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| Canada upset over U.S. labeling rule |
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Friday, May 24, 2013
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The deadline for the United States to bring its country-of-origin labeling (COOL) into accordance with guidelines set by the World Trade Organization has expired, and Canadian officials think the United States hasn’t done enough to bring its rules into compliance. The United States first passed its rule about labeling in September 2008, and Canada immediately started negotiations among the WTO and U.S. officials to change the rule, which they saw as discriminatory...
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| FAA aids Dutch Caribbean |
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Friday, May 24, 2013
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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has signed an agreement with the Netherlands to coordinate airspace between the United States and Dutch-controlled Caribbean islands. The agency will also install FAA air navigation services and facilities in the area, share safety information and other data, and provide technical assistance on an as-needed basis. The FAA already provides air navigation services in the San Juan Flight Information Region, which is adjacent to Netherlands a...
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| Oakland lures away Long Beach's port director Lytle |
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Friday, May 24, 2013
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The Port of Oakland pulled off a major coup Thursday with the announcement that Chris Lytle, who heads the Port of Long Beach, will move up the coast to become its executive director in late July. The news came as a surprise to many in the maritime industry because Lytle held the prestigious position of running day-to-day operations at the second largest container port in the nation and, along with officials at the adjacent Port of Los Angeles, was at the center of national...
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| NTSB issues report on Delta Mariner accident |
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Friday, May 24, 2013
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An accident last year that occurred when the Foss ship Delta Mariner struck the Eggner’s Ferry Bridge in Kentucky was caused by the reliance of the vessel’s bridge team on the independent contract pilot who provided incorrect navigational direction, said a report released earlier this month by the National Transportation Safety Administration. NTSB said contributing factors included the failure of deck officers on the vessel to use all available navigation tools to verify t...
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| Bridge collapses on major U.S.-Canada link |
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Friday, May 24, 2013
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A bridge on Interstate-5, the major U.S. West Coast highway, collapsed into the Skagit River on Thursday evening. The bridge, north of Seattle, is the major artery for vehicles moving to and from Vancouver and other locations in Western Canada. The Seattle Times reported the bridge is used by an average 70,000 vehicles per day, 12 percent of which are trucks . Sean McNally, press secretary for the American Trucking Associations, said those appeared to be 2007 estima...
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| DCLI adds chassis to CCM's South Atlantic pool |
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Friday, May 24, 2013
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Starting June 1, the container chassis provider Direct ChassisLink, Inc. (DCLI) will contribute all of its chassis in the South Atlantic region to the Consolidated Chassis Management (CCM) pool, known as the South Atlantic Consolidated Chassis Pool (SACP). CCM said the addition of more than 7,000 former Maersk-owned chassis will increase the pool size to over 50,000 units, making the SACP the single largest cooperative chassis pool in the United States. DCLI was sol...
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| Carloads down, intermodal up in North America |
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Friday, May 24, 2013
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Total domestic rail activity ticked up 2.6 percent last week compared to the same week last year, reaching 535,835 carloads and intermodal units, according to the Association of American Railroads. Carloads were up 1.9 percent, and intermodal activity saw a 3.5-percent increase. Total domestic traffic of 10.32 million units so far in 2013 represents a 1-percent, year-over-year increase. On the year, carloads are down 1.7 percent, but intermodal units have grown 4.3 ...
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| Cass: Linehaul rates up 2% in April |
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Friday, May 24, 2013
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Truckload linehaul rates rose 2 percent in April, continuing a slow but steady price increase seen the beginning of the year, according to Cass Information Systems. Intermodal only showed a slight bump of 0.3 percent in per-mile costs. Linehaul rates started the year with a 2.4-percent rise, which grew to 3.3 percent in February. Rates were up 2.2 percent in March. While rates are going up, the climb isn’t as steep at the increases seen from February to April l...
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| Executive moves |
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Friday, May 24, 2013
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Americold, a temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics provider to the food industry, appointed Jed Milstein to executive vice president and chief human resources officer, and Jeff Hogarth to senior vice president for Asia-Pacific. Milstein joins Americold after serving as executive vice president of human resources for TransCentra, a billing and payments provider. Prior to this, he was the head of HR for Cerberus Operations and Advisory Co. Hogarth, a 23-yea...
