Last month I mentioned steps taken by Continental Airlines and Alaska Airlines to use more biofuels to power their aircraft and reduce carbon emissions. They both flew commercial flights with a biofuel mix for the first time and are investing in biofuel production and distribution networks. The Federal Aviation Administration on Dec. 1 […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has recently revamped its directory to assist small to mid-sized agricultural exporters with locating freight forwarders to handle their logistics needs. The Directory of Freight Forwarders Serving Agricultural Shippers (available online at https://www.ams.usda.gov/ATFreightForwarder) provides access to more than 600 forwarders familiar with handling agricultural goods. […]
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission says it plans to review whether to allow foreign, unlicensed non-vessel-operating common carriers to enter into negotiated rate arrangements (NRAs).
MIT research shows ocean transit reliability isn’t as problematic as landside delays. Ocean shippers have long cried out for more schedule reliability from liner carriers but have had few ways to precisely measure the true performance of their ocean service providers.
Move seen as way to combat Maersk’s tightening grip on Asia-Europe trade. By Eric Johnson As big news goes, the second and third largest global container lines joining forces on a number of major global trades is pretty big. Mediterranean Shipping Co. and CMA CGM in early December announced […]
Deputy commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection will become acting commissioner when outgoing agency chief Alan Bersin officially leaves office on Dec. 30.
A six-week U.S. government dragnet ended Dec. 16 resulted in the arrest of 33 people allegedly involved in importation, distribution and sale of more than 327,000 counterfeit products, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE agents participating in Operation Holiday Hoax seized fake toys, cell phones and chargers, handbags, DVDs, perfume, integrated circuits, wallets, […]
Collaboration between U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Consumer Production Safety Commission has resulted in thousands of unsafe toys being kept from sale to the public. In November, CBP officers in Chicago seized a shipment of 47,700 FBI Action Play Sets from China after CPSC testing of samples determined they contained excessive amounts of […]
A coalition of pro-trade solar panel developers and installers want SolarWorld Industries of America to withdraw its petition to the ITC and Commerce Department against Chinese-made panels, citing potential detriment to the overall industry.
The U.S. Transportation Department’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) released its final “hours of service” rule for truckers on Thursday, reducing from 82 to 70 hours the maximum number of hours a truck driver can work within a seven-day period. The final rule, however, retains the current 11-hour daily driving limit. […]
The CKYH Alliance has formed a partnership with Evergreen Line on the Asia-Europe trade, running eight loops from Asia to North Europe and four from Asia to the Med, due to start from the second quarter of 2012.
Agency keeps comment period open to Jan. 9 as indsutry groups weigh in on inland containerized cargo moves through Canadian and Mexican ports.
The liner shipping company Maersk Line has extended its weekly Asia-Port Said shuttle AE5 beyond Port Said to Turkey and has added a call in Nansha, China. Calls at Izmir and Istanbul in Turkey are now added as a new spoke from Maersk’s Suez hub at Port Said. The AE5 now has a rotation […]
The transpacific trade faces a worrying period of overcapacity through 2015, according to the consultant SeaIntel Maritime Analysis. The results are quite parallel to a projection SeaIntel made on the Asia-Europe trade earlier this month, suggesting liner overcapacity on the key east-west trades is linked and endemic. “The capacity reductions seen in […]
Park Ridge, N.J.-based SeaCube Container Leasing Ltd. said it has filed a universal shelf registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to provide the company flexibility to sell up to $75 million worth of securities after the registration statement is declared effective. SeaCube said it has no current plans to issue […]
The South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. said it expects new orders to drop 23 percent next year as shipping lines struggle with an oversupply of vessels and falling rates, according to a Bloomberg report over the weekend. Daewoo, the second largest shipbuilder in the world, said it has […]
The Maryland governor’s office has produced a new mobile application that gives truckers in the state a list of nearby emergency parking locations to ride out coming winter storms. Maryland’s Transportation Secretary Beverley Swaim-Staley announced the pilot for this program alongside the Maryland Motor Truck Association (MMTA) and I-95 Corridor Coalition, saying […]
Thor Liberty Finland’s Transport Safety Agency has rescinded an impoundment order on the ship Thor Liberty, which was detained in Kotka Harbor after what authorities said were irregularities in the packing of its cargo that included 29 Patriot missiles and explosives. YLE, Finland’s national broadcast company, reported during an inspection carried out on Monday, […]
The U.S. Justice Department and Coast Guard said a Florida man had been charged with fraudulent certification of cargo ships. An indictment issued last week charges Alejandro Gonzalez, 60, of Miami-Dade County, with making false official statements and obstructing agency proceedings. If convicted, he faces a maximum statutory penalty of five years in jail. According […]
By Eric Kulisch The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Thursday issued its final anti-fatigue rule governing how much time commercial truck drivers can spend behind the wheel before getting rest. The hours-of-service rulemaking had been highly anticipated for months. Within the trucking industry and its customer base there was almost universal consensus that the […]
