Maritime

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 14 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.

Reasons why an applicant should not receive a license or amendment should be filed with the Office of Transportation Intermediaries.

   The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 14 license applications and changes for review.    The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from Encore International Corp., Miami (Fatima G. Lopez, president); Eztrans Logistics Ltd., Mississauga, Canada (Xin Wang, president); Fletmar International Corp., Miami (Maria M. Conde, president); and United Transport Services Corp., Miami […]

Reasons why an applicant should not receive an OTI license or amendment should be reported to the FMC’s Office of Transportation Intermediaries.

Individuals knowing of any reason why an applicant should not receive an OTI license or amendment are urged to contact the FMC’s Office of Transportation Intermediaries.

Individuals knowing of any reason why an applicant should not receive an OTI license or amendment are urged to contact the FMC’s Office of Transportation Intermediaries.

   NorthPoint Development and NAI Capital Realty have arranged a long-term lease with Demdaco for a 326,650-square-foot distribution center at Logistics Park Kansas City.    Demdaco specializes in gift and home décor products. The company manages all aspects of bringing its products to market, including distribution, which has been handled from North Kansas City for […]

   Steel imports increased in May over April by 2.3 percent based on preliminary government reporting which was analyzed by the American Institute for International Steel (AIIS).    “Weak market conditions for imports as well as domestic suppliers continue to be reflected in these import levels. The increase in semi-finished imports for use by the domestic […]

Press reports in the Financial Times and Reuters cited a filing with the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange that they say indicated Israel Corp. is planning to spin off its non-chemical businesses into a new company that would include Zim.

The company said it will increase its activity in the market by opening a new project management office in Singapore and building two new heavy-lift deck cargo barges for dedicated use in the region.

   While UPS employees represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters on Tuesday voted to approve a new national master contract, the union informed the company the agreement covering UPS Freight employees and some local agreements will require additional negotiation.    “It will be ‘business as usual’ while UPS and the IBT resolve remaining issues […]

   Construction of the new “Liverpool2” terminal has begun at the Port of Liverpool in the United Kingdom.    Mark Whitworth, chief executive of Peel Ports Group, parent company of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Co., said construction on the 300 million pound ($461 million) container terminal has begun, which will involve removal of more than […]

   A court appeal hearing at the Highest Economic Court in Kiev, Ukraine, for cargo handler Swissport International to try to regain legal control of its former operation in the country was postponed Tuesday and will take place in two weeks.    Swissport had appealed to the court in mid-April after having lost its business […]

   The United States is now a “listed” country with the European Commission, so that U.S. pharmaceutical companies need not obtain an export certificate from the Food and Drug Administration before shipping certain products to Europe.    Without the waiver, all U.S. companies shipping active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) to Europe after July 1, 2013, would […]

   A congressional watchdog agency found that among 56 petitions filed between 2007 and 2012 for relief from unfair trade practices only 21 included at least one small to midsized petitioner.    Small and midsized companies are defined by the Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy as independent businesses with fewer than 500 employees.    […]

   FedEx Trade Networks, the freight forwarding arm of FedEx Corp., has set up operations in Dublin as part of its ongoing expansion.    The Dublin office is the company’s 24th in Europe, and is located close to the Dublin airport, seaport and key motorways.    “Dublin is an important transport hub for the medical device, […]

   Damco, the forwarding and logistics services arm of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, has ambitious plans for growth over the next several years and a big agenda as it adapts to a changing market.    “If we look ahead in the years to come I would say that we, like everybody, will probably see some […]

   While Germanischer Lloyd (GL) noted “a complete hull design will without doubt achieve much more substantial fuel savings,” shipowners may be able to achieve significant fuel savings by changing the nose of their ships.    “An optimized bulbous bow section still offers rather attractive potential fuel efficiency gains, especially for large, high-powered containerships,” which […]

   Big ships have dominated the shipping news this year.    The first in a series of 20 18,000-TEU ships was scheduled to be delivered to Maersk Line at the end of June; China Shipping this spring placed an order for even larger, 18,500-TEU ships; and there have been reports that United Arab Shipping Corp. […]

Japanese liner MOL said it’s working with the shipbuilder, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and Japanese classification society Nippon Kaiji Kyokai to arrange inspection of the six sister vessels as quickly as possible.