Horizon Lines has appointed Richard Rodriguez to vice president and general manager for Puerto Rico. He will be responsible for all on-island sales and operations, local labor, security, as well as government relations. Formerly, he was the ocean carrier’s port manager in San Juan. Rodriguez joined Sea-Land, Horizon Lines’ predecessor, in 1993, coming […]
The French shipping line CMA CGM reported it had a net loss of $30 million in 2011, compared to a profit of $1.6 billion in 2010.
Ocean carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co. is pushing the limits of vessel size in the transpacific trade with the three ships it provides on its joint six-ship Pearl River Express with CMA CGM.
The ocean carrier Maersk Line is suspending its weekly North Europe to the Middle East and Indian Subcontinent ICON service. The last sailing will be by the Maersk Darlington, departing Felixstowe on March 12. The seven-ship average 4,208-TEUs ICON has a port rotation of Felixstowe, Zeebrugge, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, Salalah, Colombo, Chennai, Colombo, Salalah, and Felixstowe. Maersk […]
The United States has requested consultations with India under the WTO’s dispute settlement provisions concerning India’s prohibition on certain American agricultural exports.
The U.S. Export-Import Bank will set up shop in four U.S. cities by this summer, the bank’s Chairman and President Fred P. Hochberg told the Detroit Economic Club on Tuesday. Bank staff, which are currently being recruited for the new positions, will be based in Atlanta, Detroit, Minneapolis, and Seattle. This will provide local […]
DHL has received approval from the Australian government to collect and recycle products on behalf of television and computer importers and domestic manufacturers. Australia’s National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme aims to reduce the number of electronic products ending up in landfills, and will boost the recycling rate for these products from 17 […]
World Container Index, a 50-50 joint venture between Drewry and Cleartrade Exchange, has announced that over-the-counter freight swap trades will now be cleared on two new backhaul routes by LCH.Clearnet. WCI assessments on the Los Angeles-Shanghai and Rotterdam-Shanghai trade lanes will be available with contracts similar to those offered by LCH.Clearnet for Shanghai-Los […]
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) has released a new report finding that The Responsible Recycling Act (RERA, S. 1270, HR 2284) violates international trade law. The report notes the total export ban called for by RERA will be “difficult to reconcile with the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), one of the World […]
The global logistics market has seen a rapid adoption of software-as-a-service (SaaS) models and offerings for transportation management, but many still worry about data security.
Prologis, an industrial real estate developer, said it will operate more than 1 million square feet of warehousing for freight forwarder Geodis in Europe. Geodis’ lease is made up of a renewal for 749,000 square feet from two buildings at Prologis Park Evry in Evry Lisses, south of Paris, and another 266,000 square […]
International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett, whose union will begin negotiating a new contract later this month, warned of a possible strike if demands aren’t met in several areas, including automation. Daggett made his comments Tuesday at the annual Journal of Commerce-sponsored Transpacific Maritime Conference in Long Beach, Calif., when he appeared on a panel […]
Logistics Dynamics has launched a new carrier portal that allows motor carrier unlimited load searching and truck position, as well as lane alerts for instant notification based on their needs and demands. The service is free to all carriers and gives them access to vans, refrigerated vehicles, and flatbed loads, including full truckloads, […]
Swiss WorldCargo on March 31 plans to double its options for air cargo shippers in and out of the New York area by reconnecting its global network to New Jersey’s Newark airport. The service will include daily wide-body capacity using an Airbus A340-300 plane. “Newark is well situated to serve the greater New […]
Turkish Airlines has added a second all-cargo flight to its weekly service at Budapest Airport in Hungary. The airline’s cargo division began flying an Airbus A310 freighter between Istanbul and Budapest last July. Turkish Cargo now departs Budapest Thursday afternoons and Saturday morning. The flights primarily delivery textiles and electronics from the Far […]
Kenco, a provider of distribution, warehousing, transportation and information technology, has promoted three executives to vice president. Brad Liddie was named vice president of operations, responsible for supporting Kenco’s service to Stryker-Medical. He joined Kenco in 2001 as an operations supervisor and most recently supported Stryker’s regional distribution center network rollout. Shanon […]
Scandinavian Airlines has appointed CHEP Aerospace Solutions to supply and manage its air cargo equipment, or Unit Load Devices (ULDs), under a five-year contract. CHEP provides SAS with containers and pallets from its global pool of more than 45,000 ULDs, removing the cost and hassle for SAS to position, repair and manage its own […]
U.K.-based freight forwarder SBS Worldwide has started three new direct consolidation services with weekly departures from Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Shanghai to New York. “Most weekly consolidation services from China to the U.S. tranship via Hong Kong,” SBS Group Chairman Steve Walker said. “By offering our customers consolidation services directly from Shenzhen and […]
Diamond State Port Corp. (DSPC) reported for 2011 that Delaware’s Port of Wilmington handled 5,084,478 tons of cargo, a 26 percent increase year over year, and achieved the highest general cargo tonnage throughput since the 1995 acquisition of the port by the state. DSPC is a state entity which owns and operates the […]
Pattonair, a supply chain specialist for aerospace and defense manufacturers in Europe, has selected Exinda to improve its logistics visibility and manage increased data across its network. Pattonair said Exinda will specifically help upgrade its legacy WAN (wide area network) services at six European sites.
