The Israeli ocean carrier said the ZIM Pacific North service will launch in April, subject to approval by the Federal Maritime Commission.
The toymaker will use JDA solutions to help digitally transform its supply chain, helping the manufacturer and retailer better respond to demand situations.
Shipment volumes for the month fell 6.4 percent from December due to “normal seasonality,” but were up 3.2 percent compared with the same 2016 period, the second year-over-year increase in as many months, according to the latest Cass Freight Index Report.
The seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index grew 2.9 percent compared with the previous month to a reading of 138.8, following a revised 4.3 percent decline in December, according to the American Trucking Associations.
The state’s three ports handled 3.9 million tons of cargo in the fourth quarter of 2016.
The inland river port handled 258,243 waterborne tons in January, a 129 percent increase from January 2016.
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Mexico has trade agreements with 50 other nations outside of NAFTA and container trade options, the liner carrier Maersk notes
American Shipper’s sister publication, the Adam Smith Project, wrote Monday about the dangers of recalibrating trade statistics to suit policy initiatives.
Chief Executive Officer Ted Fick resigned earlier this month amid a Washington State Auditor’s Office investigation into an alleged $4.8 million in potentially illegal payouts to port employees.
Michael J. Ward and Clarence W. Gooden, chief executive officer and president of CSX, respectively, will retire from the company May 31, 2017, the Jacksonville, Fla.-based Class I railroad said in a statement.
A spokesperson from Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) told American Shipper the loop is expected to commence April 2 from Laem Chabang, operating with seven, 6,800-TEU vessels supplied by HMM.
The container lines were fined a total of 2.39 million Chinese yuan renminbi (U.S. $347,212) for failing to record or recording inaccurate data on their freight rates.
The French ocean carrier will buy space on a service between North Europe and the West Coast of North America, as well as on a service between Japan and California.
The joint venture will consolidate and expand bulk cargo handling services of both companies in the U.S. Southeast and Gulf region.
News broke on the planned logistics center on the heals of the announcement that the 18,300-TEU Margrethe Maersk, docked at the Cai Mep International Terminal Monday, the largest ship to ever frequent Vietnam.
The International Longshoremen’s Association is calling for a shutdown of ports along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, and a march in Washington.
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