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Shanghai Index Falls 1.4 Percent
JOC Staff |
The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index fell to its lowest level since the start of the year in the week ending Dec.
Maritime
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Truck Group Slams NY-NJ Stickers
Joseph Bonney |
The American Trucking Associations told a federal regulatory agency that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey lacks legal authority to establish a “voluntary” program that would use stickers
Maritime
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NY-NJ Terminals to Close Christmas, New Year’s
Thomas L. Gallagher |
The Port of New York and New Jersey said all its terminals and the SeaLink office will be closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. All terminals will reopen Dec.
Maritime
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Sydney Port Draws Congestion Surcharge
Bruce Barnard |
CMA CGM announced an emergency congestion surcharge of $82 per 20-foot container on services between Europe and Port Botany in Sydney, Australia, effective Jan. 15, 2011. <br /><br />
Maritime
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APM Terminals to Develop Northern Adriatic Port
Bruce Barnard |
APM Terminals is working with Italian banking company Unicredit Group on the development of a container terminal at the northern Adriatic port of Monfalcone. <br /><br />
Maritime
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Container, Auto Volumes Grow at Georgia Ports
Joseph Bonney |
Container traffic at Savannah and auto shipments at Brunswick, Ga., posted double-digit increases in November from last year’s volumes, the Georgia Port Authority said. <br /> <br />
Maritime
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North American ports
Gantry Cranes Arrive at Marseille-Fos
Bruce Barnard |
The first two gantry cranes arrived Dec.
Maritime
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Blocking That Diversion
Peter T. Leach |
The ports of Baltimore and Virginia hunger for the cargo that moves through the Port of New York and New Jersey to and from points beyond the densely populated region around the East Coast’s big
Maritime
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The Bigger the Better
Bruce Barnard |
Ocean carriers aren’t waiting for the seasonal downturn in demand to take a breather in the container ship charter market.
Maritime
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FMC to Shippers, Carriers: Let’s Talk It Out
R.G. Edmonson |
Nine months after launching a high-profile investigation into pricing and service disputes between shippers and carriers that boiled over last spring, the Federal Maritime Commission remedy appears to
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
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Slow Climb Back
Joseph Bonney |
After a painful fall and a slow climb back, U.S.
Maritime
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Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
Exporters Take Control
R.G. Edmonson |
The cynics among export control advocates say many presidential administrations promise reform, few get started and none finish the task.
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
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Horizon Sends First Ship from China
Joseph Bonney |
The first ship in Horizon Lines’ new China-to-U.S. service departed Shanghai for Los Angeles. <br /><br />
Maritime
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Trucking Official Says Contractor Ruling Impact Limited
William B. Cassidy and Bill Mongelluzzo |
A federal judge's ruling dismissing many lawsuits involving FedEx Ground contractors likely won't affect broader battles over the classification of transportation workers at ports and on highways, a t
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A Turning Point for Exports
Alan M. Field |
When President Obama in March announced the National Export Initiative, skeptics scoffed at his goal of doubling U.S. exports as unrealistic.
Maritime
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Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
A.P. Moller - Maersk Names Fejfer to Board
Peter T. Leach |
A.P. Moller - Maersk named APM Terminals CEO Kim Fejfer to the executive board, a move the company said signaled the importance of terminal business to the group and its global shipping operations.
Maritime
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LA Harbor Commission Closes Clean-Truck Loopholes
Bill Mongelluzzo |
The Los Angeles Harbor Commission Thursday voted to prohibit two practices some motor carriers deploy to circumvent the port's clean-truck regulations. <br /><br />
Maritime
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MSC Extends Calif. Express to Northwest
Bill Mongelluzzo |
Mediterranean Shipping Company is extending its California Express service linking Italy and Spain with the U.S. West Coast to include calls in the Pacific Northwest. <br /><br />
Maritime
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Marseilles Container Traffic Grows 15 Percent
Bruce Barnard |
The Port of Marseilles boosted container traffic 15 percent in November from a year ago but will miss its 2010 target of 1 million 20-foot equivalent units because of strike action earlier in the year
Maritime
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OOCL Orders Two 8,888-TEU Ships
Peter T. Leach |
OOCL said it contracted with Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding on Dec. 14 for construction of two new container ships with capacities of 8,888 20-foot-equivalent container units. <br /><br />
Maritime
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Puerto Rico Lines Can Void Antitrust Settlement
Joseph Bonney |
Three U.S.-Puerto Rico carriers have until Feb.
