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Wastepaper, Scrap Shippers Brace for Tough Year
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
As China goes, so goes the U.S. export trade in wastepaper and scrap metal. Unfortunately for shippers of these two key commodities, the news from China wasn’t very good in 2012.
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European Shippers, Forwarders See Improving Outlook
JOC Staff |
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Slot Shortages Seen Likely on Some Asia Loops
Mike King, Special Correspondent |
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Indian Authorities Detain Japanese Container Ship
JOC Staff |
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CaroTrans Launches San Francisco-Japan Service
JOC Staff |
CaroTrans has added a new weekly less-than-containerload export service from San Francisco to Japan.
Logistics Technology News
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HSH Nordbank to Offer Container Forward Freight Agreements
JOC Staff |
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PSA International Traffic Up 5.2 Percent
JOC Team |
Marine terminals
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St. Lawrence Seaway Tonnage Rose 4 Percent in 2012
JOC Staff |
The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation today reported that tonnage during the 2012 navigation season was 38.9 million metric tons, rising 4 percent from 2011’s 37.5 million metric tons.
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Bluesea Shipping Expands Mideast Services
JOC Staff |
Bluesea Shipping Lines has expanded its services to include major ports in the Middle East.
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ILA Plans for ‘Marathon’ Talks
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
International Longshoremen’s Association negotiators apparently plan to stay longer at this week’s negotiations on a coastwide contract than they did last week when they cut short bargaining on New York-New Jersey local issues.
Longshore labor
North American ports
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Slowing Economic Growth Clouds Breakbulk Outlook
Peter T. Leach, Editor-at-Large |
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Panama Canal Authority OKs Start of Atlantic-Side Bridge Construction
JOC Staff |
The Panama Canal Authority has issued a notice to Vinci Construction Grands Projets to start building a bridge on the Atlantic side of the canal.
International ports
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Container lines
Drewry Sees Carrier Profitability Hinging on Capacity
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
Container lines could earn nearly $5 billion this year, but only if demand meets projections.
Container lines
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Carriers Face Headwinds on Rate Hikes, Drewry Says
JOC Staff |
Despite carriers’ attempts to pull capacity from east-west trade routes, weak cargo volumes are limiting their to hike freight rates for any sustainable period.
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
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Consultant: Banks to Exert More Control Over Shipping
JOC Staff |
Business development and shipping consulting company Moore Stephens International recently reported that banks will exert more control over the shipping industry in 2013.
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Kamada to Manage Econocaribe's US West Coast Region
JOC Staff |
Econocaribe has appointed John Kamada as manager of its U.S. West Coast region.
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Textainer Acquires Majority Share in 99,000-TEU Container Fleet
JOC Staff |
North-American rail
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Baltimore Public Terminals to Open Saturday
JOC Staff |
The Port of Baltimore’s Seagirt and Dundalk public marine terminals will be open Saturday for the delivery and receipt of cargo if no agreement is reached...
North American ports
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Rickmers-Linie Executive Jerry Nagel Dies
Janet Plume |
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Container Yard Safety Guidelines Issued
JOC Staff |
TT Club, the Port Equipment Manufacturers Association, and cargo-handling association ICHCA International have published recommended safety standards for container yard...
Marine terminals
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European Shippers’ Council Questions Rate Increases
JOC Staff |
The European Shippers’ Council, which represents freight transportation interests in Europe, has held a meeting to respond to anti-competitive developments in the shipping liner market.
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Port Protest Delays Charleston Operations
JOC Staff |
Dockworkers at Charleston refused to unload a ship for about two hours...
North American ports
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Survey: Shippers Less Optimistic About Future Volumes
JOC Staff |
The Stifel Nicolaus Logistics Confidence Index, a monthly survey of international shippers and forwarders measuring European-based trade lanes, conducted by Stifel Nicolaus Transportation & Logistics Research Group...
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St. Lawrence Seaway's Cargo Traffic Rises 11 Percent
JOC Staff |
The Saint Lawrence Seaway handled 5.1 million metric tons (about 5.6 million tons) of cargo shipments in November, increasing 11 percent year-over-year.
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ILA, USMX Discuss Royalties
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
Representatives of the International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance resumed negotiations today...
Longshore labor
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Strike Hit LA-LB Container Volumes
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
North American ports
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NRF Urges Obama to Head Off ILA Strike
JOC Staff |
Longshore labor
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Boskalis Hikes Dockwise Takeover Offer
JOC Staff |
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Truckers End Strike at India's Nehru Port
JOC Staff |
Container trailer operators on Dec. 15 called off a three-day strike at the APM Terminals facility in India’s Port of Nhava Sheva...
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Drayage
Trucking labor
Sea-Air Shipments Via Dubai on the Rise
Mike King, Special Correspondent |
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Container Shortage Delays One Exporter’s Shipments
Peter T. Leach, Editor-at-Large |
The perennial shortage of containers in the U.S. Midwest is beginning to hamper the export operations of precisely the kind of small companies that President Obama’s National Export Initiative aims to encourage.
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Shanghai Top Port for Big Container Ship Calls
JOC Staff |
Shanghai is the most popular port of call for the largest container ships...
International ports
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Truck Strike Hits APM Terminal at Nehru Port
JOC Staff |
Container trailer operators serving the APM Terminals facility in India’s Port of Nhava Sheva (Jawaharlal Nehru) launched an indefinite strike...
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Drayage
Trucking labor
Panama Canal Likely to Expand Again, Aleman Says
Peter T. Leach, Editor-at-Large |
When the Panama Canal’s third set of locks opens sometime in mid-2015, it won’t be the last time the Panama Canal Authority expands the canal, former administrator Alberto Aleman Zubieta says.
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Container lines
International ports
ILA Authorizes Strike at Year-End
Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett won authorization from ILA delegates to call a strike if a bargaining impasse isn’t settled before the union’s contract expires Dec. 29.
Longshore labor
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Duisport to Build Audi Export Hub
JOC Staff |
Marine terminals
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Grains Council: Corn Crop 'Outstanding' Despite Drought
JOC Staff |
The 2012 U.S. corn crop is high quality and improves upon last year’s good marks across a range of test factors, despite the worst drought in decades this year...
Transport, Trade, and Regulation News
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Retailers Turn Attention to Potential East Coast Strike
JOC Staff |
The Retail Industry Leaders Association and National Retail Federation have urged the International Longshoremen’s Association and the United States Maritime Alliance to reach...
Longshore labor
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Terminal Operators, Carriers Begin Clearing Strike-Related Backlogs
Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor |
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Drayage
Deal Reached to End LA-LB Strike
JOC Team |
Striking workers from the Office Clerical Unit of International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 63’s and employers at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have reached a tentative deal on a new contract, ending the strike that has crippled operations at the two ports since last week.
Longshore labor
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