Calendar year 2016 marked the Port of Los Angeles’ highest reduction yet of three key air pollutants: sulfur oxides, diesel particulate matter and nitrogen oxides, according to the port’s latest air emissions inventory.
Ten sailors are missing and at least five have been reported injured after Liberian-flagged oil and chemical tanker Alnic MC was involved in a collision with the USS John S. McCain early Monday morning.
Through July, 954 container ships have visited the Port of Oakland in 2017, down 7.6 percent from 1,032 calls during the same period last year, putting vessel calls for the full year on pace to be about 100 fewer than the port received in 2016.
Two general cargo vessels collided off the coast of China over the weekend, causing a minor oil spill and at least three deaths, with six sailors still reported to be missing, according to Splash 24/7.
Recent Customs and Border Protection investigations found “substantial evidence” that Chinese-manufactured wire hangers have evaded U.S. antidumping duties by transshipping through Thailand, CBP said in a statment.
The Texas Gulf port has tapped James Construction to build and develop the 250-acre multimodal industrial park, valued at $21 million, Port Freeport said in a statement.
U.S. and Mexican Customs officials recently dedicated a new center at the Laredo, Texas, to allow both agencies to more efficiently work together to process freight trains crossing the border.
The Miami International Airport in South Florida saw an 8.3 percent increase in domestic freight and 3.7 percent growth in international cargo during the first six months of the year, according to recently released data.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has appointed Casey Durst to lead its Baltimore Field Office, where she will oversee a staff of 800 and agency field operations stretching from southern New Jersey to northern Virginia.
The A.P. Moller-Maersk Group’s experience with Petya (or NotPetya) should be a wakeup call for the entire shipping and logistics industry; small shippers and forwarders can no longer afford to think they are insulated from the effects of such an attack.
Tapered roller bearings from Korea The ITC has determined that tapered roller bearings from Korea have been sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. U.S.-Korea FTA Joint Committee The U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer has announced a special session meeting of the Joint Committee under the U.S.-Korea (KORUS) Free Trade Agreement on August 22. […]
Jacksonville, Fla.-based ocean carrier TOTE Inc. says the launch of the proposed new loop is dependent primarily on acquiring two things: newbuild vessels for the trade and a Hawaii marine terminal from which to operate.
Transit rates for container vessels in the northern and southern Suez ports will be reduced effective Oct. 1, with vessels carrying more containers receiving larger reductions.
Mediterranean Shipping Co. and Hapag-Lloyd are scheduled to launch a new loop between Europe and the East Coast of South America at the end of September that will deploy nine vessels with an average capacity of 9,000 TEUs.
All transportation sectors have shown volume increases in July 2017, with the exception of rail, which seems to have succumbed to the strength of the U.S. dollar, according to the latest Cass Freight Index Report.
Although spot container rates declined from Shanghai to Europe, the Mediterranean and the U.S. East Coast since last Friday, rates from Shanghai to the U.S. West Coast experienced a slight increase, according to the Shanghai Containerized Freight Index.
A suspected car thief climbed a giant container crane at Pier 100, which is part of the China Shipping North America-run West Basin Container Terminal, and stripped off his clothes before falling to his death, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
The alliance’s transatlantic TA1/NEUATL1 service is operated with five U.S.-flagged Maersk vessels with an average capacity of 4,611 TEUs, according to ocean carrier schedule database BlueWater Reporting.
The Omaha-based Class I railroad is eliminating 500 manager jobs and 250 railroad workers in a greater attempt to save up to $400 million a year in costs, according to multiple media sources.
South Korea on Thursday agreed to lift its ban on imports of U.S. poultry products and added a temporary measure to allow U.S. fresh eggs to enter the country duty free.
