The U.S. Senate Finance Committee marked up and passed a bill on Wednesday that strengthens Customs and Border Protection’s efforts to combat antidumping and countervailing duty evasion.
Union Pacific said its second quarter ending June 30 was its most profitable ever. The Class I railroad had a profit of $1 billion, 28 percent more than the $785 million it earned in the same 2011 period. Revenue for the quarter was $4.9 billion, 7 percent more than the $4.6 billion recorded in […]
Demand for fresh blueberries is high in South Korea, with growers potentially shipping up to 1 million pounds this season. “The first shipment arrived in South Korea on July 2 and the blueberries are now on store shelves,” USDA said.
The U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday passed legislation that makes certain improvements and amendments to the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), America’s trade preference program for sub-Saharan Africa, and the Central America – Dominican Republic – U.S. Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). The move follows an announcement by Congress on June 21 of […]
Werner Enterprises had a profit of $30.7 million in the second quarter ending June 30, 11 percent more than in the same 2011 period. Revenue was up 1 percent to $521 million. The trucking company attributed the better profit to “a seasonally improving freight market, operating margin expansion and logistics growth.”
The Produce Marketing Association and United Fresh Produce Association ended merger discussions Tuesday, citing unresolved differences in combining both their memberships and support staffs.
Although Maersk has exited the Wallis and Futuna, and Vanuatu island trades, freight forwarders on the islands are confident that they will find ways through other carrier services to move containerized goods.
Two major U.S. railroads reported improved results for the second quarter on Tuesday, with their bottom lines boosted by better revenues from hauling intermodal cargo and automobiles. CSX had a profit of $512 million in the second quarter, a 1 percent increase over the $506 million earned in the same 2011 period. The company said […]
Consolidators International, Inc. has appointed Malcolm Bermingham to the new position of vice president of sales and operations. Bermingham, who has more than 20 years of industry experience, has worked at both customs brokerage and freight forwarding firms. Moving from Ireland to Southern California, he started his transportation career as an employee at […]
Crowley Maritime Corp. has promoted Mike Golonka to vice president of the company’s ship management team. Golonka, who previously served as general manager for ship management, will continue reporting to Todd Busch, senior vice president and general manager of technical services, and will remain domiciled in the company’s headquarters in Jacksonville, Fla. […]
In a lawsuit filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska, the state seeks an injunction keeping the EPA and Coast Guard from their plans to begin enforcing the North American Emissions Control Area (ECA) on Aug. 1.
The National Retail Federation asked the the ILA and dockworker employer representative to commit themselves to continuing talks and normal port operations on the U.S. East and Gulf coasts even if they do not reach agreement by Sept. 30.
Railroads have filed an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia seeking to file a lower court’s decision to certify a class action against them for fixing surcharges, reports the National Industrial Transportation League in its latest Notice newsletter. NIT League said the railroads argued in the petition that […]
Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Henry J. Kaiser, which is currently providing logistical support for U.S. Pacific Fleet’s biennial Rim of the Pacific exercise off Hawaii, will deliver 900,000 gallons of a 50-50 blend of advanced biofuels and traditional petroleum-based fuel today to the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz strike group. […]
The freight forwarding giant had a profit of 279 million Swiss francs ($283 million) in the first half of 2012, 11 percent less than the 314 million Swiss francs earned in the same 2011 period.
Weeks Marine said it plans to christen a new $41 million ocean-going hydraulic cutter suction dredge, CR McCaskill, today at its Houma Marine Yard in Houma, La. The vessel is named for the dredging division’s top technical and equipment executive, Charles R. McCaskill, and is the third of five dredges Weeks is building at a cost of $200 […]
The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the International Maritime Organization Safety of Navigation Subcommittee has approved amendments proposed by the United States for the Santa Barbara Channel, Los Angeles/Long Beach, and San Francisco traffic separation schemes aimed at reducing ship strikes of whales along the West Coast. NOAA said the […]
The carrier has consolidated its Middle East-to-East Africa services by terminating its Dar Express service while simultaneously extending its Masiika Express loop to include a call at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Industrial Destiny, an 8,000-deadweight-ton vessel, will sail for Paita on July 20. Other regular port calls on the service include Esmeraldas and Guayaquil in Ecuador, Peru’s Callao, and Puerto Angamos, Chile.
Bruce N. Scholnick, who led the National Wooden Pallet and Container Association (NWPCA) as its president and chief executive officer for 12 years, defended industry on state and federal regulatory matters.
