Gary G Burrows
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, today released the following statement after the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) issued new guidance about how it will assess the reasonableness of detention and demurrage regulations and practices of ocean carriers and marine terminal operators.
“I believe the approach of the final interpretive rule is correct,” said Wicker. “Detention and demurrage fees that do ...
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The World Container Index assessed by Drewry, a composite of container freight rates on 8 major routes to/from the US, Europe and Asia decreased by 3.1% to $1,446.22 per 40ft container this week (updated Thursday, 30 April 2020).
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American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose 1.2% in March after increasing 1.8% in February. In March, the index equaled 120.4 (2015=100) compared with 119 in February.
“March was the storm before the calm, especially for carriers hauling consumer staples, which experienced strong freight levels,” said ...
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DAMCO’s ongoing investment in its Business Resilience Program is helping the freight forwarder to keep cargo moving through
Covid-19 supply chain disruption.
The Program, developed over the last 18 months, prepares all staff for over 47 different scenarios, which could disrupt the supply chain, including a pandemic.
DAMCO local and global teams communicate ...
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) are jointly calling on governments to take urgent measures to facilitate crew change flights for seafarers. Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, seafarers are having to extend their service onboard ships after many months at sea, unable ...
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JAXPORT Director of Cargo Sales Frank Camp has been selected to serve on the Board of Directors for the Florida Customs Brokers & Forwarders (FCBF) Association. The Doral, Florida-based trade association is the most influential and active representative body of industry professionals serving the state’s import and export community.
In addition ...
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Georgia Ports is a proud sponsor of the Make-A-Wish Georgia’s 2020 Run
for Wishes. Due to COVID-19, this year's event, which will include GPA
participants, will take place virtually on April 29-May 3 rather than at
a specific site.
The decision by Make-A-Wish Georgia to go virtual rather than postpone
the event was made because, ...
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Everyday, around the clock and across the globe, staff from Emirates SkyCargo are working hard to ensure that essential supplies are being flown to those who need them the most. So when the call came to deliver a special kind of essential commodity, the air cargo carrier rose to ...
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In cooperation with Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines, Lufthansa Cargo is further expanding the currently particularly scarce airfreight capacity between Europe and Asia. At present, 14 flights a week with Boeing 777F wide-body freighters with a standard load capacity of around 103 tons operate between Frankfurt and the Chinese mainland. From ...
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In light of the current situation and concerns over COVID-19, the Port of Montreal is proud to support the various initiatives by stakeholders in the supply chain to support local businesses:
Businesses that need storage space for their goods can consult the inventory of storage space carried out by CargoM. A ...
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