The freight forwarder Damco said Tuesday it has divided its European operations into two regions, east and west Europe. Nicholas Kyrzakos, currently global chief financial officer, has been named chief executive officer for the East Europe region. Current Europe Chief Executive Officer Flemming Frost will become CEO of the West Europe region. “The […]
The ocean carrier MOL said Tuesday it has established a new subsidiary in Peru. “The country was chosen because it shows more stable growth than other South American nations,” MOL said in a statement. “With the new subsidiary, MOL will consolidate its business structure and further expand north-south containership routes to further improve […]
DB Schenker Logistics is investing roughly 27 million euros ($35.7 million) to build a new logistics center in the Ilsfeld, Germany’s Untere Bustadt industrial park. The company said construction on the 60,000-square-meter space will begin early this summer and, once completed by fall 2013, will employ about 500. Schenker Deutschland AG said hopes to continue […]
Crowley said its Titan Salvage unit has been awarded a contract to remove the Costa Concordia wreck from Giglio Island in partnership with the Italian firm Micoperi. The work will begin in early May, subject to final approval from the Italian authorities. The job is expected to take about 12 months. Removal of fuel […]
The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command accepted delivery of its newest dry cargo/ammunition ship, USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE 13), during a ceremony at the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego on Tuesday. The ship, which was christened Nov. 12, 2011, honors slain civil rights leader Medgar Wiley Evers, who is remembered for […]
The Diamond State Port Corp., operator of Delaware’s Port of Wilmington, on Monday handled its first shipment of wind turbine blades manufactured by REpower Systems SE. The cargo arrived on the vessel Star Hansa, and 45 blades, each measuring more than 147-feet long, were discharged. The blades will be trucked to the Twin Ridges […]
The Port of Indiana said Phoenix Services has signed a multi-year contract with ArcelorMittal to provide slag and processing services for the Burns Harbor steel giant. Slag is a product generated during the iron- and steel-making processes. Phoenix has opened a 13-acre distribution facility at the port and is installing processing equipment at […]
The United States has intervened in a lawsuit against Toyo Ink Manufacturing Co. Ltd. of Japan and three of its U.S. subsidiaries for knowingly misrepresenting the country of origin on import documents.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released its Global Engagement Report, detailing the many activities and strategies the agency is currently using to transform itself from a domestic to a global public health agency.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday confirmed a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as “mad cow” disease, in a dairy cow from central California. “The carcass of the animal is being held under state authority at a rendering facility in California and will be destroyed,” said USDA Chief Veterinary […]
iCargo, a pan-European cargo and logistics project partly funded by the European Union, has officially launched its three-and-a-half-year framework program with the first focus on reducing emissions and facilitating load combining. The “Intelligent Cargo in Efficient and Sustainable Global Logistics Operations” project has a goal of improving real-world logistics operations and problem resolution […]
Kuwait-based logistics company Agility said on Tuesday it has filed a $225 million breach of claims suit against the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency, adding the agency breached the terms of a contract, according to a Reuters report. The logistics company, which built its reputation on the back of a number of contracts with DLA […]
The Port of Long Beach has been selected to apply for a Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan to replace the highly congested Gerald Desmond Bridge. The bridge lacks capacity for current and projected traffic, including trucks that serve the Southern California port, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Tuesday. The […]
In the last three months, I have metamorphosed from American Shipper associate editor to just plain ol’ American “shipper,” and boy, has it been an interesting experience. A little background: five years ago, I moved to New Delhi, India to cover the liner and logistics industry from an Asian perspective for American Shipper. […]
Very interesting development — Kiva becoming part of Amazon. (Reported in the March 20 AS Daily.) As of early April while writing these comments, I am not certain why Amazon would buy Kiva. Just because Amazon, including Zappos, which is owned by Amazon, uses Kiva technology in their warehouses does not mean you […]
Scudder Smith, principal consultant for Parsons Brinckherhoff, recently completed a study about the Panama Canal for the U.S. Maritime Administration that is intended to help the government better understand changes in freight patterns, the ability of U.S. port and inland infrastructure to handle traffic resulting from the arrival of larger vessels, and guide necessary […]
By Eric Johnson Welcome to the fourth installment of our yearlong countdown of the top 12 non-vessel-operating common carriers for U.S. inbound containerized cargo. Using data provided to American Shipper by the trade intelligence firm Zepol Corp., we’ll take a closer look at each of these companies in terms of where their cargo […]
CargoWise, a technology provider for logistics service providers, has announced Independent Transport & Shipping AB (ITS) has completed implementation of its ediEnterprise platform. Sweden-based ITS will use the platform for its ocean, air, and road freight forwarding operations including the Web services and tracking it provides. Martin Selfors, IT Manager for Independent Transport & […]
The liner carrier will assess a set of peak season surcharges from Asia to Latin America over the next month, stating the $300-per-TEU fee is needed because of a shortage of 20-foot dry containers on the trade.
Eleven piracy reports were received in Nigeria and Benin during the first quarter of 2012, equivalent to the whole of 2011. In all, IMB recorded 102 incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships in the first quarter of 2012.
