WSC appoints Soren Toft and Randy Chen as new chair and vice chair
MSC boss Soren Toft and Randy Chen, vice chairman of Wan Hai, have become chair ...
At the current count, the Federal Maritime Commission, via its Bureau of Enforcement (BOE) has levied $1.57m in fines to container carriers.
They have been accused of “knowingly and wilfully” applying detention and demurrage (D&D) fees to shippers, hauliers (commonly known as drayage firms in US parlance) and freight forwarders – in essence, anyone unlucky enough to be trying to deliver an empty container to either a port terminal or inland container depot.
So far, the list of penalised carriers comprises just ...
Carriers unveil Panama Canal transit surcharges for new year
The Loadstar explains: port automation
Multimodal negotiable cargo documents a step closer to reality
USPS privatisation would change the dynamics of rocky US final-mile landscape
HMM to return to the transatlantic, as ONE teams up with Ocean Alliance
The paradoxes of port productivity
Ocean and Premier alliances plan jointly operated transatlantic networks
Trump will have a 'heavy impact on container volumes', warns Wan Hai chief
Comment on this article