The U.S. Maritime Administration, Foreign Agricultural Service and U.S. Agency for International Development have all been asked to produce documents and information relating to negotiations to change the Maritime Security Program.
Spot rates as measured by the Shanghai Containerized Freight Index fell 10.7 percent after spiking upward last week.
The cost of picking up containers during the day will rise in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, according to the West Coast Marine Terminal Operator Agreement.
A report from portoverview.com examined African port incidents and trends, as well as carrier shipping performance statistics on the main African trades with Asia and Europe.
Customs workers at the Port of Necochea in Argentina said they would hold a pay-related strike July 10, July 16 and July 17.
The PCI, jointly operated by ocean carriers Sinokor, Heung-A and SITC Shipping, connects Korea and China with Southeast Asia.
The surface transportation and delivery service provider will replace Integrys Energy Group on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.
The United States and Swiss governments said starting July 10 organic products certified in the U.S. or Switzerland may be sold as organic in either country.
North American subsidiary of the Swedish automaker awarded a two-year contract extension to CEVA Logistics for customs brokerage services.
Major appliance manufacturer Whirlpool signed a long-term lease with IDI Gazeley to occupy a 462,848-square-foot logistics warehouse in Magna Park Monticelli.
Crowley Maritime promotes two vice presidents.
Legislation would index the gas tax to inflation after the initial $0.10 increase to prevent future transportation funding standoffs in Congress, according to the bill’s sponsor.
A Paris court has granted XPO Logistics a temporary injunction against Elliott Management Corp., limiting the hedge fund from selling its shares of ND, according to reports from the Wall Street Journal.
Suite of supply chain tools focuses on how shippers can plan further upstream to manage inventory to support better decisions on inventory deployment and fulfillment.
Southeast Asia continues to be a hotspot for maritime crime incidents, with 120 reports of piracy and other crime in the region in the first six months of 2015, according to the latest figures from Dryad Maritime.
The agreement with trade union ver.di includes salary increases in 2016 and 2017, as well as employee protection against job dismissal through 2019.
The Belgian port handled its one millionth vehicle for 2015 in June at the Toyota Motor Europe Terminal.
The parcel giant announced they are testing the use of the bike over a four week period for delivery and pickup of packages in Basel, Switzerland.
The shipment from Bremen, Germany included windmill blades and 127 sections of 40-foot long pipes for the Ohio gas line.
Non-vessel-operating common carrier CaroTrans announced it is resuming its Rotterdam/Antwerp to Los Angeles import service July 12.
