Delivering Real-Time Worldwide Monitoring of Cargo
The two companies have integrated two emerging technologies into their Intelligent Trade Lane solution. The first is being called Tamper-Resistant Embedded...
Port of Gulfport on a fast track toward recovery
The Mississippi State Port Authority at Gulfport sustained significant damage during Hurricane Katrina like the rest of the Gulf region. In the days following...
PierPASS is off to a good start
On first blush, PierPASS (www.pierpass.org) is turning out to be a victim of its own success. The initiative at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach,...
10 things to consider when establishing a global distribution network
Offshore outsourcing is a loaded topic when it involves U.S. manufacturing, but you are less likely to face controversy when outsourcing global warehousing...
The Port of Oakland Tries Extended Hours
The Oakland International Container Terminal has handled some 2,500 truck turns per day. The goal of extended hours at the terminal is to increase these...
Gulf Ports Make Headway Towards Reopening
The Port of New Orleans was appealing to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for diesel fuel to run generators that would power the port. Port...
PierPASS is off to a good start
On first blush, PierPASS (www.pierpass.org)is turning out to be a victim of its own success. The initiative at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach,...
Mississippi River is now open to Port of New Orleans
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the Mississippi River is now open in both directions to ships with a draft of 35 feet during daylight hours. Now that...
Katrina puts supply chains to the ultimate test
Highways in the Gulf Coast region have sustained serious damage in the wake of hurricane Katrina, with major bridges along east-west interstate highways...
Change is Needed by Container Shipping Lines
In a paper projecting the next 10 years for the container shipping industry, IBM Business Consulting Services points to challenges facing the industry,...
Slower at Vancouver, Speedier at Southern California
Although the Vancouver Port Authority (VPA) has extended hours and a program in place to increase truck driver pay, some 9,000 containers -- containing...
Scrambling to Serve East-West Cargo Water Routes
After A.P. Moller-Maersk took control of Royal P&O Nedlloyd N.V., it served notice that on or about February 12, 2006, it would withdraw from the Grand...
Record growth in container shipping puts a strain on infrastructure
Near-term profits for container shipping services are at an all-time high and the market is growing at 8% to 10% per year, according to a new report from...
Logistics costs from Asia could drop
Examining the weak performance of an initial public offering by China's largest shipping group, Cosco, market analyst firm Transport Intelligence says...
Hanjin extends Central American service
As an indication of the growing importance of Central American trade with Asia and the U.S. West Coast, Hanjin Shipping (www.hanjin.com) has just launched...
What price security?
Although fuel costs, tight capacity and driver shortages have been top-of-mind concerns lately for logistics professionals, the terrorist bombings in...
Solution Selector: Sea ports and ocean carriers
U.S. seaports continue to organize, train for and fund compliance with security regulations resulting from various homeland security initiatives launched...
Deadline Approaches for NVOCC Contract Comments
The National Industrial Transportation League (NITL) reports the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) voted to take concerted action aimed at removing limitations...
Speeding Shipments from the East Coast to the Midwest
Under discussion for years - since the 1980s-- the Heartland corridor concept is an intermodal rail route that will offer double-stack container movement...
Now 70% of U.S-Bound Containers Are Screened
When the goal of 50 ports is reached, 90% of all transatlantic and transpacific cargo imported into the U.S. will be subject to pre-screening. Including...
Vancouver Begins to Clear its Port
At issue were wages and escalating costs of fuel. A break in the strike that began on June 27 came when 90% of drivers supported an agreement worked out...
Transpacific Carriers Impose Fuel Surcharge
Members of the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) operating to the U.S. from Asia said they were being hit by an ongoing wave of increasing inland...
PierPASS, Criticized by Teamsters, Responds
Going into full operation on July 25, the PierPASS program is now at work, aimed at reducing congestion at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Under...
Forwarders need to bridge the gap between shipper expectations and service delivery
Freight forwarders rate as the most important criterion when it comes to creating competitive advantage, according to a survey of forwarders conducted...
Vancouver Port Strike Has Wide-Ranging Consequences
Motivation for the stoppage, according to the Vancouver Container Truckers Association, is that rates paid by transport companies are extremely low and...
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