The liner carrier CMA CGM said Friday it plans to raise rates on a number of trades on July 1. The increases are: $300 per 20-foot container and $400 per 40-foot container from Northern Europe to the U.S. East Coast and Canada. $250 per 20-foot container and $350 per 40-foot container from the […]
CMA CGM Logistics, a subsidiary of CMA CGM Group, said Friday it has opened its first U.S. office to respond to growing demand from its customers. The opening of the office, located in East Rutherford, N.J., follows recent expansion to Germany, Jordan, Vietnam and Malaysia for CCLog. The company has staff of […]
U.S. Department of Agriculture botanists have confirmed that a weed seed identified by Customs agriculture specialists at the Port of Baltimore last week is the highly invasive species known as Mission Grass, Customs and Border Protection said Thursday. Inspectors discovered the Mission Grass seed in a container of steel coils from Vietnam. It […]
James A. Capo, chairman of the U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX) which serves as the employer group negotiating a new contract with members of the International Longshoremen’s Association, said today he is concerned about a lack of “meaningful bargaining” and that shippers may reroute cargo away from East and Gulf coast ports where ILA members work. In […]
In a significant development, ocean carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co. has announced on its German Website it is joining Maersk Line’s ECUMED loop between ports in Ecuador, Panama and the Black Sea.
Descartes Systems Group has announced its financial results for its first 2013 fiscal quarter, ending April 30, with a record quarterly revenue of $29.9 million, a 10 percent increase over the same period fiscal year 2012. The company said service revenues reached $27.7 million, a 7 percent increase from the year before, and […]
The U.S. Transportation Department’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has released the 2012 version of its Emergency Response Guidebook (ERG) for first responders to help deal with hazmat accidents during the “critical first 30 minutes.” PHMSA will distribute more than 2 million copies of the guidebook to firefighters, emergency medical technicians […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said it’s considering regulations to allow the import of fresh bananas from the Philippines. As a condition of entry, the bananas would have to be produced in accordance with a “systems approach” that would include requirements for commercial imports, monitoring of fruit […]
GT Nexus was picked by Phoenix International to provide cloud-based network services across the company’s global offices, agents, and customers. Phoenix is one of the larger privately owned international freight forwarders, non-vessel-operating common carriers, and customs brokers in North America, counting 2,000 employees across 72 global offices and with annual sales of about $1 billion. […]
Trincon Group, a U.S. transportation industry advisory firm, has created a new Website and program called TruCosting that can use activity-based costing methodology and business intelligence to help carriers manage their costs, profits, and increase truck productivity. The TruCosting analysis service is made to establish the profitability of a trucking company’s price for […]
The former executive director of the Port of Long Beach joined engineering firm Moffatt & Nichol as its ports practice leader. Steinke retired from the port in 2011 after a 22-year tenure there, including the last 14 as executive director.
The liner carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co. has rationalised its two Balbo-based feeder loops to the west coast of South America by combining them into one. It has discontinued its three-ship average 3,631-TEUs “Chile” loop which called Arica, Coronel and Valparaiso, and added calls at Arica and Coronel to its “Andean” feeder service instead. The weekly Andean loop has also […]
Four super-post-Panamax cranes capable of loading and unloading containers from the world’s largest vessels are en route to the Port of Baltimore from China and are scheduled to arrive by the middle of next month.
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 […]
