Maritime

   The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 43 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review. 

   The U.S. Commerce Department said Friday it will initiate an investigation into a U.S. sugar producers’ anti-dumping and countervailing duty petition against Mexico.    The petition was filed with the Commerce Department on March 28. The U.S. International Trade Commission is also part of the investigation.    Dumping occurs when an overseas company sells […]

   The China Shippers Association is maintaining its opposition to the P3 Network a month after the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission chose not to block plans by Maersk, MSC and CMA CGM to form the shipping alliance on the major East-West trades.    China’s Ministry of Commerce “is still examining the P3’s application; we don’t […]

   A new type of shipping container called the PASSBOX, is being marketed by Portare Systems for transporting aggregate and other sorts of bulk commodities including frac sand, grain and agricultural products, and construction materials.

   Japan’s Tsuneishi Shipbuilding said its shipyard on China’s Xiushan Island, Tsuneishi Group (ZHOUSHAN) Shipbuilding, Inc., has  received orders for four 1,020-TEU container carriers from the Hong Kong-based subsidiary of Shanghai International Port (Group) Co., Ltd., a state-owned company in mainland China.    SIPG is active in port operations, such as cargo handling and logistics […]

   Federal and local government officials, including Chip Jaenichen, the acting administrator of the U.S. Maritime Administration (MarAd), Guam Gov. Eddie Calvo, Sen. Tom Ada and port representatives participated in a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday to mark the final stage of a $50-million expansion of the Port of Guam.    MarAd, which is administering the project […]

   Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd and Chile’s Compañía Sud Americana de Vapores (CSAV) signed a binding contract Wednesday to merge CSAV’s entire container business with Hapag-Lloyd.    The relevant corporate bodies of both companies have already approved the merger. The closing of the transaction is subject to the approval of competition authorities.    Another condition is that […]

   Mitsubishi Heavy Industries said it believes the breakup of the container ship MOL Comfort last year was not the result of the ship’s design or construction. The ship owner, Mitsui O.S.K. Line, is seeking $135 million.

   The volume of container cargo handled at the nation’s two largest ports moved in different directions last month. Container volumes were down slightly at the Port of Long Beach, while the Port of Los Angeles showed strong gains.

   A spokesman for the Pacific Maritime Association confirmed today that the employer group will begin contract negotiations with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union on May 12.

   Maersk has provided additional details on the service it will begin offering May 19 connecting the U.S. East Coast with the West Coast of South America.    Maersk will charter space from MSC on its Andean Feeder Service, with an allocation of 150 FEUs each week. Half of that allocation will be from Port […]

   To download this report you must be an American Shipper Global Schedule Subscriber, a BlueWater Reporting Individual Subscriber or a BlueWater Reporting Corporate Subscriber or you may purchase the report directly by visiting https://www.bluewaterreporting.com/G6TATPAnalysis     The G6 Alliance of liner carriers, which includes Singapore-owned APL; Japan’s NYK Line and MOL; HMM of South Korea; […]

   The Antwerp Port Authority has acquired the former General Motors plant inside the port area.    The Belgian port plans to develop the 96-hectare site to attract manufacturers of industrial and petro-chemical products to the port complex.    “Such sites are invaluable because they make it possible to attract new industry and generate additional […]

   Cory Logistics, part of Braemar Shipping Services, has entered a joint venture with supply chain specialist Navarm Ltd. to provide a range of surface transportation logistics services to the nuclear power industry.    Cory-Navarm, based in Somerset, U.K., will start work with EDF Energy, which is developing the Hinkley Point C power station in […]

   The Global Shippers’ Forum said it will organize a new global campaign “to confront the imposition of unsubstantiated shipping surcharges, terminal charges and more than 20 other non-negotiable local charges on shippers worldwide.”    GSF said it will focus on “persuading national competition authorities or other appropriate regulatory bodies to introduce new shipping regulations […]

   Inchcape Shipping Services has opened a new office in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela.    The office will be headed by Aldo Limongelli, who brings 38 years of maritime experience, and initially include four staff.    “In a market driven by the oil, gas and dry bulk sectors, the opening of this new office will […]

   Air quality regulators in Southern California have proposed a rule that they say would “ensure emission reductions associated with sources operating in commercial marine ports” are achieved this year and beyond.

   The Minority Business Development Agency and U.S. Export-Import Bank have expanded their partnership to help small minority- and women-owned companies obtain loans so they can have greater access to overseas export markets.    MBDA Business Centers in Miami, Los Angeles, Detroit and Phoenix can now process loan applications for export financing as “originators” for […]

   The National Retail Federation has urged the Pacific Maritime Association and ILWU to speed up pending contract negotiations and reach a new deal well in advance of the June 30 expiration of the current contract.

   Two Japanese companies — Mitsubishi Corporation and Kamigumi Co. — have jointly acquired a 25-percent share in TCV Stevedoring Company S.A., which operates the container terminal in Valencia, Spain.