http://www.joc.com/ Delivering Global Trade and Logistics Intelligence - since 1827 enhttp://www.joc.com/node/416586The South Carolina State Ports Authority outlined plans to relocate Charleston’s current cruise ship terminal and redevelop the Union Pier...2010-02-09T15:56:27-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416585OOCL will implement a general rate increase for all dry and reefer cargoes leaving Hong Kong, Macau and South China...2010-02-09T12:49:21-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416584Norfolk Southern Railway lifted its force majeure service declaration early on Feb. 9 for traffic moving through eastern-U.S. areas hit...2010-02-09T12:21:50-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416583Adoption of the Rotterdam Rules took a significant step forward on Monday when the American Bar Association voted to urge...2010-02-09T11:50:44-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416582Schneider National will expand its pool of regional truckload drivers more than 600 percent this year, hiring an additional 2,100...2010-02-09T11:42:09-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416581LONDON - Transnet, the South African state-owned freight transport and logistics company, plans to raise $2 billion from foreign bond...2010-02-09T11:26:46-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416580Crowley Maritime announced two management appointments Tuesday in its Puerto Rico/Caribbean liner services group. It promoted Rudy Leming to the...2010-02-09T11:19:22-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416579Miami would be a prime location for a logistics depot that would respond to disasters in Latin America and the...2010-02-09T11:14:08-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416578Evergreen Line on Monday announced a two-tier rate increase on the westbound trans-Atlantic trade in similar increments that will take...2010-02-09T11:01:04-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416577Lufthansa Cargo carried 18.6 percent more cargo in January than a year ago even as it slashed the number of...2010-02-09T10:06:35-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416576Japan Airlines announced on Tuesday its decision to maintain and strengthen its business relationship with American Airlines, rejecting a rival...2010-02-09T09:37:32-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416575Kombiverkehr, Europe’s biggest intermodal transport operator, said traffic fell a less-than-expected 16 percent in 2009 from a year ago as...2010-02-09T09:19:03-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416573Trailer Bridge swung to a profit of $1 million in the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31 from a loss of...2010-02-09T09:07:10-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416572The member lines of the Oceania Vessel Sharing Agreement (Hamburg Süd, Hapag-Lloyd, Maersk Line, and ANL-USL) are planning to add...2010-02-09T08:51:14-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416571The Federal Maritime Commission postponed its meeting this morning to 10 a.m. on Feb. 18. Commissioners said the rescheduling...2010-02-09T08:28:33-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416570River traffic is backing up after the second gate failure in five months at an Army Corps of Engineers lock...2010-02-09T08:12:54-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416569The Customs and Border Protection Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations, known as COAC, will hold its quarterly meeting on Feb....2010-02-09T08:07:19-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416568Mediterranean Shipping Co. said it plans to impose a full-load terminal-handling charge on top of present rates as of March...2010-02-08T17:13:30-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416567Echo Global Logistics should have no problem recruiting during the recovery. The Chicago-based third-party logistics provider added Matt Ferguson,...2010-02-08T17:07:36-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416545UPS will begin in May to furlough 300 or more of its airline pilots to cut operating costs during what...2010-02-08T15:06:45-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416544A non-vessel-operating common carrier is complaining to the Federal Maritime Commission that an interrelated group of competitors is violating the...2010-02-08T14:46:48-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416543Canadian National Railway plans to invest about $94 million to develop a logistics park northeast of Calgary, Alberta, and transfer...2010-02-08T14:39:25-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416542Before a powerful series of winter storms began to strike early this month, major U.S. railroads enjoyed their strongest traffic...2010-02-08T14:14:34-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416541Import cargo at the top North American container ports will grow 25 percent in the first half of 2010 compared...2010-02-08T14:01:17-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416539U.S. freight shippers sent their highest shares yet by intermodal combination moves in the 2009 fourth quarter, compared with using...2010-02-08T10:46:12-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416538Truckload demand climbed in the first week of February, with flatbed and refrigerated trucking showing the most strength, Morgan Stanley...2010-02-08T10:33:55-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416537Three days after a massive winter storm struck the mid-Atlantic region, freight transportation systems were still trying to recover to...2010-02-08T10:27:41-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416536Edward L. Brown Sr., who led the International Longshoremen’s Association in Hampton Roads through the port’s development into one of...2010-02-08T10:19:08-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416535Japan Airlines is very likely to maintain its business relationship with American Airlines, rejecting a rival offer from Delta Air...2010-02-08T09:55:00-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416534Air France-KLM, Europe’s biggest air cargo carrier, reported freight traffic rose 2 percent in January from a year ago, driven...2010-02-08T09:38:39-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416533Container ship charter rates are rising after two years of steep declines as ocean carriers seek extra tonnage in response...2010-02-08T09:29:39-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416532Rickmers Maritime Trust, the Singapore-based containership owner, reported fourth quarter net income more than doubled from a year ago as...2010-02-08T09:18:58-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416531OOCL said on Monday it will impose a general rate increase on westbound trans-Atlantic cargo as of April 1. The move...2010-02-08T09:06:03-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416530Five environmental organizations on Friday appealed the Jan. 27 ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Sue L. Robinson that allows...2010-02-08T08:25:57-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416517As containers pile up in Shanghai awaiting passage on a fleet too small to handle an unexpected surge of volume,...2010-02-08T00:00:00-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416516Q: In previous columns, you have said often that you think shippers should prohibit any brokers they use from re-brokering...2010-02-08T00:00:00-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416513Truckload carriers, anticipating a gradual increase in shipments this year after a long drought, are calibrating capacity to regain some...2010-02-08T00:00:00-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416504Less-than-truckload carriers can’t put 2009 far back in the rear-view mirrors fast enough. “Let’s close the door on 2009 and...2010-02-08T00:00:00-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416503Major North American railroads are in good shape to take advantage of a 2010 economic recovery. With their aggressive cost-cutting...2010-02-08T00:00:00-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416502Ports, cities and labor unions are sharply at odds not only with each other but within their own ranks over...2010-02-08T00:00:00-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416501There have been interesting developments and hopeful signs from the industry during the early part of 2010. But there...2010-02-08T00:00:00-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416500 There’s room to park around the Port of Baltimore, and that’s a good sign for shipping. “Last year at this...2010-02-08T00:00:00-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416499Hapag-Lloyd, the world’s sixth-largest container carrier, is set to move from financial intensive care into operational convalescence. According to...2010-02-08T00:00:00-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416498U.S. Magnesium will recoup up to $1 million over five years under a Surface Transportation Board ruling that Union Pacific...2010-02-08T00:00:00-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416497For importers still in denial about the Importer Security Filing rule, Customs and Border Protection has a message: “We’re not...2010-02-08T00:00:00-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416496It took nearly a year and a stubbornly high unemployment rate before the Obama administration recast its long-awaited $8 billion...2010-02-08T00:00:00-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416495Combine President Obama’s export pronouncements in his State of the Union speech, and his 2011 budget for export promotion, and...2010-02-08T00:00:00-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416494INTTRA, the Internet portal for ocean freight, is evolving into a commercial entity, churning out products for new markets with...2010-02-08T00:00:00-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416493Like their counterparts in the U.S., third-party logistics providers in Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America enter 2010 with lower growth...2010-02-08T00:00:00-05:00http://www.joc.com/node/416492After a harrowing year of cost-cutting and retrenchment, third-party logistics providers are shifting their focus to rebuilding — on the...2010-02-08T00:00:00-05:00