The U.S. Energy Department will invest up to $120 million during the next five years to establish a new Energy Innovation Hub that will focus on developing an effective supply chain for rare earth materials.
Lowry Crook, counsel and chief of staff for Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Richard Lidinsky Jr., has departed the agency for a new job at the White House. Crook left his job at the FMC on Friday to become deputy chief of staff for the Council on Environmental Quality, which coordinates federal environmental efforts and […]
There’s a growing unease among eastbound transpacific shippers that simmering tensions between U.S. East Coast longshoremen and their employers could affect their supply chains. Unionized dockworkers are in contentious negotiations with the representative organization for East Coast terminal operators and carriers as they try to hammer out a new contract before the current […]
The president of the International Longshoremen’s Association has accused employers of trying to turn his fellow union members against him. “I am very disappointed that you chose to engage in personal attacks against me…
The recommended rate increases are $50 per 40-foot container from California ports and $100 per FEU for all other intermodal and all-water shipments, with proportionate increases for other equipment sizes and cargo otherwise rated.
The Hackett Group said rising wage inflation in China and continued productivity improvements in the United States will converge within two to three years, creating more pressure on companies to make and source goods at home.
The Port of Wilmington in Delaware is reviewing proposals for public-private partnership to expand the port. Gene Bailey, executive director of Diamond State Port Corp. (DSPC), the state entity that owns and operates the port, said it’s seeking investors who can help the port expand its facilities on the Delaware River. The port is […]
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 […]
