MCC Transport, the intra-Asia specialist carrier of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, said this week it has revised the rotations of several of its services calling at Philippine ports. MCC’s IA7 service will expand its rotation to a three-week round trip covering Sihanoukville, Laem Chabang, Tanjung Pelepas, Singapore, Batangas, Manila, Kaohsiung, Yantian, Hong Kong, […]
Rising costs in China are prompting high-tech companies in Asia to explore alternative sourcing locations within the region as well as in North America, according to a new UPS survey.
The city and port of Oakland have applied to the U.S. Department of Transportation for a $40 million grant as part of a negotiated plan with an industrial developer to transform the former Oakland Army Base adjacent to the port into an international logistics center. Under the third round of the TIGER discretionary […]
The Working Party on the Accession of the Russian Federation to the World Trade Organization Thursday approved the terms and conditions for Russia’s accession to the WTO. The decision marks the final step in the process before WTO ministers decide to formally invite Russia to become a WTO member, which is due to take […]
The Commerce Department reported Thursday that U.S. exports of goods and services in September increased 1.4 percent from August to a record $180.4 billion. September’s exports of goods ($129.3 billion) were the highest on record, with record exports in both industrial supplies and materials ($44.4 billion) and consumer goods ($15.4 billion). U.S. imports […]
U.S. import volume declined 1 percent in October, according to figures released this week by the trade intelligence firm Zepol Corp. Volume in October, as measured in TEUs, grew 0.3 percent against that in September. Year to date, U.S. inbound volume is up 1.1 percent over 2010. Zepol said shipments from Europe […]
Champ Cargosystems, a provider of integrated air cargo applications, has acquired Traxon Europe, a developer of electronic communications services to the air cargo industry. The deal was agreed to by Champ, and Lufthansa Cargo and Air France, the majority shareholders of Traxon Europe. Financial terms were not disclosed. “By selling our stake in […]
The liner carrier Hainan PO Shipping will in December start a new transpacific service connecting northern China and South Korea with California ports, the line said this week. That bucks the recent trend of lines pulling transpacific capacity, both to rationalize supply for the winter and to more broadly align supply with static […]
Four U.S. maritime unions say the Maritime Administration and its leader David Matsuda should be “ashamed of itself” for issuing a report comparing U.S. and foreign-flag ship operating costs without seeking their input.
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill authorizing surface transportation programs for two-years at existing funding levels of $85 billion.
The latest volume figures from Container Trade Statistics show that trade slowed significantly in September on the westbound Asia-Europe trade. Volume reached 1.1 million TEUs during the month, a 0.2 percent increase on September 2010. For the third quarter, westbound Asia-Europe volume grew 4.1 percent, to 3.7 million TEUs, the lowest growth of […]
Container service reliability improved for the second quarter in a row during the third quarter of 2011, according to Drewry Maritime Research’s latest Schedule Reliability Insight report. The proportion of 3,281 ships arriving on time (defined as either arriving at port on the advertised ETA or a day earlier) at selected ports in […]
The Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM) supports the antidumping cases initiated by SolarWorld Industries Americas, while The Coalition for Affordable Solar Energy (CASE), formed last week, warns against them.
Donjon Marine, a New Jersey-based marine services provider, has named Paul Hankins to vice president of operations for its salvage and engineering division. Hankins, formerly president of Donjon-SMIT, will work with the company’s U.S. Navy salvage services contract, as well as its Coast Guard basic ordering agreement. Hankins has more than 22 […]
From Larry P. Garrison Alcoa Fastening Systems About seven years ago, we obtained a listing from the Census Bureau of export filings done in our name. It contained about 4,700 lines and 1.3 percent of them were accurate. We determined it was the result of bad guesswork by forwarders and bad data from our companies. […]
Port says it should not yet be blamed for refrigerant contamination. The mainenance and servicing of reefers is handled by third party vendors, some outside the view or purview of the terminal operator.
Import cargo volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is forecast to fall 1.9 percent in November from the same month in 2010, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released Tuesday by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Hackett Associates. “As always, retailers are being very strategic with their supply […]
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation report says time savings in border clearance resulted in net savings of 5 percent between 2006 and 2010, even though real costs have gone up.
PayCargo, a provider of electronic invoicing and settlement solutions for the shipping industry, has continued its run of alliances and partnerships with an agreement with Gemini Shippers Group, an association that offers membership to importers and exporters of various products. In the last year, PayCargo, a subsidiary of e-commerce and payment processing giant […]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has been working for more than a year on a way to simplify the customs entry process and is now ready to test its concept with private sector volunteers that ship goods by air. Instead of filing the customs entry when all 27 pieces of required data are in hand, […]
