New technology helps shipowners use bunker and still meet sulfur emission reductions. As 2015 approaches, shipping companies face the possibility of sharply higher fuel costs as regulations require the maximum amount of sulfur in bunker fuel used in so-called sulfur “emission control areas” (ECAs) to be cut 10-fold. The International Maritime Organization has created […]
When the most recent round of TIGER grants was announced in September, Duluth Seaway Port Authority in Minnesota received $10 million to increase general cargo handling capacity by improving the 28-acre Garfield Pier and connecting it to roads and railroads. It was a nice coda for the career of Adolph Ojard, who retired at […]
The time is now for American shippers, especially those bringing significant volumes of goods in containers through West Coast ports from Asia, to consider contingency plans if the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and their employers represented by the Pacific Maritime Association should fail to negotiate a new labor contract before the existing one’s […]
Aboiler, manufactured by Babcock & Wilcox for the Indonesian sugar refiner Jawamanis Rafinasi, was shipped by railcar to Coastal Cargo Co. in New Orleans where the plan was to load it on a vessel owned by Rickmers-Linie for transport to Indonesia. The court noted Coastal was hired to serve two specific roles: Retained […]
Oscar Hasbún, CEO of the liner carrier, said he was satisfied with the results of the capitalization and noted “it provides strong support for the company from its shareholders and the market, and is also a sign of confidence.”
Drewry said its study, Reefer Shipping Market Review and Forecast 2013/14, found the containership mode is forecast to provide in excess of 94 percent of overall reefer tonnage within the next few years.
Penske Logistics said it’s expanding in Mexico and has appointed Michael Casidy to the newly created position of managing director of Mexico. Penske Logistics has been operating in Mexico for 17 years and currently employs more than 1,000 people in the country serving a variety of manufacturers in the automotive sector. “Over […]
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has offered an industry-based compromise between the U.S. and Chinese solar industries, which it said could serve as the centerpiece for “a fair, negotiated settlement of outstanding issues, benefit end users, and encourage the proliferation of solar energy in the United States and globally.” “It would actually lower […]
The United States and Mongolia on Tuesday signed an agreement to improve transparency on mutual issues concerning trade and investment at a ceremony in New York. The U.S.-Mongolia Transparency Agreement includes joint commitments to provide opportunities for public comment on proposed laws and regulations and to publish final laws and regulations. This publication commitment includes […]
The shipping newspaper Lloyd’s List, which claims to be the world’s longest-published newspaper, will stop publishing a paper version and become a totally electronic service on Dec. 20. The newspaper said less than 2 percent of its readers use print now. According to the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England, Lloyd’s News, […]
Rolf Habben-Jansen, who has been chief executive of Damco, the freight forwarding arm of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, since 2009, will become chairman of the executive board and CEO of Hapag-Lloyd on July 1, 2014.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will allow, under certain conditions, the import of commercial shipments of litchi fruit and mangoes from Australia into the continental United States, except Florida for the litchis. As a condition of entry, the litchis must be treated with irradiation and subject to […]
Claudia Slacik has joined the U.S. Export-Import Bank as chief banking officer and senior vice president for export finance. She has more than 30 years of experience in the financial industry. Slacik recently served as head of the international public sector for JPMorgan’s treasury services and chief executive officer for the company’s […]
Sandra “Dee” Lord has joined the U.S. International Trade Commission as an administrative law judge (ALJ). Lord will manage litigation, preside over evidentiary hearings, and make initial determinations in the agency’s investigations involving unfair practices in import trade. These investigations most often involve allegations of patent and trademark infringement. Prior to joining […]
C.J. Wang (Wang, Chung-Jinn), chairman of Evergreen Marine Corp. (Taiwan) Ltd., died of illness on Sept. 20. He was 61. Anchor Chang (Chang, Cheng-Yung), president of the company, will temporarily handle the chairman’s duties until a new chairman is elected by the board. Wang, a graduate of the Kaohisung Marine College, started his career at Evergreen in […]
Christie New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has vetoed a bill aimed at making it more difficult to classify drayage and parcel delivery drivers as independent contractors. In his veto message, returning the “Truck Operator Independent Contractor Act,” Christie said “the independent contractor model is a common approach by which trucking businesses engage drivers […]
“Fire protection systems have not yet realized that cargo is now transported in containers, as it has been for the last 30 or 40 years. Crews do not have the systems to fight fire,” warned a German insurance official.
Pasha Automotive Services and the Port of Grays Harbor on Friday announced the completion of new infrastructure promoting growth of automotive processing and roll-on/roll-off business in the Washington state port. The construction, which started in December, represents two years of planning and engineering. The port’s new $15 million rail facility was complemented by Puget […]
The so-called “BRIC” countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China are still generating attractive cargo growth, says the current edition of Drewry’s Container Insight Weekly. “Container traffic loaded and discharged in the BRIC region’s ports in the first half of the year grew by an impressive 7.1 percent year-on-year, up to 90.7 million […]
Speakers at the meeting of the International Union of Marine Insurance in London last week, warned that as use of low-sulfur fuel in ships increases, the likelihood of chronic engine failure could rise due to catalytic fines, or “cat fines,” microscopic particulates that remain in marine fuel oil as a result of the crude oil […]
