United Kingdom-based Keswick Enterprises has entered into a new partnership to develop a third-party supply chain management service in Poland. Keswick and Vector Global Logistics Sp. z.o.o., based in Gdynia, will call their joint venture Keswick Vector SCM Polska Sp. z.o.o. (KVS) and it will be owned 52 percent by Keswick and 48 percent by Vector […]
UPS Freight, the less-than-truckload service of express giant UPS, has promoted Paul Hoelting to senior vice president of sales. Effective March 31, Hoelting succeeds retiring John Fain, a long-time executive of Overnite Transportation who became a key figure in UPS’s acquisition and transformation of that company into UPS Freight. Hoelting started his career […]
The New World Alliance carriers APL, Hyundai Merchant Marine, and MOL said Thursday they will launch a new transatlantic service at the end of February. The service will have a rotation of Manzanillo (Panama), Charleston, New York, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, Felixstowe, New York, Charleston, and Manzanillo. It will be operated with five high-reefer capacity […]
Liner carriers operating on the eastbound transpacific withdrew 10 percent of allocated capacity on the trade in the final quarter of 2011, according to the latest industry report by American Shipper affiliate ComPair Data.
Grupo Unidos por el Canal (GUPC), the international consortium building a new set of locks for the expanded Panama Canal, has calling on about 6,000 striking workers to return to work.
The shipping company Maersk Line has slowed another loop between the Indian Subcontinent and Asia. Round voyage time on its FM3 service has increased from 42 days to 49 days. The FM3 will also skip one sailing position commencing Pipavav on Feb 17. Transit times eastbound to China and South Korea […]
The Port of Hong Kong handled 24.4 million TEUs in 2011, a 3 percent increase from 2010, according to figures released this week by the Hong Kong Marine Department. The volume is the second highest in Hong Kong’s history – only the 24.5 million TEUs handled in 2008 beat it – despite Shanghai and […]
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.
