The United States has started exploratory discussions with the East African Community on the development of a potential new trade and investment partnership. EAC includes Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Los Angeles-based freight forwarder Consolidators International, Inc. has selected Gibson Freight as its new partner in Australia. Thirty-year-old Gibson Freight operates terminals in three of Australia’s largest ports to handle both air and sea containers as well as breakbulk freight. The company owns a fleet of 150 trucks to move cargo throughout the country. […]
The six primary container ports on the U.S. West Coast thanked the Federal Maritime Commission for opening an investigation into why an increasing amount of cargo is being routed through the Canadian ports of Prince Rupert and Vancouver. In a letter last Friday, the ports singled out U.S. regulations – namely the Harbor […]
The Senate on Nov. 1 confirmed Eric L. Hirschhorn’s nomination to be undersecretary of the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security, a position he has held through a recess appointment by President Obama since April 2, 2010. Hirschhorn is highly regarded among U.S. export interests for the work that he and […]
Kuehne + Nagel said it will pay a $9.9 million fine to resolve allegations that international freight forwarders coordinated their activities with respect to establishing certain surcharges. The Swiss forwarder said the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia approved a plea agreement that K+N entered into with the U.S. Department of […]
Refrigeration experts believe they have discovered with “near certainty” the cause of several explosions in the cooling systems of refrigerated containers, explosions that have killed three workers worldwide.
The two major carrier discussion agreements in the transpacific were called on the carpet last week by the chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission. Transcripts “shockingly tardy”.
Raven John Raven, a long-time unabashed spokesman and commentator on global customs modernization and trade facilitation, died on Sunday afternoon. He was 91 years old. The cause of death was not disclosed, but he had been in declining health in recent months. Raven, a graduate of Cambridge University, sharpened his penmanship while […]
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The liner carrier Yang Ming Marine Transport is reported to be considering an order for 16,000-TEU containerships. According to reports from Taiwan, where the line is based, Chairman Frank Lu said he is pushing the carrier’s board to go ahead with the order for the vessels, which would be double the size of […]
The Federal Maritime Commission has posted on its website a plan and timetable for a review of its rules running through 2016. Like other federal agencies, the FMC is reviewing rules in response to an executive order issued by President Obama in January. FMC said it is asking for the shipping public’s […]
It’s been a long time since wind and commercial shipping had much to do with each other, but the U.S. fleet looks to get some additional ships as a result of a provision contained in the America’s Cup Act of 2011, a bill that sailed through Congress last week–approved by the House in a […]
The Surface Transportation Board said Friday that it is putting off consideration of a request by the country’s largest shipper organization to revise its rules having to do with competitive railroad switching. The National Industrial Transportation League asked the STB in July to adopt new rules so captive shippers served by a single […]
A system tested over eight years allows containers to be released by the vertical pull of cranes, eliminating time-consuming unlocking done by stevedores. Discharge begins as ships berth.
Brazil is vulnerable to cargo theft due largely to the country’s lack of serious legal penalties, according to a recent report from FreightWatch. “The lack of serious legal penalties for this type of crime is added incentive for cargo thieves to target the freight that, in light of Brazil’s economic growth, is increasingly […]
The AAPA’s crystal globe broke on its way via Washington from Los Angeles to Long Beach, this year’s winner of the Dan Maynard award. Los Angeles offered to replace it with a brass one but AAPA settled for a stainless steel copy instead.
CHEP, a global pallet and container pooling and supply-chain services provider, has started a new division aimed at airfreight unit load devices (ULDs). The new unit, CHEP Aerospace Solutions will become the world’s largest independent network of pooled ULDs and repair centers, the company said. ULDs are used by airlines for transportation of […]
The National Foreign Trade Council on Thursday released a set of policy priorities for modernizing rules and practices governing cross-border flows of data and information technologies.
The Federal Maritime Commission has issued its notice of inquiry to solicit the public’s views and information concerning factors that may cause or contribute to the shift of containerized cargo destined for U.S. inland points from U.S. to Canadian and Mexican seaports. Comments from interested parties are due on or before Dec. 22. […]
