Thur, 4 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST The American Journal of Transportation (AJOT) is dedicated to providing shippers, carriers, transportation intermediaries, and logistics professinals with coverage of news and events that shape the world of international trade and transportation. Using a crisp, concise reporting style, our staff of experienced journalists based throughout the country provide coverage unparalled in the industry. News is segmented into five main categories: International Trade, Maritime, Air Cargo, Intermodal, and Freight Fowarding/Logistics. http://www.ajot.com Thur, 4 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST American Journal of Transportation American Airlines Cargo Division (AA Cargo) announced its newly relocated cargo terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York. The state-of-the-art facility will offer the latest in streamlined handling capability with more than 135,000 square feet of warehouse space and 24 dock doors. http://www.ajot.com/article_AirCargo.asp?ArticleId=7095 http://www.ajot.com/article_AirCargo.asp?ArticleId=7095 Thur, 4 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST American Journal of Transportation Aloha Air Cargo announced the appointment of Jeff Bell as senior director – sales and business development. Bell brings nearly 20 years of experience in sales and customer service expertise and will be responsible for overseeing strategic sales planning and initiatives at Aloha Air Cargo. http://www.ajot.com/article_AirCargo.asp?ArticleId=7094 http://www.ajot.com/article_AirCargo.asp?ArticleId=7094 Thur, 4 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST American Journal of Transportation 1,275 breeding pigs have arrived at Vladivostok in Russia onboard an AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) Boeing 747 charter flight from Montreal in Canada. http://www.ajot.com/article_AirCargo.asp?ArticleId=7096 http://www.ajot.com/article_AirCargo.asp?ArticleId=7096 Thur, 4 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST American Journal of Transportation American Airlines Cargo Division (AA Cargo) has announced the appointment of John Tiliacos to vice president of cargo operations. Tiliacos will replace Mark Najarian, who has been named as American’s managing director of JFK International Airport in New York. http://www.ajot.com/article_AirCargo.asp?ArticleId=7097 http://www.ajot.com/article_AirCargo.asp?ArticleId=7097 Thur, 4 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST American Journal of Transportation Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. announced that it has taken delivery of Imperial Eagle, a 'Future-56' class, 56,000 dwt Supramax dry bulk vessel. The vessel has entered into a one-year time charter tied to the Baltic Supramax Index ("BSI"), ensuring Eagle participates directly in strong rates in the spot market while retaining the stability of a one-year charter. http://www.ajot.com/article_Maritime.asp?ArticleId=7098 http://www.ajot.com/article_Maritime.asp?ArticleId=7098 Thur, 4 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST American Journal of Transportation Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has earned recognition as a Partner-level supplier for 2009 and was also named Supplier of the Year in the John Deere Achieving Excellence Program. The Partner-level status is Deere and Company’s highest supplier rating. The Norway-based company was selected for the honor in recognition of its dedication to providing products and service of outstanding quality as well as its commitment to continuous improvement. Company employees accepted the recognition during formal ceremonies held on February 16 in Bettendorf, Iowa. http://www.ajot.com/article_Maritime.asp?ArticleId=7099 http://www.ajot.com/article_Maritime.asp?ArticleId=7099 Thur, 4 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST American Journal of Transportation The world’s leading maritime service network Wilhelmsen Ships Service announced that is has relocated its St Petersburg offices to upgraded premises. http://www.ajot.com/article_Maritime.asp?ArticleId=7100 http://www.ajot.com/article_Maritime.asp?ArticleId=7100 Thur, 4 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST American Journal of Transportation Diana Shipping Inc. a global shipping transportation company specializing in dry bulk cargoes, announced that the company took delivery of the newly-built m/v New York, a 177,773 dwt Capesize dry bulk carrier built by Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, on March 1, 2010. http://www.ajot.com/article_Maritime.asp?ArticleId=7101 http://www.ajot.com/article_Maritime.asp?ArticleId=7101 Thur, 4 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST American Journal of Transportation Intermarine has commenced a heavylift service between Europe and the Atlantic coast of South America.  