The carrier says the fog season in Qingdao lasts from May to July and that during this period, normal port operations are impacted due to increase in waiting time as a result of fog-related port closures.
The French liner carrier, which is not publicly traded but offers financial performance updates, suffered a net loss of $248 million in the first quarter, despite container volume increasing year-on-year in the period.
A handful of customs brokers filed the first simplified entries on May 29 as part of a trial program to streamline document filing and give international shippers an early decision on releasing their cargo so they can make logistical arrangements prior to arrival, U.S. Customs Commissioner David Aguilar announced Monday. The simplified entries […]
A Global Port Tracker report on North European ports says latest trade volumes suggest “the slowdown has started and we may be slipping into a deeper recession than anticipated. Any thoughts of a peak season are beginning to evaporate.”
The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners on Monday approved a $942 million budget for fiscal year 2013, a 12 percent increase over the past year. The port said the increase reflects the its growing investment in facilities and infrastructure modernization. The new budget includes $720 million in capital spending, a 14 percent […]
The House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday is scheduled to edit H.R. 4251, the SMART Port Security Act. The bill is designed to authorize and enhance existing Department of Homeland Security programs for port and cargo security that are based on risk management principles. The full title of the bill is the “Securing […]
The portal-based ocean transportation technology provider INTTRA said Tuesday it will partner with liner shipping analyst SeaIntel to produce a monthly report on key ocean carrier reliability measures.
Echo Global Logistics said Tuesday it has acquired most of the assets of Plum Logistics, a truckload transportation brokerage outfit located in Wakefield, Mass. Purple Plum is a non-asset-based service provider that specializes in temperature-controlled truckload services. During the past 12 months, it had about $17 million in gross revenue. It was founded in July 2008 […]
ThreePL Quality Systems Inc., a provider of supply chain software around logistics, warehousing, third-party logistics (3PL) services, transport, and mobile fleet management, has launched a new vServe, All Makes Express (AME) tracking Web portal. AME’s main function is a tracking portal, so its dashboard relays quick and easy access to item information as […]
As this year’s hurricane season begins, global freight bill processor and auditor Data2Logistics said it has begun preparing its customers for inbound and outbound shipping actions and changes around the expected hurricane and tropical storm activity. Data2Logistics is providing customers with information on carrier and route options that it believes will lead to […]
Webgility, a San Francisco-based company that specializes in integrating e-commerce software, has launched eCC Ship, a new tool to help online retailers streamline their order management and automate shipping by integrating with various shipping partners. The new tool currently supports more than 30 e-commerce platforms — including Amazon, eBay, Magento, BigCommerce, Open Cart, […]
PeopleNet, a provider of integrated onboard computing and mobile communications systems for fleet management, has appointed Mark Botticelli to executive vice president and head of technology. Botticelli, a 25-year veteran, is responsible for PeopleNet’s North American technology strategy and product delivery. Other appointments include promotions of Garland Jackson and Mark Kessler to senior sales […]
SATO America, a manufacturer of thermal printers, RFID services, labeling, item auto-identification software, has appointed Tim Cook as vice president of North America sales. Cook has worked in the industry for 15 years, recently with executive positions at Honeywell Scanning and Mobility, and Zebra Technologies.
“I am very disappointed that you chose to engage in personal attacks against me, the ILA’s Chief Labor Negotiator,” wrote ILA President Harold Daggett in a letter to James Capo, CEO of the U.S. Maritime Alliance…
The ocean carrier NYK has raised capacity on its weekly Japan to Southeast Asia TWX loop by increasing the size of the vessels by almost 50 percent, from 1,091 TEUs to 1,613 TEUs.
Jacksonville Port Authority’s board of directors has reportedly scheduled a special meeting for Thursday to discuss a proposal by Gulftainer Co. Ltd., based in the United Arab Emirates, to lease port acreage.
The rotation of an NYK and Hapag-Lloyd service connecting Los Angeles to ports in Mexico and Central America will be amended this week, the German line said in a notice. The service, which Hapag-Lloyd calls CCE, will have a rotation of Manzanillo (Mexico), Puerto Quetzal, Acajutla, Puerto Caldera, Corinto, Puerto Quetzal, Manzanillo (Mexico), […]
Maersk Line said this week it’s raising rates from Brazilian ports to destinations in the United States, Central America and the Caribbean. The increases are: From Brazil to Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, and Cuba, $300 per 20-foot […]
Non-vessel-operating common carriers have borne a higher degree of ocean freight rate hikes in the past month than beneficial cargo owners (BCOs) who booked directly with ocean carriers, according to research from American Shipper. According to the results of American Shipper’s latest Transpacific Pulse survey, released Monday, 76 percent of the shippers who […]
Roadrunner Transportation Systems said Monday it had acquired the outstanding capital stock of CTW Transport, a truckload carrier based in Massachusetts and focused primarily on refrigerated food products, for about $7.5 million plus an earnout, a payment based on CTW’s performance after the acquisition. CTW’s former owner will remain in place. The […]
