A safety feature that has been incorporated into the 70-acre expansion of the Global Container Terminal in Jersey City/Bayonne has set off a disagreement between the International Longshoremen’s Association and terminal management.
ArcelorMittal said it has signed a an agreement to sell its 78-percent stake in the European port handling and logistics company ATIC Services to H.E.S. Beheer, the owner of the other 22 percent of the company.
A company owned by International Container Terminal Services, Inc., based in Manila, Philippines, and Anglo Ports, based in St. Leonards, Australia, have signed a contract for the design, construction, commissioning, operation, maintenance, and financing of the Port of Melbourne’s new international container terminal and empty container park at Webb Dock. The two companies […]
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said it has completed a major roadway improvement project in the area around its major container terminals in Elizabeth, N.J. The $27 million road-widening project “will reduce truck emissions, allow the port to accommodate future cargo growth, and provide safer roadways for port drivers” […]
Maersk Lines said that it will begin imposing a peak-season surcharge June 1 on cargo moving through the East Coast Canadian ports of Montreal and Halifax. Officials said the charge comes “in response to accelerating demand for containerized services on the transatlantic trade, as well as other trades served via Canada’s East Coast […]
Non-vessel-operating common carrier Ecu-Line has opened a new branch office in Fremantle, Australia. The port of Fremantle services the capital city of Perth and the entire state of Western Australia. The NVO said its Fremantle branch complements its existing weekly export consolidations from Australia to Singapore for destinations worldwide. The Fremantle […]
With negotiations on a new labor agreement between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and employers represented by the Pacific Maritime Association due to start on May 12, the Retail Industry Leaders Association is asking the presidents of both groups to “take all the necessary steps to avoid costly work stoppages and strikes stemming […]
Port Newark Container Terminal said it will add three super-post-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes this year that will be able to accommodate larger vessels and increase the terminal’s capacity.
Yang Ming said this week it will expand cooperation and upgrade its intra-Asia services as follows: Effective April 30, its Pan-Asia Service II (PA2) jointly operated with COSCO and Wan Hai, with four 4,250-TEU container ships. The rotation of PA2 service is Xingang, Dalian, Qingdao, Shanghai, Fuzhou Jiangyin port, Hong Kong, Singapore, Port Kelang, […]
Danish logistics services firm Martin Bencher Group has acquired tti Logistics ApS. Tti Logistics, based in Copenhagen, provides air freight forwarding, customs clearance and other logistics services. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. “Martin Bencher Group and tti Logistics have been long-term partners for many years, and with a growing […]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is seeking to fill 2,000 additional officer positions at air, land and sea ports across the country. “As a result of funding provided in the fiscal year 2014 budget, 44 ports in 18 states will receive additional staffing to enhance security, help reduce wait times and facilitate growing […]
The rating agency Moody’s said it has revised its outlook for the global shipping industry to stable from negative, reflecting its expectation that the shipping industry’s aggregate (EBITDA) will rise by mid-single digits in percentage terms year-over-year in 2014.
The U.S. Export-Import Bank has appointed 11 members to its 2014 Sub-Saharan Africa Advisory Committee. Committee members advise the bank on the development and implementation of policies and programs to support its work to boost U.S. exports to Sub-Saharan Africa. “In the last fiscal year alone, we authorized $604 million to support […]
Industrial real estate developer Prologis and DP World have entered a joint venture to develop a 316,000-square-foot distribution center at London Gateway Logistics Park. The park, which is one of the largest multimodal logistics hubs in Europe, is located next to the DP World London Gateway container port, on the north side of […]
A pathologist in the Seychelles has concluded that the two security guards found dead on February 18 aboard the Maersk Alabama while it was docked in Port Victoria died of heart failure as a result of a combination of heroin and alcohol consumption. In a press release issued Tuesday, the Seychelles Police Force […]
The U.S. Commerce Department has added eight Chinese companies and one Chinese individual to its Entity List for their roles in supplying Iran’s ballistic missile program through the Chinese proliferator Li Fangwei, or “Karl Lee.”
Florida’s Port Everglades said trucks from the Chiquita Ripening Center and International Warehouse Services fumigation facility are now allowed to exit from Eller Drive between midnight and 4 a.m., in addition to regular hours of 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. This exception only applies to the two facilities, the port authority said. The […]
Non-vessel-operating common carrier Ecu-Line has opened a new office in Davao, Philippines. The company first entered the Philippines in 2001 and established offices in Manila and Cebu. Davao serves as the main commercial hub for the Mindanao region. The city’s port is mostly dominated by containerized cargo, raw materials and bulk commodities, […]
INTTRA announced Tuesday a strategic agreement with Catapult International to sell integrated rate and contract management capabilities to freight forwarders, shippers and carriers that use INTTRA’s global e-shipping solutions.
As part of a series of sanctions, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security has expanded its export restrictions on items subject to the Export Administration Regulations in response to Russia’s actions in Ukraine.
