American Shipper

Port authority chair is re-elected, COO is hired and promotions are announced.

Five Chinese firms added to the Commerce Department’s Entity List operate under myriad aliases, challenging U.S. export compliance managers.

Evergreen, Hapag-Lloyd, Yang Ming and COSCO all are said to be weighing new ship orders.

Chris Connor will succeed Kurt Nagle, the American Association of Port Authorities’ president and CEO since 1995.

The temperature-sensitive containers will be used to transport vaccines and other high-value biopharmaceutical shipments.

The commission voted 3-2 Thursday to deny an ILWU appeal of a permit that allows APM Terminals to test automated terminal equipment at Pier 400.

Six crew members have been arrested on federal charges and face possible life sentences after about 17.5 tons of cocaine were found on the ship in Philadelphia.

State-to-state dispute settlement issue potentially could be solved through an exchange of letters, says executive of Mexican business association.

All current members will step aside as part of the acquisition agreement.

The Harbor Maintenance Tax is a disincentive for short sea shipping because it is imposed at both the port of entry and secondary port, a House subcommittee was told.

Among other honorees are ONE’s Jeremy Nixon, APL, Crowley, LoadDelivered, PSA Singapore, AFLAS and World Post & Parcel winners and Pinnacle recipients.

Responding to Hong Kong’s proposed extradition legislation, Congress aims to shut down the territory’s transshipment channels to China and other sanctioned countries.

Portline Bulk International in federal court Thursday agreed to pay a $1.5 million criminal fine for willfully dumping oily bilge into the ocean and falsifying its ship’s oil records.

The port agency for Seattle and Tacoma is encouraging terminals to use extended hours, “peel-off” piles and street turns to ease congestion.

When the doors of the container were opened, the system recognized it was not at the correct location.

One lease extends the auto processor’s current lease at Blount Island Terminal, while the other provides 22.4 new acres of property at the Dames Point Marine Terminal.

Bonnie Reemsnyder and David Kooris are elected and Christopher Favreau and Kevin Boyer are hired.

An end to alliances also could result in fewer services calling only a limited number of ports.

Clothing retailer H&M, the first user of the product, wants to use its “size to be a force for good and enable scaling innovative solutions.”  

The Senate Commerce Committee pressed witnesses on a variety of issues Wednesday during a hearing about surface transportation reauthorization.