Establishment of new centers aimed at helping expedite the import process for specific industries will take a couple of years longer than originally announced, according to the agency.
U.S. and Saudi Arabian government officials this week discussed ways to open trade avenues between the two countries, with an emphasis on increasing intellectual property protection and opportunities for government procurement contracts.
Roland “Ron” E. Seger, who served as partner and senior vice president of A.T. Kearney, in New York for 19 years before retiring in 2000, died on Jan. 10 after a long illness. At A.T. Kearny, Seger worked with major clients like General Motors, Unilever, BMG, Bristol Meyers Squibb, BASF Chemical, Philip Morris, and Avon. He […]
Emirates Shipping Line said Thursday that fellow liner carriers Hapag-Lloyd and RCL will join its Hyper Galex service between China, Southeast Asia and the Indian Subcontinent from Feb. 11. The service rotation will also be expanded to include calls in Xingang and Colombo, the line said. Meanwhile, an existing call at Xiamen […]
The number of vessel transits through the Suez Canal decreased 1.1 percent year-on-year in 2011, while revenue rose by nearly 10 percent due to the increasing sizes of ships moving through the waterway. Vessel transits decreased to 17,799, while revenue topped $5.2 billion, the first time the canal has passed the $5 billion plateau, the canal authority […]
Orium, which operates an e-fulfillment and multilingual contact center, has launched a new Website dedicated to helping U.S. e-commerce and multichannel retailers expand their Internet sales to European markets. In particular, the new site helps facilitate exchanges with clients by streamlining inventory access, e-fulfillment, and shipping options. The company said the […]
INTTRA, a global provider of e-commerce applications for the ocean freight industry, said it plans to streamline the development and quality assurance testing efforts for its applications to a single partner, Cognizant. Cognizant, a New Jersey-based technology consulting and business processing service, will help INTTRA develop efficient ocean freight management and e-commerce solutions […]
The Ports of Indiana handled 8.1 million tons of cargo in 2011, the largest annual tonnage since 2006. “Despite continued economic uncertainties, this was the fourth consecutive year our ports experienced growth,” said Ports of Indiana Chief Executive Officer Rich Cooper. “Our 2011 shipments were nearly a million tons higher than the five […]
In the past several weeks, agricultural specialists in San Juan, Puerto Rico, have intercepted more Thrips on shipments of cut flowers from Colombia than usual, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said. Common names for thrips include thunderflies, thunderbugs, storm flies, thunderblights and corn lice. Thrips species feed on plants and vegetables by puncturing them and […]
Pilots are recommending the maximum draft of ships on the Mississippi River be reduced to 42 feet Wednesday morning following the grounding of a vessel at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday at Cubits Gap. The Rondeau went aground with an outbound draft of 44 feet. The vessel was refloated at about noon. Normally the channel is maintained […]
Maersk Line said this week it will be adding two calls to its ME3 service between the Indian Subcontinent, Middle East and Mediterranean. The service will add stops in Izmit, Turkey and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from Jan. 26. The revised rotation will be Mersin, Istanbul, Izmit, Port Said, Jeddah, Jebel Ali, Pipavav, […]
The Tampa Port Authority said it will spend $9.2 million to purchase 110 acres for cargo and other maritime purposes near its Port Redwing facilities, in south Hillsborough County.
The Fish and Wildlife Service will ban, effective in late March, the import and interstate transport of four non-native python snakes because of the threat they pose to wildlife in the Everglades and other ecosystems.
Liner shipping company Mediterranean Shipping Co. said on March 1 it will implement a general rate increase for cargo from the United States bound for the Far East. For all commodities, including exempt commodities, but excluding reefer the increase is: $50 per 20-foot container and $100 per 40-foot container for cargo originating at West Coast […]
JDA Software has ended the 2011 fiscal year with numbers mostly in line with its original guidance for full-year 2011, which is good news as software sales declined and as the firm wrapped up legal disputes.
CombineNet, an e-sourcing technology provider, has announced it ended 2011 with strong revenue growth, software usage, and customers. The company said it had a 71 percent growth in customers in 2011 compared to 2010, which is the company’s best growth rate to date. CombineNet said it now has its largest-ever customer base. […]
The Coca-Cola Co. has awarded DB Schenker Logistics two businesses for its warehousing and transportation operations in Poland. The Atlanta-based soft drinks giant will integrate previously owned and operated satellite distribution centers for its finished goods into existing DB Schenker warehouses. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, nor was the length […]
International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) has placed orders with Cargotec, the Finnish maker of cargo-handling equipment, for expandin its terminals in Mexico and the Philippines. In Mexico, ICTSI has started the construction of the Specialized Container Terminal-2 in the Port of Manzanillo. As part of the expansion it will receive four super […]
The Port of Los Angeles handled 7,940,511 TEUs in 2011, 1.4 percent more than the 7,831,902 TEUs handled in 2010, including empties. Containerized port exports were 2,109,394 TEUs in 2011, a 14.5 percent increase over the 1,841,273 TEUs handled in 2010. It was a second record-breaking year for containerized exports through the port. 2011 […]
The South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) said the Port of Charleston handled 109,472 TEUs last month, 2.4 percent more than the 106,866 TEUs handled in December 2010. Container volume for calendar year 2011 was 1.38 million TEUs, up 1.2 percent from 2010. “We are continuing to experience a flat economic environment here in […]
