Horizon Lines said Monday that it will discontinue its trans-Pacific container shipping service, which moves cargo between the U.S. West Coast and Guam on its westbound leg and China and the U.S. West Coast on the return, eastbound leg. Horizon’s decision to end the service follows that of a number of carriers who […]
Intra-Asia ocean line MCC Transport informed customers in Thailand today that they will have an extra week of free time for import containers before they are charged demurrage fees due to the massive flooding in Bangkok. Thailand has experienced record floods since August that have killed at least 356 people. Flood waters are […]
The Grand Alliance carriers Hapag-Lloyd, NYK Line, and OOCL have added a vessel to their CCX transpacific service as well as a new call at Qingdao, according to American Shipper affiliate ComPair Data. The service, operated with NYK vessels, will have a revised rotation of Qingdao-Ningbo-Shanghai-Busan-Los Angeles- Oakland-Busan-Qingdao. The alliance will now deploy […]
The liner carrier MOL said its own-operated ships had a perfect on-time record on Asia-Europe services in the third quarter, while transpacific performance improved significantly in the same period. The Japanese line releases quarterly on time arrival performance statistics for its services – with separate statistics for its ships and ones on which […]
DB Schenker Rail will begin regular European-sized rail freight services between Poland and the UK starting Nov.8. It will run one train per week between Wroclaw, in Poland, and Barking, London, via the UK’s High Speed 1 rail route.
The International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations has elected Stanley Lim Hwee Hong of Singapore as its new president at the organization’s general meeting in Cairo last week. Hong, who has been FIATA treasurer since 2007, will serve a two-year term. He was elected a FIATA vice president in 1995 and a senior […]
The ocean shipping software developer INTTRA says that e-commerce usage has reached an all-time high, with a record two million container orders per month initiated through its portal the last two months.
In 2009, as liner carriers struggled with a historic drop in container cargo demand, the Port of Los Angeles lent a hand of support. Los Angeles gave carriers a 6 percent rebate on the fees they paid the port – around $35 million in total – as a goodwill gesture to customers in a […]
The Port of Los Angeles is working with the U.S. Department of Commerce to assist local garment manufacturers penetrate second-tier Chinese cities with their products.
The commercial truck scarcity predicted for the past two years is starting to become reality, forcing shippers to rethink how to keep their supply networks functioning smoothly.
Today marks the official start of Maersk Line’s new Daily Maersk product between Asia and northern Europe. The Danish line will offer daily cut-offs at four origin ports in Asia and guaranteed transportation times to three key northern European ports, using its Asia-Europe service network and 70 own-operated vessels. The service is […]
FESCO Russian Pacific Line said Friday that it will link Tacoma and the eastern Russian port of Vladivostok with a breakbulk/Ro-Ro, and project cargo service beginning Nov. 17. The new service will have a transit time of 14 days. “We are introducing this improved service to meet our customers’ growing needs to […]
Trailer Bridge, which operates between the U.S. mainland, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic, said Ivy Barton Suter, chief executive officer, had resigned effective Friday, October 21. Effective immediately, William G. Gotimer, Jr., executive vice president, general counsel and secretary, and Mark Tanner, vice president of administration and chief financial officer, were appointed […]
The liner carriers Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC) and CSAV will start a jointly operated service between the west coast of South America and northern Europe. The service, dubbed Ecuador Express by CSAV, will have a rotation of Guayaquil, Balbo, Cristobal, Bremerhaven, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Balboa, and Guayaquil. It will be operated with six vessels, […]
NYK Line, Hanjin Shipping, and Evergreen Line are starting a new service connecting the Far East and Indian Subcontinent, according to American Shipper affiliate Com Pair Data. The new five-ship service will have a rotation of Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Singapore, Mumbai, Pipavav, Colombo, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Busan. NYK will provide two […]
Correction: An item in the Oct. 18 edition of AS Daily about Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC) joining CMA CGM and CSAV in a vessel sharing agreement on the Asia-West Coast South America trade incorrectly portrayed the status of an MSC service. According to the agreement, CMA CGM and CSAV will withdraw one of their two […]
The Italian all-cargo airline Cargoitalia said Friday it has established a new division, called Cargoitalia Ondemand, to cater for its growing air, crew, maintenance, and insurance (ACMI) and charter business. The division will be headed up by Giacomo Sciuto as charter and ACMI manager. Sciuto has been with the airline since its relaunch […]
Negotiators from the United States and the Trans-Pacific Partnership member countries met Saturday for the ninth round in Lima, Peru. Agreement is sought by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders Ministerial meeting in November.
The European Union on Friday agreed to Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization, expected to take place in December. The United States welcomed the decision.
On Friday, John Bryson was sworn in as the United States’ 37th commerce secretary. The White House said Bryson will focus on the president’s National Export Initiative goals. Bryson replaces Gary Locke, now U.S. ambassador to China.
