APL/Con-way Launch Guaranteed Ocean Service
Any U.S. destination served directly by Con-way Freight will now be eligible for a through service, day-definite guarantee for less-than-container-load...
Get to Know the Yangtze River
Intermodal Freight Transport by David Lowe covers the development of intermodal transport from a different perspective a European point of view. Shifting...
More Competition for U.S. West Coast Ports
With freight shipments from the Asia-Pacific region continuing to grow along the U.S. West Coast, development of the Mexican Port of Lazaro Cardenas offers...
Record Cargo Expected at Major U.S. Container Ports
U.S. inbound container volume is already higher than peak levels for the entire year of 2005, but the ports are running without congestion. According...
Seattle Gets New Container Cranes
In April the Port of Seattle took delivery of four new 385-ft.-high container cranes from SSA Terminals. It took about a week just to unload them from...
The Panama Canal Wont Benefit if the Suez Canal is Closed
But, according to Oscar Barzan, manager of the Trade Division of the Panama Canal Authority (ACP), if military actions continue and the Suez would close,...
Largest Award Ever for Marine Damage
The $2.25 million payment to the U.S. on behalf of the MBNMS will be made by the owners and operators of the Med Taipei, a foreign-flagged containership....
Tacoma And Olympia Ports In Logistics Partnership
Tacoma and Olympias port commissions voted to adopt an Interlocal Agreement to form a strategic partnership to improve regional rail system capacity and...
Virginia Port Allies with the Suez
The MOU establishes an alliance of cooperation between the two agencies and focuses on promoting trade between Asia and the U.S. through the Suez Canal....
The Worlds Largest Container Ship is Now Sailing the Seas
To get a sense of the capacity of the 321 meters long and 46 meters wide ship, the builder explains it can hold 1.3 million 29-inch color television sets...
Books Cover Global Transport
nIntermodal Freight Transport covers the development of intermodal transport from a different perspective a European point of view. Shifting to the Far...
Vancouver Port Extends Gate Hours
Extending gate hours increases capacity, helps alleviate congestion at the terminals and speeds up transaction times, said Captain Chris Badger, Vancouver...
The Port of LA Will Add Container Inspection Facility
The Port of Los Angeles announced it had taken the first step in developing a Los Angeles/Long Beach Joint Container Inspection Facility. The port received...
PierPASS changes procedures for handling export containers
PierPASS Inc. has announced new procedures for handling export containers under the OffPeak program at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Beginning...
Ports Applaud Added $50 Million For Security
Kurt Nagle, president of the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) said, AAPA is pleased the House recognizes the need of U.S. ports to have...
Asia to U.S. Shipping Costs to Climb
Claiming that even a moderate peak season will mean disruptions for them, particularly in all water shipments to the U.S. East Coast, TSA members instituted...
Ports expected to be hassle-free this fall
The United States major container ports for consumer goods are operating smoothly, and little of the congestion that has been problematic in past years...
Panama Canal Enjoys Quarterly Traffic Boost
For the fiscal quarter January through March 2006 there was an increase in net tonnage, total transits of the waterway and transits of Panamax ships....
Another busy peak season will bring even more surcharges
Companies importing goods via ocean carriers from Asia should be prepared to pay increasingly stiff surcharges the closer it gets to peak shipping season...
British Firm Sheds U.S. Assets
AMPORTS Inc., one of the largest portside vehicle processing operators in the U.S. was sold to the private equity firm Lincolnshire Equity Fund III for...
Logistically Speaking: Time is not on our side
I was part of an editors panel at a logistics industry function recentlyI know, what could be more mind-numbing than a group of opinionated know-it-alls...
Europe looks at inland waterway alternatives
Seeking to relieve transportation congestion, delays and harmful environmental impacts - sound familiar? - the European Commission (http://ec.europa.eu)...
Growing logistics in SoCal
With a strong air, rail and trucking infrastructure, the Southern California-based Inland Empire Economic Partnership (www.ieep.com) has experienced vibrant...
It's what's inside that counts
Issues of congestion, security and environmental impact, among others, continue to play havoc with U.S. East and West Coast ports. As solutions are sought...
Sacramento and Oakland could move closer together
The Port of Oakland has begun discussions with the Port of Sacramento that could lead to barging operations between the two northern California ports....
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