Shippers play a crucial role in the smooth functioning of global trade and commerce, as they enable businesses to transport goods to customers around the world. They work closely with manufacturers, retailers, and other businesses to ensure that products reach their intended destination in a timely and cost-effective manner.
There are different types of shippers, including ocean carriers, air carriers, and trucking companies. Each type of shipper specializes in a different mode of transportation, and they work together to form a complex and interconnected network known as the shipping supply chain.
In the shipping supply chain, shippers work closely with logistics providers, customs brokers, and freight forwarders to coordinate the movement of goods from the point of origin to the final destination. They also play a key role in managing the logistics of the shipping process, including routing, tracking, and ensuring the timely delivery of goods.
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BlueWater Reporting has illustrated how ocean carrier alliances have taken over the Asia-Europe and transpacific trades over the years, as independent carriers have all but disappeared from these trades.
USA Truck names new chief executive officer and chief commercial officer, while Hansa Heavy Lift appoints managing directors and FourKites hires chief revenue officer.
“K” Line announces changes to executive officers, Aegean Shipping Management appoints new chief executive officer, while American Airlines names successor to retiring senior vice president of international and cargo.
Duluth Seaway Port Authority appoints new board members and B&H Worldwide expands international management team, while Montgomery McCracken adds to Maritime and Transportation practice and Holland & Knight hires senior counsel in D.C.
South Carolina Department of Commerce names new director of international strategy and trade, while Midwest Association of Rail Shippers elects 2017 officers and Roadrunner Freight appoints senior vice president of sales and marketing.
The Florida Department of Transportation announces secretary resignation, names interim secretary, while CenterPoint Properties hires vice president of investments.
Röhlig appoints director of global contract logistics, while Cozen O’Connor adds to its transportation and trade group and East Coast Warehouse & Distribution names senior director of customs examination services.
DHL Global Forwarding appoints head of operations in Hong Kong and Macau, while FourKites adds to management team, GAC announces new C-level appointments, and Centiro names vice president of sales and operations for North America.
The deployment of ultra-large containerships has not only increased average vessel size on key east west trades, but has accelerated the consolidation of carriers into vessel sharing agreements and alliances.
Liberty Woods International filed a lawsuit in personam against Dalia Ship Holding and in rem against Dalia’s ship, the Ocean Quartz, seeking $1.4 million for damage it said occurred to shipments of plywood.
Port of Seattle Commission elects new leadership, while American Trucking hires senior vice president of legislative affairs and Aljex Software creates new position, vice president of technology.
The Institute of International Container Lessors appoints new chairman, Dayton Freight promotes three employees to service center positions, and Page International names director of sales.
Logistics Plus hires new head of sourcing division, while the Cargo Incident Notification System names deputy chairman.
The Intermodal Association of North America selects new board members and officers, while Pender & Coward adds to its maritime, admiralty and transportation practice.
Page International promotes director of sales and GlobalTranz hires senior vice president of carrier relations.
Port of New Orleans names president and chief executive officer, while Canadian Pacific adds board member and ChassisFinder hires general manager.
The Antwerp Port Authority’s new CEO steps into role Jan. 1, while Singapore Post names former Toll Global Forwarding chief its global CEO.
Air Canada appoints chief commercial officer, while the Transportation Marketing & Sales Association names membership committee chairman and Hill Dickinson further expands its marine practice.
Mac R. Behnke Rentals got into an accident while transporting a shipment for Denso, damaging some of the cargo, and a court said the dispute would have to be resolved by a “fact finder” in trial and not in a summary judgement proceeding.
Crane Worldwide Logistics hires regional sales manager for its U.S. West region, while Overseas Shipholding Group names new president and CEO and Wilhelmsen Ships Service appoints general manager for Wilhelmsen Huayang Ships Services China.
Analysts have speculated ZIM could be the next firm swept up in the wave of consolidation in the ocean shipping industry, but the Israeli carrier has outright rejected the idea it is looking to sell its global operations.
The Port of Tacoma Commission names new president, while Tulsa Port of Catoosa promotes director and Air France-KLM Cargo appoints executive vice president.
Port Manatee elects board chairwoman and officers, while Canadian Pacific Railway appoints new board member and Port of Los Angeles names deputy police chief.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey names new aviation director, while SEKO Logistics appoints vice president of ocean services and Worldwide Flight Services hires global head of safety and security.
Hansa Heavy Lift appoints head of Asia Pacific, while Broekman Logistics promotes new managing director of warehousing and distribution and American Trucking Associations names Infrastructure Funding Task Force members.
American Soybean Association elects president and vice president, while the IATA FIATA Air Cargo Program nominates governance manager, and Hill Dickinson hires global head of shipping.
Advent Intermodal Solutions appoints newly created role of chief strategy officer, while the Soy Transportation Coalition elects new chairman and officers.
Hamilton Port Authority names president and CEO, while St. George Logistics adds board member and Page International promotes new senior manager of exports.
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore appoints new chairman, while B&H Worldwide promotes managing director, Germany, ICAO names new president of its Air Navigation Commission, and ATA hires vice president of safety policy and connectivity.
