Container pricing today is more likely to be based on a carrier’s cost of providing the service and the value of a customer’s business, rather than what on what is in the box.
NTSB delays recovery mission for El Faro’s ‘black box’
The National Transportation Safety Board said its mission to recover the El Faro’s voyage data recorder will be delayed a month from early July to early August.
ASF Intermodal adds Baltimore terminal
The Mobile, Ala.-based full service intermodal drayage carrier and transportation broker opened its 13th intermodal drayage terminal at Baltimore.
Executive Moves: Port of Oakland, Port of Redwood City
The Port of Oakland names new information technology director, while the Port of Redwood City reappoints three commissioners.
BP to send first LNG cargo through wider Panama Canal
The British oil and gas company will send the first tanker of liquefied natural gas through the expanded Panama Canal in late July, beginning its journey in Trinidad & Tobago before heading to the canal for passage to the Pacific Ocean.
U.S. finds truck, bus tire imports from China subsidized
The United States Department of Commerce estimated that imports of truck and bus tires from China in 2015 were valued at about $1.07 billion.
United Seamen’s Service names winners of annual AOTOS awards
The United Seamen’s Service’s 2016 Admiral of the Ocean Sea Awards will be presented to a ferry operator, union leader and a chairman of a classification society at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel Oct. 28.
NEWS FLASH: Two BNSF freight trains collide in Texas
The collision in northern Texas left one injured and three missing Tuesday morning.
Oakland votes against coal handling at terminals
The Oakland, Calif. City Council passed an ordinance to ban the storage and handling of coal and coke at bulk terminals in the city, representing the latest blow to Terminal Logistics Solutions’ plan for a dry bulk terminal to handle coal and other goods.
OCEMA fully supports terminal weighing approach
The Ocean Carrier Equipment Management Association said that a key benefit of the terminal weighing approach is that shippers will not be required to perform any additional actions in order to provide the verified gross mass of containers.