The company will continue its commitment of employing modern and highest capacity heavy lift assets with the proven expertise of the dedicated Intermarine team. The new service will uphold the Intermarine promise of delivery certainty for challenging industrial and energy related project cargo logistics.  http://www.ajot.com/article_Maritime.asp?ArticleId=7102 http://www.ajot.com/article_Maritime.asp?ArticleId=7102 Thur, 4 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST American Journal of Transportation Intermarine, LLC, a worldwide leader in breakbulk and project transport, announced the opening of two offices, which will represent Intermarine in Europe.  Located in Zeist, Holland and Hamburg, Germany, the offices will extend Intermarine’s American and Asian capabilities to bring its personalized service to the European market. Staffed with 20 experienced representatives providing sales, chartering, logistics, technical, and documentation services, the offices will support the company’s Europe/South America service, provide customized contract carriage and service European clients that are involved in worldwide capital project development. http://www.ajot.com/article_Maritime.asp?ArticleId=7103 http://www.ajot.com/article_Maritime.asp?ArticleId=7103 Thur, 4 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST American Journal of Transportation The Swedish paper and timber products manufacturer Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget (SCA) and its transport and logistics unit SCA Transforest have been operating a regular scheduled liner service called “Container Express” since 1 March 2010, linking northern Sweden and the Port of Hamburg. http://www.ajot.com/article_Maritime.asp?ArticleId=7104 http://www.ajot.com/article_Maritime.asp?ArticleId=7104 Thur, 4 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST American Journal of Transportation Penske Truck Leasing Co., L.P., announced it has completed the acquisition of Texas-based Bright Truck Leasing and Bright Distribution, a privately owned full-service truck leasing, truck maintenance, commercial truck rental and logistics services provider. http://www.ajot.com/article_Intermodal.asp?ArticleId=7105 http://www.ajot.com/article_Intermodal.asp?ArticleId=7105 Thur, 4 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST American Journal of Transportation Corporate Responsibility has named Union Pacific Railroad among its 100 Best Corporate Citizens for 2010. The only railroad named to the list, Union Pacific is ranked second among all transportation companies and No. 69 overall. http://www.ajot.com/article_Intermodal.asp?ArticleId=7106 http://www.ajot.com/article_Intermodal.asp?ArticleId=7106 Thur, 4 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST American Journal of Transportation The American Trucking Associations (ATA) urges Congress to expedite passage of legislation to restore funding to critical federal highway and highway safety programs suspended by the Feb. 28 expiration of a SAFETEA-LU extension. http://www.ajot.com/article_Intermodal.asp?ArticleId=7107 http://www.ajot.com/article_Intermodal.asp?ArticleId=7107 Thur, 4 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST American Journal of Transportation Southeastern Freight Lines, a regional less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation services provider, has been named 2009 Carrier of the Year by Masco Corporation, one of the world's leading manufacturers of home improvement and building products. http://www.ajot.com/article_Intermodal.asp?ArticleId=7108 http://www.ajot.com/article_Intermodal.asp?ArticleId=7108 Thur, 4 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST American Journal of Transportation DB Schenker Rail Automotive presented a new box for the transportation of automobile parts for Volkswagen AG in Wolfsburg. The automotive parts box will first be used to supply parts to the new Volkswagen plant in Kaluga, Russia, on behalf of Volkswagen Logistics. From April onwards, the innovative automotive parts box - designed specially for the automobile industry by the experts at Schenker Automotive Railnet (SAR) GmbH in cooperation with Volkswagen Logistics - will be tested on the Wolfsburg-Kaluga route for several months, before the decision is made in summer whether or not to begin series production. http://www.ajot.com/article_Intermodal.asp?ArticleId=7109 http://www.ajot.com/article_Intermodal.asp?ArticleId=7109 