Maersk sells Direct ChassisLink
Today Maersk Inc. of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group announced that it will sell its subsidiary, Maersk Equipment Services Company, Inc., doing business as Direct ChassisLink, Inc., to a private investment firm, Littlejohn & Co., LLC. More...
Commodity shipping plunges to 25-year low
Ukranian grain shipments stalled due to Iran embargo
Transportation bill raises big rig safety concerns
More than 110 missing from Papua New Guinea ship
Thursday
Feb. 2, 2012
Container carriers set schedule reliability record
Transportation bills and national freight policy
Galveston's Cernak to lead Port Everglades
Deadliest bulk cargo, nickel ore, spurs guidelines
Treasure hunter finds $3 billion in platinum bars
Wednesday
Feb. 1, 2012
The American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act
New Orleans sets container volume record
DP World container volume up 10 percent
EU ship insurance market affected by Iran oil sanctions
WikiLeaks may move servers offshore to come under maritime law
Tuesday
Jan. 31, 2012
Maersk CEO extends medical leave to late March
NOL container revenue plunges 14 percent
China bars big ships from ports, Vale readies Philippine base
Strike costs Port of Antwerp 1M euros an hour
Arab countries plan against Hormuz closure
Friday
Jan. 27, 2012
Slow steaming as low it goes?
Senate moves on surface transportation bill
Virginia port scores last call on Asia route
35 pounds of cocaine mistakenly shipped to UN
Thursday
Jan. 26, 2012
Slow steaming as low it goes?
Retailer group releases sustainability report
Ag exports helped Port of Tacoma’s positive box growth in 2011
PANYNJ chief lauds Obama’s infrastructure approach
Safety inspectors seized 25,000 “unsafe” toys at Port of Houston
Wednesday
Jan. 25, 2012
U.S. War savings into infrastructure?
Hamburg Süd to cease chassis provision at PANYNJ
Lloyds could parcel out $10 bil in shipping loans
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics opens office in Moscow
Seafarers reportedly stuck without pay for months on stranded ship
Monday
Jan. 23, 2012
UP to invest $1 bil in home state
Massport to lay off 25 in wake of COSCO service suspension
Virginia’s box business up 1.2 percent last year
Caterpillar to sell distribution unit to Canadian firm for $465 mil
Animated video timeline: Cruiseship captain claims he was ordered to perform tragic maneuver
Friday
Jan. 20, 2012
POLA sets new record for container exports
Union Pacific freight revenue up 24 percent
Two more years of container overcapacity, says Platou
U.S. cargo theft up 8.3 percent
Drug gang abandons $150M in drugs in containers
Thursday
Jan. 19, 2012
OOCL signs $4.6 bil lease with Port of Long Beach
Shipping operators face $100 bil in ballast water retrofit costs
Port of Seattle records third-biggest box-handling year
UPS, Fedex trial date looms in 2013 over antitrust claims
Photo of mystery woman emerges who allegedly dined with captain of doomed cruiseship before disaster
Tuesday
Jan. 17, 2012
China’s exporters face space challenges ahead of Lunar New Year
Schneider National extends contract with CSX amid tightening truckload capacity
Craig appointed new CMO for BNSF Logistics
Video link: South Korean tanker breaks in half
Video link: Nighttime footage of passengers departing Costa Concordia in Italy
Monday
Jan. 16, 2012
Don Schneider of Schneider National dies
POLB sees slight container traffic decrease in 2011
New $250M container port in Mexico
PSA International container volume rose 5.6 percent
Hope for survivors fade in Italian cruise ship disaster
Friday
Jan. 13, 2012
Suspected weapons cargo reaches Syria, says Turkish official
Maersk unable to get to Nigerian ports
U.S. denies military ship movements related to Iran
Russian tanker makes it to Nome with supplies
Seagoing Batmobile to fight pirates
Wednesday
Jan. 11, 2012
Senator from Wash. State pushes freight job legislation
Dollar General to lease 439,000 sq. feet at Tejon Ranch
Tarleton to lead Port of Seattle commission
Video link: Rena’s stern sinks off New Zealand
Tuesday
Jan. 10, 2012
Shenzhen reaches out to Hong Kong to overtake Shanghai port
CP’s shareholder launches proxy battle; wants former CN chief to take over
Walmart recognizes its transportation carriers of the year
CaroTrans expands West Coast-Vietnam LCL service
Coyote Logistics adds 400 jobs in Chicago
NATO anti-piracy coalition claims two recent successes
Monday
Jan. 09, 2012
Portuguese dockworkers strike; threatens country’s fragile economy
Rena splits in two (incl. video link)
Three CSX freight trains collide in Indiana (incl. video link)
U.S. Navy rescues Iranian fishermen from pirates
