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Ocean Ports & Carriers

FMC Commissioner Halts Ocean Alliance Agreement, Requests Information

Federal Maritime Commission (FMC)

Commissioner William P. Doyle voted in favor of requesting additional information (RFAI) from The Ocean Alliance parties, effectively halting the agreement until the filing parties answer the questions proposed in the RFAI.

“We’ve been down this road before with language proposed but not implemented by the P3 Alliance and the language in the existing 2M Alliance (Maersk and MSC). I’d like to see fair dealing and transparency in how the parties handle negotiations with third parties, suppliers, small businesses, and other service providers. Using their proposed buying power through proposed joint purchasing agreements could harm both downstream and upstream participants,” Commissioner Doyle (above) said.

Supply Chain Visibility

Featured in Food Logistics: Leading Carriers Investing in Real-Time Tracking Solutions

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Enhanced visibility and control are critical benefits for temperature-sensitive ocean cargoes, which is why leading carriers are investing in real-time container tracking solutions.

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Maersk Still Mulling Splitting Into Two Companies

A.P. Moller- Maersk

The new “Maersk Transport” company would include the Maersk Line, APM Terminals, Maersk Tankers, Damco and Svitzer divisions. “Maersk Energy” would include Maersk Oil, Maersk Drilling and Maersk Supply Service.

Danish shipping and oil group A. P. Moller-Maersk could split up into separate companies, its chairman said on Thursday after naming Soren Skou, the head of its container business, as chief executive.

Featured in Food Logistics: SOLAS Ocean Container Weight Rule Takes Effect

The full impact of the rule, known as the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), was uncertain at the time of this report, as the U.S. maritime industry was working on a system to meet the requirements.

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DP World Partners with Hyperloop on Global Ocean Cargo

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HyperloopTT)

Hyperloop One and DP World will work together to study the viability of using hyperloop technology to unload ocean-container cargo at the Jebel Ali port in Dubai.

Hyperloop, a concept popularized in recent years by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, is a technology for transporting people or cargo in suspended capsules through miles-long near-vacuum tubes at speeds reaching more than 700 miles per hour.

Reefer and Trailer Manufacturers Raise the Bar

Temperature control and green options expand to further enhance cold chain integrity.

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SOLAS Ocean Container Weight Rule Takes Effect

Safety requirement pushes maritime industry to better organize their information management.

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Leading Carriers Investing in Real-Time Tracking Solutions

Enhanced visibility and control are important benefits for temperature-sensitive cargoes.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Maersk Line Halts Services to 10 Chinese Ports

A.P. Moller- Maersk

Maersk Line said it would stop serving ports in Chizhou, Luzhou, Yingkou, Jinzhou, Rizhao, Yueyang, Lijiao, Taiping, Jiaoxin and Nansha old port.

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Container Solutions Giants Merge

Hoover Container Solutions, Ferguson Group and CHEP Catalyst & Chemical Containers announced that they are merging to form Hoover Ferguson Group (HFG).

The combined HFG business will provide their full range of customers with products and solutions through a global network of more than 70 service centers and 550 expert team members.

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Expanded Panama Canal to Push Container Traffic to East Coast Ports

Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

It’ll be slower, but cheaper – perhaps as much as 30 percent cheaper in some cases – to ship certain goods from East Asia to the East Coast.

The savings that manufacturers, shippers, retailers and consumers may realize from the new routing patterns will need to be balanced against the bill taxpayers are being handed to deepen East Coast harbors and shipping channels and upgrade port facilities.

West Coast Ports to Charge Shippers for Chassis Services

Port of Los Angeles

The rule applies to chassis owned by chassis leasing companies that receive services from WCMTOA’s marine terminal members at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif.

The rule provides for a $5 fee each time a chassis enters or leaves the terminal, to cover the cost of services. The fee will be collected by PierPass on chassis with loaded or empty containers mounted, but not on bare chassis.

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