The U.S. Department of Agriculture is asking producer and importer groups to nominate candidates to serve on the Cotton Board. The department seeks nominees to fill eight member and eight alternate member positions for vacancies in Arizona, Georgia, Texas, and for importers with terms ending Dec. 31, 2015. In addition, a member vacancy […]
Virginia State Senate Majority Leader Thomas K. Norment said a working group of state legislators advising Gov. Bob McDonnell will hold a public hearing on possible privatization of the Virginia Port Authority facilities on July 17.
Secretary LaHood and Gov. Brown U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Monday visited the Port of Oakland, along with California Gov. Jerry Brown, to highlight the benefits of a recently awarded TIGER grant of $15 million for an on-dock rail facility that is part of $500 million redevelopment of the former Oakland Army Base adjacent […]
Classification society Bureau Veritas has launched a new certification and ship status electronic system. The new system aims to reduce the workload of ship owners and operators, as well as simplify access to information and ship statuses. “Ships’ certificates are the last great area of outdated paperwork,” said Claude Maillot, director of […]
ADC Telecommunications resolves allegations that it submitted false claims to federal agencies when it sold equipment manufactured in countries prohibited by the Trade Agreements Act.
The Cape Breton Regional Municipality, which bought 500 acres from Laurentian Energy Corp., has launched a marketing campaign to promote a new deep-water container port in Sydney, Nova Scotia.
Starting July 17, the liner carrier will operate a new U.S. East Coast-to-Central America service from Jacksonville, Fla., and Savannah, Ga., via its offshore hub in Freeport (Bahamas).
The ocean carrier COSCO Container Lines said Monday it plans to hike rates on the eastbound transpacific from Aug. 7. The move appears to be made outside the auspices of the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement, a discussion body of 15 liner carriers on the trade (of which COSCO is a member). The TSA has […]
The liner carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co. said Monday that the westbound rotations of two of the Asia-Northern Europe services it operates jointly with CMA CGM are being adjusted. The lines will add a call in Singapore to the MSC-operated Lion services (which CMA CGM calls FAL 7), with a revised westbound rotation of […]
Starting Nov. 1, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) will require carriers, forwarders, customs brokers, and importers to use an electronic manifest system to electronically submit cargo and shipment data directly to the government agency prior to their arrival at any border crossing. Arcline (2000) Inc. has developed software in conjunction with CrimsonLogic to produce […]
The ocean carrier has added a new port call at Singapore, and an additional vessel to its weekly Mashariki Express service.
The bill streamlines more than 100 federal programs, attempts to speed up project delivery, adds performance outcomes to the criteria for project funding and addresses freight infrastructure.
time:matters, the emergency logistics company that is 49 percent owned by Lufthansa Cargo, said it now has access to flights by Lufthansa subsidiary Germanwings to give shippers more options for urgent deliveries. Germanwings is a budget passenger carrier owned by Deutsche Lufthansa AG that operates within Europe from Cologne and Stuttgart. The cooperation […]
Hong Kong-based Kerry Logistics said Monday it has acquired land near Thailand’s Laem Chabang seaport for the construction of a 35,000-square-meter logistics center aimed at the automotive sector. The location of the center in Rayong Province, Thailand, is a cluster for car manufacturing, with more than 500 automotive factores. Kerry said brands such […]
SP Express, a provider of third party logistics and order fulfillment services, has signed a deal with Mannatech to operate a Dallas distribution center. Mannatech is a multinational marketing and research firm that develops and distributes supplements. SF Express will also expand Mannatech’s overall warehousing capabilities. Part of this effort includes adding two new DCs on the […]
Torque, a U.K. logistics company, announced plans start a comprehensive freight forwarding service at its distribution center in Wigan near Manchester. The company has expanded its network of clients since moving to the Wigan facility and said it will extend services to include ocean, road, and air transport by the end of the month.
The U.S. Transportation Department’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) said more than 250,000 tank vehicles are in use today and that reporting and record retention are among the top violations this industry faces. As a result of these violations, eStandard Solutions has developed a set of online tools and compliance databases to help this […]
The United States on Thursday requested dispute settlement consultations at the WTO challenging China’s imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on more than $3 billion in exports of American-produced automobiles.
The agency has agreed to extend the comment period to Aug. 8 on requests that the government develop and release container freight rate indexes for U.S. agricultural exports.
Seized unsafe toy. Authorities in the New York area have seized a large cache of fake cell phones and two shipments of unsafe toys. Three men were arrested and almost $2 million in counterfeit cell phones were seized by Department of Homeland Security investigators and Nassau County Police following a six month investigation, U.S. […]
