Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Dynamo, a self-described “logistics accelerator” led by three former supply chain executives, is accepting applications through May 8, 2016.
The Nigerian Export-Import Bank and Nigerian Shippers Council are collaborating to establish a regional shipping line, according to a report from the Lagos-based Vanguard newspaper.
The independent containership owner and manager took delivery of the MOL Benefactor, which will operate between Asia and the Middle East.
MOL announces management promotions, while Cargomatic names two VPs and Norfolk Southern appoints HR VP and board audit committee chair.
A group of some of the largest international trade associations has asked the Obama administration to press forward with key aspects of the Export Control Reform (ECR) Initiative.
The Chinese container line received a large handout to help upgrade vessels with anti-pollution technology, but has since routed the vessels to ports in other parts of the world instead, according to a report from the L.A. Times.
The French ocean carrier appears to be participating in a recent trend by lines to skirt canal fees by sailing around the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa.
“You want the volume to come, you want big ships to come, but you just don’t have the infrastructure to handle them,” Seaspan Corp. Chief Executive Gerry Wang said of the larger vessels that will soon be able to transit the expanded Panama Canal.
However, freight rates are still struggling and, according to shipping research and consulting firm Drewry, although consolidation may be a route to survival for some carriers, it can also create challenges.
The hull of the TS Taipei, which has been grounded off the coast of Keelung, Taiwan since March 10, cracked down the middle yesterday, spilling fuel and putting the containership at risk of sinking.
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union endorsement comes a month after the AFL-CIO, the largest federation of unions in the United States, chose not to endorse a candidate.
All 10 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Centers of Excellence are now fully staffed and operational to handle entry summary work for major industry sectors.
The chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations is seeking answers to why the Army Corps of Engineers’ budget to dredge the Cuyahoga River Ship Channel for the Port of Cleveland was cut by more than a third.
The Port of Oakland’s total container volumes (both full and empties) stood at 188,139 TEUs for the month, a 54.2 percent increase from February 2015.
Technology provider project44, which aims to transition the freight industry from antiquated EDI communications to API, is providing a new connection that gives less-than-truckload carriers more flexibility in conveying transit times to customers.
A new anti-pest protocol is enabling ports like Savannah to receive fruit from South America, shortening the supply chain and giving consumers a fresher product.
Bay Ferries will charter the high speed boat, built to carry passengers and freight between the Hawaiian Islands, from the U.S. Navy to operate between Portland and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
The United States imported 2.21 million net tons of steel in February, 16.5 percent less than January and 38.3 percent less year-over-year.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officially opened the Soo Locks, in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. today at 12:01 a.m., the Great Lakes Seaway Partnership said.
The mobile harbor crane was moved from Sundahöfn, Iceland, where a different mobile harbor crane was scheduled to go into operation this month.
