INTTRA appoints new president and COO, while the Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad names president and TIACA adds a board member.
The Chinese firm is now largest shipping company in the world and controls the fourth largest container fleet after Maersk Line, Mediterranean Shipping Co. and CMA CGM.
Ahead of Thursday’s Federal Maritime Commission hearing on verified gross mass reporting requirements for containers, the ocean shipping industry still unclear on so many details of how the rule will be enforced.
Calgary-based Canadian Pacific railway last week launched a new website compiling details of and arguments for its proposed acquisition of number four U.S. railroad Norfolk Southern Corp.
CMA CGM plans to bring the merged COSCO-CSCL into a new vessel sharing alliance on the major east-west trades that would rival the 2M Alliance of Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Co., according to a report from industry analyst Alphaliner.
The United States Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation yesterday held the first day of hearings into the sinking of the TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico general cargo ship.
The analysis focused on the ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, New York-New Jersey and Savannah to gather information on vessel arrival delays, berth times and the size and number of vessels calling each of these ports.
The port handled 192,844 TEUs for the month, a 0.4 percent increase from January 2015, with truck volumes and ship calls up 1.2 percent and 1.8 percent year-over-year, respectively.
The United States and Cuba entered an agreement on Tuesday to reestablish scheduled air cargo and passenger services between the two countries.
The next round of federal port security grants from the United States Department of Homeland Security is now open to eligible parties, such as port authorities, marine terminal operators, and state and local government agencies.
A total of 754 cargo thefts were reported in the United States during 2015, with an average loss value per incident of $184,101, year-over-year declines of 6 percent and 21 percent, respectively.
The less-than-truckload carrier expanded operations into additional states and added a liftgate service for pickups and deliveries.
The third-party logistics provider will handle logistics services for Corning Incorporated’s customers out of a new distribution center in Yangshan, Shanghai.
WB Skinner Customs Brokerage names logistics director, while the American Trucking Associations appoints new VP of legislative affairs.
Meanwhile, a Department of Transportation agency is expected to soon establish a working group to develop a port performance statistics program.
The U.S. government has given permission to a small company to build a factory in Cuba, marking the first U.S. investment there since Fidel Castro nationalized American private property in 1959.
The U.S. Commerce Department plans ahead for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, despite uncertainty whether Congress will ratify the trade agreement.
The Netherlands-based parcel carrier posted an operating income of 57 million euros on revenues of 1.9 billion euros for the fourth quarter of 2015.
Longtime airline veteran Alexander Arafa has been appointed head of global area management at Swiss WorldCargo.
Shipping and logistics services provider UPS upgraded its Flex Global View, a supply chain tool for freight forwarding customers.
