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Carrier Alliance to Launch Vietnam-Europe Loop
Peter T. Leach |
The New World Alliance plans to introduce its first direct container ship service from Vietnam to North Europe in January, a significant addition to Vietnam's new Cai Mep International Terminal.
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Mississippi Yearning
R.G. Edmonson |
Gary LaGrange believes keeping navigation channels open at the mouth of the Mississippi River is much more than a local problem.
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Hardly A Slack Season
Bill Mongelluzzo and Peter T. Leach |
December is usually when carriers in eastbound Pacific lanes suspend services and lower freight rates for the winter slack season, but in a year that has been anything but usual, the calendar is provi
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Will US Ports Measure Up?
Peter T. Leach |
This is no time for U.S. ports to be complacent.
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Back From the Brink
Peter T. Leach |
The JoC’s rankings of the <u><a target="_blank" href="/joc_inc/pdf/Top40_late_2010.pdf">Top 40 Container Lines by import and export volumes</a></u> for the first nine months of 2010 provides a s
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War on the Waterfront
Joseph Bonney |
Ronald Goldstock is regarded as the father of the independent private sector inspector general.
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Westbound Market Exports Confidence
Bill Mongelluzzo |
The peak season is already here in the westbound trans-Pacific, and shippers and carriers are feeling strains in the market even as confidence in shipping volume grows.<br /> <br />
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Shipper Group Criticizes FMC Carrier Report
JOC Staff |
A major shipper group is decrying the Federal Maritime Commission’s lack of action on a nine-month investigation into ocean carrier practices on the Pacific and says it may take legal action to
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Seaway Cargo Shipments Gain 19 Percent
Courtney Tower |
Shipping on the St. Lawrence Seaway and the Great Lakes is winding up the year with strong growth based on staples of grain exports along with imports of iron ore and steel. <br /><br />
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Obama Says U.S. on Track for Export Goal
John D. Boyd |
President Obama said the U.S. is "on track to meet" his goal of doubling exports in five years, and his administration is taking additional steps to maintain the momentum. <br /> <br />
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Congestion Slows Chennai Exports
JOC Staff |
Maersk Line said it is struggling to connect exports via terminals in India’s Port of Chennai because of severe port congestion and a sudden shortage of container trucks that is crippling outbound car
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Independent Container Line Restructures U.S. Sales Team
Peter T. Leach |
Independent Container Line announced a restructuring of its U.S. sales team with the appointment of new vice presidents of sales for the northern and southern regions. <br /><br />
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FMC Capacity Investigation Prompts Further Study
R.G. Edmonson |
The Federal Maritime Commission on Thursday accepted the final report from a nine-month investigation into vessel capacity and equipment shortages. The commission will form committees to follow up.
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House Passes Food Safety Bill
R.G. Edmonson |
The House on Thursday by a narrow margin passed a bill that would give new authority to the Food and Drug Administration to recall products and inspect food processing facilities.
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Jaxport OKs Hanjin Terminal Contract Negotiations
Peter T. Leach |
The Jacksonville Port Authority authorized its executive director to negotiate for a contract to build a new container terminal for Hanjin Shipping. <br /><br />
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Panama Canal Reopens After Flooding
Peter T. Leach |
Waiting ships started passing through the Panama Canal Thursday after it was closed for 17 hours because of flooding.
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Container Ship Charter Rates Fall 30 Percent
Bruce Barnard |
Container ship charter rates are falling as ocean carriers sit out the seasonally slack fourth quarter and reassess their capacity requirements amid uncertainty over cargo volumes and freight rates go
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Hanjin Announces 2011 Asia-Europe Rate Hikes
Peter T. Leach |
Hanjin Shipping announced a series of rate increases Wednesday for Asia-Europe services starting Jan.
