The National Industrial Transportation League, the largest shipper organization in the country, is asking the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) to closely examine the planned P3 Network that Maersk, MSC and CMA-CGM — the world’s three largest container shipping companies — plan to begin operating next year. “While we recognize that the operational details […]
Port officials will be meeting with Hanjin and terminal operator ICTSI Oregon in coming weeks. It said Hanjin will continue with weekly direct calls at Terminal 6 for the duration of the calendar year.
MSC said export cargo from the West Coast of the U.S. and Canada to North Europe (including Scandinavia and the Baltic region), the western Mediterranean and Israel will be subject to a peak season surcharge of $200 per 20-foot container and $400 per 40-foot container, effective Nov. 18, 2013. MSC said the increase […]
The U.S. Grains Council (USGC) said that on last Friday, Oct. 18, the first-ever bulk shipment of U.S. sorghum to China berthed and began unloading at the Guangzhou Port Facility.
Shippers are a diverse group, and they can’t be expected to agree on everything. Still, we are surprised by the reception a proposal by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to require verification of container weights received from some shipper groups. In late September, the IMO Subcommittee on Dangerous Goods, Solid Cargoes and […]
Bailey Shipping acquired the drybulk carrier Max on Aug. 16, 2007 from Wave Navigation, an entity which owned the vessel since 2000. (Wave was not a party to this lawsuit.) The American Bureau of Shipping surveyed the ship before the sale in February-March 2006 at Piraeus, Greece, and again in February 2007 at […]
Proximity to transportation hubs prime criteria for CenterPoint. Paul Fisher, chief executive officer of real estate development company CenterPoint Properties, recalls traditionally his peers would look at a new 33-foot clear building, with trucks docked in a particular way, leased 10 years to a high quality “credit tenant,” and call it a “Class A” building. […]
Intemodal firm sees growing demand for drayage services from shippers. RoadOne IntermodaLogistics, formed earlier this year through the purchase of the former RoadLink transportation division, sees increased demand for drayage services, not just from transportation providers, but also from direct importers and beneficial cargo owners. “Our primary core business is going to be intermodal […]
By Tom Nightingale The great management scholar Peter F. Drucker wisely stated, “The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer.” There are two equally important sides to that statement…
Ports worldwide — including those in the developing markets with their vast mineral resources to export — have a need to accommodate larger ships. However, the cost to build terminals, as well as dredging and maintaining channels to reach them are undoubtedly enormous.
The United States Maritime Alliance’s Dave Adam said the return of work pertains to master contract work. That includes the handling of containers and large roll-on, roll-off cargo, though not cars.
The Port of Baltimore said arbitration was expected to begin Friday morning in an effort to end a strike by members of International Longshoremen’s Association. The strike began Wednesday and has shutdown public terminals in the port.
Maersk Line has advised that a labor action in Rotterdam is causing it to divert ships to Amsterdam. The carrier said that due to current collective labor agreement negotiations for a new facility of APM Terminals in Rotterdam, “the current facility of APM Terminals in Rotterdam has been confronted with unannounced work stoppages. […]
Construction officially kicked off Thursday on the Port of Savannah’s “last mile” Jimmy Deloach (Parkway) Connector project. “Today, we take another step toward making sure companies can get their goods in and out of the port as safely and as quickly as possible, thereby saving time, money and lives,” Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal […]
A group of large U.S. retail trade associations have asked the country’s lawmakers to renew the African Growth and Opportunity Act for at least 15 years “to ensure the predictability necessary to support trade and investment decisions.”
Legislation signed earlier this week by President Obama to reopen and fund the federal government through January 15, 2014, also contains a provision to fund the Maritime Security Program at $186 million. USA Maritime, an organization of carriers and unions that supports and lobbies for the U.S.-flag shipping, said, “The MSP provision restores […]
Wells Fargo said today that it expects Matson will order ships or give a “material update” on new building plans by the end of the year, In an investment note, Wells Fargo also said the company, which operates a container shipping service between the U.S. West Coast and Hawaii, is likely to face […]
Deep Water Now has been launched to encourage business and community leaders in the Northeast part of the state to support efforts to deepen the St. Johns River shipping channel to accommodate the next generation of larger cargo ships.
Third party logistics provider ASF Logistics recently entered an agreement with Australia-based A&A Industries to oversee the transportation management of Airstream travel trailers from the Port of Baltimore to Australia’s Port Kembla. “With our Atlantic Coast and Australian presence, along with significant experience working with specialized cargo including recreational vehicles, ASF is uniquely situated to coordinate […]
Ships at the port’s public marine terminals were not being worked. Work on five ships was idled on Wednesday. Private terminals that handle commodities such as coal, sugar and salt remain open.
