Bruce Wargo, the president and chief executive of PierPass, said, “While port congestion has increased worldwide, the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are handling these pressures better than most of the other major ports.”
Direct ChassisLink Inc., the Charlotte, N.C.-based chassis leasing company formed when Maersk Line decided to divest itself of its chassis fleet, has acquired REZ-1, a provider of domestic intermodal equipment management and services. REZ-1 currently manages more than 70,000 chassis used to move 53-foot domestic containers. DCLI currently has a fleet of about […]
The Port of Virginia handled 207,771 TEU in July, surpassing the monthly record set last October by 1,174 TEU. The port’s revenues during the month were $37.9 million, and its operating income was $1.98 million, increases of 21.5 percent and 6 percent, respectively, when compared with last July. “This is a solid […]
The Port of Houston Authority said more steel moved across its docks in July than in any month since 2008. For the month, steel volumes reached 844,000 tons. However, container volume through the Gulf Coast port for July was relatively flat compared to last year, but saw a 4-percent increase in the […]
Two cargo terminals at the Port of Long Beach suspended vessel operations Wednesday because 10- to 15-foot high wave surges powered by Pacific Hurricane Marie endangered longshore workers. High waves were reported all along the coast in Southern California, delighting some surfers, while damaging homes and overturning boats at some marinas. Total Terminals […]
Maersk said it is raising rates Oct. 1 on transatlantic services from North Europe and the Mediterranean to the U.S. A general rate increase will be implemented on cargo from North Europe of $250 per 20-foot container and $350 per 40-foot or 45-foot container, be they dry or reefer boxes. From the […]
Two New York state residents — Chenglan Hu, 52, and Hau Fei Zhang, 53 — pleaded guilty Wednesday to importing more than 100,000 counterfeit and hazardous children’s toys from China for sale in the United States, the U.S. Justice Department said. “The defendants made millions importing dangerous, knock-off toys that put children in […]
ZIM said it has upgraded its service between the Mediterranean and West Africa. The weekly MAF service will operate six vessels with the rotation of Tarragona – Valencia – Algeciras – Tangier (Morocco) – Dakar – Lagos (Tin Can Island) – Tema – Abidjan –Tarragona. The company said the new MAF line […]
The ILWU and the PMA said that they had reached a tentative agreement on terms for health benefits, subject to agreement on other issues.
CEVA Logistics said it will expand its operations in San Diego by opening a new 125,000-square-foot logistics facility with 23 dock doors. The facility will combine two current CEVA operations in the area ‚ one in Poway, Calif., and its current freight management operation in San Diego. The announcement follows CEVA’s recent […]
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association, which represents employers, said Tuesday that they had reached a tentative agreement on terms for health benefits.
The petitioners for this investigation are the American Sugar Coalition and its individual members. The product covered by this investigation is sugar derived from sugar cane or sugar beets.
Steel shipments into the United States continued to grow in July, expanding by more than 6 percent from June and nearly 56 percent from a year earlier, according to the American Institute for International Steel.
The agreement with the Pacific Northwest Grain Handlers Association ends a lockout at Portland’s Columbia Grain and Vancouver, Wash.’s United Grain facilities that had been going on for more than a year.
In a letter to the president of Local 8 of the dockworkers’ union in Portland, Bill Wyatt, executive director of the Port of Portland, said the port authority had made the decision because of poor productivity at its Terminal 6 container facility.
Maersk spokesman Tim Simpson speaks on the move to a Florham Park, New Jersey location.
The company said the sale of its terminal in Portsmouth, Va., has been concluded with a partnership comprised of affiliates of investment funds managed by Alinda Capital Partners and Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS).
The 79-year-old chairman and former chief executive of the Pasha Group died last week in Lake Tahoe, Calif. The company has operated a ro/ro vessel in the U.S. mainland-Hawaii trade for years, in addition to offering an array of other services.
The Alabama State Port Authority on Monday completed the purchase of two industrial properties formerly owned by Walter Energy. The properties cost the port $25 million, and include about 35 acres fronting the port’s channel and another 63-acre tract within one-half mile of harbor. Both properties are adjacent to the port’s Choctaw Point […]
Classification services provider ABS has opened a new office in Beijing. The firm opened its first office in China at Shanghai in 1993. “Our Beijing office will be central to our operations as we seek to expand our presence and service offerings throughout China,” said Kwok Wai Lee, ABS’s vice president of […]
