Maritime

Thirteen ships are at anchor in San Pedro Harbor including eight containerships.

Company says container throughput has risen at its terminals, but that container leasing is weak.

The port says it is not suffering from a shortage of chassis.

The Jones Act container carrier said it benefited from an upswing in its Hawaii business.

Iron ore shipments for U.S.-flag Great Lakes vessels reached 7 million tons for the third straight month.

U.S. Federal Maritime commissioner has asked the commission chairman to review the rapid approval of the alliance.

FMC reviews 28 OTI license applications

   The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 28 license applications and changes for review.     The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from Atlantic Cargo Logistics, Deland, Fla. (Dietmar Lutte, managing member); Deep Ocean International Logistics, Houston (Sandra Lesage, member); JP Express Shipping Corp., Bronx, N.Y. (Felipe Vasquez, president); KazTransLimited, Shymkent, Kuzakhstan (Petr Ugay, general director); and Swift […]

The Federal Maritime Commission has received 28 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 28 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.

While the industry could earn $5 billion this year, some carriers will continue to see losses.

Hong Kong liner carrier reports strong growth on Asia-Europe trade lane.

Because of terminal congestion, port gives importers an extra three days to pick up boxes in October.

Service will use a combination of truck, ocean and rail to provide Japanese shippers scheduled access to its rail service in China.

Coal shipments on the Great Lakes reached 3 million tons for the month, the Lakes Carriers’ Association said.

ASL Aviation Group will acquire Farnair Group, a Switzerland-based third-party operator of aircraft for the express carrier industry.

The $133 million Englewood Flyover project is touted as eliminating one of the biggest rail chokepoints in the United States.

Environmentalists complain about pollution from container terminal and want more mitigation.

VT Halter is building two LNG-powered box/ro-ro ships for the carrier’s Puerto Rico liner service.

A freighter flight will operate twice weekly from Milan, Italy, to Bogotá, Colombia, and from Bogotá to Amsterdam.