Archive for 'Shipping News' Category
New Cargo Fee at Ports of Los Angeles - Long Beach
22 January 2008A new fee has been added at the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles to improve traffic flow and air quality. The fee is anticipated to be $15 per loaded TEU beginning January 1, 2009.
The proposed fee will be assessed on every loaded 20-foot equivalent (TEU) cargo container entering or leaving any terminal by [...]
India to Europe Container Rates on the Rise
10 January 2008Shipping goods from India to Europe will be getting substantially more costly, rates are set to rise by $200 per 20-foot equivalent unit, or TEU, and $400 per 40-foot equivalent unit, or FEU, from 1 February, it currently costs about $1,400 for shipping a TEU from India to any one of the European ports.
A group [...]
APL Introduces 53 Foot Ocean Containers
2 November 2007APL is taking delivery of the first 53 foot ocean capable containers November 7th and will deploy them as a weekly service on APL’s premier South China to Los Angeles service. 53 foot containers have been in use for intermodal transportation in the U.S. but have not been strong enough for ocean shipments, however, the [...]
Eric Shen New Transportation Planning Director for Port of Long Beach
30 October 2007Eric Shen, a transportation planning official for the city of Pasadena, has been hired by the Board of Harbor Commissioners as the Director of Transportation Planning for the Port of Long Beach.
Shen has 15 years of experience in the field, including the last seven years as Transportation Planning and Development Manager for Pasadena.
At the Port [...]
Port of Tacoma Plans NYK Line Terminal
26 July 2007The Port of Tacoma is planning to construct a new terminal which will be leased to Yusen Terminal Tacoma for the NYK Line.
The Port of Tacoma today announced plans to build a $300 million, 168-acre (68-hectare) container terminal on the industrial east side of Tacoma’s Blair Waterway. The terminal will be leased to a container [...]
