A legislator in Guam introduced a resolution Res.(371-31) last week requesting Guam’s delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives to introduce legislation to exempt Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and Alaska as well as Guam from the U.S.-build provision of the Jones Act. The resolution notes that ships serving Guam are already exempt from the […]
On Monday, the United States sent a letter to Brazil stating that it will recognize Cachaça as a distinctive product of Brazil, while Brazil said in a letter it will designate Bourbon Whiskey and Tennessee Whiskey as distinctive products of the U.S.
IES, which provides a suite of import and export services, announced that its entire Ocean AMS customer base will be moved from the Automated Commercial System (ACS) to the new Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), a commercial trade processing system developed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. ACE is an attempt to create a single window […]
Horizon Lines said Tuesday morning it has reached a deal with Ship Finance International Limited (SFL) to return five ships of 2,824 TEUs that it had under charter and are currently laid up in the Philippines.
The adjustments, scheduled for May 15, will raise dry commodity rate levels by $50 per FEU from Pacific Southwest ports, and by $100 per FEU for all other cargo from inland U.S. points and from the U.S. East and Gulf coasts.
The Hong Kong-based liner carrier OOCL said Tuesday that Andy Tung will become the company’s new chief executive officer from July 1, replacing current CEO Philip Chow, who is retiring.
COSCO Container Lines said Tuesday it plans to hike rates on the trade from Northern Europe to the east coast of South America from May 6. The increase, 200 euros per TEU and 400 euros per FEU, is applicable on the line’s ESE service. COSCO takes slots on Maersk Line and Safmarine’s Samba […]
The liner carrier Emirates Shipping Line said Tuesday it’s joining a Hyundai Merchant Marine-operated service between South Korea, China, and the Middle East. Emirates will join Hyundai’s KMS service as a slot buyer from April 24. KMS has a rotation of Gwangyang, Busan, Ningbo, Keelung, Yantian, Hong Kong, Singapore, Port Kelang, Jebel Ali, […]
Crowley Maritime Corp. promoted Julia Shemesh to vice president and deputy general counsel. Shemesh will remain in Seattle and continue reporting to Michael Roberts, senior vice president and general counsel who works out of Crowley’s headquarters in Jacksonville, Fla. In her new role, Shemesh will primarily be responsible for providing advice and […]
In March, the U.S. Navy put two recreated faces of sailors whose remains were found on the USS Monitor, a Civil War-era ironclad warship that was sunk about 150 years ago in a severe storm, in specially designed UPS packaging for transport. An official from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) this weekend said […]
GHX, a health care supply chain consulting service based in Louisville, Colo., has named Steve Cochran as its new chief technology officer. Cochran will lead development of the company’s exchange service that connects providers with suppliers. Cochran comes from GXS where he served as vice president of global product management. Cochran was the technology […]
In this week’s Washington Notebook, Associate Editor Eric Kulisch looks at the the U.S. Transportation Department’s closure of several unsafe trucking companies, FDA Commissioner Hamburg’s Monday visit to the Port of Savannah, and DOT’s clarification of a rule involving corrosion tests, a victory claimed by PETA.
CDC Software Corp., an enterprise software provider of on-site and cloud services such as supply chain management, has released a version of its Pivotal customer relationship management (CRM) software for the iPad, allowing users to access their CRM information on the go. Based in Atlanta, CDC said the service will allow its customers to […]
Oracle has called SAP its biggest rival, but it’s now taking something of a new approach to step up that rivalry: new products designed to help SAP customers with their systems.
Federal agents searched a Walgreens distribution center in Jupiter, Fla., and six of its drug stores in central Florida to see if the company or its employees had sold or distributed an excessive numbers of pain pills, authorities said Friday.
BDP International, a large Philadelphia-based logistics services company, is seeking additional funds for expansion, but said it is not looking to sell itself as one source quoted in a Reuters report alleged last week. “Let me state formally that BDP is not for sale,” said Arnie Bornstein, a BDP spokesman. “Our ownership and management team believe in the […]
U.S. railroads moved 5.8 percent fewer new carloads in March compared to a year ago, but intermodal volume increased 3.5 percent to 928,350 containers and trailers, the Association of American Railroads reported.
A review of Area Maritime Security (AMS) plans for some of the nation’s largest ports by the Government Accountability Office found they have incorporated key recovery and salvage response planning elements as called for by legislation and the Coast Guard.
The Singapore Armed Forces has agreed to a deal to allow the Dutch military to store small arms and ammunition at its outpost, according to a report in Singapore’s Straits Times. “The arms will be used by Dutch military teams who sail on board Dutch-flagged merchant vessels, which pass through the piracy-infested waters off the […]
Greenbrier Cos., the Lake Oswego, Ore.-based railcar and barge manufacturer, said it had a profit of $17.7 million in its second fiscal quarter ending Feb. 29, compared to a $550,000 loss in the same period a year earlier. Revenue was $458.2 million, compared to $284.3 million in the second quarter last year. William A. […]
