Saddle Creek Logistics Services, based in Lakeland, Fla., has appointed Duane Sizemore to senior vice president of marketing and business development. Sizemore takes over from Stephen Cook, Saddle Creek’s long-time head of marketing and business development. Cook will become vice president of strategic development, based in St. Augustine, Fla. Prior to joining […]
WCT World Container Trading GmbH of Germany has appointed Olaf Gayko to managing director. Gayko’s experience includes management of container trading and leasing. WCT started operations in 1998.
Government officials and business leaders are using last week’s report from the FMC on U.S.-bound sea freight moving through Canadian and Mexican ports to support calls for HMT reform and increased U.S. port investment.
The Swiss forwarding and logistics company had consolidated profit of 17.3 million Swiss francs ($17.7 million) in the second quarter ending June 30, 46 percent less than the 32 million Swiss francs it earned in the same 2011 period.
Crowley Maritime said it will offer less-than-containerload ocean and air cargo lifts along with customs brokerage services to Cartagena, Colombia as the first step in an expansion of its logistics services to South American. Crowley said it will offer the LCL service from several points, including its distribution centers in Miami; San Juan, Puerto […]
The U.S. Commerce Department on Monday announced an array of antidumping duties for imports of large residential washers from Mexico and South Korea. Dumping occurs when a foreign company sells a product in the United States at less than fair value. Commerce preliminarily determined that Mexican and South Korean producers/exporters sold large residential washers in […]
The Port of Longview in Washington state has appointed Geir-Eilif Kalhagen to chief executive officer, effective Sept. 1. He succeeds long-time executive Ken O’Hollaren. Port of Longview’s commissioners hired consultant Shey-Harding to lead a nationwide search, which led them to local candidate Kalhagen, who has 26 years of maritime industry experience. He […]
“This is a great victory for Canadian ports and carriers. The study’s findings debunk claims of unfair practices by Canada,” said Perrin Beatty, president and chief executive officer of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
The U.S. Trade and Development Agency awarded a $345,060 grant to the Bahia State Infrastructure Secretariat (SEINFRA) to support the development of a plan for the modernization and expansion of Bahia’s airport network in Northeastern Brazil. The USTDA grant will fund technical assistance for two portions of SEINFRA’s airport project. In specific, it […]
The Commerce Department on Friday ruled that China and Vietnam have dumped utility-scale wind turbine towers on the U.S. market. Dumping occurs when a foreign company sells a product in the United States at less than fair value. Commerce in its antidumping investigation preliminarily determined that Chinese and Vietnamese producers/exporters sold their […]
The U.S. Surface Transportation Board said last week that it has begun two initiatives to explore ways to further protect so-called captive shippers who are served by a single railroad from unreasonable rail rates. The STB proposes to reform its rules on how it resolves rate disputes to ensure that all captive shippers have […]
Non-vessel-operating common carrier Shipco Transport has opened an office in Xiamen, China. The new office is in the middle of the Haicang and Xingyu Terminal. Justin Sun will serve as general manager of Shipco’s Xiamen office. Currently, Shipco offers direct consolidation services from Xiamen to Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Seattle, […]
Southwest Airlines Cargo has partnered with Evergreen Aviation Ground Logistics Enterprise to provide cargo handling services at the Milwaukee airport, effective Monday. The airline had been temporarily using Road Feeder Service between Milwaukee and Chicago Midway airport. Southwest also said its Support Care Center will also accept bookings to transport human remains. […]
Liner carriers are doing their utmost in these economically depressed times to prevent their operations from becoming just another humdrum commodity-based business. To do this, some carriers are making concerted efforts to increasingly court shippers with new customer service offerings. In mid-July, Maersk Line unveiled its Web-based MyFinance suite aimed at making […]
In a 2-1 decision revolving around careful documentation, record retention, and e-commerce systems, an appellate court upheld the U.S. Court of International Trade’s denial of a claim by Ford Motor for a harbor maintenance tax (HMT) refund. (Ford Motor Company v. United States. Fed. Cir. No. 11-1224. April 2012.) HMT was created by […]
As the United States prepares to begin enforcing its new low-sulfur fuel requirements for ships operating in coastal waters this month, experts are worried about the availability and cost of fuel both now and as the environmental regulations ratchet up in the years ahead.
The project cargo business has been one of the more stable sectors of the shipping industry in recent years and continues to have a fairly bright outlook.
The 44-year old insurer TT Club is now offering coverage for a new group of customers—shippers.
Rick Campbell, chief executive officer of ICAT Logistics, said franchising is one of the fastest growing segments of U.S. business, and he also believes it’s an effective way to organize a logistics company.
The decision to draw down 30 million barrels of crude from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is still making news a year later. That’s not much oil in a world that consumes 88 million barrels a day, but hauling it would have been a nice piece of work for the U.S. tug […]
