The Bonn, Germany-based parcel carrier said it will impose a 4.9 percent general average price increase for its U.S. account holders, effective Jan. 2.
APM Terminals (APMT) has ordered 12 remote-controlled ship-to-shore cranes and 32 automated rail-mounted gantry cranes to handle containers at the APMT MedPort Tangier facility now under construction at the Tanger-Med II port complex.
The European port reported a 1.9 percent year-over-year decline in cargo volumes for the first nine months of the year, largely due to the drop in coal and iron ore shipments.
The owner and the operator of the Gallia Graeca, a Greek ship that dumped oily bilge into the Pacific Ocean, were found guilty in June 2016 of violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, as well as for falsification of records and fraud.
Scheduled to commence in March 2017, the new direct route between its hub at London Heathrow and New Orleans International Airport will be the first of its kind, the global airfreight carrier said in a statement.
FedEx Express entered into an agreement with Korail Networks to utilize the Korea Train eXpress network to transport time-and temperature-sensitive healthcare shipments.
The Icelandic shipping company said its Blue Line service will drop a call at Hamburg in favor of a call at Bremerhaven, which offers excellent connections via Bremerhaven to Asia, Africa, South America and North America.
The Netherlands-based third-party logistics provider has appointed Peter Waller chief finance officer and member of its executive board.
Ocean carriers Maersk Line, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd, OOCL and MOL issued freight rate increases.
Over the summer, American Shipper spent two days shadowing the transportation teams of two major shippers in an endeavor to better understand how shippers actually use a transportation management system.
After hitting an all-time low in February, dry bulk shipping rates have more than tripled. The Baltic Dry Index—which reflects estimates for the cost of moving a variety of different dry bulk commodities in different size ships on a variety of routes—has climbed from a record low of 290 to more than 900 in […]
Consumers often base their purchases of fresh produce on appearance. Unfortunately, those fruits and vegetables with minor bumps, scuffs, bruises, and deformities end up left behind in farmers’ fields to rot. According to the United Nations, between 20 and 40 percent of produce harvested each year is thrown away because it does not […]
The American Trucking Associations has urged the federal government for a decade now to mandate the use of electronic devices that prevent truck drivers from exceeding a pre-determined speed. Now, after the Department of Transportation finally decided it was a good idea, the ATA appears to backing away from the policy and taking a […]
In a recent decision, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) found a Forward Freight Agreement (FFA) between two companies was not a maritime contract and that the court lacked jurisdiction to enforce a judgment handed down by an English court. The case (D’Amico Dry Limited v. Primera Maritime […]
During its most recent assembly, the 191 member states of the International Civil Aviation Organization passed an agreement on a global market-based measure to offset carbon emissions worldwide, putting a bow on a quest for airline emissions trading that has been years—if not decades—in the making. ICAO said the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction […]
The recent events surrounding the bankruptcy of Hanjin Shipping have resonated with serious negative overtones impacting global supply chains in almost every industry. Vessels and cargoes are being seized, crew members are facing arrest and prosecution, senior executives are being pursued by government authorities, and freight is being held up from meeting delivery […]
No American shipper wants to experience a showdown between unionized dock labor and its employers any time soon. That’s why it’s now more important than ever for shippers to continue to nudge dockworkers—those represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union on the West Coast and International Longshoremen’s Union on the East Coast—and […]
One thing that service providers are great at is taking care of you. They will pick up your shipments, export them out of the country, clear them through Customs and deliver them halfway around the world, and they won’t bother you with all of the nitpicky details that they constantly have to deal with. […]
With interest rates at their lowest levels in recorded history there is an abundance of capital seeking investment opportunities, particularly in freight movement infrastructure. It is not surprising that many previously studied, and postponed or rejected, investment ideas are re-surfacing. It is worth reconsidering potential opportunities from time to time because as the world […]
American Shipper has been analyzing the state of the freight payment industry since 2009 and in that time we’ve shone a light on numerous discrepancies between companies that handle payment of transportation and logistics in a systematic way versus those that handle it more manually. In this, the seventh version of our annual […]