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| EU Parliament: Proceed with U.S. free-trade talks |
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
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Members of European Parliament are in favor of starting talks toward the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, a free-trade agreement between the European Union and the United States, but warn they must be kept apprised of the discussions. In a resolution voted on Thursday, members also said any agreement must protect Europe’s cultural and audiovisual services market, and provide EU firms with access to U.S. public procurement markets. American restrictions on EU suppl...
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| Va. maritime industry to tap military labor pool |
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
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Maritime industry officials in Hampton Roads are discussing how to take advantage of the large military presence in the area to attract people leaving for civilian life to become truck drivers and help the Port of Virginia move containers to and from the docks. The Norfolk area is home to the world's largest naval base, which supports the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. The complex also includes a major naval air station. Oceana Naval Air Station is located nearby in Virginia Beach, and th...
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| Florida provides new support for trade, logistics |
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
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Workforce Florida Inc., the statewide workforce investment board of business and government leaders, last week announced the availability of a $2 million Quick Response Training Challenge Grant for employers in Florida's logistics and trade industry. The special grant is intended to help the state's logistics and trade sector become more competitive by improving the skills of existing and new employees hired during the next year. Florida's economic developme...
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| Analysis: West Coast port volumes to rise in Q3 |
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
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Loaded inbound volumes at seven West Coast ports will see a 0.9-percent, year over year, decline during the second quarter of the year, ending the period at 2.8 million TEUs, according to Global Port Tracker. In the third quarter, though, volume will increase by 2 percent to 2.99 million TEUs, followed by a 6.6-percent jump, year over year, in the fourth quarter. During the first three months of 2014, volumes are expected to rise by 7.2 percent to 2.75 million TEUs. ...
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| Subaru: 15,000 cars through Brunswick annually |
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
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The Georgia Ports Authority said Subaru will start importing five of its models through the Port of Brunswick. Subaru National Transportation Manager Larry Strug said the deepwater port at Brunswick will serve two zones in Subaru’s national distribution network. The zones cover an area from North Carolina to Florida. Other import terminals include Vancouver, Wash., Richmond, Calif., and Baltimore, Md. The Japanese-based carmaker announced at a national dealer meetin...
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| Houston awards crane contracts |
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
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The Port of Houston Authority's commission Tuesday awarded a contract worth nearly $50 million to Konecranes Finland Corp. for four electric wharf cranes at Barbours Cut Container Terminal. The commission also amended a contract with Konecranes for eight diesel electric container yard cranes for Barbours Cut to include three additional diesel electric container yard cranes for the Bayport Terminal at a cost of $5.9 million. Len Waterworth, the port's executive dire...
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| Executive moves |
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
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Joseph Gallick , one of the primary public faces of Penske Logistics as senior vice president of sales since 1999, has left to become vice president of dedicated services for NationaLease, the Downers Grove, Ill.-based truck leasing firm. NationaLease has more than 100,000 trucks, tractors and trailers in its rental fleet, but is expanding into dedicated logistics services, including transportation and warehousing. Gallick is a member of the Council of Supply Chain Management Pr...
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| West Memphis port to expand freight rail handling |
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
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The U.S. Transportation Department on Wednesday awarded a $10.9 million TIGER 2012 grant to the City of West Memphis, Ark., to expand the city’s port. “Once the expansion is complete, the port will be able to handle increased freight rail capacity, helping businesses send more goods to markets across the country. It will also help position the port and the region as a freight transportation leader, attracting development and creating new jobs for those living in and around West ...
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| FMC reviews 10 OTI license applications |
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
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The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 10 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review. The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from Dove Global Logistics, Torrance, Calif. (Chol Min Kim, president); ICargo Global Logistics, Huntington Station, N.Y. (Edwin J. Arriaga, president); and TGP Logistics, Houston (Myrian T. Morales, vice president). The agency also received an NVO/ocean freight ...
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| U.S. investors buy stake in König & Cie |
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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The Hamburg-based shipping investment company König & Cie said it has reached an agreement with creditors to settle outstanding debt and contingent liabilities. “With the help of two U.S.-based financial investors, Delos Shipping LLC, Dallas, Texas, and Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC, Santa Monica, Calif., the restructuring process has been successfully concluded and enables König & Cie to continue to operate,” the company said. Shareholders Tobias Kö...
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| Crowley adds new containers to fleet |
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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Crowley Maritime Corp.’s liner services group is adding more than 3,000 pieces of cargo handling equipment to its fleet. The additional equipment will be used to serve shippers in its Puerto Rico, Caribbean and Latin America services, the Jacksonville, Fla.-based company said. The equipment includes 200 53-foot dry containers, 200 45-foot dry containers, 500 20-foot dry containers, 1,000 40-foot dry high-cube containers, 337 40-foot refrigerated high-cube container...
