The Port of Antwerp International will assist Essar with training, port planning, traffic flow, quality and productivity enhancements and is taking a 4 percent share of Essar with an investment of 175 million rupees ($3.1 million).
The U.S. Transportation Department’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) ordered Denny Mekenye, a Texas-based company doing business as Demco Express and Demco Trans Inc., to immediately stop all transportation offerings and services because of serious safety violations that pose an immediate hazard to public health and safety. The FMCSA said it uncovered […]
The liner carrier NYK Line said in an operational update last week its volume on the eastbound transpacific rose 17 percent year-on-year in April. The line carried 55,000 TEUs on the headhaul transpacific during the month, compared to 47,000 TEUs in the same month in 2011. April is the first month of NYK’s […]
Harold Daggett, president of the International Longshoremen’s Association, said the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX), the group representing the employers of his members, appears to be “unwilling to agree to the ILA’s main demand for…
The consulting and training firm Trade Facilitators Inc. has added executive search services to its offerings. TFI said it will specialize in matching operational, sales and finance professionals with firms from the freight forwarding, customs brokerage and third-party logistics industry. Daniel Gardner, president of the company, said “there is a genuine need in this space […]
The U.S. Air Force is considering seeking new bids for when it restarts a system-wide computer modernization project which includes its $1 billion logistics management system that never came to fruition. The former contractor on the Expeditionary Combat Support System (ECSS) project was Computer Sciences Corp., a Virginia-based firm that struggled throughout the second […]
Non-vessel-operating common carrier Troy Container Line will open a new container freight station in Savannah, Ga., on June 1. The new CFS is located eight miles from the Port of Savannah. The 175,000-square-foot facility includes 47 dock doors and a Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism-approved security system. It marks Troy Container’s 21 U.S. warehouse […]
Swissport International, a provider of ground services to the aviation sector, has appointed Martin Sodergard to senior vice president of cargo operations. He most recently supported Swissport’s U.S. operations as interim senior vice president of North America cargo. Joe Phelan has since taken over this role. Sodergard replaces Guy Ghysels, who becomes vice president […]
The U.S. Export-Import Bank has set a new policy to increase U.S. aviation-industry exports. In particular, the bank will now finance transactions of U.S.-produced goods and services for aftermarket (post-manufacturing) use on foreign-made aircraft. The new policy will expand Ex-Im Bank financing to benefit suppliers of many different products and services, including […]
Outsourcing and offshore software developer Leo TechnoSoft has developed an initial version of a software-as-a-service-based trade management system for Eximforce with a focus on managing and integrating import and export business, as well as systems covering them. Developed to manage the entire transaction lifecycle, the SaaS solution will support both importers and exporters […]
The deal, which is expected to increase the express carrier’s operations in the South American country, should close in the third quarter of this year, though it is subject to the customary closing conditions.
FreshStart Logistics, a provider of dispatch and shipment optimization technology, has partnered with Transite Technology to integrate its ship optimizer directly into Transite’s existing Jaguar Transportation Management System (TMS). Transite’s Jaguar TMS manages and automates processes throughout the entire lifecycle, from carrier selection suggestions and dispatch to the final freight audit. Adding in […]
The ocean carrier will increase the size of five of the seven vessels currently deployed on the weekly Europe-east coast of South America service from 3,913 TEUs to 6,558 TEUs.
Crowley Maritime Corp.’s Caribbean logistics unit has almost doubled the size of its distribution center in Puerto Rico with the acquisition of a second warehouse adjacent to the company’s existing 70,000 square-foot facility in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. The expansion brings Crowley’s total warehouse space on the island to 119,800 square feet. “With the […]
Alejandro Gonzalez, 60, of Miami-Dade County, Fla., was convicted of three counts of making false statements to the Coast Guard and one count of obstruction of an agency proceeding.
Next-generation machines for detecting radiation in large ocean containers, trucks and other conveyances are still being pursued by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, but spelling out expectations and establishing better evaluation criteria have taken precedence over rushing to acquire the technology, according to an official involved in the process. The development of Advanced […]
Legislation to end a strike against Canadian Pacific Railway by 4,800 workers represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference was introduced into Canada’s House of Commons on Monday. The Restoring Rail Service Act would require employees to return to work and resume rail service while imposing a binding arbitration on CP and the Teamsters […]
Spot rates have an indelible impact on contracts rates on the trades from Asia to Europe and North America, according to quantitative analysis by the maritime analyst SeaIntel. The research, released in SeaIntel’s Sunday Spotlight report, shows a correlation in excess of 95 percent between spot rate trends and contract rates trends. […]
The current containership order book is 23 percent of the existing global fleet, the lowest ratio since April 2003, the maritime analyst Alphaliner said this week. “If the current lull in containership orders continues, the vessel order book could fall below 3 million TEUs, or less than 20 percent, of the fleet by […]
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials announced Friday that Executive Director John Horsley and Jack Basso, director of program finance and management, plan to retire effective Feb. 1, 2013. Both men have strong reputations for skillfully representing state interests in infrastructure development and ensuring continued federal support for highway aid programs. […]