Maritime
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Commonwealth Railway to Start Double-Stack Service
Peter T. Leach |
Double-stack trains will begin rolling next week along the new Commonwealth Railway Mainline, a secure, dual-purpose rail corridor that eliminates 14 at-grade crossings in Virginia. <br /><br />
Rail News
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Hanjin to Outsource US Export Documentation
Peter T. Leach |
Hanjin Shipping plans to outsource the export documentation function now performed in four North American service centers to a new documentation center in Port Kelang, Malaysia, by next May. <br />
Maritime
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NY-NJ Containers Rebound to Pre-Recession Levels
Peter T. Leach |
More containers moved in and out of the Port of New York and New Jersey by rail in October than in any month since the end of 2008, when the recession caused volume to plunge. <br /><br />
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Exports Build Strongly at Ports of LA-LB
Bill Mongelluzzo |
November container volume at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach indicate exports are building strongly while imports, though down compared to recent months, are still running at double-digits ahe
Maritime
Forwarding
North American ports
Crowley to Expand Port Everglades Terminal
Peter T. Leach |
Crowley Liner Services plans to expand its container operations at Port Everglades under a new 10-year lease on its container terminal that calls for additional acreage and increased container guarant
Maritime
Container lines
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Maersk to Sail from Chennai to Jebel Ali
JOC Staff |
Maersk Line plans to operate an ad-hoc direct sailing from India’s Port of Chennai to Jebel Ali, a major transshipment hub in the Middle East. <br /><br />
Maritime
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Some Trade Groups Applaud FMC Report, Some Don’t
R.G. Edmonson |
The Federal Maritime Commission’s Dec.
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
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Obama Huddles with Business Leaders on Economy
John D. Boyd |
President Obama met Wednesday with 20 top executives of major U.S. businesses, including UPS Chairman and CEO Scott Davis and James McNerney, head of Boeing. <br /> <br />
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
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OOCL Raises Rates on Asian Exports in January
Peter T. Leach |
Like several other carriers, OOCL is raising freight rates on shipments out of China and the Far East next month in what is ordinarily the slack winter season. <br /><br />
Maritime
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US Steel Exports Inched Up in October
Peter T. Leach |
U.S. steel exports slightly increased in October, up 0.7 percent from September, and were up 1.2 percent from October 2009, according to government data. <br /> <br />
Maritime
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CSAV to Upgrade Vessels on Asax Service Line
Peter T. Leach |
CSAV is upgrading the size of its Asia-Atlantic Express Service (Asax) between the Far East and the East Coast of South America starting later this month.<br /> <br />
Maritime
Container lines
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Port Tracker Upgrades Asia Exports Forecast
Bill Mongelluzzo |
The National Retail Federation is revising upward its forecast for U.S. imports from Asia over the next several months, thanks to strong retail sales at the start of the holiday shopping season.
Maritime
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Shipbuilders Postpone Deliveries to OOCL
Peter T. Leach |
Shipbuilders postponed delivery to OOCL of four new containerships partly because of production delays. <br /><br />
Maritime
Container lines
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Exports Push NY-NJ Port Volume Up 11.6 Percent
Peter T. Leach |
A strong surge in exports pushed container volume at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey up 11.6 percent year-over-year in October, restoring recovery momentum at the East Coast’s largest po
Maritime
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Hapag-Lloyd Earns $631 Million Operating Profit
Bruce Barnard |
Hapag-Lloyd swung to an operating profit of $631 million in fiscal 2009/10, from a year earlier loss of $875 million, as cargo volume and freight rates increased, and the company cut costs.
Maritime
Container lines
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Carriers Chasing Asia-Europe Market Share, Analyst Says
Bruce Barnard |
Ocean carriers are chasing market share on the key Asia-Europe container trade lane by increasing capacity despite the steep slide in freight rates in recent months, an analyst said. <br /> <br />
Maritime
Container lines
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Hapag-Lloyd Orders Four Large Ships
Bruce Barnard |
Hapag-Lloyd ordered four container ships of 13,200 20-foot equivalent units capacity from Hyundai Heavy Industries.
Maritime
Container lines
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CSAV Orders Two 8,000-TEU Container Ships
Peter T. Leach |
CSAV said Monday it placed a firm order for two 8,000 container ships with capacities of 8,000 20-foot-equivalent container units. <br /><br />
Maritime
Container lines
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Court to Expedite Filings in Clean-Truck Case
Bill Mongelluzzo |
The U.S.
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