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| Report: 3PLs see small revenue boost in 2012, similar for 2013 |
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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Third-party logistics providers will see 2013 revenues of $148.4 million, an increase of 4.6 percent, according to a recently released report by Armstrong & Associates. Revenues of third-party logistics providers in the United States increased by 6 percent, year over year, in 2012 to $141.8 billion. According to Armstrong & Associates, the compound annual growth rate for the 3PL industry fell by 0.3 percent from 1996 to 2012. The company expects this d...
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| ATA: Truck tonnage down slightly in April |
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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Based on data gathered by the American Trucking Associations' members, domestic tonnage fell in April after seeing a rise in March. The ATA’s seasonally adjusted tonnage index ended last month, down 0.2 percent after being up 0.9 percent in March. Compared to last April, the tonnage index rose 4.3 percent, the largest year-over-year gain since January’s 4.7 percent result. In the first four months of the year, truck tonnage is up 4 percent. ...
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| U.S. targets trade buildup in Latin America |
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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Acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank last week wrapped up a seven-day trip to Latin America to help drum up business for U.S. companies engaged in infrastructure planning and construction with a speech at the American Chamber of Commerce Panama where she highlighted the importance of trade relations with the Central American nation. Twenty companies specializing in project management, transportation, energy and water resource infrastructure accompanied Blank on her ...
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| Concerns about U.S. Merchant Marine aired at hearing |
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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Challenges facing the U.S. Merchant Marine, including the loss of potential food aid cargo because of changes planned by the Obama administration to food aid programs, were highlighted during a hearing by the U.S. House's Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Tuesday. Committee Chairman Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., said “unfortunately, over the last 35 years, the number of U.S.-flagged vessels sailing in the international trade has dropped from 850 to less th...
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| U.S., Burma start trade dialogue |
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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The United States and Burma have signed a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) on Tuesday, establishing a platform for ongoing dialogue and cooperation on trade and investment issues between the two governments. “The United States supports reforms that lay the foundation for a peaceful and prosperous future,” said Acting U.S. Trade Representative Demetrios Marantis in a statement. “Economic reforms and trade are mutually supportive. Stronger institutions, transparency...
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| Subaru taps WWL for Georgia port facility |
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics will manage vehicle processing for the 78,000-square-foot Subaru facility at the Port of Brunswick, Ga., starting in July. With the agreement, WWL becomes the automaker’s supplier for the Southeast United States. The contract includes import processing, accessory installation, transportation preparations and pre-delivery inspections. The company also manages Subaru holdings in Lafayette, Ind., and Baltimore. &n...
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| MOL to open own liner office in Canada |
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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MOL said it will open its own office in Canada and operate as MOL (Canada) on July 31, ending 53 years of representation of its liner business by the agency Montship. All other agent agreements between MOL’s non-liner divisions and Montship will continue without interruption. "Montship has been a fantastic partner for MOL for a long time and we have had an extremely satisfying relationship,” said Tsuyoshi Yoshida, president and chief executive officer of ...
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| Canadian retail sales flat in March |
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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Canadian retail sales stayed flat in March at $39.5 billion, according to Statistics Canada. Retail volume rose 0.7 percent over February when price-change effects were removed from the equation. Clothing sales bumped up 3.1 percent, while motor vehicle and parts sales rose 0.7 percent, seeing an increase in activity for the third month in a row. Furniture and home furnishings were up 0.3 percent. Building material sales were basically flat compared to February...
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| Con-way to build new Wisconsin facility |
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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Con-way Freight is planning to break ground on an $8 million, 47,000-square-foot service center in Fond du Lac, Wis., in June. The facility, which will replace a current 27-year-old facility, is expected to deliver by March 2014. The 21-acre property in the city’s Fox Ridge Business Park will feature 96 dock doors, a vast expansion over the 25 in its current Fond du Lac facility. When needed, the development can expand to 120 dock doors. While Con-way’...
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| Teamsters release details of tentative ABF contract |
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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A 7 percent wage reduction, but no major cuts to health or pension benefits are amid the details of the tentative contract between less-than-truckload carrier ABF and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters released in anticipation of a union-wide vote on the proposal. The IBT negotiating committee has approved the deal, but union members will receive contract ballots on June 3. The two parties reached a five-year agreement in early May after two, month-long con...
