The Hansa Meersburg ran into a crane while berthing at Keelung Port, resulting in the damage of 50 containers and port infrastructure, Splash 24/7 reported.
The service is scheduled to commence operations from Shanghai on Jan. 24, and will deploy five, 4,250-TEU vessels.
CSX appoints executive vice president of operations; the Port of Seattle welcomes new commissioners and names commission president; Damco Distribution Services appoints president; and Yodel names chief executive officer.
Mehmet Hakan Atilla, a senior banker at Halk Bank in Turkey, was convicted on five charges of conspiracy for inaccurately reporting humanitarian shipments to Iran to hide gold and currency supply to Iranian government.
As a result of its recent investigations, the Commerce Department has set antidumping duty rates on carbon and alloy steel wire rod imports from South Africa and the Ukraine.
U.S. companies must use IRS Form 5713 to report operations in or related to countries participating in international boycotts unsanctioned by the U.S., and to report the receipt of boycott requests and the entering into boycott agreements.
The lawsuits allege that the companies purposely classify their drivers as independent contractors to avoid obligations to pay employee benefits, including unemployment insurance, workers’ compensation and a minimum wage.
In the department’s annual inflationary adjustment of its civil monetary penalty amounts for 2018, Commerce is hiking the statutory maximum for certain environmental violations, as well as violations of the Lacey Act and foreign trade zone statutes.
Peter Friedmann, executive director of the Agriculture Transportation Coalition, told the port’s five-member harbor commission in the letter that the proposed Pier B Rail yard project is vital to keeping the Port of Long Beach competitive.
Jim Johnston, who served as president of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association since 1974, died Monday after a year-long battle with lung cancer.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s Deputy Administrator Daniel Elwell will serve as acting administrator, following the end of Administrator Michael Huerta’s term.
The the owner of AK Scientific, Inc. had been charged with conspiracy, smuggling and violations of the Hazard Materials Transportation Act and the Toxic Substance Control Act.
The State Department has added Abukar Ali Adan, Muhammad al-Ghazali and Wanas al-Faqih to its list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists.
The port operator invested more than $1 billion in capital expenditures in 2017 through acquisitions, operational expansion and facility development.
The diversified mutual marine insurance company said in a report that containerships have a significantly higher claims frequency due to the larger number of installed engines on these vessels.
Worldwide Flight Services signed a 15-year lease on a new 346,000-square-foot cargo terminal that is projected to open during the fourth quarter of 2020 at the John F. Kennedy International Airport.
The nation’s transportation and logistics sector added 1,800 jobs in December 2017, according to recent preliminary data from the U.S. Department of Labor.
The new FedEx Shanghai International Express and Cargo Hub can process up to 36,000 packages and documents per hour.
French liner carrier CMA CGM has appointed 20-year company veteran Ludovic Renou to president of CMA CGM America, based in Norfolk, Va.
The Class I railroad’s performance metrics show ‘a remarkable rate of positive change,’ according to it’s new chief executive, Jim Foote.
