Maritime analyst SeaIntel on Monday released a new measure of liner carrier reliability. The SeaIntel Global Liner Schedule Reliability report will track, on a monthly basis, 1,300 vessels arriving at more than 200 ports globally, with reliability figures given on 16 global trade lanes. The first report, which looks at July and […]
Liner carrier CMA CGM is altering the rotation of a service linking the U.S. East Coast and the Caribbean ahead of the suspension of its Black Pearl service between the U.S. East Coast, the Caribbean and the northern coast of South America. The line’s Cagema service has added calls at New York and […]
The Antwerp Port Authority said Friday it has appointed three representatives in South America to promote the port and strengthen existing contracts. The new representatives, Chile-based Fernando Bustamante and German Calderon, and Brazil-based Henrique Machado Rabelo, “will exploit his own niche, network and specialization, creating closer links with manufacturers (shippers) and the shipping […]
The ports of Seattle and Tacoma said they resumed normal operations on Friday, following a one-day wildcat strike Thursday by workers sympathetic with International Longshore and Warehouse Union demands that they should be employed at a new grain terminal in the Port of Longview in Washington. Protesters vandalized the EGT terminal early Thursday […]
Washington-based United Fresh Produce Association has put its support behind two pilot programs designed to enhance the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s ability to trace products responsible for food-borne illness outbreaks. FDA announced last week the pilots, required under the Food Safety Modernization Act, will be carried out by the nonprofit Institute for […]
Swiss logistics company Kuehne + Nagel has extended the contracts of its top management, the company said Friday. K + N’s board of directors extended the contracts of Chief Executive Officer Reinhard Lange through 2013, Chief Financial Officer Gerard van Kesteren until mid-2014 and Dirk Reich, executive vice president of contract logistics and […]
New cranes arrive at Jacksonville Port Authority’s Blount Island Marine Terminal. The Port of Jacksonville said two new container cranes have arrived at its Blount Island Marine Terminal. The cranes are worth $10 million each, stand 170 feet tall and weigh 1,050 tons. Each crane boasts a 145-foot front reach and can lift […]
Bersin Reports of a potential al-Qaeda plot against Washington or New York around the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks led to a heightened state of alert for law enforcement and intelligence authorities, but normal precautions didn’t result in delays for travelers and shippers moving across the border, U.S. Customs and Border Protection […]
CMA CGM has started a service between eastern Russia and China as it drops out of a slot-buying agreement with FESCO on the same trade, according to American Shipper affiliate ComPair Data. The French line has started its Russian Far East Express service with a rotation of Chiwan, Ningbo, Shanghai, Busan, Vostochny, Busan […]
T. Parker Host has purchased all the outstanding shares of NSA Agencies, adding offices in Houston; New Orleans; Mobile, Ala.; and Tampa, Fla. NSA Agencies (successor to Navios Ship Agency) will now become part of the T. Parker Host group. George Duffy has led NSA for more than 30 years, and T. Parker […]
Intra-Asia carrier T.S. Lines has joined a shuttle between Japan and Shanghai operated by Grand China Shipping, according to research from American Shipper affiliate ComPair Data. The carrier has joined the EKX service, which operates with one vessel by Grand China, on a rotation of Shanghai, Osaka, Kobe and Shanghai. According to […]
The head of one of the world’s largest aircraft leasing companies said he is nervous over the prospect of plane manufacturers Airbus and Boeing increasing production by up to 50 percent in the next few years, according to a report over the weekend from Dow Jones Newswires. “The production increase plans make […]
DHL Express has begun direct daily Boeing 757 air freight service between its Cincinnati and Panama hubs, the company said Friday. The service, DHL said, improve delivery times by one day from any location in the United States, Canada, Asia and the Caribbean Islands to Panama and from Panama to all DHL destinations […]
Pacer International said Friday it has expanded its direct double-stack intermodal rail service to serve customers moving cargo between Chihuahua, Mexico, and key U.S. and Canadian markets. The service, which began operations on Aug. 29, will operate five days per week and uses the Ferromex and Union Pacific railroads. The new service […]
Not for the arbitrators
National concern about the size of the federal debt is putting pressure on the federal budget and agencies across the government, but U.S. Customs and Border Protection is likely to escape funding cuts because of its important mission protecting national and economic security, Commissioner Alan Bersin said Friday. “Congress is committed to maintaining […]
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Washington Notebook By Eric Kulisch The House Republican agenda this fall for creating jobs includes passing legislation targeted at a recent ruling by the National Labor Relations Board that attempts to block Boeing Corp. from locating an aircraft production line in South Carolina. Boeing recently opened the plant in North Charleston and has […]
FMC addresses index-linked contracts
