Most of the top U.S. ports had positive import volume growth from 2010 to 2011, according to the trade intelligence company Zepol Corp. In its newly release 2011 U.S. Port Report, Zepol said 18 of the top 20 ports grew their import throughput last year. The report details port activity for the top […]
Accellos, a provider of supply chain management software, will offer more of its software applications to customers via cloud-based technology. The company said its cloud-based AccellosOne Warehouse Management System contains tools to better manage inbound order-processing, inventory, and outbound orders. Customers can also add other modules from the Accellos platform, such as third-party logistics service provider billing, document management, and other supply chain […]
xMatters and Fusion Risk Management have partnered to streamline and integrate their risk-to-response process for large firms’ supply chain operations. “Globally, thousands of companies struggle to identify risks and ensure an appropriate response to crisis events,” said David Nolan, chief executive officer of Illinois-based Fusion. “Countless millions of dollars and untold hours are annually invested in various […]
Alastair Evitt, president of ship management industry group InterManager and managing director of Meridian Marine Management Ltd., was appointed chairman of the Save Our Seafarers (SOS). SOS is an international martime industry campaign focused on raising awareness of the human and economic cost of Somali piracy and calling for greater political will for antipiracy actions. Evitt, previously SOS vice chairman, succeeds Giles Heimann who is […]
APM Terminals said a new container terminal which it plans to open in the Maasvlakte II area of the Port of Rotterdam in November 2014 will feature a new type of automated equipment.
The largest containership ever to call North America arrived on Friday, when the 12,500-TEU MSC Fabiola docked at Long Beach, Calif., the second busiest container port in the United States.
Cargotec said its Navis subsidiary has been picked to supply a terminal operating system for DP World’s London Gateway port. The decision follows London Gateway’s announcement late last year to have Cargotec supply 40 Kalmar automatic stacking cranes with related technology and 28 Kalmar shuttle carriers for the new facility. The project is the first joint […]
Spyros M. Polemis, chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping, sounded the alarm over what he calls “aspirational” environmental legislation which sets standards that cannot be met, and has called for uniform global regulation of the shipping industry.
Judge Jerry A. Funk of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Middle District of Florida in Jacksonville approved the plan four months to the day after the company sought protection under Chapter 11 of the bankruptcy code.
The Coast Guard announced Friday publication in the Federal Register of a final rule on standards for living organisms in ship ballast discharged into waters of the United States. The Coast Guard specifically seeks to establish a standard for the allowable concentration of living organisms in ballast water discharges. The agency is also amending its regulations to […]
The International Supply Chain Education Alliance (ISCEA) has entered a partnership with Critical Gap! (CG), appointing CG as its “authorized knowledge provider” for Singapore. ISCEA develops certification programs for supply chain managers, analysts, and “lean” and RFID masters. ISCEA said its 61,000 members hold mid- to senior-level supply chain management positions.
TNT Express, a major global express delivery company, has agreed to an all-cash offer from rival UPS to buy the company for 5.2 billion euros ($6.77 billion) one month after rejecting an unsolicited acquisition bid of $6.4 billion, the companies announced Monday morning. The move would give UPS much greater access to […]
Union Pacific has appointed Eric L. Butler to executive vice president for marketing and sales. Butler succeeds Jack Koraleski, who was recently appointed acting president and chief executive officer while Chairman Jim Young is on medical leave. He has nearly 26 years of experience with the railroad, most recently serving as vice president and […]
Gene Scoggins, president of truck leasing firm NationaLease, will retire this month. A 37-year transportation industry veteran, Scoggins joined NationaLease in 1999 to build its national accounts program. He worked for NationaLease at the start of his career, becoming vice president of sales, and then left for management roles at Gelco Leasing and PacLease. […]
The liner carrier Hamburg Süd and subsidiary line Aliança will amend their service network between Northern Europe and the east coast of South America from mid-April. The changes affect the lines’ River Plate Express service, which will see calls added and larger vessels deployed. The revised rotation will be Rotterdam, Tilbury, Hamburg, […]
Emirates Shipping Line said Monday it’s raising rates from the Indian Subcontinent and the Middle East to East Africa. The increase, $200 per TEU, is effective April 1.
Shippers using U.S. East Coast ports build contingencies for potential ILA strike. By Chris Dupin Talks to negotiate a new master contract between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the employers of its members were not slated to begin until late March in Tampa, Fla., but already some shippers are beginning to make contingency […]
Following the mass suspension of Safmarine and Maersk’s 12-loop West African feeder fleet from calls at Tangiers in October (reported by American Shipper Nov 4), most of the network has now resumed calling there. The three loops WAF1, WAF3, and WAF11 returned in February (reported by American Shipper Feb 9) and now nine out of a total 11 West […]
Patrick Foye, executive director for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, speaks out over “low-show” jobs at shipping terminals in the region and whether enough members of minority groups are working on the docks.
Liner carrier schedule reliability improved marginally in February, according to the latest report from SeaIntel Maritime Analysis. Reliability increased from 58 percent in January to 60 percent in February, the first increase in four months, according to the analyst. SeaIntel considers a call on-time if it happens on the same calendar day or […]
