The surge in imports as shippers “pulled forward” cargo in December is reverberating into this year and has set a high bar that will be hard to match in late 2019.
The two new cranes, identical to the pair delivered in March 2018, are part of the port’s $300 million in Packer Avenue Marine Terminal improvement projects.
Section 301 tariffs on goods from China are hurting some U.S. businesses downstream in the industrial supply chain, after the U.S. started imposing the measures last summer to generate changes in China’s business practices.
The moves include a new vice president of customer care, chief transportation officer, acting chief executive and port director, board chairman, and global head of ocean procurement and tradelane management.
The plan, which includes more than $650 billion in federal funding, would be the Democratic presidential hopeful’s “top budget priority” should she be elected in 2020.
Emmanuelle Verger and Rick Revoir are tapped to take the helms.
Sen. Susan Collins criticizes the president’s Transportation Department budget for offering “no path forward after the FAST Act expires.”
The Office of Foreign Assets Control said Stanley Black & Decker failed to effectively stop a Chinese subsidiary’s illicit exports to Iran following acquisition.
The Senate Finance Committee said in “coming weeks” the panel’s chairman will introduce a bill allowing Congress to stop Section 232 duties after they are imposed.
Petitions from the American Kitchen Cabinet Alliance allege that wooden cabinets and vanities from China are unfairly subsidized and dumped on the U.S. market.
Headwinds include Brexit, a U.S.-China trade deal and the International Maritime Organization’s 2020 sulfur cap.
CEO Frank McGuigan promises “a collaborative, high-tech workspace that attracts high-potential talent and is a place where employees can thrive.”
Scott Parker will succeed Art Garcia, who is retiring at the end of April.
Representatives of organized labor told a House subcommittee on Tuesday that the U.S., Canada and Mexico should get back to the negotiation table.
The $6 million project is expected to reduce diesel-related air pollutants by 45 tons annually.
TransX’s business includes truckload, LTL, intermodal, warehousing and freight forwarding, will continue to be based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and operate independently.
The European Commission said the restrictions on traders of football merchandise across the continent violated antitrust regulations.
The South Korean liner carrier’s announcement does not mention former leader C.K. Yoo, who told employees he was resigning in February.
Hapag-Lloyd is still working on a solution to transship the damaged containers to customers.
The International Transport Forum says its “views are grounded in data, evidence and economic research with the objective to foster efficient transport solutions that serve citizens.”
