Maritime

President Donald Trump has shifted Ann Begeman out of the acting chair role at the Surface Transportation Board to become chair.

The Green Bay, Wis.-based national trucking company completed its conversion to a company-owned and managed chassis fleet by buying over 15,000 intermodal container chassis over the last four years.

The acquisition of Peruvian logistics provider Cosmos Agencia Maritima (CAM) extends DP World’s reach in Latin America and continues the firm’s diversification into third-party logistics offerings.

Now by far the largest truckload carrier in the United States, Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings has made its first acquisition since its merger in fall 2017, purchasing Richmond, Va.-based Abilene Motor Express for an undisclosed sum.

The parcel and express carrier has begun to expand its U.S. market presence by offering a new delivery program that caters to urban e-commerce retailers and shoppers.

The port terminal operator subsidiary of conglomerate C.K. Hutchison Holdings Co. posted an annual container throughput of 84.7 million TEUs last year, 4 percent more than in 2016, and expects “modest growth in global trade in 2018.”

The U.S. Department of Agriculture and its counterpart in the South Korean government have reached an agreement on how to minimize the trade impacts when future cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) are detected in the United States.

According to the members of the 2M Alliance vessel sharing agreement, Maersk Line and MSC, a reduction in the number of port calls in its services connecting Asia with Europe will give the carriers more buffer time to adjust to weather or other delays.

Olso, Norway-based feeder specialist MPC Container Ships has agreed to acquire five vessels from Simatech ranging in size from 1,201 TEUs to 1,440 TEUs and another 1,350-TEU vessel for a total purchase price of $48.5 million in cash.

The nearly 800 workers of Air Express International (AEI), a U.S. subsidiary of DHL Global Forwarding and Deutche Post-DHL of Bonn, Germany, have overwhelmingly approved a new national contract.

By handling of more than 87,000 Ford vehicles in 2017, the Port of Portland, Ore., maintained its top position for West Coast auto exports.

European over-the-road transportation provider Freightex has been folded into Coyote Logistics, as parent UPS expands its services across the continent.

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 22 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.

Individuals knowing of a reason why an applicant should not receive a license should contact the Office of Transportation Intermediaries.

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 22 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 22 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.

The U.S. maritime regulator has received 22 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.

FMC reviews 22 OTI license applications

   The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 22 license applications and changes for review.     The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from ACM Enterprises Group, Carson, Calif. (Edgar Karoyan, president); Bayanihan Cargo International, South San Francisco, Calif. (Manuel A. Espinosa, president); COM TEC, Woodland, Calif. (Nasrullah Chaudhry, member); PLS Air & Shipping, Rancho […]

FMC reviews 22 OTI license applications