Thur, 4 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST American Journal of Transportation European Union officials have put on hold talks with the world's top sugar exporters over the bloc's controversial exports of the sweetener beyond agreed quota levels, an Australian sugar industry official said. http://www.ajot.com/article_InternationalTrade.asp?ArticleId=7110 http://www.ajot.com/article_InternationalTrade.asp?ArticleId=7110 Thur, 4 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST American Journal of Transportation The European Union reached a free trade deal with Colombia and Peru that will fully liberalise commerce in some sectors between the 27-country bloc and the two Latin American nations, the EU executive said. http://www.ajot.com/article_InternationalTrade.asp?ArticleId=7111 http://www.ajot.com/article_InternationalTrade.asp?ArticleId=7111 Thur, 4 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST American Journal of Transportation Ireland hopes to attract shipping companies and trade houses to base their European operations in the country, aiming to diversify its recession-hit economy, a senior Irish government agency official said on Friday. Ireland has been more successful than other of the euro zone's most troubled economies in convincing financial markets it is on the road to repairing public finances with substantial cuts in spending. http://www.ajot.com/article_InternationalTrade.asp?ArticleId=7112 http://www.ajot.com/article_InternationalTrade.asp?ArticleId=7112 Thur, 4 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST American Journal of Transportation U.S. President Barack Obama may have to first tackle concerns about China's trade and currency practices if he is serious about moving forward on free trade pacts with South Korea, Colombia and Panama. http://www.ajot.com/article_InternationalTrade.asp?ArticleId=7113 http://www.ajot.com/article_InternationalTrade.asp?ArticleId=7113 Thur, 4 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST American Journal of Transportation High Liner Foods Incorporated, a leading North American processor and marketer of frozen seafood products, has managed to ride the recession through increased sales and by closely monitoring costs of transportation of its various brands to retail and food service outlets in the United States and Canada. http://www.ajot.com/article_InternationalTrade.asp?ArticleId=7114 http://www.ajot.com/article_InternationalTrade.asp?ArticleId=7114 Thur, 4 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST American Journal of Transportation Global carrier Evergreen Marine Corporation (Taiwan) Ltd. has announced the promotion of its President Jack Yen to Vice Chairman. Captain C.J. Wang, Chief Executive Vice President, has been appointed President. Anchor Chang, Executive Vice President of International Business Division, was promoted to Chief Executive Vice President. The appointments were announced following the Evergreen Marine Corporation (Taiwan) board of directors' meeting on February 26, 2010. http://www.ajot.com/article_Steamship.asp?ArticleId=7115 http://www.ajot.com/article_Steamship.asp?ArticleId=7115 Thur, 4 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST American Journal of Transportation The slot charter agreement between Horizon Lines and Maersk Line on the Trans-Pacific 1 (TP1) service will cease in December 2010. This weekly service currently calls Yantian, Xiamen, Kaohsiuing, Los Angeles, Oakland, Honolulu and Guam. Horizon Lines operates five vessels in this service. Maersk Line has been utilizing the entire 1100 FFE capacity eastbound, and uses a small amount of space on the westbound rotation. Empty westbound Maersk Line containers are utilized by Horizon Lines for their West Coast customers to ship cargo to Hawaii and Guam. http://www.ajot.com/article_Steamship.asp?ArticleId=7116 http://www.ajot.com/article_Steamship.asp?ArticleId=7116 Thur, 4 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST American Journal of Transportation Horizon Lines, Inc. the nation's leading domestic ocean shipping and integrated logistics company, announced that it has reached a binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with APM Terminals North America (APMT) for a new six-year U.S. terminal services agreement, effective immediately. The prior agreement with APMT was scheduled to expire on December 10, 2010. http://www.ajot.com/article_Steamship.asp?ArticleId=7117 http://www.ajot.com/article_Steamship.asp?ArticleId=7117 Thur, 4 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST American Journal of Transportation Mediterranean Shipping Company’s (MSC) "Golden Gate Service" (GGS) made