New maritime director, Andre Coleman is responsible for the strategic oversight and implementation of the port's maritime portfolio including assets, services, operations, and labor and client relations for the 71⁄2 miles of San Francisco waterfront.
Shanghai Shipping Exchange, a leading shipping index organization, and CargoSmart Limited, a leading global shipment management software solutions provider, have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to develop a new shipping index for ocean carrier schedule reliability.
Amazon is putting pressure on retailers, and failure to provide competitive shipping options is costing online them business, according to a new survey of merchants and consumers conducted by ecommerce platform BigCommerce.
In an effort to adapt to current global supply chain demands, A.P. Moller-Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd, MSC and Ocean Network Express have established the Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) in The Netherlands.
The Port of Los Angeles handled 650,977 TEUs in March, an increase of 12.7 percent compared to 2018. For the first quarter of 2019, container volumes grew 4.6 percent.
Monday, October 29, 2018 · Robert Boute and Tom Van Steendam
Collaborative shipping typically leads to cost savings. However, it's not always easy to determine each partner's contribution to the gains and to share them accordingly. An industry-oriented method has been tested in a set of pilots and promises to be fair,…
When San Francisco hosted the 2018 Global Climate Action Summit last week it brought together state and local governments, businesses and citizens from around the world to showcase climate action taking place, thereby demonstrating how the tide has turned in the race against…
Washington State University economists recently noted that a Port of Oakland infrastructure project could boost economic output by $1 billion while improving agricultural export flow.
Southern California's shippers seeking to “optimize” their dockside operations were given more good news by GE Transportation last week as the company announced that it had launched a pilot project with the Port of Long Beach.
The Port of Rotterdam Authority and IBM today announced their collaboration on a multi-year digitization initiative to transform the port's operational environment using Internet of Things (IoT) technologies in the cloud to benefit the port and its stakeholders.
Less than a year since launching its unique “digital solution” for ocean cargo container throughput, the Port of Los Angeles and GE Transportation are expanding the program to include all terminals and shipping lines.
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