Ron Widdows, the group president and chief executive officer of Neptune Orient Lines, will remain chairman of the World Shipping Council (WSC) through September 2012.
Maersk Line has added a call at Qingdao to one of its core Asia-Europe services. The call has been added to its AE7 service, which now has a rotation of Qingdao, Ningbo, Shangai, Yantian, Tanjung Pelepas, Tangiers, Felixstowe, Bremerhaven, Rotterdam, Tangiers, Jeddah, Jebel Ali, Da Chan Bay, and Qingdao. The standalone service […]
APL has omitted two major Chinese ports from an intra-Asia service linking China and the Philippines, according to American Shipper affiliate ComPair Data. The line has shortened the rotation of its NPX service to Hong Kong, Chiwan, Kaohsiung, Manila, Cebu, Cagayan de Oro, Kaohsiung, and Hong Kong. In line with the dropped coverage […]
NYK Line, Evergreen Line, and Hanjin Shipping said Thursday they will start a new service connecting the Far East with the Indian Subcontinent. The service, which NYK has dubbed WIN, will start Oct. 29 with a rotation of Busan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Shekou, Singapore, Nhava Sheva, Pipavav, Colombo, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Busan. It […]
The U.S. Justice Department said six Japanese freight forwarders have agreed to plead guilty and pay criminal fines totaling $46.8 million for their roles in a conspiracy to fix certain fees involving air cargo shipments from Japan to the United States.
UPS said Wednesday it will offer an air freight container for healthcare products, such as pharmaceuticals, vaccines and biologics, with temperature-sensitive requirements. The PharmaPort 360 container, which will be manufactured by Cool Containers, will provide near real-time monitoring and maintain product temperatures in extreme outside conditions. UPS said it will maintain strict […]
The Surface Transportation Board said Wednesday it has initiated a public proceeding to examine the regulatory effects of the price Berkshire Hathaway paid when it acquired BNSF Railway last year. In May, the Western Coal Traffic League petitioned the STB to adjust its costing system as a result of the purchase price. BNSF […]
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Francisco Sánchez, the U.S. Commerce Department’s undersecretary for international trade, will lead a trade delegation to Beijing and Hong Kong, Oct. 13-18, to promote U.S. goods, services, and technologies in the biotechnology sector. Representatives from 19 U.S. biotechnology and architecture/design firms that specialize in biotech facilities and laboratories will join Sánchez on the […]
Rooney Kuehne + Nagel, one of the world’s largest freight forwarders, has named William F. Rooney vice president for sea freight transpacific. Rooney had left his job as president of Hanjin Shipping America last year after a six year stint with the Korean carrier. Previously, Rooney held a number of senior management positions […]
Several press outlets are reporting that Christopher Ward, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, intends to resign by the end of October.
The Port of Los Angeles and California State University Long Beach Foundation said Wednesday they will develop and test a new $1.8 million seawater scrubber vessel system next spring that has the potential to reduce emissions by as much as 85 percent. Seawater scrubbers feature advanced emission control technology in which seawater is […]
Orion Marine Group said it has been awarded two contracts worth about $40 million, including one related to deepening the channel to the Port of Corpus Christi in Texas. Orion said it has been awarded a project by the Army Corps of Engineers for the expansion of the La Quinta ship channel and […]
JIMCO Group has opened a bulk transload operation in the Port of Charleston to serve growing demand for U.S. exports of agricultural and other bulk products. JIMCO’s new facility is located adjacent to the North Charleston Terminal at the South Carolina Public Railways’ Remount Road facility. It will receive agricultural bulk commodities by […]
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