With Mexico joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, it’s expected to significantly expand the potential scope of the far-ranging agreement between nations in North America, South America, Asia, and Oceania.
Friday’s announcement that Michigan has approved a deal with Canada to construct and operate a new international bridge two miles from the existing Ambassador Bridge in Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, is good news for the border economy and both nations. Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder deserves credit for understanding the desire of businesses for a […]
Logimax, a subsidiary of Friedman Corp. and an information systems provider to manufacturers and third party logistics providers, said its warehouse management system (WMS) is now available as a cloud deployment thanks to a Software-as-a-Service backbone powered by Meridian IT. The WMS Foundation software is available with all of its existing systems modules, and […]
The agency urges the country’s food distributors, retailers, and food service operators to remove from sale or service all fresh, frozen, canned, and processed oysters, clams, mussels, and whole and roe-on scallops imported from South Korea.
The World Trade Organization on Friday ruled in favor of the United States in a dispute involving China’s imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on grain-oriented flat-rolled electrical steel (GOES) from the United States.
I draw your attention on a couple of points in your article under caption (AS Daily June 15), mostly related to the second paragraph, which reads: “…it had no access to French trade with West Africa, nor Delmas’ Indian Ocean trades, both significant elements of the French colonial empire prior to the 1960s. CMA […]
The liner carrier MOL said Friday that it has continued to meet most of its regional key performance indicator goals in May for operations, customer service, and electronic data interchange. The company saw slight slippage in its two newest KPIs – export rail connections and documentation accuracy, both of which fell outside of […]
Non-vessel-operating common carrier CaroTrans has opened a new branch in Le Havre, France, with container freight stations in Paris and Lyon. “This new hub office in Europe creates the foundation for future growth and supports CaroTrans’ overall network of global operations,” the company said. “Le Havre is an important European gateway for CaroTrans’ full […]
Over the next five years, the logistics arm of Hanjin Shipping said it plans to expand its network aggressively in other regions, such as Central Asia, Africa and South America.
A shipping line is expressing concern about the proposal from APM Terminals to operate the facilities of the Virginia Port Authority (VPA) in Hampton Roads. “By allowing this concession to be held by one single, private, foreign entity we believe that you will be causing irreparable harm to the future of the Port of Virginia,” […]
DHL Supply Chain has opened a new distribution center for life sciences and healthcare products in Mumbai, India. The facility is located within a 600,000-square-feet multi-customer distribution center, that uses “green” technology such as LED lighting and wind-assisted ventilation. DHL said it will offer services such as postponement services, clinical trials logistics and […]
After years of planning and negotiation, the Canadian government and the state of Michigan on Friday announced they had agreed to collaborate on the construction of a new $950 million, six-lane bridge connecting Windsor, Ontario and Detroit.
As more companies begin to push the cloud and other software-as-a-service platforms to their customers, it becomes difficult to stay away from the hype about what the cloud could mean and see what the offer truly is. While touted as the next revolution in computing, there are four key concepts present in both […]
Maritime authorities in 43 countries will place extra emphasis on fire prevention and extinction standards during upcoming inspections of commercial vessels in their ports, according to the organization that coordinates enforcement of international maritime safety, environmental and security standards. The inspection campaign will last from Sept. 1 to Nov. 30, the body that […]
Actiw Oy has signed a contract for the supply of 14 automated container loading systems to Tecnimont SpA, an engineering, procurement and construction subsidiary of Italy’s Maire Tecnimont Group, for delivery to an end customer in the petrochemical industry in the United Arab Emirates. The Finnish company said the system is the first […]
Florida Governor Rick Scott signed two bills on Thursday that he said will facilitate economic development by prioritizing state investment in transportation projects, including improvements to Florida’s 14 deepwater seaports. Funds available for the Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Program have been increased to $15 million from $8 million. That program is managed […]
The credit rating company Standard & Poor’s said Thursday that it had downgraded the French container shipping line CMA CGM’s long-term corporate credit rating to CCC+ from B-, saying its liquidity position deteriorated in the first quarter of 2012. “We expect that it will remain under strain over the coming months in the […]
Port of LA sees record volume for May, primarily due to rise in empties associated with container repositioning back to Asia, while Long Beach volume drops 7 percent as it waits for new services to boost throughput
Maersk’s terminal operating arm takes 25 percent stake in three berths at one of China’s fastest growing ports, one of four ports in Asia Maersk Line uses for as a hub for its Daily Maersk product
This commentary is brought to you by: Register for the free weekly BlueWater Reporting ServiceTracker here. Not for nothing is Marseilles-based CMA CGM known as “The French Line”. This privately-controlled liner shipping operator, with a worldwide network of routes based on historical French trades, runs third in size behind Maersk Line of Denmark and […]
