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, […]
The shipping company Maersk Line has more than doubled the capacity on its Mombasa Express service from its Salalah hub to Mombasa, Kenya, while improving its frequency to around five days from nine days previously. Subsidiary Safmarine already provides two vessels and Maersk has added three more, increasing the number of ships on the shuttle to five, with […]
Tampa Port Authority said Atlantic Ro-Ro Carriers will launch a new multipurpose general cargo service between the Port of Tampa and Russia’s St. Petersburg next month.
Only a quarter of small and medium-sized businesses export even though growth prospects overseas are better than strictly through domestic sales, according to a UPS-sponsored survey of more than 1,000 companies.
Based on its annual review of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), the White House determined only one product – certain non-down sleeping bags – should be removed from eligibility for duty-free treatment in the trade program. However, a petition to remove GSP duty-free treatment for two types of self-adhesive plastic tape was […]
The White House has determined all 40 sub-Saharan African countries currently eligible for trade preferences and other benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) will remain the same and no new countries will be added at this time. The Obama administration’s determination is based on the annual review of whether the […]
The Bureau of Industry and Security, which is tasked with overseeing the nation’s commercial export control rules, seeks additional industry comments on a regulatory review.
APM Terminals has won a 32-year concession to build and operate a new terminal in the port of Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico, which when completed will have a total area of about 250 acres, 1,485 meters of quay, and four berths.
