Ocean Transportation

Encompass Global Logistics Creates Mobile App for Cargo Management

March 15, 2012

Encompass Global Logistics LLC, a third-party logistics provider specializing in the trans-Pacific trade, has launched a mobile application for cargo management, compatible with all Apple iPhone, iPad and iPod products.

A New Generation of Measurements in Ocean Transportation

March 14, 2012

SupplyChainBrain

Analyst Insight: While on one hand the container shipping industry has become ever more commoditized, a new range of service measurements could increase the potential for market differentiation. The key to any differentiation is the ability to make it clear to the customer what the difference is. Such transparency would certainly be a novelty in the industry. - Lars Jensen, CEO, SeaIntel Maritime Analysis

Maersk Line Inaugurates Asian Import Service Over BNSF Railway

March 14, 2012

Maersk Line

Maersk Line has created an intermodal service for import cargoes moving from Asia to five key markets in North America, in partnership with the BNSF Railway. The new Flagship service will deliver to Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Memphis and northwest Ohio.

Grand Alliance to Shift from Seattle to Tacoma

March 13, 2012

JOC Sailings

The game of musical chairs in the Pacific Northwest will continue this summer when Grand Alliance carriers NYK Line, Hapag-Lloyd and Orient Overseas Container Line leave the Port of Seattle and move to Tacoma.

Inttra Debuts Multi-Party Electronic Bill of Lading for Ocean Freight

March 13, 2012

Inttra

Inttra, provider of an independent platform for booking and managing ocean freight, has created what it says is the industry's first standardized electronic bill of lading.

Who's to Blame for Ocean Carriers' Losses?

March 12, 2012

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Back in the early 1980s, when I was new to the world of transportation, logistics and the supply chain, I recall ocean carriers complaining that their freight rates weren't high enough to meet operating costs, let alone generate a profit. They were begging shippers to accept higher rates, in exchange for greater service reliability. Yet every time they would achieve some traction on the rate front, they would flood the market with new capacity, and offer deep discounts in order to fill the new ships. Then they would appeal to shippers for higher rates ...

Single Border Portal Tops Importers' Wish List

March 9, 2012

JOC Sailings

With dozens of federal agencies having some degree of involvement in the cargo clearance process, importers are crying out for a single government portal at the border.

IMO Adopts Guidelines for Mandatory Energy Efficiency Measures in International Shipping

March 8, 2012

Maritime Executive

An important series of guidelines to support the uniform implementation of mandatory measures to increase energy efficiency and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from international shipping was adopted by the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), when it met for its 63rd session from Feb. 27 to March 2, 2012, at IMO Headquarters in London, paving the way for the regulations to be smoothly and uniformly implemented by Administrations and industry.

Europe's Recession Expected to Put Drag on Its Containerized Imports

March 2, 2012

JOC Sailings

Drewry Opens in Shanghai; Restructures Core Offerings

March 2, 2012

Drewry

Ocean Transportation

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