Old Dominion Freight Line has expanded its Pacific Promise less-than-container load (LCL) service to 10 additional ports in Asia. The ports covered by the wider service include Manila, Singapore, Jakarta, Surabaya, Penang, Port Kelang, Ho Chi Minh City, Bangkok, Phnom Penh, and Busan. The service, launched in China in 2009, now covers 23 […]
In late January, American Shipper surveyed shippers on the transpacific eastbound trade and the results were, as expected, quite enlightening. But perhaps the most intriguing number to emerge from the latest Transpacific Pulse survey was this: shippers who don’t lock in their rates on the trade for the year were five times more likely to have their cargo […]
A third port in southern Georgia could help diversify the state’s marine business by concentrating on bulk cargo such as grains, sands, aggregates and wood pellets, according to a Feb. 16 press release by the Camden County Joint Development Authority, which is promoting the concept. David Keating, the JDA’s executive director, recently briefed […]
For decades logistics software vendors competed more with potential customers’ internal IT departments than with each other. Logistics service providers – particularly non-vessel-operating common carriers and freight forwarders managing containerized ocean freight — only had a choice between two types of implementations: custom-built or installed software from a third party. It was a “black […]
Eighteen years ago Sebastian Stahl was working at a freight forwarder handling what he thought was a routine shipment from the United States, when a couple of days later “I had about 20 young men in my office a couple of days later saying ‘where is my shipment, where is my equipment, where is my […]
On-demand transportation management systems (TMS) are capturing market share as more companies accept Web-based platforms across their entire supply chain. On-demand platforms — otherwise known as software-as-a-service or SaaS — can provide advantages over traditional TMS deployments such as lower initial costs, speedy deployments, and enhanced supply chain visibility. With lower startup prices, companies can […]
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Ports gradually weed out old container-transporting trucks with incentive programs. By Eric Kulisch Agrowing number of ports, following in the footsteps of Los Angeles and Long Beach, have developed voluntary programs to replace older drayage trucks as part of broader efforts to minimize the impact of their operations on local air quality. […]
Shares in the Dutch document and small package delivery company TNT Express rose sharply on Friday, after it rejected an unsolicited acquisition bid from UPS on Friday. Atlanta-based UPS offered 9 euros per share, TNT said, or a total of about 4.99 billion euros ($6.4 billion). On Monday, the stock rose […]
A new initiative to reduce tarmac congestion at Newark Liberty International Airport could improve air cargo reliability for carriers and their customers.
EPA program to reduce pollution from trucks serves as model for sustainability initiatives. By Eric Kulisch The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s SmartWay program has been so successful in the over-the-road trucking sector as a platform for sharing best practices and building partnerships to improve environmental performance that industry supporters want to expand it to other parts of the […]
IAG Cargo, which combines British Airways World Cargo and Iberia Cargo, has launched a free iPhone and Android phone application that allows customers to track air freight documented on both carriers’ air waybills. The app gives real-time tracking information on shipments via waybill numbers and barcodes, while also allowing companies to plan their […]
Ex-Im Bank cargo preference rules help American carriers, but raise competitive concerns for shippers. By Chris Dupin Rising U.S. exports and support from some federal agencies, such as the Export-Import Bank, have been accompanied by an increase in the fleet of U.S.-flag breakbulk or multipurpose vessels capable of carrying project cargoes. Carriers […]
Access to the ports of Savannah, Ga., and Charleston, S.C., played a key role in Caterpillar Inc.’s decision to build a new plant in Athens, Ga., the company said Friday. The 1 million-square-foot facility will manufacture small track-type tractors and mini-hydraulic excavators and employ 1,400 people when fully operational. The announcement also underscores the […]
The U.S. honeybee population is safer today after U.S. Customs officers at the Port of Norfolk in Virginia recently intercepted a red mason bee hitchhiking in a container of household goods from the United Kingdom, the agency said. It is the first known interception of the red mason bee, which is commonly […]
A smaller appropriation for DHS preparedness grants has resulted in the cutback of the Port Security Grant Program to $97.5 million in fiscal year 2012 from $235 million in the last round.
Camden County Development Authority Executive Director David Keating recommended to lawmakers that the state buy the 720-acre site of the defunct mill for $12 million and turn it into a port.
The U.S. Justice Department on Friday said Jeng “Jay” Shih, 54, a U.S. citizen, was sentenced in the District of Columbia to 18 months in prison, while his Queens, N.Y.-based company, Sunrise Technologies and Trading Corp., was sentenced to 24 months corporate probation for conspiracy to illegally export U.S.-origin computers from the United […]
Last week, SAP launched its first consumer app, Recalls Plus. Recalls Plus addresses the often cumbersome process of tracking consumer goods recalls via a new engagement system with share options and social networking. It also allows consumers to track recalls on individual products, product categories, and food allergens on mobiles. While doing this, […]
Deadbeat truckers, bus companies, vehicle rental businesses and motorists who have racked up thousands of dollars of unpaid tolls at bridges and tunnels in the New York City metropolitan area are now having their identities exposed to shame them into compliance. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey on Friday published its […]
