Filed in Container

Monday, December 06, 2010

The future of two of the few remaining ocean carrier cartels may be determined when the Federal Maritime Commission meets this week.

Wednesday, December 01, 2010

The Port of Seattle Commission authorized the port’s annual budget and plan of finance yesterday, approving nearly $500 million in capital projects and maintaining the agency’s tax levy at $73.5 million.

Monday, November 22, 2010

While most shippers want to strip the complexity out of the supply chain, government regulators are adding on layers of new rules for the nation’s two biggest seaports.

According to cartel spokesmen, “suggested” rate increases of $400 per 40-foot container for cargo moving to U.S. West Coast ports and $600 per FEU for all other cargo are likely to be imposed by May

Friday, November 19, 2010

Railroad volumes for the week ending November 13 were up year-over-year, according to data released by the Association of American Railroads (AAR). Carload volume at 297,269 was up 5.8 percent compared to the same week last year

Thursday, November 18, 2010

America’s waterborne foreign trade in September continued its rebound from last year’s lows, noted the American Association of Port Authorities yesterday

Monday, November 15, 2010

Slow steaming on the transpacific appears to losing its cachet with some shippers, analysts and carriers report.

Friday, November 12, 2010

Railroad volumes for the week ending November were up year-over-year, according to data released by the Association of American Railroads (AAR). Carload volume at 288,056 was up 4.9 percent compared to the same week last year but down compared to the three previous weeks at 292,884, 302,855, and 303,664, respectively.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Ocean carriers serving the U.S.-Puerto Rico trade may not be the only ones to feel the impact of a discriminatory tax on multinational companies

A.P. Moller-Maersk has indicated that ocean cargo rates are not only firming up, but will remain robust in the coming year