Southern California’s Port of Long Beach will hold a public hearing Wednesday to receive comments on a draft environmental impact report for a proposed grain export facility at its Pier T. Total Terminals International, the operator of the terminal, has proposed to build a facility that would transfer grain from railcars into ocean shipping […]
B/E Aerospace, a Wellington, Fla.-based aircraft interior products manufacturer, has agreed to buy supply chain management and inventory logistics service provider UFC Aerospace for $400 million in cash. The acquisition is expected to close before the end of the first quarter. A B/E spokesperson said that the deal will not affect […]
The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command said Monday it will make an organization re-alignment “designed to increase efficiency while maintaining effectiveness.” “We are proactively streamlining and improving our organization so that we will be ready for anything that comes our way in this challenging fiscal environment,” said Rear Adm. Mark H. Buzby, […]
Members of the International Longshoremen’s Association held a rally outside Global Terminals in Jersey City, N.J. on Friday to express their concerns about the use of automation at the terminal, which is being expanded. Stephen Knott, ILA’s general vice president, said the union wants to make sure if the terminal is automated […]
By Eric Kulisch I noted in this space a couple weeks ago that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s pre-Christmas update of the anti-fatigue rules governing drivers was not as burdensome to the trucking industry as most experts and officials feared. The new hours-of-service rules do further limit the maximum amount of driving time available to truckers each week, […]
In a bid to extend its coverage, Berlin-based DB Schenker’s China arm has established a new office in Hohhot, the capital of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region. Hohhot is the first Schenker China location opened in the Inner Mongolia province. Hohhot’s main industry products are medicine, wind power, coal, machine tools, and […]
John F. Dailey, the former owner of the New York-based freight forwarder and customs broker Karr, Ellis & Co., died Jan. 2 at the age of 94. After serving in the Army during World War II, Daily joined Karr, Ellis as an employee and eventually bought out the original owner with two partners. Over time […]
Liner carriers who sought to raise revenue levels on the Asia-Europe and transpacific trades at the end of 2011 were largely successful in doing so, according to research from maritime analyst SeaIntel.
Maersk Line has converted its Safari 2 Southeast Asia to the Indian Ocean and Mozambique service into a feeder based on its Indian Ocean hub at Port Louis.
The liner shipping company Cheng Lie Navigation (CNC) has begun a slot charter agreement with Mitsui O.S.K. Line on the latter’s weekly Japan to Thailand and the Philippines service CBE. The first sailing left Tokyo Jan. 7 on the MOL Seabreeze. CNC is the Taiwan-based intra-asia specialist subsidiary of CMA CGM. The rotation of […]
A new report from the Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics shows that U.S. containerized trade with top partner China is more than four times that of its trade with Japan, the second largest partner. The report, The Changing Tide of U.S.-International Container Trade, said containerized trade with China spiked by […]
The World Shipping Council has elected new NOL Group President and Chief Executive Officer Ng Yat Chung to it board of directors for a term that expires September 2013. In 2011, Ng replaced Ron Widdows, former NOL president and CEO and current WSC board chairman. The other 10 WSC members are […]
The U.S. Justice Department on Friday said three Philippine nationals were arrested on charges of attempting to import unlicensed firearms into the United States.
Non-vessel-operating common carrier Shipco Transport has expanded its direct weekly less-than containerload (LCL) activity with the start of two new services from Los Angeles and Atlanta to Denmark. With these new services, Shipco now offers a total of four direct LCL services between the United States and Denmark. Both services are […]
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Jan. 9-10 will hold working-level meetings with South Korea in Seoul to continue discussions related to implementation of the U.S.-Korea trade agreement.
Manuel Coral Gables, Fla.-based real estate firm Flagler has appointed Manuel A. Fernandez to executive vice president of logistics operations. In this position, Fernandez will head development of Flagler’s South Florida Logistics Center – a 400-acre intermodal logistics complex adjacent to the Miami International Airport – as well as a newly launched logistics […]
The International Longshoremen’s Association said it plans to hold a noon rally on Friday at Global Terminals in Jersey City, N.J., to “address growing concerns over terminal management wanting to implement new technology that will reduce ILA employment in the coming years.” The ILA said Global plans to introduce new technology as it expands […]
Yemen will renegotiate a joint venture agreement with DP World to run the Aden container port because the operator has failed to fulfill its obligations, the country’s transport minister Waaed Bazeeb told Reuters Thursday.
The Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) in southern Malaysia handled 7.5 million TEUs in 2011, an increase of 15 percent over 2010. “This sharp increase was driven by strong organic growth from existing customers as well as volume from new customers,” the port said. “Container volume from PTP’s main existing customers, Maersk Line […]
Illinois-based third-party logistics provider Superior Logistics has opened an airside facility at cargo-dedicated Rickenbacker International Airport in Columbus, Ohio. Superior is leasing 20,000 square feet of office and warehouse space from the Columbus Regional Airport Authority, which operates Rickenbacker International Airport and develops surrounding property. The company specializes in import deconsolidation – the […]
