American Shipper

   The supply chain practice group of commercial real estate services provider Cassidy Turley and supply chain consulting firm Tompkins Associates said Wednesday they have tied up a partnership to provide their clients “holistic” network design, inventory, distribution, transportation and real estate services.    “Because the global industry landscape demands that supply chain and commercial […]

   DB Schenker Logistics said this week it is introducing new airfreight routes between Europe and North America.    The new flights, operated with Boeing 777 freighters, will connect Luxembourg with Chicago and Toronto, while another flight will connect Luxembourg with Atlanta and Houston.    “Our new flights enable us to offer shippers secure capacity […]

   Insurance company TT Club has published the results of a survey it conducted in July on the subject of overweight containers and proposals that containers be weighed.    TT Club noted the issue was discussed by a subcommittee of the International Maritime Organization in September 2011 “and it has been left with the World Shipping […]

Former Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta said a six-cent increase in the gasoline tax in the middle of last decade would have raised enough revenue to meet infrastructure needs.

Trailer Bridge, a carrier which connects the U.S. mainland with Puerto Rico, said it filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code today.

   The ABF Freight System has begun offering a less-than-containerload/less-than-trailerload service that combines NVOCC service to shippers importing from manufacturing centers in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan with inland delivery to final destination.     Speaking this week in Atlanta at a press conference at the annual meeting of the National Industrial Transportation League, Roy Slagle, […]

   The U.S. Department of Agriculture will allocate $213 million to about 70 U.S. agricultural organizations for export promotion purposes.     Over the years, USDA’s international market development programs have had a significant impact on U.S. agricultural exports. An independent study released in 2010 found that for every $1 spent by government and industry on market […]

   The U.S. Transportation Department’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Hanover, Md.-based Gunthers Transport an imminent hazard to public safety and ordered the trucking company to immediately cease all transportation services.     FMCSA issued an imminent hazard out-of-service order against Gunthers following an in-depth review of the company’s operations, which found multiple […]

The Panama Maritime Chamber said it is opening its membership for the first time to international owners of the 9,000 vessels under Panama’s flag. This will make the group the equivalent of a Panamanian Shipowners’ Association.

   The Transportation Asset Protection Association has released a new global security standard to protect high-value consumer goods traveling on international.     According to the association, cargo crime levels involving attacks on vehicles are estimated to cost in excess of $10 billion a year.     The updated and enhanced Trucking Security Requirements 2012 replaces the […]

The U.S. government, along with a coalition of private sector and humanitarian organizations, on Monday announced the formation of the Public-Private Alliance for Responsible Minerals Trade.

   The Middle East aviation market will require 39 new freighters worth $11.1 billion and 1,882 passenger aircraft between now and 2030 to meet demand, Airbus said last Monday in its Global Market Forecast.     The European aircraft maker said the need stems from continuing fleet expansion and replacement by Middle East carriers, greater urbanization, an increasing number of mega-cities and […]

   The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed the 2011 Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2011 (H.R. 2838) by voice vote.     The bill authorizes $8.49 billion for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 2012, $8.6 billion for fiscal year 2013, and $8.7 billion for fiscal year 2014.     H.R. 2838 includes […]

   U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Tuesday he will convene a meeting in Washington to help the Port of Savannah find funds to deepen its harbor.    During remarks delivered as he received the National Industrial Transportation League’s 2011 Logistics Executive of the Year Award, LaHood decried political gridlock in Washington that is delaying transportation […]

   The Singapore-based liner carrier APL suffered an 18 percent drop in revenue on its global container volume in the period from Sept. 24 through Oct. 21, its parent company NOL said this week.    APL’s average revenue per FEU carried during the period plummeted to $2,402, from $2,916 during the same period in 2010. […]

   Hapag-Lloyd said Tuesday it plans to raise rates on cargo moving from Asia to Mexico, Central America and the west coast of South America next month.    The German container line will seek the increase, $600 per TEU, from Dec. 15.

   Maersk Line said this week it will omit some calls in Mediterranean ports on its Asia-Med services in the lead up to Christmas and New Year’s.    On the line’s AE1 service, a call at Port Said will be skipped on one sailing, while on the AE2 service, three sailings will skip calls at […]

   Maersk Line said this week it is raising rates from the Far East to West Africa from Dec. 15, following a decision by members of the Asia-West Africa Trade Agreement.    The increase, $200 per TEU, is applicable to destinations in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde Island, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, […]

   Maersk Line and subsidiary line Safmarine have added a new call and an additional vessel to their Safari 1 service between Asia and South Africa, according to American Shipper affiliate ComPair Data.    The carriers have added a second, southbound call at Port Louis, while increasing the vessels deployed on the service from eight […]

In October LA loaded imports grew by 5.5 percent year-on-year, to 368,842 TEUs. Retail sales for October also spiked 7.2 percent year-on-year.