MOL appoints chief country representatives in Brazil and Mexico, while Bureau International des Containers names new secretary general.
FourKites adds senior leaders, while Norfolk Southern appoints new board members and Central Maine & Quebec Railway names executive chairman and CEO.
Vancouver Fraser Port Authority in British Columbia, Canada appoints new chief financial officer, while Scandinavian Shipping & Logistics tabs new managing director.
International Civil Aviation Organization re-elects council president, International Air Transport Association selects regional vice president for Africa and the Middle East, and Canaveral Port Authority elects chairman.
Redwood Logistics appoints chief logistics officer, while INTERTANKO elects chairman for another two years.
Officers were elected this week to head the Waterways Council and National Waterways Foundation.
Union Pacific appoints three senior executives, while Suttons Group names managing director of international operations.
NEHDS Logistics names president, while CVI International appoints VP of business development and sales.
Cambridge Systematics names CFO and the Chamber of Marine Commerce appoints president, while West Calcasieu Port re-elects board officers and IBIA’s chief executive retires.
Port Tampa Bay appoints VP of operations, while DHL Supply Chain names managing director for its Hong Kong and Macau business.
Envirotainer appoints CEO, while B&H Worldwide names regional director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
CSX names vice president-industrial products, while Target appoints former Walmart logistics executive to senior VP of network planning and operational design, and the European Sea Ports Organization elects its next chairman.
Hill Dickinson appoints first ever COO, while Absolute Worldwide Logistics hires managers for new Waycross, Ga. office.
ContainerPort Group appoints new CFO, while Milestone Chassis names manager for West Coast region sales.
The Transportation Intermediaries Association appoints VP of education and DSV Road North America names president, while Chapman Freeborn selects chief commercial officer and the American Association of Port Authorities installs 2016-2017 chairman.
The Customized Logistics and Delivery Association picks new executive director and the Alabama State Port Authority names board chairman, while the Port of Melbourne selects CEO and the Nautical Institute appoints chief executive.
DHL Supply Chain picks transportation president, while Kane Is Able names senior VP of transportation and solutions.
The Netherlands-based third-party logistics provider has appointed Peter Waller chief finance officer and member of its executive board.
In a recent decision, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) found a Forward Freight Agreement (FFA) between two companies was not a maritime contract and that the court lacked jurisdiction to enforce a judgment handed down by an English court. The case (D’Amico Dry Limited v. Primera Maritime […]
MatchBack Systems appoints commercial account manager for Europe, while Graybar names district VP in Seattle.
Are means, motive and opportunity enough for Maersk Line to make a move for South Korean ocean carriers Hanjin Shipping and Hyundai Merchant Marine?
Volga-Dnepr Group names senior VP of sales and marketing, while Synergy appoints VP of enterprise solutions.
The Canadian Society of Customs Brokers names board chairman, while R.J. Corman Railroad Group picks CEO.
Globe Express Services names Americas president, while Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement picks managing directors and Cargotec appoints investor relations manager.
Sunset Transportation names VP of sales and marketing, while RailWorks appoints CEO.
The Liberian International Ship and Corporate Registry appoints four managers, while Kalmar strengthens its Americas management and Envirotainer names head of Asia-Pacific operations.
The Chamber of Marine Commerce appoints interim president, while the executive director of the Transportation Institute at the University of Denver (DTI) will retire.
Brambles Ltd. appoints new CFO, while Port Manatee names senior business administration director and senior communications manager.
Eagle Bulk Shipping picks new CFO and Transervice Logistics names SW business development director, while trade association InterManager elects president.
Hanne B. Sørensen, chief executive of A.P. Møller-Maersk’s third-party logistics subsidiary, will be replaced by current Maersk Line Head of East West Trades Klaus Rud Sejling, the company said in a statement.
Starting Oct. 1, the Pacific Northwest port will be accepting applications for a new, permanent chief executive officer and executive director to replace the outgoing Todd Coleman, who stepped down in May, according to a statement from the port authority.
Norfolk Southern’s chief legal officer retires, while SynchroNet Intermodal Services names DoorLogistics sales director and Alliance Shippers appoints assistant vice president of sales.
Crane Worldwide Logistics appoints senior director for life sciences, while Röhlig names air freight manager for Germany.
AAGEX Freight Group appoints VPs, while MIC Customs Solutions names project manager.
FedEx shuffles senior executives, while the Jacksonville Port Authority appoints new board officers.
The need for strict adherence to the terms of a letter of credit was made painfully clear in a recent federal appeals court decision to uphold a district court ruling. (Mago Int’l, LLC v. LHB AG. 2nd Circuit. No. 15-2776. Aug.15.) New York-based Mago International agreed to sell chicken, beef, and other meat […]
The recent declaration of bankruptcy by South Korean ocean carrier Hanjin Shipping is a symptom of what ails the container shipping industry, not the cure, as some analysts seem to suggest.
APM Terminals appointed A.P. Moller Shipping Services Chief Executive Morten Engelstoft to succeed current CEO Kim Fejfer, who will be taking up a new role at APM Holding A/S, according to a statement from the company.
