COSCO Container Lines said last week it is adjusting the bunker surcharges it assesses on shipments from Asia to Europe from Jan. 1. The new surcharge levels are: From the Far East to Northern Europe, $822 per TEU From the Far East to the Mediterranean, $782 per TEU From the Indian Subcontinent to […]
Tilden Toronto, Canada-based Brookfield Asset Management said Friday that it has named former Marine Terminals Corp. chief executive officer Doug Tilden as a senior consultant to its Brookfield Infrastructure Group. Brookfield Infrastructure Group has been active in the ports sector since 2006 and has acquired a significant portfolio of assets in Europe and […]
Former A.P. Moller – Maersk executive Kim Gadegaard has joined Noatum Terminals, a marine terminal operator in Spain, as its new commercial director. For the past two years Gadegaard was a senior consultant for Mercator, advising on terminal acquisitions and shipping line restructuring. He spent more than 30 years prior to that with […]
October containerized imports from Asia to Europe grew 3.5 percent against the same month in 2010, according to the latest figures from Container Trade Statistics (CTS). CTS tracks container volumes on trades to and from Europe, using information direct from carriers. Asia-to-Europe volume reached 1.1 million TEUs in October, the latest month […]
The Swiss forwarding and logistics company Panalpina Group said it is embarking on a new strategy that will shift more power to regional offices. “Our ambitious growth targets that we have defined for 2014 demand that we adapt the way in which we manage the markets. We need to shift power of decision from […]
Douglas Browning, a former deputy commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, is leaving Sandler Travis Trade Advisory Services after six years to become global customs counsel for General Motors, he announced in an e-mail to friends and colleagues. Browning was senior vice president and general counsel for STTAS and on call as an advisor […]
The Federal Maritime Commission is reviving a long dormant proposal that unaffiliated NVOCCs be able to jointly offer NVO Service Arrangements (NSAs) to shippers. Currently NSAs allow cargo to be moved under contracts between one or more shippers and one NVOCC or a group of affiliated NVOCCs. In 2005, the FMC began […]
Georgia and South Carolina conservation groups are challenging a South Carolina agency’s approval of a 38-mile $650 million project to deepen the Savannah River.
Airlines for America, the trade association formerly known as the Air Transport Association, has named Elizabeth Shaver as director of cargo services, effective in January. Shaver joins the organization from Delta Air Lines, where she recently served as manager of customs, facilitation and corporate security. She’s also had management positions directing cargo revenue, cargo […]
The U.S. government has asked the World Trade Organization to address China’s imposition of antidumping duties on imports of chicken “broiler products” from the United States.
Two executives of Luxembourg-based Cargolux Airlines International S.A. have each pleaded guilty and agreed to serve 13 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to fix cargo rates for international air shipments, the U.S. Justice Department announced on Thursday. Ulrich Ogiermann, the former president and chief executive officer, and current employee of Cargolux; […]
The U.S. Department of Transportation on Thursday agreed to move forward plans to replace the aging Interstate 5 Columbia River Crossing Bridges and build an interstate transit link. The DOT approval represents the final clearance of the project’s environmental review and allows Oregon and Washington to begin right-of-way acquisition and construction. The […]
Saddle Creek Corp., a third-party logistics provider based in Lakeland, Fla., has appointed Mike Green to director of business development on the East Coast. Based in Greensboro, N.C., Green will oversee the development of new customer relationships. Green, a 15 year industry veteran, most recently served as senior business development director for […]
Pilot Freight Services, a logistics services provider, has opened a station in Washington D.C., adjacent to Washington Dulles International Airport. The new location will support Pilot’s existing station in Baltimore, which currently handles all traffic in and out of the D.C. area. The D.C. location also marks the second new Pilot station […]
MIQ Logistics has entered an agency relationship with Tolepu S.A. to provide global supply chain services for goods moving in, out and within Ecuador. Tolepu, a unit of Torres & Torres, provides a full range of logistics services and is Ecuador’s largest customs broker. Overland Park, Kan.-based MIQ Logistics’ business model combines […]
The liner carrier CMA CGM on Wednesday clarified its role in the Asia-Europe trade within the forthcoming alliance it has agreed with Mediterranean Shipping Co.. Earlier this week, MSC outlined the services that would come under the auspices of the alliance on the Asia-North Europe trade. CMA CGM said the alliance will […]
German freight forwarder DB Schenker Logistics will establish a joint venture with long-time partner Khimji Ramdas Group in Oman. In early 2012, the new company Schenker Khimji’s LLC will provide comprehensive air, ocean, land transport; contract logistics; and supply chain management. Martin Hackl, DB Schenker’ delegate in Oman, will become managing director of […]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection will organize two Trade Symposium events in 2012, one on each coast, to make it more convenient for international trade professionals to attend either in Long Beach, Calif., or in Washington.
The liner carriers Hamburg Sud, Maersk Line, CMA CGM, CSAV, and China Shipping will merge four services into three on the trade linking Asia, South Africa, and the east coast of South America. Hamburg Sud and Maersk Line jointly run two services at present, as do CMA CGM, CSAV, and China Shipping. The […]
The Suez Canal Authority has announced toll increases for the coming year. While the toll structure is complex, based on both ship type and size, Reuters quoted a statement from the authority saying the increase would amount to about 3 percent for all types of ships. It said the increase, which would go into […]