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| MSC to start new service to Dominican Republic |
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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Mediterranean Shipping Co. said it will start a new service connecting Port Everglades, Fla., with Caucedo and Rio Haina in the Dominican Republic, beginning in mid-June. The service will offer transit times of 3-4 days. - Chris Dupin
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| Polar cargo adds Asia-U.S. route |
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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Polar Air Cargo Worldwide is adding two weekly flights between Hong Kong and Cincinnati in June. The airline will also add two Boeing 767-300 freighter services between Asia and Australia starting next month. The first 767-300 all-cargo flight will operate via Tokyo, Sydney and Incheon, with the second providing service to Taipei, Nagoya and Incheon. “We are continuing to enhance our network to ensure that we meet our customers' demand for capacit...
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| Association to certify truckers against trafficking |
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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The Truckload Carriers Association and Truckers Against Trafficking have teamed up to educate and train truckers on how to recognize and report sex trafficking, a crime that has been reported in every U.S. state. TCA will now start giving tests to truckers around the country so they can become a Certified Trucker Against Trafficking. The test is being given without any costs to the trucker and is based on a video viewable here . The organization will also pro...
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| Washington Notebook: Virginia transport politics, Commerce's export awards |
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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Va. Gov. McDonnell signs landmark transportation bill. Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell last week signed the breakthrough transportation funding bill passed by the General Assembly in March. The "Virginia's Road to the Future" bill, the first comprehensive transportation funding plan in 27 years, provides an additional $3.5 billion in funding by 2018 for new road and bridge construction, mass transit, rail and other needs, along with several reforms to improve project development. &...
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| Florida Gov. Scott's budget favors ports |
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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Gov. Scott The budget signed Monday by Florida Gov. Rick Scott includes a record $278 million for development of the the state's 15 seaports. Port directors applauded Scott for making ports and trade a priority of his economic agenda. Florida is providing $112 million toward the $181 million cost of dredging the Port of Miami's main channel from 42 to 50 feet, including $77 million for the federal share of the project at Scott's direction. The governor has also committed t...
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| Sea Star names Nolan VP |
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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Ocean carrier Sea Star Line has appointed Tim Nolan to executive vice president. Nolan has an extensive background in liner shipping, including management experience in Chile, as well as the Latin America and Caribbean trades. He has also been involved in business development and international logistics. Most recently he was senior vice president and general manager for a large logistics firm.
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| World War II ships pose pollution threat |
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration said Monday it had forwarded to the U.S. Coast Guard a new report about 36 sunken vessels scattered across the U.S. seafloor that could pose an oil pollution threat . Seventeen of the ships were recommended for further assessment and potential removal of both fuel oil and oil cargo by the agency. NOAA said "the sunken vessels are a legacy of more than a century of U.S. commerce and warfare. They include a bar...
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| U.S. to strengthen trade with Tunisia |
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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Officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development have launched an initiative with Tunisia to establish trade in the region and internationally, and encourage the local growth of small and midsized businesses. The Office of the United States Trade Representative helped develop the initiative, which is part of the U.S-Tunisia Trade and Investment Framework. Work between the countries will be achieved through online platforms and partnerships, according to a news release....
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| Drewry Air Freight Index - A slow climb in April |
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Monday, May 20, 2013
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Air freight rates out of Asia are slowly inching back up to February’s yearly high of $3.32 per kilogram, ending April at $3.21 per kilogram, a rise of $0.06 over March’s figure, according to the Drewry East-West Air Freight Price Index . The index measures the average per-kilogram price paid by forwarders to airlines on 21 major East-West routes. Each result factors in the base rate plus any security and fuel surcharges. February’s high-water mark came in $0.32 per kilo...
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| Drewry forecasts more slow steaming |
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Monday, May 20, 2013
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Drewry is predicting an increase in slow steaming by container carriers. "Although slow steaming continues to be a contentious issue with shippers, more is on the way as fuel prices remain stubbornly high and ocean carriers can no longer absorb the bill due to the parlous nature of their finances," the London-based consultant says in the latest edition of its Container Insight Weekly . "Drewry believes that ocean carriers are losing money at present due to the frei...
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| Georgia Ports has record April |
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Monday, May 20, 2013
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Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) moved 2.4 million tons of cargo in April, a 4.7 percent increase -- or 108,532 tons –- over the same month a year ago. “Our total tonnage makes April the highest volume month on record,” said GPA Executive Director Curtis Foltz The GPA handled 258,951 TEU, 10,040 TEUs more than April 2012. The port also handled 57,709 auto and machinery units in April, its third highest month for roll-on, roll-off cargo. Foltz said four ne...
