Maritime

Demand for tank containers is up, but revenue per shipment has decreased due to competition.

TSA announces contract rate objectives for 2015-16, differentials for 20-foot and high-cube boxes.

Report says design specifications must deal with loading condtions.

Diego Aponte succeeds founder and father Gianluigi Aponte as president and chief executive officer.

Shippers face a price jolt as regulations require ships to burn fuel with one-tenth as much sulfur close to shore.

Israeli carrier says customers are important and it will ‘service them at the highest level in any situation.’

Brazil ends cotton case, giving up its rights to countermeasures against U.S. trade.

New monikers give terminals a common identity aligned with the GCT brand.

Philadelphia Regional Port Authority seeks expressions of interest in developing terminal along Delaware River.

Hapag-Lloyd says ships continue on, but agent says Suez Canal convoys disrupted by collision with Maersk ships.

Barges will aimed at servicing customers in the Asia-Pacific region.

Drewry says spot freight rates between Europe and North America helped by high utilization.

ILWU says its members were threatened outside terminals by hostile demonstrators.

Both of the carrier’s new drayage sites are located near major railheads.

Starting Oct. 1, the carrier will increase its scheduled flights from Moscow to Tokyo.

Alternative sites will help keep cattle moving across the U.S./Mexico border, if APHIS officials can’t conduct inspections in Mexico.

New York City says lawsuits against other companies continue.

Sustainability Accounting Standards Board says standard metrics will help investors gauge risk.

Department of Justice says Japanese carrier will pay $67.7 million for its role in price-fixing conspiracy.

The company said this investment will allow it to ‘grow with the market.’