The Port of New Orleans elects board chairman, while CHA Consulting names head of Transportation Group.
The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. names president for Greenbrier International, while Transervice Logistics appoints New England business development director and Hoyer picks new Chemilog director.
The Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based trucking company has appointed Hugh Ekberg as group president and chief operating officer.
Unishippers Global Logistics names chief executive officer, while the Transportation Intermediaries Association appoints chief of staff and Wabash National picks president.
Guido De Ciccio, senior vice president, Operations Western Region at Canadian Pacific, is retiring after 40 years with the Calgary-based Class I railroad, CP said in a statement.
Dachser appoints managing director of European logistics in Germany, while FourKites names senior VP of business development.
Nadeem Velani, current vice-president of investor relations at Canadian Pacific Railway, will replace Mark Erceg as chief financial officer on an interim basis, according to a statement from the company.
Ed McCarthy, formerly the chief operating officer for CMA CGM America, has been appointed to serve as the chief operating officer for the Georgia Ports Authority.
Jerry Moyes, founder and chief executive officer of Swift Transportation Co., said he will retire from the 50-year-old nationwide trucking firm at the end of the year.
Vargo appoints former Target supply chain VP to president of its Vargo Adaptive Software division, while The International Air Cargo Association elects a board member and the European Community Shipowners’ Associations names legal affairs director.
Jon Slangerup announced his resignation as chief executive officer of the Port of Long Beach and accepted a position as chairman and CEO of a leading aviation technology company.
Canadian Pacific Railway announced changes to its board of directors, including the appointment of Jill Denham and William R. Fatt, and the resignation of activist investor Bill Ackman.
The Halifax Port Authority appoints chairman and vice chairman, while Volga-Dnepr names head of energy and heavy machinery.
Norm Krehbiel, who has been named the Port of Longview’s new chief executive officer, originally joined the port in 1993 as director of facilities and engineers, and was later named deputy executive director and chief operating officer in 2008.
Logistics and marine services provider GAC Group shuffles regional VPs, while Virgin Atlantic Cargo appoints regional sales manager for continental Europe.
Memphis, Tenn.-based third-party logistics provider Mallory Alexander appoints chief administrative officer, while the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey selects general counsel.
Kalmar, a subsidiary of cargo-handling equipment and systems manufacturer Cargotec, appoints new head of the Asia-Pacific region, while the Florida East Coast Railway names VP of carload sales.
SEKO Logistics named Michael Christensen president of SaaS and CPO of International Supply Chain Solutions to lead a new business unit focusing on the third-party logistics provider’s service-as-a-software technology solutions.
project44 has appointed chief IT architect and VP of global sales, while the Transportation Intermediaries Association names marketing director.
Worldwide Flight Services appoints new CEO, while CSafe names director of strategic life science sales.
Ocean shipping e-commerce platform INTTRA appoints new chief technology officer, while integrated logistics provider Agility names managing director for Malaysia.
In 2004 the hull of the tanker Athos I was punctured by an abandoned ship anchor as it approached an asphalt refinery terminal in Paulsboro, N.J., on the Delaware River. The puncture resulted in the spill of 264,000 gallons of crude oil, affecting 280 miles of shoreline, 70 miles of which were heavily […]
Dachser prepares way for new chief operations officer, while the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad names business development director, and ECU Worldwide relocates two regional sales managers and appoints to others to its USA management team.
Troy Container Line names less-than-containerload documentation manager, while the Transportation Marketing & Sales Association picks Education Committee chairman.
Union Pacific promotes VPs and Aljex Software names VP of sales and marketing, while CentrePort Canada appoints CFO and the Allen Lund Co. picks Atlanta office manager.
Denis V. Ilin is stepping down from his position as executive president of the airfreight carrier after three years, in accordance with mutual agreements, parent company Volga-Dnepr Group said in a statement yesterday.
England Logistics names business development manager for new Atlanta office, while maritime solicitor Tatham Macinnes adds partner.
Integrity Logistics names VP of operations, while AirBridgeCargo Airlines’ executive VP resigns.
SCI names new CEO, while the Louisiana governor appoints commissioner to the Port of New Orleans board.
A recent court decision is a reminder that the $500 package limit under the Carriage of Goods at Sea Act (COGSA) does not automatically apply in the event that deck cargo is damaged or lost. (Atwood Oceanics Inc. v. M/V Pac Altair et al. U.S District Court, Southern District of Alabama. No. 15-456. June […]
They’ll likely have to come up with a different name to avoid being confused with the Post-it manufacturer 3M, but the 2M ocean carrier alliance of Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC) will soon become three. Struggling South Korean carrier Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) announced in July it signed a memorandum of understanding […]
The Port of Long Beach Harbor Commission President has been re-elected, while TIACA appoints European Shippers’ Council chairman to its board.
Oliver Seidl replaces outgoing Chief Financial Officer Lutz Freytag, who will resign his position Nov. 30 after nine years to “tackle new challenges and dedicate more time to his personal pursuits,” the company said.
