Crowley Maritime said it is adding 500 new 40-foot, high-cube containers to its equipment fleet of more than 45,000 units. The new containers will be used in liner service operations in Latin America, the Caribbean and Puerto Rico. The addition of the new containers, along with other equipment of various sizes and types […]
Member lines in the Caribbean Shipowners Association said this week they plan to raise rates in three steps through 2012. The lines, Bernuth, CMA CGM, Crowley, Seaboard, SeaFreight, and Zim, will raise rates on Feb. 5 by $75 per 20-foot container and $150 per 40-foot container and $169 per container larger than 40 […]
President Obama on Friday named Alan Bersin assistant secretary for international affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, continuing to pursue initiatives on cross-border trade and travel in a different position.
Starting today, interstate truck drivers are prohibited from using handheld cell phones while driving due to a final rule implemented by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. Violations carry a $2,750 fine for each offense and possible commercial license suspension for drivers with multiple convictions involving […]
SBS Group, one of Japan’s main corporate groups, has acquired an 80 percent stake in Bangalore’s Atlas Logistics, a provider of global transportation services. The purchase puts Atlas under the SBS Holdings wing and will give it a larger presence in the domestic logistics market in India as well as strengthening its […]
The liner carrier Zim has been unable to amend long-term debt covenants with its banks by a Dec. 31 deadline, meaning the debt could be reflected in the fourth quarter financials of parent company Israel Corp.
The French port of Le Havre announced Monday that it will freeze harbor fees for container vessels for the third consecutive year to help the maritime industry during an uncertain economic environment. The Le Havre port authority said the move is intended to retain or attract container lines as customers. The fees […]
The liner carrier Maersk Line said last week it plans to hike rates from the United States to West Africa from Feb. 1. The increase is $150 per 20-foot container and $300 per 40-foot or 45-foot high-cube refrigerated container. The increase is applicable to destinations in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape […]
Two New York-area lawmakers introduced legislation they say would allow the Department of Transportation to determine if toll hikes for drivers are fair and to prescibe “reasonable” toll amounts when not.
The Port of Shanghai has become the first to handle 30 million TEUs in a year, according to reports last week from China. The port handled its 30th million TEU on Dec. 23, 2011, cementing its position as the busiest port in the world. Shanghai handled 29.1 million TEUs in 2010, the year […]
National logistics services provider Saddle Creek Corp. last month said it acquired ProLog Logistics Inc., a warehousing and fulfillment company located in San Diego. Lakeland, Fla.-based Saddle Creek said ProLog will enhance its order fulfillment capabilities, further expanding available services that include warehousing, transportation and contract packaging. Saddle Creek has more than […]
Anderson A.P. Moller – Maersk Group Chief Executive Officer Nils S. Andersen will take a one-month medical leave of absence after undergoing an emergency cardiac valve replacement while on vacation in Switzerland Dec. 30, the company said in a statement. After feeling unwell while on his trip, Andersen was discovered to have a […]
By Eric Kulisch U.S. Customs and Border Protection is making progress getting more entry summary filings for imports entered in its new Automated Commercial Environment. The entry summary is the document submitted by an importer or its customs broker after cargo has been accepted into the country that covers the merchandise classification, duty, taxes and fees. ACE is […]
Jade Cargo International Co. has temporarily grounded its fleet of six Boeing 747 freighters due to weak demand amid uncertainty over the global economy.
President Obama has named Alan Bersin assistant secretary for international affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, keeping him in the fold to continue pursuing initiatives on cross-border trade and travel in a different position.
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission will allow Consolidated Chassis Management (CCM), which manages about 125,000 chassis for about 20 liner companies, to amend an agreement that allows it to work collectively when operating chassis pools. FMC Chairman Richard A. Lidinsky Jr. said he agreed to vote in favor of the changes in the CCM agreement […]
A new terminal that APM Terminals (APMT) is planning to build in Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico will have an initial capacity to handle 1.2 million TEUs per year and be able to process as many as 4.2 million TEUs annually when fully completed. APMT announced Thursday that it had been awarded a 32-year concession […]
Evergreen Line has brought back its weekly UAM transpacific and Asia-Mediterranean pendulum service barely two months after it was split in two.
In January, the Grand Alliance of liner shipping companies will resume calling Sendai, Japan eastbound on its weekly transpacific loop SCX. The port call was put on hold after the May earthquake and tsunami.
The liner shipping company Maersk Line has added a single eastbound call at Tangiers to its weekly Asia-Europe loop AE9, dropping the previous eastbound call at Malaga, but leaving the westbound Malaga call intact. The service has a revised rotation of Bremerhaven, Felixstowe, Zeebrugge, Tangiers, Ningbo, Shanghai, Xiamen, Yantian, Tanjung Pelepas, Malaga, […]
