The subsidiary of NOL said moving automobiles in containers allows more frequent shipping of vehicles from origin to destination as well as reduces transload times and handling which can lead to damages.
DuPont said it will install a scrubber on a Maersk containership to remove sulfur dioxide from its emissions. The scrubber will be placed on the Maersk Taurus. The two companies said the technology could be an “economic alternative to using a more expensive low sulphur content fuel when operating in SOx restricted areas known […]
The White House on Friday said the United States and Cambodia have agreed to start exploratory discussions on a potential bilateral investment treaty. The announcement follows a meeting in Siem Reap between U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Cambodian Economic Minister Cham Prasidh, who is also presiding over ministerial meetings of the Association […]
Gulf port reopens for business today after minimal damage from Hurricane Isaac earlier this week, with New Orleans port director lauding Army Corps of Engineers, pilots, and Coast Guard for their efforts
Clerks at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach continue to discuss a new contract with employers, partially alleviating concerns earlier this week that they could picket and induce a wider ILWU work stoppage
The largest organization in the country representing shippers is seeking the assistance of U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to get contract talks restarted between dockworkers on the East and Gulf coasts and their employers.
James A. Capo, chairman and chief executive officer for the U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX), said he’s still hopeful the two sides will “get back together and get a deal worked out.”
The French port of Marseilles Fos has appointed Arnaud Ranjard to director of development. He replaces Dirk Becquart. Since 2008 Ranjard was strategy and development director for the container division of stevedoring company Euroports, which employs 2,500 personnel. In this role he developed several inland multimodal platforms, including Trilogiport at Liege and […]
The Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing, a group of seven U.S. solar cell and panel manufacturers who fought to impose trade protections against Chinese-made imports, said a new market report “debunks” arguments from Chinese manufacturers who opposed the U.S. tariffs. “First, preliminary tariffs did not slow growth of the U.S. solar market in the […]
Local 1804-1 yesterday evening gave “the authority to recommend and call for a strike if that action becomes necessary when the current Master Contract expires on September 30, 2012.” Its members do maintenance and repair work.
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has published an updated list of “controlled carriers” in the Federal Register to reflect the changes it has made since the list was last published in 2005. Controlled carriers are ocean common carriers operating in the U.S./foreign oceanborne trades that are owned or controlled by governments. They are subject […]
Contract talks between the ILWU Marine Clerks Association Local 63 Office Clerical Unit (OCU), and the Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor Employers Association, are reportedly in danger of breaking down, worrying West Coast shippers.
The Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) said its members will apply a low-sulfur fuel charge beginning on Oct. 1. The discussion agreement of 15 of the leading container carriers said the charge will be based on the price differential between low-sulfur and standard marine bunker fuel and how much time a ship spends within […]
The agency has made several improvements to its Compliance Safety Accountability (CSA) enforcement program that will allow it to more quickly identify and address high-risk trucking companies with compliance concerns.
A news report in Monday’s AS Daily misstated that the MSC Flaminia, a vessel pulled from service due to a fire, was on Mediterranean Shipping Co.’s North Atlantic service. The vessel was formerly part of MSC’s South Atlantic service. Also, according to MSC, there has been no reduction in vessel size on its North […]
With the peak holiday shipping season kicking into high gear, the nation’s largest trade association for retailers on Monday urged negotiators for the ILA and their employers return to the bargaining table…
The dockworker’s union said Friday it has received “expressions of support and vows of solidarity from other unions across the country and around the world,” following last week’s breakdown in contract talks with employers.
Non-vessel-operating common carrier CaroTrans has appointed Lueder Bitter to national import operations manager and John Lourmas as national commercial manager of imports. Bitter is a 30-year veteran of the NVO industry in Rotterdam, Hamburg and Los Angeles. He was previously CaroTrans’ Los Angeles branch manager for 12 years. Lourmas joined CaroTrans in […]
The U.S. Transportation Department will give a $17.8 million grant to reconstruct two major taxiways at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas. The Federal Aviation Administration Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grant will allow for the rehabilitation of 5,000 feet of Taxiway E, which runs parallel to and between the airport’s north-south runways. It […]
By Chris Gillis Maybe it’s a sign of the times, but today’s American shippers appear to be much better informed and prepared to work around potential breakdowns in their supply chains — even those created by labor disruptions. This is certainly the case with the potential for a dockworkers’ strike on the […]
