An attempt by anti-Israeli protesters trying to block a Zim Line ship from discharging and loading cargo in the Port of Oakland has turned into a high stakes game of hide and seek. Tuesday afternoon, after two days of trying to discharge cargo at the Oakland International Container Terminal, the Zim Piraeus sailed […]
A ZIM vessel, as well as well as several others, awaits container handling in the Port of Oakland. The Oakland International Container Terminal’s manager hopes to resume movement of this cargo before day’s end.
A.P. Moller-Maersk Chief Executive Officer Nils Andersen said that during the second quarter, “we saw a relatively stable rate environment,” but that rates are low, and at some time, customers will have to accept rate increases.
The company said the next-day, cross-border service to the Toronto metro area is provided at no additional cost to customers with shipments traveling from Ohio, Indiana and Michigan.
Inbound containers were 363,394 TEU, down about 2 percent from July 2013; outbound containers were 163,295 TEU, up 4 percent; and empties were 190,719 TEU, up 2 percent.
Industry stakeholders, regulators and the general public are encouraged to take part in the forum, which will be held on Sept. 15 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Port of Los Angeles Administration Building.
Drewry says the number of containerships afloat decreased in the first half of 2014 and could fall on an annual basis this year for the first time in at least 20 years. But because of the growing size of containerships, it says the nominal capacity of the global fleet continues to increase by […]
Members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union did not cross a picket line thrown up at the Port of Oakland Sunday evening by several hundred persons protesting Israeli military action in Gaza, the Oakland Tribune reported. The protesters were trying to prevent the Zim Line ship Zim Piraeus from being worked. Zim is […]
Recently formed Chit Chat offers classes in general logistics education, as well as detailed topics such as air export, ships and shipping, customs brokerage, and Incoterms.
Sabahaddin Akman, owner of the Istanbul, Turkey-based firm Ozay Pharmaceuticals, pleaded guilty to charges of smuggling misbranded and adulterated cancer treatment drugs into the United States, said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which helped investigate the case. Akman pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in […]
California funds study of hybrid dray trucks powered by overhead wires to achieve cleaner air. The demise of the electric trolley car network that once crisscrossed Los Angeles is an important and controversial chapter in the history of public transportation, even becoming a subplot in the 1988 movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Now […]
Ask most American high school seniors what they plan to study in college, and you will likely get answers such as accounting, engineering, education and pre-med, to name a few. Supply chain management? Probably not even on their radar. The reason generally is lack of knowledge at that age. Some young people may […]
As of mid-August, there has been remarkably little information coming out of talks between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and Pacific Maritime Administration over a new contract to replace the six-year pact that expired July 1. How to pay for the Affordable Care Act’s tax on high-cost healthcare plans has been one […]
CSCMP, universities work with companies to prepare graduates for growing field. As the field of supply chain management becomes ever more important as a competitive differentiator among the world’s leading companies, so does the necessity to attract the brightest, most capable talent in the field. The problem is the supply of talent is […]
Last year might be one both shippers and transportation companies moving cargo through the Port of New York and New Jersey would like to forget. Congestion got so bad in the summer of 2013 that one carrier, Hapag-Lloyd, actually suggested customers reroute cargo to other ports. The winter was also difficult, with snow and […]
U.S. dairy export growth is something for these shippers to smile about. Dairy exports have increased rapidly in the past two decades, growing from $982 million in 1995 to $6.7 billion last year, according to the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC). “As population grows, as GDP grows, as the middle class expands worldwide, […]
Liner carriers are under enormous pressure to confront overcapacity and cleaner fuel requirements. While there are some signs that the economy is improving in the United States and Europe, the container industry seems likely to continue facing challenges in coming years because of surplus capacity and looming requirements to use cleaner fuel. Hong […]
A new company, Minyan Marine, believes it has a winning formula for building a successful “marine highway” operation. While coastal shipping of containers or truck trailers are common in many parts of the world, they have had limited success in the United States. In August, the Port of Stockton said a weekly […]
This decision involves a shipment of clothing moving from China to Mexico that “went missing” along the way. (U.S. v. C.H. Robinson. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. No. 13-1168. July 28.) A Mexican company, Intercambio Comercial Ekim, imported the wearing apparel from China via the Port of Los Angeles. C.H. Robinson (CHR), […]
The company said its terminal in Odessa was being affected by the crisis in the Ukraine, with container throughput falling “considerably short of the previous year’s figures.”
