American Shipper articles from August 1990

American Shipper archives from August 1990

Profits across the board for '89. (Japan's five largest shipping companies)
August 1, 1990... Profits Across the Board for '89 The close of books on fiscal 1989 at the end of March brought good news for Japan's five biggest shipping companies. For the first time in eight years each of them reported increased revenues, operating...

Orient Overseas profits return. (Orient Overseas Holdings Ltd.)
August 1, 1990... Orient Overseas Profits Return Orient Overseas (Holdings) Limited, the parent company of Orient Overseas Container Line Limited, reported a net profit for 1989 of $93.3 million, compared with $54 million in 1988. Despite the fact that...

Antitrust exemption for consortia: block exemption to include multimodal transport.
August 1, 1990... Antitrust Exemption for Consortia European Community shipowners got a boost in June when the European Commission proposed a blanket antitrust immunity for liner shipping consortia. The commission carried its decision one step further...

50% more capacity from Montreal: Canada Maritime and OOCL renew transatlantic space charter. (Orient Overseas Container Line)
August 1, 1990... 50% More Capacity From Montreal Canada Maritime and Orient Overseas Container Line have agreed to extend their nine-year old St. Lawrence Coordinated Service (SLCS) for three more years starting in October, and in doing so will increase...

CGM takes 400 slots on Sea-Land ships. (Compagnie Generale Maritime joins vessel-sharing agreement)
August 1, 1990... CGM Takes 400 Slots on Sea-Land Ships If all goes according to plan, in January of next year Sea-Land Service, Inc., P&O Containers Ltd. and Nedlloyd Lines will have a new partner in the North Atlantic: Compagnie Generale Maritime (CGM)....

Keeping up with the changes. (U.S.-Australia trade)
August 1, 1990... Keeping Up With the Changes Things are happening down under. A marketplace which, not too long ago, was content to be served according to its reputation as the longest of long hauls and the toughest of tough trades is now prompting...

Johnson ScanStar pulls out; cargo finds new routes. (Evergreen Marine Corp. fills service gaps)(West Coast-Europe trade)
August 1, 1990... Johnson ScanStar Pulls Out; Cargo Finds New Routes Johnson ScanStar's pullout in the U.S. West Coast-Europe trade notwithstanding, all-water shipping is by no means dead in the water. But given the heightening of competition in the...

O'Donnell to succeed Ludewig. (Columbus Line's Edward W. O'Donnell replaces retiring CEO Erwin Ludewig)
August 1, 1990... O'Donnell to Succeed Ludewig West Germany's Hamburg-Sud is slackening the ties that bind Colombus Line. As of the first of October, Columbus Line will operate as a fully integrated subsidiary of Hamburg-Sud, rather than as one of its...

The third party market: former ICC chairman says third parties handle 55% of Europe's freight; will U.S. follow suit? (Interstate Commerce Commission, Dan O'Neal)
August 1, 1990... The Third Party Market Former ICC chairman says third parties handle 55% of Europe's freight. Will U.S. follow suit? He believes it will. Armed with a newly installed computer system and extensive employee expertise in...

Which hat to wear? Freight forwarders on both sides of the Atlantic are working to remove the barriers that separate them from shippers.
August 1, 1990... Which Hat to Wear? Freight forwarders would like to be shippers, plain and simple. What's more, they'd like to be able to write service contracts. Not as non-vessel operating common carriers, not on behalf of someone else, not as...

Supreme Court forbids confidential rates. (privately negotiated shipping rates must be filed with government)
August 1, 1990... Supreme Court Forbids Confidential Rates In a decision with major transportation law implications in an era where calls for increasing deregulation are rampant, the United States Supreme Court has handed down a ruling which appears to...

Big shippers mount drive for confidential contracts: plan on going to Congress next spring to ask for confidential service contracts.
August 1, 1990... Big Shippers Mount Drive For Confidential Contracts Richard Collin's attendance at a shippers' gathering might not seem extraordinary - he has, after all, emerged over the past few years as one of the premier spokespersons for the nation's...

Quartel keeps rocking the boat: new FMC member backpedals a little from Tampa speech; calls for a cooperative effort of government and private sectors. (Bob Quartel, Federal Maritime Commission)
August 1, 1990... Quartel Keeps Rocking the Boat As Rob Quartel sees it, U.S. maritime policy cannot and will not be properly reformed unless everybody gets into the act. "Some have said that FMC commissioners, particularly new commissioners, should not...

Your personal Customs agent: use of special processing teams by Customs is to get six-month to one-year trial in New York and Los Angeles. (U.S. Customs Service)
August 1, 1990... Your Personal Customs Agent Import entry processing will be handled by specialized teams dealing with rosters of specific importers and customhouse brokers, under a pilot program the U.S. Customs Service plans to launch September 1 in New...

What to expect from Customs: agency's new leaders tell how they view their jobs; they point to challenges stemming from growing use of automation. (U.S. Customs Service)
August 1, 1990... What to Expect From Customs "For me, the opportunity to steer this agency through what is clearly a period of great change is a welcome one," U.S. Customs Commissioner Carol B. Hallett told the American Association of Exporters & Importers...

Working bugs out of AMS. (U.S. Customs Service, Automated Manifest System)
August 1, 1990... Working Bugs Out of AMS The U.S. Customs Service is seeking ways to eliminate the bugs from its Automated Manifest System but the agency's top official in San Francisco, who is spearheading the effort, said the task could meet some...

ITOFCA signs European partner. (Van Nievelt Goudriaan and Company B.V.)
August 1, 1990... ITOFCA Signs European Partner A pair of U.S.-based transportation-services firms are extending their business tentacles overseas by networking with foreign counterparts. They are not the first American firms to do this and it is...

EDI falling short of its mission: invoicing, documentation, shipping, Customs and fund transfers must be linked, speakers tell group in San Francisco. (electronic data interchange)(Congress of EDI Users)
August 1, 1990... EDI Falling Short of Its Mission Unless electronic data interchange standards are developed and implemented in an atmosphere of cooperation, EDI will be too complicated and unwieldy to be of value to most of the international business...

Bigger role for stack trains: government study tells railroads, ocean carriers and ports how to compete with motor carriers for domestic business.
August 1, 1990... Bigger Role for Stack Trains Domestic containerization is here to stay and ocean carriers, along with their intermodal affiliates, railroads, and ports, can take several measures that will enable them to effectively compete with motor...

ODS reform bill introduced: bill would qualify Sea-Land, Crowley and Central Gulf for subsidy. (operating-differential-subsidy)
August 1, 1990... ODS Reform Bill Introduced The U.S.-flag liner industry has managed to get a subsidy reform bill introduced in Congress. It's foot-in-the-door action, intended to get hearings started this summer. The bill, introduced in both the...