The fake Edison Professional speakers, with a manufacturer’s suggested retail value of $253,572, originated in China and will be destroyed.
Kari-Pekka Laaksonen formerly led Containerships.
Largest marine terminal in North America gets another vote of approval for new cargo-handling equipment at Pier 400.
Transatlantic carrier will make Southampton its U.K. call instead of Liverpool.
The American Logistics Aid Network is rallying its freight logistics and transportation service provider members to assist with the potential devastating aftermath of Tropical Storm Barry.
The port handled a record 2.4 million TEUs of containerized cargo in the 12 months ending June 30, an 8.8% increase over the prior fiscal year.
The nation’s largest container port handled 764,777 TEUs in June and 9.7 million TEUs in the last fiscal year.
The Waterways Council wants lawmakers to legislate a cost-share split for inland waterways infrastructure projects that’s 25% nonfederal funds and 75% federal monies.
Latest incident comes after U.K. arrests ship carrying Iranian crude oil.
The action could result in trade remedies, including tariffs, if the U.S. finds that France is engaging in unfair commercial practices.
Planned for this fall, submission of the report will follow an April presidential memorandum requiring the departments of Commerce and Homeland Security to send a report focusing on the extent to which third parties facilitate or work to combat trafficking in counterfeits.
Chris Lytle will step down as executive director of the Port of Oakland on July 19, ending a 53-year career in trade and transportation.
Several stakeholders, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, had called for a vote before the August recess.
Nanette DeRenzi is appointed to board, Paul Tessy is hired, Tom Clark is named regional vice president and Michael Bubica is promoted.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said China’s pursuit of U.S. military-grade technologies “cannot be tolerated and we are updating our export control policies to account for this very real threat.”
The freight forwarder joins a list of ocean carriers implementing surcharges that includes Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd, MSC, CMA CGM and APL.
Mediterranean Shipping Co. said with the exception of a small number of containers involved in the illegal drug shipment investigation in Philadelphia, the rest of the MSC Gayane’s containers were transferred to other MSC ships.
The German shipping company’s fleet of reefer containers will exceed 100,000 units.
USTR has called for South Korea to improve its procedures for competition hearings held by the Korea Fair Trade Commission.
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control took PB Tankers and its six tankers off the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List after three months.
