Maritime

   The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 15 license applications and changes for review.    The FMC received a non-vessel-operating common carrier license application from Sea Crest Logistics San Gabriel, Calif. (Veronica Knycha, president).    The agency received NVO-ocean freight forwarder license applications from Alpha-Raleigh USA, Newark, N.J. (Hakeem K. Bisiolu, member); APECS Logistics, […]

Individuals knowing of a reason why an applicant should not receive a license should contact the 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 Office of Transportation Intermediaries.

   Campbell Transportation will christen two newly built towboats and a drydock on June 25, marking the first new vessel construction in Pittsburgh in 30 years.    The drydock was partially built with a small shipyard grant from the U.S Maritime Administration and constructed at the Campbell Transportation shipyard in Congo, W.Va. The construction of […]

   Private equity companies have shown increased interest in the shipping industry, and investor Wilbur Ross, who has invested in both tanker and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers, predicts their investment in shipping could double by 2014 unless the public equity markets “open up.”    He said he plans further investments by his firm.    The entry […]

Christopher J. Connor, currently deputy CEO and chief commercial officer, will be located at the company’s headquarters in Lysaker, Norway. He has 32 years of experience in the logistics industry.

The firm completed the first stage of an acquisition by signing agreements to buy logistics services provider Supaswift (Pty) Ltd. in five countries in Southern Africa, including South Africa, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland and Zambia.

The Tampa Port Authority board of commissioners approved a 25-year agreement to allow four of the port’s major oil and gas customers to share operation, maintenance and repair of the new petroleum unloading facility.

   MD Logistics has become one of only a few pharmaceutical third party logistics companies in the Indianapolis area to achieve Foreign Trade Zone status with the U.S. government.    Having FTZ status means that when a shipper’s imported product arrives at a U.S. port, it can be moved immediately to MD Logistics facilities without […]

   Yusen Logistics will now offer a weekly less-than-containerload service from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to Los Angeles.    The service features weekly sailings from Ho Chi Minh, departing on Thursday and arriving in Los Angeles 18 days later.    “Over the past 12 months we have opened 51 new direct LCL services, including […]

   C.H. Robinson Europe has opened a new office in Istanbul, Turkey.    The logistics services provider’s Turkey office will offer international road freight services including both full and less-than-truckload transport. “With access to one of the largest contract carrier networks in Europe the team in Istanbul will look to expand that network by offering a […]

The funding follows $1 million in quick release emergency relief from the department provided the day after the collapse. The Washington State Department of Transportation will use the funds to build a new replacement span.

The intemodal operator said the purchase of ERS supports its strategy of developing businesses in rail markets beyond its base market in the United Kingdom. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

The Japanese liner company said it has arranged for a patrol boat, which has already departed from Port of Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates, to monitor the state of the vessel and cargo and prepare for tow operations.

   The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday rejected a request by Delta Air Lines to vacate the U.S. Export-Import Bank’s support of sales of U.S.-manufactured aircraft to Air India.    The court has asked Ex-Im Bank to further explain its financing decision for the Air India transactions, but it chose to leave undisturbed […]

The Jacksonville Port Authority’s board of directors voted Monday morning to offer its chief executive officer position to Brian W. Taylor, a former executive vice president and chief operating officer of Horizon Lines.

The Japanese liner reports its containership MOL Comfort has split in half, but that as of 7 a.m. the fore and aft sections of the 7,041-TEU ship continue to float with containers onboard in the Arabian Sea near the coast of Oman.

   NYK Line will launch a new roll-on/roll-off service connecting U.S. East and Gulf coast ports with the west coast of South America, starting July 24.    The service, called NYK Chile Express, will have a rotation of Baltimore, Jacksonville, Houston, Vera Cruz, Manzanillo (Panama), Guyaquil, Callao, Iquique, and San Antonio.

   Shipments of iron ore on the Great Lakes totaled 6.4 million tons in May, an increase of 15.1 percent compared to April, the Lake Carriers’ Association said.    However, the association noted the amount was a decrease of 6.6 percent compared to a year ago. Loadings also trailed the month’s long-term average by 4.8 […]

   The three largest container shipping carriers in the world, Maersk Line, Mediterranean Shipping Co. and CMA CGM, said this morning they have agreed in principle to establish a long-term operational alliance on East–West trades, which they’re calling the “P3 Network.”    The carriers said the P3 Network would initially operate 255 ships with 2.6 […]