The agreement was announced Thursday by New York/New Jersey port Local 1804-1’s president, Dennis A. Daggett, on the union’s Facebook page. He said “we are in the process of fine tuning the language.”
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received five ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review. The FMC received a non-vessel-operating common carrier license application from Blade Express, Hawthorn, Calif. (Kathleen Martin, secretary). The agency also received a NVO/ocean freight forwarder license application from M2K Consulting, Burbank, Calif. (Abet Mehrabian, secretary); and an ocean freight forwarder license […]
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received five ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review. The FMC received a non-vessel-operating common carrier license application from CFR Rinkens, Paramount, Calif. (Maximiliaan Hoes, manager). The agency also received NVO/ocean freight forwarder license applications from Sig Global, Gardena, Calif. (James J. Oh, president); Super […]
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received five license applications and changes for review. The FMC received a non-vessel-operating common carrier/ocean freight forwarder license application from OTA America, Brea, Calif. (Dookee Kim, secretary). The agency also received applications for a change to a qualifying individual from Carmichael International Service, Los Angeles (John Salvo, […]
FMC reviews 5 OTI license applications
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received five ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review. The FMC received a non-vessel-operating common carrier license application from F.M. Air, Medley, Fla. (Uilson Nascimento Jr., vice president). The agency also received a NVO/ocean freight forwarder license application from Amerasia Shipping Logistics U.S., Westminster, Calif. […]
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received five ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received five license applications for review. The FMC received a non-vessel-operating common carrier license application from Iris International USA, Haworth, N.J. (Chang Gil Kim, member). The agency also received NVO-ocean freight forwarder license applications from Ashimiyu Alowanle, Rockford, Minn. (Ashimiyu Alowonle, sole proprietor); Direct Express Intermodal, […]
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has received five ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.
U.S. steel exports declined 3.8 percent in February 2013 compared to January, according to government data analyzed by the American Institute for International Steel (AIIS). “Weakness in NAFTA markets showed up powerfully in the February data, with the decline to our NAFTA partners more than the total decline for the month. Increases in […]
U.S.-flag Great Lakes vessels carried 2.2 million tons of dry-bulk cargo in March, a decrease of 7 percent compared to 2012. However, the fleet’s March float was marginally ahead of the month’s 5-year average, the Lake Carriers’ Association reported. Iron ore shipments for the fleet rose slightly – 25,000 tons – compared […]
DB Schenker has acquired 100 percent of the shares of long-term partner Euro-Line Panamericana in Panama. The German logistics firm will operate the business under Schenker (Panama), S.A. Euro-Line is one of the top freight forwarders for ocean imports in Central America. The new Schenker subsidiary will have its head office in […]
Lawmakers worry whether the Transportation Security Administration will be able to efficiently handle the renewal of large numbers of Transportation Worker Identification Credentials (TWIC) expiring this year.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in the American Trucking Associations’ ongoing challenge to the Port of Los Angeles to impose a comprehensive licensing scheme on trucks hauling freight in and out of the port. A transcript of the argument can be read here. “We believe it is clear that in 1980 […]
Lawmakers yesterday blasted plans by the Obama administration to modify food aid programs to allow more local and regional purchasing of food, citing negative effects on both farmers and the U.S. merchant marine.
The agency said industry user fees would fund 94 percent of the proposed budget increase, including new fees to support the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and strengthen the FDA’s ability to oversee imported food.
“Efforts to increase eastbound freight rates by ocean carriers operating between Asia and West Coast North America (WCNA) remain ineffectual with new services planned rather than laying up unwanted vessel capacity,” the firm said.
APL is planning to take four of its U.S.-flag ships out service – the President Adams, President Jackson, President Polk and President Truman — citing reduced need for transport by the U.S. military and the economic slowdown. “The market place has been under extreme pressure with the wind down of both Iraq and Afghanistan. In […]
Non-vessel-operating common carrier Shipco Transport has started a joint venture with its long-time partner and agent MTM Freight in South Korea. Shipco Korea will take over all activities currently handled by MTM in Seoul, and will be staffed with the current MTM personnel already in place. “Existing MTM customers in Korea can expect […]
The vote by employers followed approval of both the local contract in New York and master contract covering 14 container ports on the U.S. East and Gulf coasts by ILA rank-and-file members earlier in the week.
