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CaroTrans Initiates Four LCL Services From China to Chile

November 27, 2012

CaroTrans, a non-vessel operating common carrier and ocean freight consolidator, has introduced four direct, less-than-containerload services from China to Valparaiso, Chile.

Virgin Atlantic Cargo Resuming Daily Flights From Cape Town, South Africa

November 27, 2012

Virgin Atlantic Cargo

Virgin Atlantic Cargo has resumed its winter season flights from Cape Town, South Africa.

Logistics Clusters Drive Value and Growth

November 21, 2012

SupplyChainBrain

Professor Yossi Sheffi, director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, describes the development of logistics clusters and their considerable economic advantages, which include the creation of steady, well paying jobs for both blue- and white-collar workers.

U.S. Vessel Imports Drop 6.8 Percent in October

November 16, 2012

Zepol Corporation

U.S. import volume in October, measured in twenty-foot-containers, is down 6.8 percent from September and another 4.8 percent from October of last year. This is total of 1,433,446 containers imported.

Reliability at Ship and Container Level Reported Down Slightly in Third Quarter

November 12, 2012

Drewry

Container service reliability across all trades fell marginally in the third quarter with the percentage of on-time ship arrivals dropping to 73.5 percent, down from the record high of 75.7 percent set in the second quarter, according to Drewry's quarterly report Carrier Performance Insight.

Container Imports in L.A., Long Beach Hit High for 2012, But Exports Not Keeping Pace

October 19, 2012

JOC Sailings

Containerized imports in Los Angeles increased 3.38 percent in September year-over-year, reaching the highest total of 2012. Imports in neighboring Long Beach edged up 0.7 percent over last September.

U.S. Vessel Imports Down Another 3.6 Percent in September

October 17, 2012

Zepol Corporation

U.S. import shipment volume for September, measured in TEUs, is down 3.6 percent from August, but is up from September of 2011 by 2.6 percent. Imports of TEUs shifted from more than 1.6 million last month to 1.55 million in September. The downward trend of the last two months of Q3 indicates that the peak month for U.S. imports in 2012 will most likely be July. For the past three years the month of August has seen the highest vessel imports, but this year the surge in goods for the holiday season seems to have come even earlier in Q3.

Retail Container Imports to Increase 9.9 Percent in October as Stores Stock Up for Holidays, Report Finds

October 12, 2012

National Retail Federation

Import cargo volume at the nation's major retail container ports is expected to increase 9.9 percent in October as merchants wrap up the annual shipping cycle for holiday merchandise, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

Time and Money Advantages of Logistics Clusters

October 9, 2012

Yossi Sheffi, Director, MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics

These clusters are agglomerations of logistics activities in a region or logistics park, and there can be huge cost-saving advantages to locating in them.

Change Is Coming to India's Congested and Undeveloped Seaports and Terminals

September 27, 2012

Maritime Executive

India is changing, growing and shifting its weight in anticipation of greater maritime independence as a result of much-needed port and terminal development.

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