American Shipper

The forwarder introduced its LifeTrack mobile application, which is available for IOS and Android systems, today.

The third largest ocean carrier worldwide has entered into discussions with BNP Paribas SA, HSBC Holdings Plc and JPMorgan Chase & Co. to fund an acquisition of Neptune Orient Lines, parent of liner company APL, according to multiple media reports.

The shipper advocacy group said it supports a ship efficiency credit trading scheme such as the one proposed by the United States, rather than a global bunker fuel levy approach.

Improving weather, coupled with measures taken by the Panama Canal Authority to expedite traffic, have helped reduce queue time for vessels transiting the canal, according to the ACP.

A proposal from New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman calls on the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to reduce the risk of explosions from crude train derailments by setting a nationwide limit on vapor pressure.

The online shipping portal is organizing an initiative to create industry standards for dealing with new verified gross mass regulations under the International Maritime Organization’s Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) treaty, which goes into effect July 2016.

The third-party logistics services provider purchased private, non-asset truckload brokerage Bear Transportation Services for $26 million.

The Russian transportation and logistics company posted net profits of $12 million on revenues of $543.5 million for the first nine months of 2015.

Transport Corp. of America, a subsidiary of TransForce, has acquired an undisclosed majority stake in Optimal Freight, a privately held non-asset based truckload freight brokerage company.

The airline group will replace its remaining Airbus A321s with wide-body Boeing 777-200s between London Heathrow and Tel Aviv.

Gemini Shippers Group names VP for the U.S. southern region, while Kerry Logistics appoints managers in its U.K. operations.

The $305 billion transportation reauthorization is smaller than many transportation advocates sought and doesn’t resolve problems with the Highway Trust Fund and user fee collections.

The FAST Act, which provides $253 billion in funding over five years for highway and bridge infrastructure, motor carrier safety, hazmat safety, passenger rail programs and transit, now goes to the House and Senate for a full vote.

Jamaica will use SOGET’s port community system to provide a single platform for submission of key logistics and compliance data as the country looks to grow its container volumes after the completion of the Panama Canal expansion.

While some containers will flow to Portland, others will be loaded on trains in Boardman, Oregon for shipment through Seattle and Tacoma.

The Northern California port expects to begin work in April on a project to raise cranes so they can accommodate vessels with capacity for up to 14,000 TEUs.

The container terminal at the Port of Antwerp took delivery of five new ship-to-shore gantry cranes for its new location at the Deurganck dock on the left bank in preparations to move from the Delwaide dock on the right bank.

Truckload transportation and logistics provider Werner Enterprises will increase annual pay for approximately 1,400 company drivers across 48 states, effective Jan. 1 2016, according to a statement from the company.

The United States imported 2.99 million net tons of steel in October, 5.4 percent higher from September, but nearly one-third lower from Oct. 2014.

The new service, which utilizes radio tags built into labels for flat parcels, is designed to help smaller shippers keep tabs on letter-size parcels with less expensive items that don’t require updates at every step in the shipping process.