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| Virginia to open Canadian agriculture trade office |
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Monday, May 20, 2013
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The state of Virginia will open an international trade office in Canada this year to further promote exports of agriculture and forestry products, which hit an all-time high last year, Virginia Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry Todd Haymore recently reiterated. During remarks May 9 at the Virginia Maritime Association's annual banquet in Norfolk, Haymore noted that Gov. Bob McDonnell is the first governor in modern Virginia history to include agriculture and forestry i...
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| Airport cargo results enforce negative trend |
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Monday, May 20, 2013
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March tonnage numbers for four airports spanning the United States paint a mixed picture of the health of U.S. airports, but the general trend is one of cargo activity decline. Los Angeles International Airport handled 171,798 total tons of cargo in March, seeing 7,992 tons of mail and more than 163,000 tons of freight. While the mail result showed a 4.57 percent uptick, year over year, freight declined by 2.83 percent, leading to an overall decline of 2.51 percent. In the first...
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| Developer adds California retail distribution space |
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Monday, May 20, 2013
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Port Logistics Group has added two new facilities spanning more than 1.1 million square feet to its retail distribution campus in City of Industry, Calif. The development now boasts more than 2.5 million square feet of space. The first new building, a 350,000-square-foot facility, will house new and existing clients. A 775,000-square-foot development has also been built for three new clients.
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| Virgin Cargo optimistic about road ahead |
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Monday, May 20, 2013
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In its recently ended fiscal year, Virgin Atlantic Cargo boosted its market share on 30 routes, sometimes gaining up to 40 percent of the share of a given lane. That aggressiveness helped lead to cargo results that, despite a terrible cargo market, were basically flat when compared to the previous year. Virgin Cargo carried 214,737 tons of cargo in the 2012-2013 fiscal year, a 0.91-percent decline over the previous year. Revenues ended the fiscal year at 230 million euros ($295...
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| Shift in wind trade direction at Corpus Christi |
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Monday, May 20, 2013
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Port Corpus Christi says it has been a leading port for imports of wind energy turbine components since 2006, but last week handled components for export for the first time. On Saturday, 35 Mitsubishi wind blades made in Ciudad Juarez in northern Mexico were loaded on a vessel carrier operated by NYK-Hinode. The blades are destined for Japan. “The Port anticipates additional wind cargo export opportunities within the upcoming months,” said John LaRue, ...
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| Aljex and AES Logistics integrate on intermodal rates |
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Friday, May 17, 2013
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AES Logistics and Aljex Software said Thursday the two companies have integrated AES Logistics rates into Aljex hosted software for quick access by Aljex users. AES is a provider of transportation services and supply chain logistics including truckload, less than truckload (LTL), ocean and air cargo service. Aljex is a provider of hosted transportation management software for brokers, carriers and other transportation providers. "Integration with AES provides sourci...
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| FMC proposes OTI reforms |
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Friday, May 17, 2013
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The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) this week voted a proposed reformation of the rules governing ocean transportation intermediaries (OTIs), both domestic and foreign. Under the proposed rule, licensed OTIs, which include non-vessel-operating common carriers (NVOs) and freight forwarders, would have to renew their licenses every two years. Currently, OTIs have no requirement to renew once they have been granted a license. They only need a qualifying individual (QI) for the l...
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| Contractor picked for Miami dredge project |
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Friday, May 17, 2013
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Wednesday awarded a $122 million contract to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. for deepening the entrance to the Port of Miami to 50 feet, the company said. Excavation is expected to commence in August and be completed in time for the opening of the expanded Panama Canal in 2015, which will enable 14,000 TEU container vessels to reach the U.S. East Coast from Asia via the Pacific Ocean. Miami would become the third port on...
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| Group calls for supply chain accountability |
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Friday, May 17, 2013
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A group of investors and stakeholders from more than 115 organizations have banded together under the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility to ask global shippers to ensure the safety and welfare of their workers and to ferret out supply chain abuses. The group has called on shippers around the world to implement International Labor Organization standards at all their facilities and to pay attention to the United Nation’s framework on human rights responsibilities in bus...
