The German third-party logistics provider will expand into non-traditional services for the automotive sector, including the 3D printing of replacement parts and other “additive production” support.
Schiphol Cargo, the cargo operation of Amsterdam Airport, will be merged with the Aviation and Marketing Department, effective April 1.
Miami-Dade Aviation Department (MDAD) appoints new director and chief executive officer, while ECU Worldwide promotes regional sales manager.
A.P. Møller -Maersk CEO Søren Skou said the company is striving to become a “global integrator of container logistics” so that shippers can make arrangements by “just dealing with Maersk.”
The global port and terminal operator said it will continue its organic growth in the next three years and that it is currently engaged in negotiations to acquire ports and container terminals in Europe, Latin America and North America.
The New York Shipping Exchange (NYSHEX) has appointed four new members to its board of directors and launched what it calls the “governing NYSHEX Member Council,” which consists of representatives from shippers and carriers alike.
Following the 2017 purchase of 41 generator sets for reefer containers, Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) has begun offering a new shipping service for perishable products, dubbed “CP TempPro.”
Following reports that thousands of customer identification records were left open to public access, FedEx said those records have now been secured and there is “no indication that any information has been misappropriated.”
A longtime shipping executive at United States Lines (USL) and Norton Lilly, John Griffith II is credited with helping to establish the first containerized shipping services in the transatlantic and transpacific trades.
Deployed capacity from Asia to the Mediterranean has increased over the year, and according to Drewry, there is unlikely to be any let up.
The South Atlantic port handled 338,793 TEUs of containerized cargo for the month, a 2.2 percent increase from the same 2017 period, according to the latest data from the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA).
The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed a $63,750 civil penalty against J&J Tech Group of Miami for allegedly violating federal hazardous materials transportation by stuffing “hundreds” of lithium batteries into luggage.
The Taiwanese ocean carrier will charter 10, 11,000-TEU ships and purchase 10, 2,800-TEU ships to replace outgoing vessels in its current fleet over the course of the next few years.
“Eagle GO. Guaranteed” service, which is designed to protect shippers from having containers “rolled” to the next voyage, is expanding from four to 29 Asian origin ports.
Although overall cargo tonnage through the port inched up a modest 1.7 percent in 2017 from a year prior, container tonnage rose 10.9 percent.
Pioneering Sea-Land executive John R. Pyron was tasked in 1968 with convincing American shippers to use the country’s first commercial container service in the transpacific, and the company and trade never looked back.
The Chinese e-commerce giant has entered into agreements with investors – including Hillhouse Capital, Sequoia China, China Merchants Group, and Tencent, among others – for the financing of its supply chain and distribution subsidiary, JD Logistics.
The European Union’s international trade in goods surplus narrowed 28 percent to 25 billion euros (U.S. $31.1 billion) last year, as a 7.7 percent increase in exports was offset by 8.2 percent import growth.
Short-line and regional railroad operator Genesee & Wyoming has entered into a strategic partnership with short-haul and drayage trucking platform provider Cargomatic.
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee member Alan Lowenthal, D-Calif., told American Shipper that Trump’s plan resembles a “skeleton” with “no meat on it,” in contrast with the House Sustainable Energy & Environment Coalition’s plan.
