Chicago-based freight forwarder Phoenix International is reportedly exploring a $500 million sale, according to a report this week by Reuters. The report listed a string of the top global logistics companies as potential suitors.
DOT will announce later this week the full list of recipients of its TIGER grants, but several ports and other government agencies receiving funds were notified by members of Congress and made announcements.
A day after Mexico was welcomed into negotiations over a sweeping pan-Pacific trade pact, Canada was also invited Tuesday, with two of the United States’ top five trading partners now involved.
Canada Steamship Lines, a division of the CSL Group, has ordered two new gearless bulk vessels, bringing to six the number of “Trillium Class” ships to be built as part of its fleet expansion for the Great Lakes. The two vessels will be built at the Yangfan Shipyard in China, and will enter […]
Railinc Corp. said Dave Ebbrecht, executive vice president operations of Kansas City Southern and its U.S. subsidiaries, has been elected to the company’s board. “He brings a wealth of rail operations expertise to the board that will be invaluable as we continue to improve Railinc’s service to our freight rail customers,” said Allen […]
Hapag-Lloyd plans to switch a call on its MPS service between the Mediterranean and the west coast of North America from Seattle to Tacoma, Wash. The German line operates the service alongside compatriot line Hamburg Sud.
The ocean carrier NYK has raised capacity on another of its weekly Asia to Indian west coast loops. This time it is its HLS service, on which it is increasing the size of the vessels to 2,742 TEUs.
Truckload carrier U.S. Xpress Enterprises has appointed Paul Bowman to senior vice president of sales for its dedicated services business. This is a new position in the company. Bowman will report to Bill Farris, senior vice president and general manager of dedicated services. In this role, Bowman will lead new business development, client expansion, […]
Zebra Technologies Corp., a global provider of services that extend visibility into operations and give a digital presence to physical assets, announced the renewal of its partnership with Navis to be its exclusive provider of terminal automation to the maritime industry in Europe, Middle East, Africa and Americas regions. Zebra’s marine solutions include its WhereNet portfolio that […]
The Port of Pittsburgh Commission has taken steps to develop its “Wireless Waterway” project, which will provide a network connection to ships transiting the city’s locks and dams. The port awarded a $1.3 million contract to CONXX, a Maryland-based company that builds networks and services for government and public sector projects. In specific, CONXX will build, manage, market, […]
Russia’s FESCO Transportation Group said Tuesday Industrial Investors Group and Summa Group have signed a sale-purchase agreement (SPA), under which Summa will take a controlling interest in Far Eastern Shipping PLC.
Non-vessel-operating common carrier Shipco Transport will start a direct less-than-containerload service from Atlanta to Gothenburg, Sweden. Shipco said the service, which uses liner carrier OOCL, will improve transit times from South Atlantic, U.S. Gulf and Los Angeles origins. The biggest transit time improvements will be from Atlanta, now 21 days transit, and Houston with 22 days transit. Transit […]
An array of maritime industry organizations, labor and governments are asking the International Maritime Organization to require loaded containers be weighed to determine their actual weight. The proposal was submitted by Denmark, the Netherlands, and the United States, and industry groups including BIMCO, the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH), the International Chamber of […]
The Port of Marseilles-Fos said its container volume has grown 14 percent year-on-year through the first five months of 2012. The French port handled 431,718 TEUs during the period. Meanwhile, port officials said they hope to grow volume from China by taking advantage of the extra sailing times generated by liner carriers’ […]
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 […]
