The domestic container shipping company Horizon Lines said yesterday that it had named Sam A. Woodward as president, chief executive officer, and a director of the company. Woodward, who assumes the job immediately, was a managing director of Bengur Bryan & Co., a Baltimore-based middle market investment bank, where since 2008 he headed the firm’s transportation and […]
An item in Thursday’s AS Daily about Maersk Line ending its Spondylus service between the U.S. East Coast, Central America and west coast South America failed to fully explain that Maersk will continue to serve the ports covered by the suspended service via transshipment in Panama. The line’s TP7, TA1, and TA5 services […]
UPS said Thursday it has appointed Brendan Canavan to president of the Asia-Pacific region, with responsibility for more than 40 countries and territories throughout Asia. Canavan, who has been with UPS for 31 years, replaces Derek Woodward, who has returned to the United States to lead a major strategic project. Woodward led the Asia-Pacific […]
Procter & Gamble is converting its battery-operated forklift fleets at three warehouses to ones powered with hydrogen fuel cells, the consumer products giant announced late last month. Fuel cells combine hydrogen and oxygen to produce electricity without combustion. Latham, N.Y.-based Plug Power, Inc. supplied more than 200 GenDrive fuel cells for electric lift […]
The American Shipping & Logistics Group said this week it has appointed officers to new roles as part of a recent reorganization. ASL manages a group of 12 American companies that includes Fidelio Limited Partnership (FLP), American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier (ARC) and American Auto Logistics (AAL). Retired Gen. John W. Handy has been […]
The law firm Williams Mullen said Thursday that Horizon Lines attorney Robert S. “Bob” Zuckerman joined the firm as counsel. Zuckerman will practice in the firm’s Virginia Beach, Va., office and join its maritime practice, focusing on transportation matters, including domestic and international shipping, marine terminal operators and containerized shipping trucking services, arbitrations (domestic […]
Encompass Supply Chain Solutions (ESCS), a provider of forward and reverse logistics for electronics and replacement parts, has formed a partnership with ServicePower Technologies PLC, which facilitates outsourced-services and field management, to provide future and after-sale services to manufacturers, retailers, and their field service networks. Under the agreement, ESCS and ServicePower will combine […]
The amendment to the 2012 Farm Bill — the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012 (S. 3240) — under consideration this week in the U.S. Senate, would roll back the sugar program’s most onerous provisions.
Less-than-truckload carrier Old Dominion Freight Line has promoted Ross Parr to vice president of legal affairs, general counsel and secretary. Parr, who joined Old Dominion in August 2011, succeeds former general counsel Joel McCarty. In this role, Parr will oversee all legal matters for Old Dominion and will work closely with the company’s […]
United Airlines’ cargo division at Los Angeles International Airport will consolidate its small package services with those of former Continental. The United Cargo SPD Center at LAX Terminal 7 will permanently close on June 17. Starting June 18, all SPD shipments should be tendered at the United Cargo counter in the United Cargo […]
FedEx SupplyChain, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. and an integrated logistics provider, has rolled out a suite of visibility and control options along with opening new stocking locations to further support its FedEx Critical Inventory Logistics customers. The company said it added more than 100 new stocking locations to this inventory network with the […]
VistaLogix Global, an international provider of logistics management and technology, has promoted Mike Skinner to the newly created position of president. Skinner was serving as the vice president of technology with responsibilities around strategic development and deployment of technology-based services. In the new role, Skinner will provide direction for VistaLogix Global, and […]
It’s estimated the U.S.-flag Great Lakes vessel fleet loses more than 8,100 tons of cargo for each one-inch reduction in loaded draft, forcing many vessel operators to shrink their carrying loads.
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission said its Office of Consumer Affairs and Dispute Resolution Services (CADRS) has recently received an increased number of inquiries and consumer complaints involving unlicensed ocean transportation intermediaries hired to ship household goods and personal effects to Brazil. It said such complaints include, but are not limited to: Failure […]
The final rule to revise regulations for negotiated rate arrangements (NRAs) will eliminate some recordkeeping requirements to make them less burdensome for NVOs, the agency says.
Disputes over jurisdiction with other unions and vexation with the AFL-CIO are being highlighted this week by leaders of the two major unions for U.S. longshoremen…
The House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday passed by voice vote the SMART Port Security Act, which attempts toenhance risk-based supply chain security programs.
Agency investigators seized from a Seattle-area distributor a shipment of children’s shoes from China that contained three times the legal limit of lead, and ordered them to be destroyed.
The ocean carrier Maersk Line will suspend its weekly Spondylus service between the U.S. East Coast, Central America and west coast South America. The last sailing will be by the Maersk Willemstadt, departing Esmeraldas, Ecuador on June 15. This move comes just one month after Maersk terminated its direct Europe-west coast of […]
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said Wednesday it has carried through with a threat to draw down the security deposit of Foreign Auto Preparation Service (FAPS), its largest automobile handler to cover back rent. “We drew down on their $2.4 million line of credit and we are monitoring their […]
