Throughput for all main cargo categories at the French port reached 40.4 million tons for the first half of the year, an increase of 6 percent compared with same period last year.
The airport handled 2.1 million tons of cargo for the first half of 2015, up 0.6 percent from the same period last year.
The port reported a total throughput of 23.37 million tons for the first half of 2015, up 1 percent from the same period the previous year.
Ocean carriers Maersk Line, MSC, CMA CGM, COSCO and MOL announced general rate increases.
Container Analytics with Ben Meyer Port Canaveral, located about halfway down the Atlantic Coast of Florida, this month opened its brand new container terminal. In doing so, however, it became the fourth container-handling port facility on the East Coast of an already crowded state and an even more crowded Southeast U.S. container port market. […]
With tighter ship sulfur emission caps, scrubbers and heavier fuel may become attractive.
L.A. terminal maximizes capacity with on-dock rail, automated stacking, and “auto-strads.”
ILA, USMX agree to begin talks to extend the U.S. East Coast dockworkers’ contract.
Ag shippers suggest ways to improve container flow through the country’s marine terminals.
BNSF Logistics develops rail equipment, services to handle increasingly larger wind turbine blades.
The Shanghai International Shipping Institute (SISI) has provided an interesting window into China’s ambition to continue growing its international shipping business. China “will remain the largest cargo trader in the world and take a dominant role in global container shipping,” with imports and exports exceeding 200 million TEUs by 2030, SISI said. […]
It does not come into effect until July 1, 2016, but the World Shipping Council and other organizations are reminding shippers that mandatory amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) will require, regardless of who packed their container, to verify and provide the container’s gross verified weight to […]
The U.S. Export-Import Bank has been called a purveyor of “corporate welfare” and a “boondoggle,” but the federal government-backed institution has long proven a useful and secure financial tool for numerous small and midsized American companies who seek overseas buyers for their products. Is it perfect? No, nothing is. A lot more negative […]
In a dispute involving cargo damaged during Hurricane Sandy in 2012, a federal judge found the storm was an “Act of God,” absolving the defendant from liability. (Lord & Taylor v. Zim Integrated Shipping Services and New York Container Terminal. U.S. District Court, SDNY. 13 Civ. 3478. 6/18) The retailer Lord & Taylor […]
“The ultimate customer of the world’s cargo shipping industry deserves a voice at the table of the regulatory bodies deciding its future,” GSF Chairman Robert Ballantyne said in the forum’s annual report.
Ocean carriers deploy 540,034 TEUs of capacity each week through the Suez Canal, according to data from BlueWater Reporting’s Capacity Report application.
The ESC’s support for the merger stands in sharp contrast to its opposition to a proposed merger proposed between UPS and TNT in 2012.
Shipment volumes and payments for the month showed continued growth but remained below 2014 levels, according to the latest Cass Freight Index Report.
The less-than-truckload carrier announced it will take delivery of 875 new tractors to replace older units and will add 1,750 new trailers to its fleet this year.
The French ocean carrier will add two vessels and several port calls its EURAF4 service between the Mediterranean and West Africa beginning July 18.
