Maritime

Southern California ports plan continued cooperation to get containers moving.

Union reponds that ICTSI is blaming others for its own mistakes.

NYK completes first voyage of car transport service from Mexico, while Old Dominion expands in South Dakota and Finnair joins IAG’s Partner Plus.

DB Schenker has picked a new Americas CEO and former Port of Portland marketing manager moves over to Oregon’s dairy commission.

U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez announced Friday night the dockworkers’ union and its employers reached agreement on a new five-year contract.

Changes include minimum insurance requirements for railroads and a fund financed by levies on crude oil shippers.

Northern California port shut down briefly after disagreement over labor break time.

Carrier signs 20-year lease in advance of deploying new con-ro ships in the Puerto Rico trade.

Drewry says, however, additional capacity could keep rates in check.

Container Analytics with Ben Meyer    Several months ago, this column said the recently formed 2M and Ocean3 vessel sharing agreements (VSA) of Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Co., and CMA CGM, United Arab Shipping Co. and China Shipping Container Lines, respectively, appeared to be on a collision course in the major east-west trades (November […]

   Increased funding for ports—not just for marine terminals themselves, but connections via water and land—continue to be a key focus for the American Association of Port Authorities.    In January, AAPA held a roundtable in the Port of Long Beach to draw the media’s attention to what it believes is a need to boost […]

Apparel, footwear shippers struggle with West Coast port issues.

   “Believe it or not, we deal in perishables,” said Joseph Roisman, executive vice president with Perry Ellis International. Like other apparel companies, Perry Ellis has struggled with congestion at West Coast ports during the past year.    Roisman, who has been with the Miami-based company since 1970, said “I don’t think it has ever […]

Fast growing U.S. forage exports hit by West Coast port problems.

   While the asset-based freight transportation business continues to consolidate into the hands of fewer and larger firms, the non-asset-based counterpart—made up mostly of freight forwarders and non-vessel-operating common carriers—remains bountiful, although fragmented.    That’s not to say that these intermediaries haven’t experienced their own share of mergers and acquisitions in recent years. However, a […]

   Amid the news about port congestion, the Port of Oakland was able to draw our attention to a little good news in February.    The Army Corps of Engineers completed dredging 400,000 cubic yards of mud from a 50-foot shipping channel leading to the port, and brought it to Suisun Bay where it is […]

   Dewayne Gregoire said he was injured in a slip-and-fall accident while working as a tankerman on Enterprise Marine Services’ vessel, Marie.    Like many injured seafarers, he chose to file a claim in state court, in this case the 32nd Judicial District Court for the Parish of Terrebonne, La.    As attorney Marissa Henderson […]

U.S. Labor Secretary Perez announced Friday night the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and Pacific Maritime Association reached an agreement on a new five-year contract.

Ships stacking up at anchorages, off coast, and slowly steaming across the Pacific.

Transit times for less-than-container-load ocean freight shipments will be reduced by seven days, according to the global forwarder.