Hansa Heavy Lift, based in Hamburg, Germany, has named Tomas Dyrbye, former group senior vice president at AP Moeller-Maersk, as its chief executive officer, effective Aug. 1. Dyrbye, a 30-year maritime industry veteran, succeeds Roger Iliffe, who will join the Hansa board. Prior to this appointment, Dyrbye served as CEO of Safmarine, a […]
The Port of Halifax said the liner shipping company Zim will add a new call this month on its Zim Container Service Atlantic, or ZCA, service. The port said it expected the 4,250-TEU vessel Zim Texas to call Halifax on July 19 as part of the new westbound port rotation from Haifa on July […]
ChemLogix, a provider of chemical industry transportation management technology and supply chain consulting services, has appointed Mike Challman to vice president of its North American operations. In this newly created position, Challman will oversee all of ChemLogix’ managed services business in North America, including freight management, benchmarks and procurement, rail fleet management, and brokerage […]
Rickmers-Linie, part of Hamburg, Germany’s Rickmers Group, has promoted Ulrich Ulrichs to managing director. Ulrichs joined Rickmers-Linie in 2005 when he took over responsibility for line management. In 2008 he became director of this division before being appointed deputy managing director in August 2011.
Transportation Costing Group (TCG), which serves truckload and less-than-truckload carriers through activity-based costing and profitability management services, has selected Niki Neimer as its new vice president of sales. Neimer has over a decade of trucking industry sales experience from management roles at ACS TripPak and TMW Innovative Computing. Earlier this year, TCG rolled […]
The South Carolina Ports Authority said Tuesday it is reviving long-dormant plans to build an inland port in Greer that would make it easier for many shippers to drop-off and pick-up international loads by essentially bringing the Port of Charleston closer to them through a truck-rail interchange facility. The news follows this year’s launch […]
More European pharmaceutical companies are turning to third-party logistics companies (3PLs) as a cost-cutting measure, according to a new report by healthcare specialists GBI Research. But concerns remain about effects on industry.
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 […]
