Maritime

The U.S. Commerce and Energy departments are planning a business development mission to China in April focused on energy trade.

Two 1,000-TEU ships will start service from Shanghai this week.

Non-vessel-operating common carrier CaroTrans has added container freight stations at Cincinnati and Indianapolis.

Senator also complains about the cost of food aid preference laws.

France ordered to compensate pirates becasue of two day delay in bringing them before judge.

FMC says TSA members have pledged to postpone congestion surcharges, but $1,000 GRI still looms.

During October, the port handled 306,805 shipping containers, surpassing the previous monthly record of 306,051 containers handled in August 2013.

Maersk says its East-West shipping network will be monitored through a joint coordination center.

The monthly ocean service will use multi-purpose ships and handle both breakbulk and containerized cargo.

CenterPoint Properties has acquired more than 400,000 square feet and 31 acres across two properties at the Port of Seattle.

The Transpacific Stabilization Agreement is recommending its 15 ocean carrier members implement a general rate increase on Dec. 15.

But the carrier will continue to servce customers by chartering space from APL.

The Israeli carrier is focused on improving customer service and strenghtening services.

A movie theater owner in the heartland has been affected by port congestion.

Transfennica, a subsidiary of the Dutch Spliethoff Group, will end its ‘Motorways of the Sea’ roll-on/roll-off service.

The U.S. Commerce Department plans to boost the ranks of its foreign commercial service officers.

Chief negotiators for West Coast longshoremen and employers are expected to begin talking again.

The ocean carriers say no major changes are planned until after the end of first quarter of 2015.

The intermodal rail yard will handle both international and domestic containers.

The national office of the International Longshoremen’s Association said a trustee will take temporary control of the port’s labor union.