Ocean Intelligence, a Singapore-based marine credit analysis company, has appointed John Phillips to manager director. Phillips, a 24-year maritime industry veteran, will also become a member of the Petromedia Group board and will be based in Singapore. He comes to Ocean Intelligence from his own consulting company, Awyr Las Pte Ltd, which will continue […]
Southern Air Holdings, a provider of ACMI (aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance) aircraft, on Tuesday signed a multiyear Boeing 747-400SF agreement with Ethiopian Airlines. Ethiopian is Southern Air’s first customer for its recently acquired fleet of B747-400 freighter aircraft with operations scheduled to begin in early January. “Our future fleet will be comprised of […]
Management Dynamics, a developer of software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications for the shipping industry, said it has changed its name to Amber Road. “Derived from the ancient trading route of the same name, Amber Road evokes images of trade throughout history and more accurately embodies the nature of the company’s business,” the East Rutherford, N.J.-based firm […]
Sappio Business advisory firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has appointed Robert Sappio to managing director. Prior to joining A&M, Sappio spent nearly 30 years with APL, most recently serving as senior vice president in charge of trade and marketing activities for the liner carrier in transpacific, transatlantic and Latin American regions. “His breadth and […]
The U.S. Justice Department said Xun Wang, a former managing director of PPG Paints Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., a Chinese subsidiary of U.S.-based PPG Industries, pled guilty Tuesday to conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. Wang, 51, entered the guilty plea before Judge Emmet G. Sullivan of the U.S. District Court […]
Meditetranean Shipping Co., the liner shipping carrier, has announced an extension of its slot charter with Maersk Line and Hamburg Sud on their 10-ship Oceania loop connecting Australia and New Zealand with their various hubs in Panama/Columbia and extending to Savannah and Philadelphia on the U.S. East Coast. It calls this loop its Oceania […]
A training course for project freight forwarders will be held Feb. 27-28 in conjunction with Breakbulk China 2012 at the Intex Shanghai exhibition center. The Certificate of Achievement in Project Cargo Management ISO accredited training focuses on the professional development of employees and new thinking about how to successfully manage complex heavy-lift transportation. “The […]
OceanSaver, a provider of ballast water treatment systems, has appointed Houtan Houshangi as interim chief executive officer. Houshangi replaces Stein Foss who developed and commercialized OceanSaver BWT system technology. OceanSaver was started in 2003. “Until a permanent successor to Foss is found, Houshangi will manage OceanSaver’s next stage of growth and further […]
Tideworks Technology, a provider of terminal management and planning software, will implement a terminal operating system at Halterm Container Terminal in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The new system is scheduled to go live in 2012. “We were particularly impressed with Tideworks’ rail planning solutions and excellent reputation, not only in Canada but around the globe,” […]
CRST International is offering expedited transcontinental temperature controlled truck service using team drivers. A more secure 60-hour service will be cost-competitive with single drivers who take about five and a half days.
A new report by the Texas Transportation Institute identifies 328 stretches of highway across the nation that are seriously congested on a regular basis over a variety of times during the week. The least reliable corridor is the southbound section of Georgia Route 400 in Atlanta between the toll plaza and I-85. According […]
Boeing has forecast that that the Middle East’s fleet of passenger airplanes will grow from a current fleet of 1,040 planes to a projected 2,710 planes by 2030, an increase of 160 percent, the aircraft manufacturer said Monday from the Dubai Air Show. On the same day, it tied up a deal with […]
Container volume at the Port of Hamburg grew 15.3 percent in the first three quarters of 2011, to 6.8 million TEUs, the port said Monday. Import volume was up 15.6 percent, to 3.5 million TEUs, while export volume grew 14.9 percent, to 3.3 million TEUs. The port said “all trades involved in […]
DHL on Tuesday announced a shakeup of its forwarding and freight divisions in its Asia and Africa regions. The company said its global forwarding division will combine its north and south Pacific regional operations into one, with Kelvin Leung, formerly chief executive officer for the north Asia Pacific region, heading the joint unit. […]
The NITL, though disappointed with STB decision to postpone rule review for captive rail shippers, says it will press the issue. NITL will also attend the new Global Shippers Forum first annual meeting.
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Randy Babbit will convene a forum on Nov. 30 at DOT headquarters to discuss ways to better deal with aircraft that have to be diverted to alternate airports due to bad weather. The announcement comes in the wake of the surprise snow storm […]
The nine-nation TPP received a boost at last week’s APEC summit when Canada, Japan, and Mexico indicated they planned to join the negotiations, with TPP potentially dwarfing even the European Union as a free trade zone.
The United States and Philippines on Sunday signed a customs administration and trade facilitation agreement to further improve the countries’ trade relations.
The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security has aligned its licensing requirements and policies under the Export Administration Regulations for Liechtenstein with those of Switzerland. Liechtenstein will now be treated the same as Switzerland in the EAR. “By virtue of a Customs Union Treaty with Switzerland, Liechtenstein has adopted the […]
