Two of the loops, its ECUBEX and AC2 services, are connected to the line’s mega-regional hub in Balboa. The third is Maersk’s joint average 4,472-TEU weekly SAECS loop between north Europe and South Africa.
Leading Edge Logistics (LEL), a third-party logistics company, has acquired non-vessel-operating common carrier Horizon International Shipping of Miami and San Juan, Puerto Rico. The NVO will join LEL’s Puerto Rico division LEL Caribe. This is the company’s second acquisition of the year (LEL bought C&F Logistics of San Juan in March). The company […]
Springfield, Mo.-based O&S Trucking has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection according to local reports, but in its reorganizing the company is seeking to partner with Prime Inc., a refrigerated, flatbed, and tanker carrier company serving North America, also based in Springfield. Chapter 11 allows the company to restructure under the court’s guidance, […]
Edward Ryan, executive at Descartes, said the purchase gives it more European functionality in its transportation suite as well as expanding support to more European and Asia-Pacific carriers.
The U.S. Commerce Department has preliminarily determined that Chinese manufacturers of utility-scale wind turbine towers receive government subsidies ranging from 13.74 percent to 26 percent, and will move forward with assessing countervailing duties on these imports. As a result of the preliminary affirmative determination, Commerce will instruct Customs and Border Protection to collect […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said the country’s agricultural exports in the third quarter of fiscal 2012 will reach $134.5 billion, the second-highest level on record and $3.5 billion greater than the previous forecast. “Since 2009, USDA has aggressively worked to expand export opportunities and reduce barriers to trade, helping to push agricultural […]
James A. Capo, chairman of the U.S. Maritime Alliance, which serves as the employer group negotiating a new contract with members of the International Longshoremen’s Association, is concerned about a lack of “meaningful bargaining.”
Vessels with engines made to the highest emissions standards will be eligible for rewards of up to $6,000 per visit at the Port of Long Beach as part of an ongoing effort to reduce air pollution. L.A. implemented its program in May.
Legislation ordering 4,800 workers back to work was passed on Friday by Canada’s Senate and CP told shippers that their cargo will begin moving and intermodal terminals are resuming normal hours.
The job cuts, which come four years after Maersk last shed jobs, will occur in mid-June at its various central global offices, including 250 at its Copenhagen headquarters. Other cuts will happen in London, Singapore, Mumbai, Pune, and Manila.
Quiet Logistics, an e-commerce fulfillment provider specializing in fashion and apparel brands and e-tailers, has reaffirmed its commitment to the Kiva Systems robotic materials handling platform. Kiva, a provider of robotic warehousing picking services, was recently purchased by Amazon, which caused some initial concerns over the future of its handling robots and service […]
Negotiations between employers and a longshore local which represents hundreds of clerical workers for terminals and shipping companies in Southern California and has been working without a contract for nearly two years have broken off again. Stephen Berry, an attorney for the Harbor Employers Association that represents 14 employers, said talks broke off on Thursday after a […]
INTRAL Corp. has updated its existing global trade management system (GTM) to expand the decision-making process and customized information reporting around key performance indicators (KPIs) through the addition of a new BI Dashboard. The company said its existing system already offered a series of flexible reports, and the Dashboard is around developing KPI summaries […]
The liner carrier CMA CGM said Friday it plans to raise rates on a number of trades on July 1. The increases are: $300 per 20-foot container and $400 per 40-foot container from Northern Europe to the U.S. East Coast and Canada. $250 per 20-foot container and $350 per 40-foot container from the […]
CMA CGM Logistics, a subsidiary of CMA CGM Group, said Friday it has opened its first U.S. office to respond to growing demand from its customers. The opening of the office, located in East Rutherford, N.J., follows recent expansion to Germany, Jordan, Vietnam and Malaysia for CCLog. The company has staff of […]
U.S. Department of Agriculture botanists have confirmed that a weed seed identified by Customs agriculture specialists at the Port of Baltimore last week is the highly invasive species known as Mission Grass, Customs and Border Protection said Thursday. Inspectors discovered the Mission Grass seed in a container of steel coils from Vietnam. It […]
James A. Capo, chairman of the U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX) which serves as the employer group negotiating a new contract with members of the International Longshoremen’s Association, said today he is concerned about a lack of “meaningful bargaining” and that shippers may reroute cargo away from East and Gulf coast ports where ILA members work. In […]
In a significant development, ocean carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co. has announced on its German Website it is joining Maersk Line’s ECUMED loop between ports in Ecuador, Panama and the Black Sea.
Descartes Systems Group has announced its financial results for its first 2013 fiscal quarter, ending April 30, with a record quarterly revenue of $29.9 million, a 10 percent increase over the same period fiscal year 2012. The company said service revenues reached $27.7 million, a 7 percent increase from the year before, and […]
The U.S. Transportation Department’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has released the 2012 version of its Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) for first responders to help deal with hazmat accidents during the “critical first 30 minutes.” PHMSA will distribute more than 2 million copies of the guidebook to firefighters, emergency medical technicians […]