its inaugural call in the Port of Charleston, linking the Southeast’s deepest seaport with China, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. http://www.ajot.com/article_Steamship.asp?ArticleId=7118 http://www.ajot.com/article_Steamship.asp?ArticleId=7118 Thur, 4 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST American Journal of Transportation After a roundtable session on February 22 hosted by the Port of Houston Authority, Speaker Nancy Pelosi praised the Port of Houston’s “relentless spirit” and saluted Congressman Gene Green, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee and Congressman Al Green for their leadership in obtaining much-needed American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds for the Houston Ship Channel. An estimated 2,640 direct and indirect construction jobs were created as a result of these funds. http://www.ajot.com/article_Profiles.asp?ArticleId=7119 http://www.ajot.com/article_Profiles.asp?ArticleId=7119 Thur, 4 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST American Journal of Transportation Georgia Ports Authority’s (GPA) Executive Director Curtis J. Foltz announced that a new set of electrified refrigerated container racks were completed and came online in Container Berth Five (CB-5) last week. With the ten new racks, Garden City Terminal now has a total of 44 racks, which accommodate 1,056 containers. http://www.ajot.com/article_Profiles.asp?ArticleId=7120 http://www.ajot.com/article_Profiles.asp?ArticleId=7120 Thur, 4 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST American Journal of Transportation The Ports of Indiana handled 7.2 million tons of cargo in 2009, a 7 percent increase from the previous year which was primarily driven by increased shipments of coal, grain, salt and steel. http://www.ajot.com/article_Profiles.asp?ArticleId=7121 http://www.ajot.com/article_Profiles.asp?ArticleId=7121 Thur, 4 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST American Journal of Transportation Speaking at the GreenPort 2010 International Ports and  Environment Conference on the topic of “Carbon Footprinting for Container Terminals”, APM Terminals Senior Director of Sustainability, Henrik Kristensen emphasized that while promising initial progress has been made, a “long journey” lies ahead before “eco-efficiency” can be realized for container terminals. Cooperation between the leading terminal operators on creating standardization in measurement of carbon footprints is necessary to drive the industry forward in improving environmental performance. http://www.ajot.com/article_Profiles.asp?ArticleId=7122 http://www.ajot.com/article_Profiles.asp?ArticleId=7122 Thur, 4 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST American Journal of Transportation Tecon Suape S.A. (TSSA) recently received eight new rubber tired gantries (RTGs) for the Suape Container Terminal (SCT). The purchase is part of TSSA’s three-year USD45 million capital investment program for the terminal, which will further improve capacity and operations at the SCT, the most modern container handling facility in the northern and northeastern regions of Brazil. Manufactured by Noell Cranes in China, each RTG has a stacking capacity of one-over-five high and a six-row-plus-one truck lane. The RTG spreaders have an extension range of up to 40 TEUs and a lifting capacity under spreader of 41 tons. It is also equipped with global and container positioning systems. http://www.ajot.com/article_Profiles.asp?ArticleId=7123 http://www.ajot.com/article_Profiles.asp?ArticleId=7123 Thur, 4 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST American Journal of Transportation CargoWise, a globally recognized technology supplier for logistics service providers, has tapped Craig Seelig as Product Manager for Customs and Government Compliance in the Americas. In this new role Mr. Seelig is responsible for all customs brokerage and compliance products for the North American market. http://www.ajot.com/article_FreightForward.asp?ArticleId=7124 http://www.ajot.com/article_FreightForward.asp?ArticleId=7124 Thur, 4 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST American Journal of Transportation Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. a leading multi-regional and inter-regional less-than-truck load (LTL) carrier, announced the opening of a new, state-of-the-art warehouse facility that also will headquarter its OD-Warehousing and Distribution Services Division. The 160,000 square-foot facility is located at 100 Don Truell Lane, Thomasville, N.C. http://www.ajot.com/article_FreightForward.asp?ArticleId=7125 http://www.ajot.com/article_FreightForward.asp?ArticleId=7125