FedEx said that effective next year, its FedEx Ground service will apply dimensional weight pricing to all shipments. Currently, FedEx Ground applies dimensional weight pricing only to packages measuring three cubic feet or greater. “Dimensional weight pricing, also known as ‘Dim’ weight is a common industry practice that sets the transportation price […]
Maersk Line said it is making changes in its transatlantic services this month, ending its TA1 and TA5 services. “We will now be operating a consolidated transatlantic service (TA2), offering reliable direct calls to US East Coast and Gulf Coast ports on Maersk Line-operated vessels,” the company said. Maersk said the port […]
Matson said Monday that it had a profit of $3.4 million in the first quarter ending March 31 compared to $9.1 million in the first quarter of 2013. Revenue was $392.5 million in the first quarter of 2014 compared to $394.7 million in the first quarter of 2013. Matt Cox, Matson’s president […]
The governors of New York and New Jersey have created a panel to “review the operations and procedures of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.”
The U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday reported that the country’s exports of goods and services in March increased to $193.9 billion from $190 billion in February. Record exports in services were led by royalties and license fees and other private services. In March, U.S. businesses boosted exports to Canada, South Korea and the […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced a change to the regulations for the Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops (TASC) program that it says expands the range of projects that can be funded under the program. The TASC program provides funding to U.S. organizations for projects to address trade barriers that prohibit or […]
AmeraMex International, a Chico, Calif.-based provider of heavy equipment to logistics companies and stevedores, infrastructure construction firms, commercial farmers and mining companies, entered into a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Niger’s Ministry of Transportation to provide trucks for the Vehicle Renewal of Public Transport Project. Under the terms of the agreement, three Ministry […]
Non-vessel-operating common carrier Shipco Transport has started a new direct less-than-containerload service from Los Angeles to San Jose, Costa Rica, in conjunction with WorldWide Alliance partner PCS. This marks Shipco’s seventh direct LCL service from the United States to Central America. With a 16-day transit from Los Angeles to the PCS San […]
Swiss freight forwarder Kuehne + Nagel has opened a container freight station (CFS) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It’s the second-largest facility of its type in Phnom Penh that offers radio-frequency scanning of shipments. K+N said the new 3,000-square-meter facility is located on National Road 4, and is in close proximity to most […]
Third-party logistics services provider Norbert Dentressangle will purchase the logistics assets of MGF, a subsidiary of the G7 Group, consisting of nine warehouses in France. With a combined storage area of 174,000 square meters, the warehouses are located mainly between Paris in northern France and the urban areas of Lyon, Toulouse and Marseille. […]
The Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) is recommending a freight rate increase of $700 per 40-foot container on July 1 for “protein shipments” –refrigerated meat such as beef, pork and chicken — moving to Asia. The 15 container shipping lines in the TSA say they are looking forward to a stronger 2014 for U.S. beef, […]
The U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division on Monday reached an agreement with Penske Truck Leasing Co. resolving claims that the company violated the 1994 Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) by failing to reemploy and then terminating U.S. Air Force reservist William Mann after his return from required military training with […]
Bay & Bay Transportation of Rosemount, Minn., has acquired J&C Trucking of Baldwin, Wis. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Bay & Bay said the purchase will expand its tank division by 50 percent. J&C was formerly Bay & Bay’s main competitor in the Minnesota-Wisconsin market for hauling dry bulk commodities […]
ROAR Logistics has acquired Phoenix-based Legend Transportation Group (LTG). Through the purchase, ROAR adds LTG’s less-than-truckload systems and services to its third-party logistics services offerings. ROAR’s acquisition includes LTG’s headquarters location in Phoenix, giving ROAR two western U.S. operations. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. ROAR is a subsidiary […]
The New York Shipping Association, the ILA and American Legion will hold a job fair focused on hiring honorably discharged veterans for port jobs in the Port of New York and New Jersey.
A large retail industry association said in a report that many imports sold in the United States may contain more U.S. parts and other content, in addition to supporting American jobs, than many consumers and policymakers realize.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s undersecretary for farm and foreign agricultural services, Michael Scuse, and a group of representatives from 28 trade associations and companies are in northeast China this week to promote U.S. agricultural exports to the market. The trade mission is part of President Barack Obama’s Made in Rural America export […]
MSC said it will start a new direct service connecting India, the Middle East, the Red Sea and the United States.
The logistics security services firm FreightWatch International said in the first quarter of 2014, it recorded 206 full-truckload cargo theft incidents in the United States, with 82 thefts in January, 46 in February and 78 in March.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service will start accepting claims from domestic manufacturers citing economic harm caused to them by tariffs on cotton fabric that are higher than tariffs on certain apparel articles made of cotton fabric. The claims may be filed to the agency through June 2, under the Pima […]
