Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka said the system will enable supply chain partners to receive a ship’s cargo information well in advance of arrival.
Fellow Japanese ocean carrier “K” Line exited the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement Aug. 19, while MOL, the other major ocean carrier based out of Japan, left the group in 2008.
The board of directors of Omaha, Neb.-based Class I railroad Union Pacific has authorized the early repurchase of up to 120 million common shares by Dec. 31, 2020, approximately 15 percent of current outstanding stock.
The North Florida port’s new Intermodal Container Transfer Facility provides rail service to the Blount Island Marine Terminal and TraPac Container Terminal at Dames Point, connecting the terminals with Class I railway CSX’s main line.
Redwood Logistics appoints chief logistics officer, while INTERTANKO elects chairman for another two years.
The joint container venture between Japan’s ‘Big 3’ will have a fleet capacity of 1.38 million TEUs, making it the sixth largest in the world, and when their 23 new ships are delivered, the merged operation will become the fifth largest carrier.
How dangerous is a spray can of compressed air? It’s just air, right? Wrong. These pressurized cans actually contain hazardous gases, which differ from product to product, and must be handled with the utmost care when prepared for air transport, explained Hank Baird, general manager of ATP Training, a subsidiary of AllTransPack. […]
Source: American Shipper research For years, American Shipper has gauged the international transportation market on its attitudes toward supply chain visibility, but the issue has always been tangential to broader disciplines that we have examined. At some point, it became incumbent upon us to delve deeper into visibility as its own discipline because […]
Keeping U.S. export reform going; The little FTA that could.
Global trade body warns 2016 trade growth slowest since 2009 financial crisis.
A Seoul court pushed back the deadline for receiving a rehabilitation plan for Hanjin Shipping from Dec. 23 to Feb. 3, according to South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency.
Most anticipate Koch’s $2 billion infusion in Infor will enable it to target larger customers with its cloud-based approach, centered around its GT Nexus commerce platform.
Ten cranes at APM Terminals’ Pier 400 at the Port of Los Angeles are being lifted higher to reach across mega-size container vessels being deployed on the transpacific shipping lane.
The Pacific Merchant Shipping Association will start publishing the average container dwell times at 12 marine terminals in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach on a monthly basis to help supply chain efficiency efforts.
The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index fell 1.3 percent from last Friday to a reading of 825.10.
The automaker said it will keep open a production line for one of its models at a Kentucky plant instead of relocating it to Mexico and President-elect Trump hailed the decision.
Officers were elected this week to head the Waterways Council and National Waterways Foundation.
Atlanta-based shipping and logistics provider UPS said it will invest more than $175 million to expand its main Columbus, Ohio ground package hub, which is located on 90 acres on the city’s west side.
Union Pacific appoints three senior executives, while Suttons Group names managing director of international operations.
However, the French ocean carrier said it has fully repaid a loan used to acquire Neptune Orient Lines and its APL container shipping subsidiary.