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Labor Intensifies Driver Classification Battle
Bill Mongelluzzo |
National labor organizations intensified their attack on the classification of harbor truck drivers as independent contractors with the release Wednesday of the report, "The Big Rig: Poverty, Pollutio
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Collision Near Kolkata Stalls Shipping
JOC Staff |
Vessel movements came to a near standstill Tuesday at India's eastern Port of Kolkata, local shipping sources said. <br /><br />
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NY-NJ Port to Spend $65 Million on Terminal Roads
Peter T. Leach |
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey plans to spend almost $65 million to upgrade three of the major roads truckers use to transport cargo to and from the agency's three New Jersey container
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OOCL Considers Super-Sized Containership Order
Peter T. Leach |
OOCL may place an order for huge container ships, each of which would have almost 50 percent more capacity than any ship in its fleet, a senior executive told a Hong Kong newspaper. <br /><br />
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Court Delays Jones Act Antitrust Ruling
Joseph Bonney |
A federal judge delayed a ruling on the approval of a $52.25 million class-action antitrust settlement by U.S.-Puerto Rico carriers until he decides on a payment plan for plaintiffs’ lawyers in
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CSAV Upgrades Chile-U.S. Service
Peter T. Leach |
CSAV is upgrading its service between the west coast of South America and the U.S.
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INTTRA Enables First Global NVOCC
Thomas L. Gallagher |
INTTRA extended its e-commerce platform for the ocean freight industry to enable all forwarders and shippers to use its electronic standardized business process for all container shipments.
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Hapag-Lloyd Owners Hire Investment Banks for IPO
Bruce Barnard |
The owners of Hapag-Lloyd hired three investment banks to prepare for a possible initial public offering for the German ocean container carrier in 2011, the TUI travel company and the Albert Ballin co
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AGL Resources to Buy Tropical Shipping Parent
Joseph Bonney |
AGL Resources agreed to acquire Nicor, parent of Caribbean carrier Tropical Shipping, in a $2.38 billion cash-and-stock deal that would combine two regional natural gas distributors. <br /><br />
Maritime
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Garment Shipper Seeks Damages from Forwarder
R.G. Edmonson |
Indian garment manufacturer Smart Garment is accusing Worldlink Logix, an Iselin, N.J., freight forwarder of fraud and violations of the Shipping Act for alleged mishandling of the delivery of two con
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Ocean Carriers Face Challenges on 2011 Rate Hikes
Bruce Barnard |
Ocean container carriers may struggle to push through freight rate hikes planned for January, an analyst said. <br /><br />
Maritime
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US-S.Korea Free Trade Pact Signals Expanding Exports
R.G. Edmonson |
U.S. officials are predicting an increase of $10 billion to $11 billion in exports to South Korea following the endorsement on Friday of a new free trade agreement.
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Port Cochin Truckers End Strike
JOC Staff |
Container truck drivers late Saturday called off a five-day strike at the Port of Cochin, restoring the movement of ocean freight traffic to and from India Gateway Terminal. <br /><br />
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APL Box Rate Falls 4.1 Percent
Joseph Bonney |
APL’s average revenue per container fell 4.1 percent from the month before in the container line’s November reporting period, the third straight month-to-month slide in pricing despite the carrier’s s
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Lonely in the Lead
Peter T. Leach |
Among the container ports on the U.S.
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Snipping at Trade
John D. Boyd |
When it comes to U.S. policy goals of boosting exports and cutting the federal budget deficit, there’s a lesson buried in the ideas of several deficit panels: Be careful what you wish for.
Maritime
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Environmental Mandates Going Global
Bruce Barnard |
Shipping and aviation were high on the agenda of the United Nations climate change conference in Cancun as environment ministers, policymakers and regulators from around the world invaded the Mexican
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Truckers Resist NY-NJ Clean-Trucks Stickers
Joseph Bonney |
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is seeking comments on a trucking group’s challenge of a plan by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to require stickers for vehicles that mee
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Trucking labor
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South Carolina Ports Promotes Pruett to Head up Carrier Sales
Peter T. Leach |
The South Carolina State Ports Authority promoted Art Pruett to the position of vice president of carrier sales. <br /><br />
Maritime
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Port of Chennai Suspends Exports
JOC Staff |
The terminal authority at India's Port of Chennai temporarily suspended export cargo movements as congestion at its two marine terminals escalated. <br /><br />
Maritime
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Terminals, Carriers Sue ILA Over Work Stoppage
Joseph Bonney |
The New York Shipping Association sued the International Longshoremen's Association and its New York-New Jersey and Philadelphia locals for more than $5 million in damages from a <a target="_blank" hr
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Cochin Truck Strike Crippling Cargo Movements
JOC Staff |
A strike by container truck drivers in India’s Port of Cochin entered its fourth day on Friday, crippling cargo movements and threatening to disrupt operations at India Gateway Terminal, managed by DP
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