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| UPS releases new iPad app |
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Friday, May 17, 2013
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UPS today announced a new app for the iPad to let users easily track packages, find UPS shipping locations, and access UPS My Choice, all with enhanced mapping features. The UPS app for iPad enables customers to track packages and find locations where they can send shipments. Additionally, the app allows users of UPS My Choice to access all of the features of the service including the ability to reroute or reschedule delivery. UPS My Choice Premium members can also view their d...
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| Ex-Im Bank’s $500 million loan helps Mongolian mine |
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Friday, May 17, 2013
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The U.S. Export-Import Bank has authorized an approximately $500 million direct loan to finance the continued development of a Mongolian mine that, upon completion, will generate about 30 percent of the Mongolian GDP. Additionally, Ex-Im Bank's financing will support about 2,000 U.S. jobs across the United States, according to bank estimates derived from Commerce and Labor department data. The Oyu Tolgoi mine, which is located in the South Gobi region about 550 kil...
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| Postal group signs deal with Amber Road |
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
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The Kahala Posts Group (KPG), an alliance of 10 postal administrations around the world, has signed a deal with the global trade management solutions provider Amber Road aimed at increasing their competitiveness in the international delivery market. KPG member organizations include the Australian Postal Corp., China Post Group, Correos y Telégrafos SAE, Groupe La Poste, Hongkong Post, Japan Post Co., Ltd., Korea Post, Royal Mail Group, Ltd, Singapore Post Limited and the U.S. Po...
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| NetSuite opens doors to Descartes, Freightgate |
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
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The logistics information technology solutions providers Descartes Systems and Freightgate have both signed deals with NetSuite, a provider of cloud-based financials and enterprise resource planning (ERP) software suites. Descartes said it has signed a SuiteCloud Developer Network agreement, with the integration of NetSuite's SuiteCloud and Descartes' Logistics Technology Platform intended to enable customers to more effectively collaborate with their trading partners and carrie...
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| Con-way prepares for HOS rules despite court challenge |
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
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With the impending deadline for the Federal Motor Carrier Service Administration’s new hours-of-service regulations less than two months away, the outcome of the American Trucking Association’s legal challenge against the rule is still not clear. The ATA argued against the HOS change before a three-judge panel in Washington, D.C., on March 15, but unless a ruling comes down before July 1, carriers will nonetheless have to comply with the new law before knowing if it will be str...
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| U.S. exports to Colombia up 20% with FTA |
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
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The White House on Wednesday welcomed growing exports for U.S. businesses, farmers, and ranchers on the first anniversary of the entry into force of the U.S.-Colombia trade agreement. Via the U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement, U.S. manufacturers have substantially increased their exports to the South American country. In specific, U.S. exports of transportation equipment, petroleum and coal products, processed food, and computer and electronic products have risen t...
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| Hapag-Lloyd announces change in GS1 Service |
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
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Hapag-Lloyd said the rotation of the U.S. Gulf - South America East Coast Loop 1 (GS1) service is being revised. Starting with the voyage of the ship Suape Express (1316N), the GS1 will replace the northbound call of Caucedo, Dominican Republic with Cartagena, Colombia. The first call in Cartagena will be on June 10. The southbound call of Caucedo will continue. The revised GS1 port rotation will be Veracruz, Altamira, Houston, New Orleans, Cauced...
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| Bayonne Bridge fix can move forward |
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
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The Coast Guard has completed an environmental assessment of a plan by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to increase the clearance or "air draft" beneath the Bayonne Bridge from 151 feet to 215 feet and found no significant impact, meaning a permit can be issued so work can begin on the project. Raising the roadway will allow larger container vessels to traverse the Kill Van Kull to reach terminals in Newark and Elizabeth, N.J. More big ships are expected to ca...
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| Senate approves water infrastructure bill |
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
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The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed a Water Resources Development Act reauthorization bill by a vote of 83 to 14 that sets the stage for Congress to appropriate money for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to spend on maintenance of harbors and inland waterways, and for deepening and other water-related projects. Congress has not passed a WRDA law since 2007, which has put a freeze on new projects that industry groups insist are necessary to maintain efficient commerce and trade.&...
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| Alabama port authority's Sheppard, 61, dead |
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
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Mark Ivey Sheppard, vice president for trade and development for the Alabama State Port Authority, died Tuesday at his home following a brief illness. He was 61 years old. "Mark Sheppard’s sudden passing comes as a deep shock to our maritime and international trade community," said James K. Lyons, director and chief executive officer. "We are deeply saddened by Mark’s passing. He was a key member of our team and a good friend." Recruited by the port authority in Feb...
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