Operation Safe Commerce launches Phase III
The U.S. Office for Domestic Preparedness has awarded the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach $6.9 million for Operation Safe Commerce Phase III, a testing...
Don't blow a gasket
Slap a gauge on just about any logistics pipeline today and you're likely to see the needle hovering around the red zone. Supply networks are under pressure...
An alternative to the Panama Canal
After over 14 years of study, the linking of the ports of Salina Cruz in the Pacific and Coatzacoalcos in the Gulf of Mexico may finally become a reality...
Coping with constraints in China
China has become the focal point for trade to and from the U.S., Europe and intra-Asia. This rapid rise in stature has added substantial volumes of cargo...
Breaking the global logjam
Every company wants to know the secret of going global, and yet global trade itself is widely seen as an inefficient process. According to a recent study...
Search is on for more West Coast ports
The success of Mexico's booming West Coast ports, Manzanillo and Lazaro Cardenas each located some 1,000 miles distant from the U. S. border is sparking...
Canadian Rail Expands to Feed Asian Markets
Targeted to be finished this fall, the $160 million expansion will increase CPR’s rail capacity in Western Canada some 12% which translates into more than 400 freight cars per day...
Savi and Hutchison Port Holdings launch company to develop RFID network
Savi Technology Inc., a provider of active radio frequency identification (RFID) supply chain solutions, and Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH)...
Port of Charleston Boosts South American Coverage
Latin American trade for the port represents 15% of total business, ranking only behind North Europe (37%) and Asia (26%)...
Free Time to Drop, Demurrage Costs Rise
Further evidence that the global container shortage continues comes in the form of a report by the National Industrial Transportation League (NITL) ...
Pushing the envelope on cross-docking
"We're seeing the actual progression of the well known concept you want to have the least amount of inventory that you can and keep the commitments that...
Business is booming at Lazaro Cardenas
Mexico's West Coast Port of Lazaro Cardenas has become the nation's busiest port virtually overnight, registering a 56.3% boost in February unloadings....
Joint service links Savannah and South America
The addition of an all-water joint service between Hapag-Lloyd Container Line and NYK Line will enhance growing trade between the U.S. East Coast and...
Port congestion likely to continue throughout 2005
Congestion at North American and European ports will continue throughout 2005, according to market analyst firm Transport Intelligence. The ports of Los...
Building an inland empire
If the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority in Ohio has its way, some of the congestion plaguing U.S.-Canadian border crossings at Detroit-Windsor...
Short circuit
Facing a domestic infrastructure severely stressed with congestion, as well as projections that global trade will double from its current levels by 2020,...
Westbound ocean rates to climb
On April 1 members of the Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement (TACA) will increase tariff rates on freight westbound from the U.S. TACA members already...
Carriers Form Alliances to Improve Services
Great Western Steamship Co., Maruba Line and U.S. Lines Ltd. have joined in a Vessel Sharing Agreement to which each of the carriers will contribute tonnage...
Westbound Ocean Rates to Climb
TACA members had increased rates on January 1 and plan to do so again in July and October. As examples of rate increases...
FMC grants NVOCCs the right to negotiate shipper contracts
On December 15, 2004, following a trend for all other transportation modes, the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) (www.fmc.gov) issued final regulations...
Delivering relief to tsunami victims
Millions around the world opened their hearts and their wallets to provide unprecedented financial aid to relief agencies working in the Asian regions...
Security Agencies Ease Document Submission
In eliminating the requirement to participate in Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) in order to establish an account for its Automated Commercial Environment, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials...
The Top Ten Container Ports in the World and U.S.
It should come as no surprise that the top six ports, ranked by volume of twenty-foot-equivalent units (TEUs) are located in the Asia Pacific Region. Capgemini provides these statistics...
More security is needed for maritime containers, warns Chuck Raymond
Every second of every day, $10 billion worth of world commerce is at risk if maritime and port security measures are not in place to stop terrorism, warns Charles G. (Chuck) Raymond, chairman, CEO and president of domestic American ocean carrier Horizon Lines...
United Pilots On Board, Mechanics Could Strike
The Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association rejected United Airlines’ deal to save $101 million through salary cuts and other means, standing in stark contrast to other labor groups who have approved over $300 million in cost savings...
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