Lim Ki-tack to president. He succeeds Roh Ki-tae, whose four-year tenure ended July 17. Lim was a former Korean Maritime Safety Tribunal commissioner and has 30 years experience in the domestic and international maritime and shipping industry. He also served six years as a diplomat […]
Chicago-based Echo Global Logistics, a transportation and supply chain management company, has acquired all of the assets of Shipper Direct Logistics, a truckload transportation brokerage based in Nashville, Tenn. Shipper Direct is now doing business only under the Echo Global name. Shipper Direct was a non-asset-based transportation service provider that focused on truckload transport […]
Integrated logistics provider UPS has promoted Tim Davis to president of The UPS Store, the retail shipping, postal, printing and business service unit designed to meet the shipping needs of small businesses. Davis has served as vice president of operations for The UPS Store network since 2009 after joining the company in 2002 as […]
Non-vessel-operating common carrier Shipco Transport has opened an office in Xiamen, China. The new office is in the middle of the Haicang and Xingyu Terminal. Justin Sun will serve as general manager of Shipco’s Xiamen office. Currently, Shipco offers direct consolidation services from Xiamen to Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Seattle, […]
Southwest Airlines Cargo has partnered with Evergreen Aviation Ground Logistics Enterprise to provide cargo handling services at the Milwaukee airport, effective Monday. The airline had been temporarily using Road Feeder Service between Milwaukee and Chicago Midway airport. Southwest also said its Support Care Center will also accept bookings to transport human remains. […]
Liner carriers are doing their utmost in these economically depressed times to prevent their operations from becoming just another humdrum commodity-based business. To do this, some carriers are making concerted efforts to increasingly court shippers with new customer service offerings. In mid-July, Maersk Line unveiled its Web-based MyFinance suite aimed at making […]
In a 2-1 decision revolving around careful documentation, record retention, and e-commerce systems, an appellate court upheld the U.S. Court of International Trade’s denial of a claim by Ford Motor for a harbor maintenance tax (HMT) refund. (Ford Motor Company v. United States. Fed. Cir. No. 11-1224. April 2012.) HMT was created by […]
Two Nova Scotia ports with deep water, intermodal links vie for large containerships. By Chris Dupin Two communities in Nova Scotia – about 70 miles apart — are seeking to build large new marine terminals and emulate the success of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, which has attracted growing quantities of container traffic by […]
Industry enhances systems to better coordinate goods, services during disasters. By Geoff Whiting When disaster strikes, it’s only natural for companies to want to help. However, this may be easier said than done especially if communications, electrical power, and transportation infrastructure are severely impaired. Sometimes a rush of supplies to a disaster […]
By Randy Mullett vice president of government relations and public affairs, Con-way Inc. In 2009, the American Clean Energy and Security Act, also known as the Waxman-Markey bill, was at the center of intense debate and discussion…
