Member lines of the Canada Transpacific Stabilization Agreement said Wednesday they’re amending the fuel surcharges they assess on shipments from July 1. The new surcharges will be: Via east coast ports: $895 per 20-foot container, $1,119 per 40-foot container, $1,259 per 40-foot high-cube container, and $1,417 per 45-foot container. Via west coast ports: […]
U.K.-carrier Virgin Atlantic has begun operating four flights a week from Vancouver, Canada, to London’s Heathrow Airport. The A340-600 passenger flights also add capacity for Virgin’s cargo network. The airline currently serves 10 destinations in North America, having resumed weekly flights between Heathrow and Chicago in May and three flights per week from […]
Swisslog, a provider of automated warehousing and distribution services, has appointed Richard Kooistra to vice president of sales and consulting for North America. His duties will cover sales and business growth for inventory and automation tools in the retail, food, and beverage markets. The company’s North American headquarters is located in Virginia. […]
“By reauthorizing support for the Export-Import Bank, we’re helping thousands of businesses sell more of their products and services overseas and, in the process we’re helping them create jobs here at home,” the president said.
Michael Masserman, executive director for export policy, promotion and strategy for the U.S. Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration, will deliver the keynote speech at a half-day seminar sponsored by the Containerization & Intermodal Institute in Chicago June 25. The seminiar, “Doubling U.S. Exports – A Reality Check”, will discuss President Obama’s initiative to […]
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission is seeking comments on whether it should develop freight rate indexes for agricultural exports. The FMC said it has received informal requests from large U.S. exporters, intermediaries, and derivative brokers to consider issuing container freight indexes for U.S. agricultural exports. “These large U.S. exporters, as well as the Agricultural […]
Florida-based third-party logistics company Saddle Creek Corp. has rebranded itself Saddle Creek Logistics Services, the company said Wednesday. The new name is intended to better represent the company’s capabilities, which include warehousing, transportation, packaging and order fulfillment.. “We believe this new name better reflects our ultimate focus – delivering integrated logistics solutions […]
The occurrence of a peak container shipping season on the transpacific happens annually, but the exact timing of the event is harder to gauge. External variables have a major effect on when shippers decide to reload on inventory ahead of the holiday season. And 2012 is no different in that regard. Shippers should […]
A survey it conducted of 1,000 adults about online, catalog, and television shopping found 75 percent of consumers have shopped at home in the last year, and nearly one-third of those make online purchases at least once a month.
More than 25,000 organizations across the world have joined a new supply chain initiative Sedex, one of the largest collaborative platforms around managing an ethical supply chain and its data. Sedex is an online supply chain management tool that companies can use to identify and mitigate ethical risks in their global operations. The […]
American Shipper and BPE Global designed this year’s study to provide readers with a deeper understanding of the trends and issues impacting U.S. import operations and compliance managers. In March 2012, 336 qualified respondents participated in a 35-question benchmarking survey covering organizational structure, training, responsibilities, operations processes, costs, technology and other key areas related to […]
A government-appointed arbitrator will work with the railroad and Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, which represents 4,800 striking employees to negotiate a new contract.
The Israeli liner carrier saw its first quarter losses widen from the same period in 2011, suffering a net loss of $163 million and more than the $151 million lost in the first three months of 2011.
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 […]
