Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corp. introduced its “load and roll pallet” (LRP) service for shippers of coiled metal products, as well as those with long and flat metal products.
The air cargo terminal, based at Hong Kong International Airport, established a multi-year cargo handling contract with the Vietnam-based airline Jetstar Pacific.
DB Schenker Rail names new CEO, while Scandinavian Bunkering appoints managing director and Sparrows Point Terminal picks advisor.
Cargo volumes passing through the Central American gateway in the 2015 fiscal year increased 4.3 percent compared to fiscal 2014, according to the Panama Canal Authority.
Industry advisors to the Commerce Department are calling on the government to get involved much sooner when contract talks between dockworkers and terminal operators diminish port productivity.
A group of Republican House lawmakers on Friday exercised a rarely used “discharge petition” to gather enough support to force a vote on the chamber floor to reauthorize the U.S. Export-Import Bank.
The legislation (HR 702) also includes a provision to increase funding for the 60 ships in the Maritime Security Program from $3 million to $5 million.
Federal Aviation Administration officials say they plan to back a proposed international ban on shipping potentially dangerous lithium ion batteries on passenger airlines, according to multiple media reports.
It was only after 2009 that Chinese exports to ASEAN countries really began to grow faster than with other countries, according to the maritime consultants, which suggests it takes a few years for benefits of FTAs to “really kick-in.”
The Singapore-based ocean carrier will offer a fortnightly express service between Guam and Yokohama that will connect to services from around the world.
The Icelandic liner carrier dropped a call at Halmstad, Sweden on its Blue Line service, but added a call at the port has to its Gray Line service.
The Atlanta, Ga.-based shipping and logistics provider said the expansion will create earlier guaranteed delivery options for customers that previously had only end-of-day guaranteed delivery options.
Singapore-based real estate firm Global Logistic Properties will lease over 1 million square feet of warehouse space to three “leading retailers” in China, according to a statement from the company.
The forwarder introduced a daily cargo flight between the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport and the Detroit Metropolitan Airport, with a stop at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
The cargo-dedicated airlines entered into a partnership agreement for code-share cargo flights between Italy and Japan, which is still subject to approval from the relevant aviation authorities.
Ocean carriers Maersk Line and Hapag-Lloyd issued general rate increases.
Finnair taps new VP of cargo, while Unicon Logistics appoints sales executives for Southern California.
Survey of 60 shippers, carriers, LSPs and brokers rated Savannah and Charleston as the top performing ports in the United States, while Oakland was received the worst scores in chassis availability and overall port performance.
The fund will be held and administered by the Seamen’s Church Institute, North America’s largest mariners’ service agency, following the structure put in place by TOTE.
The entire investigation into the loss of TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico ship will take 12-18 months, but the NTSB will release findings on an “as needed” basis in advance of its final report.
