Virgin Atlantic Cargo said Tuesday it will resume service between London and Mumbai from October. The service will provide air freight space via an Airbus A330 passenger route. “New Delhi, served by daily flights, has been one of Virgin Atlantic Cargo’s top performing routes over the last 12 years, while India is […]
3PL Global has signed a lease for 270,764-square-feet in the ProLogis South Bay Distribution Center in Carson, Calif. The ProLogis building is located about 20 miles south of downtown Los Angeles, with close proximity to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. 3PL Global, based in Irvine, Calif., plans to relocate its corporate operations […]
DSV Air & Sea Ltd. said Tuesday it has started a new daily air cargo service from the Hong Kong and South China to the United Kingdom. The service, dubbed DSV Everyday, offers three service levels – priority, classic and economy. Priority offers a fixed transit time of two days from Hong Kong to […]
The Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor released a report Tuesday on what it says are unfair employment practices in the bi-state port. The report comes as the negotiations on a new master contract between the International Longshoremen’s Association and employers are slated to begin later this month in Tampa on an agreement […]
A U.S. District Court Judge in New Jersey has granted a motion by the International Longshoremen’s Association to dismiss a lawsuit filed against it by the New York Shipping Association, sending the case to an arbitrator.
Maersk Line has announced a temporary cease in bookings for the eastbound trade from North Europe to Asia. In its Weekly Highlights newsletter the company said “as a result of a large number of consecutive vessel cancellations following Chinese New Year, a significant cargo backlog has been created in North Europe.” “This has reached […]
DCLI owns or leases about 66,000 chassis and rents them to drayage companies and liner carriers in the United States. It has a network of 129 sites located on or near key ports and other intermodal hubs around the country.
Terminal Catalunya (TERCAT) said Tuesday it has taken delivery of four super-post-Panamax quay cranes for its new container terminal at Muelle Prat, doubling the number of these cranes at the facility. Hutchison Port Holdings-managed TERCAT, due to open in mid-2012, has also received 15 automatic stacking cranes and 11 shuttle carriers (used to move […]
The goal of the tool is to help make overall and repeat transactions more efficient and predictable as well as reduce risk and exposure through tracking, reporting, and managing imports and exports.
Webgistix Corp., a provider of electronic order fulfillment services based in Las Vegas, has unveiled its SmartFreight platform offering midsized eCommerce retailers a way to manage international and domestic freight moves. SmartFreight monitors freight moves from manufacturers, distributors and warehouses to Webgistix fulfillment centers located in the United States, Europe, and Asia with plans […]
Amazon.com will spend $775 million in cash for Kiva Systems, a material handling technology company that’s known for its automated warehouse fulfillment systems. The acquisition is part of Amazon’s continued spending on facilities and operations to enhance its growing business. This is Amazon’s second largest acquisition behind its $896.4 million purchase of Zappos.com in 2009. […]
Hanjin Shipping said Tuesday it will be an operator of vessels on two new transpacific services to be introduced between late April and early May. Both the services offer relatively unique rotations for the trade, with one a pure Japan-Long Beach express service, and the other a Middle East-South Asia-Southeast Asia-North Asia-to-U.S. West […]
A leading ship manager on Monday sounded the alarm over efforts to ban ransom payments to pirates, saying it could further endanger seafarers and make traversing some shipping routes impractical.
The ocean carrier has converted its FEW1 Asia-to-West Africa service into a West Africa feeder based on its Southeast Asian hubs at Singapore and Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia.
The total capacity of cargo vessels delivered in 2011 was double that of 2007, according to the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics’ analysis of IHS Fairplay data. In terms of deadweight tons, the global fleet saw 164.5 million metric tons of capacity, up from 146.5 million metric tons in 2011 and 82.5 million […]
The Maritime Administration will provide nearly $10 million in grants to 15 small U.S. shipyards to pay for modernizations intended to increase productivity and help these operations compete in the global market. The largest grants went to shipyards in Charleston, S.C.; Ameila, La.; Tampa, Fla.; Cleveland; and Seattle. MarAd received 141 grant applications requesting $123 […]
COSCO Container Lines said Tuesday it plans to hike rates from Asia to South America from April 15. The increase is $500 per 20-foot container and $1,000 per 40-foot or 40-foot high-cube container and applies to both dry and refrigerated cargoes.
The Georgia Ports Authority board on Monday approved renovations to the Colonel’s Island terminal in Brunswick that will accommodate growth in the heavy construction equipment and machinery trade.
Sally Brice-O’Hara, U.S. Coast Guard vice commandant, said the agency would like to see the International Maritime Organization’s Polar Code be adopted which is a an international code of safety for ships operating in polar waters.
Intelligrated has relocated its Dallas-based southwest regional operations to larger facilities in Coppell, Texas. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Intelligrated makes and installs material handling automation systems such as conveyor and sorting systems, palletizers and robotics, order fulfillment systems, warehouse control software and advanced machine controls. The company said the facility move was due to […]
