Con-way Freight, the less-than-truckload subsidiary of Con-way Inc., has appointed W. Gregory Lehmkuhl to president. The company also said Thomas W. Clark will become executive vice president of operations, the job Lehmkuhl previously held.
A bumper corn crop in China of 167 million metric tons, an increase of 9 million tons over last year is expected this year, according to U.S. Grain Council estimates released on Tuesday. The estimate was developed by the USGC’s China Corn Harvest Tour, which concluded its annual survey last week. “Demand […]
Kerry Logistics said it has started construction of its Asia regional logistics hub in Singapore. The four-story facility has a total area of 34,500 square meters (370,000 square feet) and will support regional clients with a full range of logistics services. Hong Kong-based Kerry said the hub will meet increasing demand from […]
The Norfolk Southern Railway plans to launch a new double-stack container service in mid-October connecting the Port of Virginia with customers in central North Carolina.
The South Carolina environtmental agency plans to deny a permit to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to deepen the Savannah River.
Customs inspectors in Guatemala are inspecting 100 percent of containers unloaded in Puerto Quetzal, according to a note Tuesday by liner carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co. “Unfortunately, the volume of inspections has overwhelmed the infrastructure of the port,” MSC said in a statement. It added that it expects a delay of four to five […]
DP World said it will open its London Gateway, a new global shipping port and logistics center on the Thames estuary, in the fourth quarter of 2013. The facility will have an initial capacity of 1.6 million TEUs. The Dubai-based terminal company said construction for the project began in 2010 and it […]
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GAO will conduct a detailed study on the effect of the Jones Act in Puerto Rico, specifically its impact on the island’s economy and the United States.
Hainan PO Shipping and TS Lines have pulled one of their remaining two transpacific services, according to American Shipper affiliate ComPair Data.
CSAV Norasia has reduced its capacity on a service between the Far East and Middle East, according to American Shipper affiliate ComPair Data. The line has switched out four of the six vessels on its standalone Super Galex service, resulting in a roughly 18 percent drop in weekly capacity. The service rotation is […]
Drewry Maritime Research’s East-West Freight Rate index has lost 41 percent of its value since it peaked in July 2010, the London-based analyst said Tuesday. The index provides a weighted average of rates across key Asia-Europe, transpacific and transatlantic trade routes. Prior to the current slump, the index had more than doubled through […]
Piracy costs the global shipping trade more than $9 billion a year, according to Indian ship owners, who on Monday demanded that the United Nations set up a maritime force to halt pirates operating off the Somali coast in the Indian Ocean, the Associated Press reported Monday. The Indian National Shipowners Organization said […]
Crowley Maritime Corp. said to better serve customers shipping cargo between the U.S. mainland and Puerto Rico it has acquired 400 additional 53-foot dry high-cube containers and 375 53-foot chassis. “These new containers, which provide optimum value for shippers with low density, high-cube cargo, are particularly needed now as we enter the peak […]
Sino-Global Shipping America, a privately-owned provider of ship agency services, primarily in China, has appointed Zhi Kang Huang to chief operating officer. Huang joined Sino-Global in 2002 and has been in charge of the company’s overseas business since July 2008.
China Southern Airlines has become the first air carrier from mainland China to join Cargo 2000, an initiative to halve the number of individual processes in the air cargo supply chain. China Southern is the 30th international airline to join Cargo 2000, which has more than 80 airline, freight forwarder, ground handler, trucking […]
The Russian Railways will invest in infrastructure development projects in the Far Eastern region of the country valued at 246 billion rubles ($7.48 billion), said Valeriy Reshetnikov, the railroad’s senior vice-president on Tuesday in Khabarovsk during the plenary session of the Fifth Far Eastern International Economic Forum. Reshetnikov said the railroad introduced measures […]
President Obama on Monday sent pending U.S. free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama to Congress.
The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security on Monday said Flowserve Corp. and 10 of its overseas affiliates have agreed to pay a civil penalty totaling $2.5 million to settle 288 charges for violating the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) by making unlicensed exports and re-exports of pumps, valves and related components to […]
