London-based Drewry Maritime Research estimates the container industry lost as much as $5.2 billion in 2011, despite a projected global container growth of 6.5 percent last year. This year it is predicting overall growth of just 5.4 percent. Drewry said the latest quarterly edition of its Container Forecaster publication predicts 2012 “will be […]
Reality television has made stars of purveyors of expensive cupcakes and gritty fisherman. Next week it’s the shipping industry’s turn. For viewers who could not get enough of UPS logistics ads and arctic truckers, the cable network A&E has created Shipping Wars, a series that will follow “six independent shippers who have discovered that […]
Colleagues at U.S. Customs and Border Protection are mourning the sudden death of David Genovese, director of trade modernization and automation coordination in the ACE Business Office. Genovese, 44, died Dec. 27 from a massive heart attack, agency officials said. He previously was the acting executive director of the ACE Business […]
Being hit by counterfeit medicines, patent violations, security issues, and improper handling of medicines, the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) is beginning a campaign to develop supply chain visibility best practices for that industry. The main goal for the USP is to ensure that medicines can be traced back to their original manufacturer and ensure […]
In what feels like a continuing saga that’s sure to dominate the next year, the Asia-Europe “war” continues to evolve. At the very end of 2011, the latest shoes dropped, with the Grand and New World alliances, and Evergreen Line and the CKYH Alliance, forming two more super-groups to go along with the joining […]
Two veteran hands who have lead many program initiatives and offices at U.S. Customs and Border Protection have been promoted, according to the agency. Kevin McAleenan has become acting assistant commissioner for field operations in the wake of the reshuffling that took place last week following Commissioner Alan Bersin’s departure, according to news […]
A group of U.S. manufacturers of utility-scale wind turbine towers have filed dumping and subsidy petitions with the federal government against China and Vietnam. Specifically, the Wind Tower Trade Coalition (WTTC) has asked the U.S. Commerce Department and International Trade Commission (ITC) to conduct antidumping investigations into Chinese and Vietnamese imports of […]
The leadership of Canadian Pacific and its largest shareholder engaged in some highly public squabbling Tuesday about the future of the company. In a letter to investor William Ackman, whose investment company owns 14.2 percent of CP’s stock, CP chairman John Cleghorn complained about an article in last Friday’s Globe and Mail […]
APM Terminals said officially took control of the container terminal at the port of Gothenburg Wednesday. The terminal operating company, Skandia Container Terminal AB, has been renamed APM Terminals Gothenburg AB.
The Port of Antwerp in Belgium plans to raise wharfage fees 2 percent this year, marking the first time in three years that dues for port users have increased, the port authority announced last month. The Port of Le Havre in France recently took the opposite position and said it would maintain […]
The Singapore-based Global Logistics Properties and China Investment Corp. have announced plans to buy 15 logistics facilities in Japan from LaSalle Investment Management for roughly $1.6 billion. In total, the facilities will provide around 2.5 million-square-feet of space, more than 90 percent of which is in Osaka and the greater Tokyo area. […]
SEKO, a global provider of supply-chain services and logistics, has announced that its Tripoli-based SEKO Libya is able to resume activities after ten months of suspension due to the revolution in Libya. SEKO Libya also said that all sanctions imposed on Libya have been lifted and that the new government in Libya […]
Accellos, a provider of supply chain execution software, has appointed Chad Collins as its chief marketing officer. Accellos said Collins has more than 15 years’ experience in building and marketing supply chain software for distribution and logistics operations. Formerly, Collins was vice president of marketing and strategy at HighJump Software, a supply […]
Great Bear, the third party logistics (3PL) service provider, has appointed Paul Goodson as its chairman to succeed Jim Lockhart, who is retiring after serving as chairman since the company’s founding in 1994. Goodson previously spent nine years with the private equity firm 3i Group and was with Barclays Private Equity for […]
The aviation services group Swissport International has appointed Joe Phelan, a veteran of American Airlines and Deutsche Post DHL, as its new senior vice president cargo for the Americas. Phelan spent 25 years with American Airlines in various capacities, including vice president for cargo operations, and managing director of customer service for Europe. […]
Maersk Line Ltd. is to pay $31.9 million to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims supplying U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, the U.S. Department of Justice said Tuesday.
The New World Alliance of liner shipping carriers has added a new call and an additional vessel to their WAX service between Asia and the Middle East. The carriers have added an eastbound call at Shanghai, while increasing the number of vessels deployed on the service from seven to eight and increasing round voyage […]
Erie, PA-based GE Transportation, a maker of rail and transportation-related products, said it has completed its acquisition of software provider RMI from The Carlyle Group. The purchase will expand GE Transportation’s software and solutions arms for rail customers worldwide. RMI provides transporation management software for railroads, shippers, railcar leasing companies, and intermodal […]
The liner shipping company Delmas has added a call at Tangiers to its ‘Weekly’ Container Service between North Europe and West Africa. All of Delmas’ Mediterranean to Africa services are already calling Tangiers. The ‘Weekly’ Container Service began calling Tangiers with the Dec. 2 sailing of Delmas Brazzaville from Dunkirk. The new port rotation is Dunkirk, Antwerp, […]
The containership Rena, which went aground off Tauranga in October, now appears split in two. Eight containers were discharged from the aft section on Tuesday, with 900 still to go or lost.
