The Port of Stockton said it has hired Savage Companies to operate a barge service to move containers between the Port of Stockton and Port of Oakland. Salt Lake City-based Savage will provide management, marketing, logistics and operating services for the project. Operations are slated to begin during the first quarter of 2012. In […]
SBS Worldwide has appointed Ron Gatlin as general manager of its Atlanta office. The U.K.-based logistics services provider is enhancing its presence in the transpacific trade and has targeted growth through its U.S. Southeast operation. Gatlin began his career in 1976 with a steamship agency in Norfolk, Va. In 1978, he joined a […]
By the end of 2013, the railroad expects an extra 11 percent in transcontinental train lengths. Longer trains accommodate volume variability without adding extra train starts.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Navy announced on Monday that the Defense Logistics Agency signed a contract to buy 450,000 gallons of advanced drop-in biofuel, the single largest purchase of biofuel in government history. While the Navy fleet alone uses more than 1.26 billion gallons of fuel annually, this biofuel […]
The Port of Greater Baton Rouge in Louisiana on Monday witnessed the opening of a new multiagency maritime security operations center. The recently completed facility overlooking the Mississippi River is located next to the port’s administrative offices in Port Allen. This regional center has the capacity and resources to operate during catastrophic events such […]
Small shippers benefit from federal agency’s trade support programs. By Eric Kulisch The U.S. Small Business Administration is taking an increasingly active role in trying to identify and encourage small businesses to get involved in international trade. During the weak post-recession recovery exports have continued to be one of the strongest areas of the U.S. […]
With sales of 3.8 billion euros ($5.06 billion) in 2010 and 19,250 employees, Dachser is undeniably one of Europe’s largest logistics providers, transporting 46.2 million consignments last year at a total weight of 35.5 million tons. The company, based in Kempten in Bavaria, Germany, is best known for its European trucking services, and its […]
Non-vessel-operating common carrier Vanguard Logistics Services has opened a new operations and commercial office in Valencia, Spain. Vanguard has offices in Madrid, Barcelona and an exclusive agent, Euroship, in Bilbao. There is a third-party warehouse in Manises with 5,000 square meters of space. “Valencia is the second most important port for LCL cargo […]
The Special Administrative Unit for Civil Aeronautics of Colombia, also known as Aerocivil, entered a contract on Friday with U.S. engineering services firm T.Y. Lin of Coral Gables, Fla., to update the master plan for the development of El Dorado International Airport in Bogota. The technical assistance contract, which was made possible through a $891,000 […]
DHL said Friday it has started a new direct less than container load service from Toronto to Singapore via the Port of Halifax. DHL said the service will cut five days of transit time, with shipments arriving within 32 days. “Increasingly, the Asian market has grown in importance to Canadian small […]
FedEx Corp. said it would increase shipping rates for FedEx Ground and FedEx Home Delivery by a net average of 4.9 percent effective Jan. 2, 2012. The company said the FedEx Ground and FedEx Home Delivery full average rate increase of 5.9 percent will be partially offset by adjusting the fuel price threshold […]
Washington Notebook
ModusLink Global Solutions on Monday named Tom Nightingale as its president of sales and market, effective Dec. 15. He previously was chief marketing officer for logistics and trucking conglomerate Con-way. Waltham, Mass.-based ModusLink designs supply chains for technology and consumer goods companies and handles life-cycle product support, from sourcing, configuration, and fulfillment to e-commerce and after-market repairs, returns and resale. […]
Mediterranean Shipping Co. said Friday it is joining a loop connecting Oceania ports with the U.S. West Coast operated by a consortium of carriers. The Pacific South West loop is operated by Hamburg Sud, Hapag-Lloyd, Maersk Line and ANL. MSC will market its space on the service as Oceania Express 1. The […]
NOL, the Singapore-based parent of liner carrier APL, said Monday in a filing with the Singapore Stock Exchange that it is not making a renewed bid for a stake in German competitor Hapag-Lloyd.
The liner carrier Zim said Monday it and COSCO Container Lines are adding a third vessel to their jointly run loop between Mediterranean and West Africa. The MAF service is currently run with two ships (one from each carrier) of 1,700 TEUs in capacity, according to American Shipper affiliate ComPair Data. Rotation for the […]
Panalpina said Monday it started two new own-operated direct less than container load services from Asia to Poland through its in-house carrier Pantainer Express Line. The new weekly services are from Keelung, Taiwan and Busan, South Korea to Wroclaw. Panalpina said the new services reduce transit times by two days. “Wroclaw’s […]
Mediterranean Shipping Co. has joined the growing list of carriers to try to raise revenue on the Asia-Europe trade. The line said Friday it will seek a $225 per TEU peak season surcharge on shipments from Asia to all parts of Europe as of Jan. 1. Maersk Line, COSCO Container Lines, and […]
Francis, this was from a CI report; I’m awaiting confirmation of it from Maersk and Hapag UPDATE: OOCL has confirmed this in a press release – it’s a go. Eric please check you haven’t switched who is on what! Francis, this is fixed now. Sorry again for the confusion!
TBS International said it had reached agreements in principle with lenders to restructure its debt. TBS has a fleet of 28 multipurpose tweendeckers and 21 handymax and handysize bulk carriers totaling 1.5 million deadweight tons. It had announced in September that with the agreement of the requisite lenders under its various financing […]
