American Shipper articles from August 1991

American Shipper archives from August 1991

International report. (Sea-Land Service Inc.'s operations) (column)
August 1, 1991... International Report * Sea-Land Service Inc. is planting deeper roots in the Soviet Union, wrapping up negotiations with railway authorities to become part owner in a joint venture Trans-Siberian landbridge service to be shared with the...

Washington report. (carrier industry debates shipping regulations) (column)
August 1, 1991... Washington Report * Ocean carriers and others who want to save major provisions of the 1984 Shipping Act should prepare themselves for a possible (quite frankly, probable) lambasting attack on the 1984 law by major shippers when the...

ECU could replace dollar as tariff currency. (European Currency Unit)
August 1, 1991... ECU Could Replace Dollar as Tariff Currency Sentiment for the ECU is gaining ground in Europe. The liner committee of the European Shippers' Councils has added its voice to a growing European chorus supporting the adoption of the...

ESC opposes U.S. intermodal exemption. (European Shippers Councils;)
August 1, 1991... ESC Opposes U.S. Intermodal Exemption Shipping Act provision which allows conferences to set intermodal rates conflicts with EC legislation. The European Shippers Councils sent a letter to the Advisory Commission on Conferences in Ocean...

Return of Malcolm McLean. (containerization pioneer starts Trailer Bridge Co. to provide barge service to Puerto Rico)
August 1, 1991... Return of Malcom McLean Trailer Bridge Co. to lease land at Jacksonville, plans to begin begin service to Puerto Rico in September. Malcom McLean's planned roll-on/roll-off barge service to Puerto Rico has taken several steps forward....

U.S. flags out. (demise of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936)
August 1, 1991... U.S. Flags Out As 55-year-old direct subsidy programs are being laid to rest, U.S.-flag shipping companies make plans to buy their ships on the world market, wherever the price is right, and to operate with some ships under U.S.-flag and...

How carriers train foreign seamen. (Nippon Yusen Kaisha's joint venture with a maritime academy in the Philippines)
August 1, 1991... How Carriers Train Foreign Seamen NYK works with maritime academy in Philippines. Others do likewise. When a company decides to crew a vessel with foreign seafarers, where does it find them? Carriers that decide to man some or...

Overseas fees remain secret. (rules on disclosure of fees paid to foreign middlemen)
August 1, 1991... Overseas Fees Remain Secret FMC backs down on move to require disclosure of fees paid to foreign middlemen, but leaves the issue open. Reacting to opposition from liner conferences and the Department of Justice, the Federal Maritime...

Sweetening the fee for forwarders. (compensation for Southern European freight forwarders)
August 1, 1991... Sweetening the Fee for Forwarders SEUSA to allow independent action on forwarder fees between July 25 & November 1 unless FMC steps in. In an effort to win more business from Southern European freight forwarders and brokers, members of...

Hayashi takes TSA helm. (George Hayashi of Transpacific Stabilization Agreement)
August 1, 1991... Hayashi Takes TSA Helm Nemoto steps down from post he held since group's birth in early 1989, but he will remain active in TSA's affairs. George Hayashi, president and chief executive officer of American President Lines, is new chairman...

20 lines cooperate in intra-Asia trade. (ocean carriers operating in intra-Asian trades form a loose association)
August 1, 1991... 20 Lines Cooperate In Intra-Asia Trade Twenty ocean carriers operating in intra-Asian trades have formed a loose association to improve their returns in an ever-growing trade. The association, which as yet is without a name or a...

Swapping user fees. (Robert W. Davis proposes fee for use of Federal Maritime Commission's Automated Tariff Filing and Information service)
August 1, 1991... Swapping User Fees GOP Congressman would raise $750 million off shippers to replace $718 million from recreational boaters. Politically, it looked like a sure fire way to make millions of voters happy and a small number sad. No one...

48 hours to cancel when IA turns sour. (Federal Maritime Commission's new rule on independent action on rates and service items )
August 1, 1991... 48 Hours to Cancel When IA Turns Sour FMC allows new rule to go into effect but will address 48 hour notice requirement in a general independent action proposal slated to come out this fall. Despite concerns raised by Federal Maritime...

Shipping law consensus won't come easily. (hearings on the review of 1984 Shipping Act)(includes related articles)
August 1, 1991... Shipping Law Consensus Won't Come Easily Sharp differences persist as review panel continues hearings in San Francisco. Some new voices and new views emerge. Small shippers grab spotlight. With the second of five hearings on the 1984...

Taking a puff from the peace pipe. (Agricultural Ocean Transport Coalition's annual meeting)
August 1, 1991... Taking a Puff From the Peace Pipe AgOTC annual meeting was expected to be a session for blasting the carriers, but the peace pipe was passed around, and DuPont inhaled a big puff. For a while, carrier and shipper interests at this year's...

Surcharge debate. (shipper community seeks changes in tariff filing rules) (Cover Story)
August 1, 1991... Surcharge Debate The traditionally anti-regulation shipper community wants a stronger FMC oversight in the surcharge arena. A broad spectrum of shippers has turned to the Federal Maritime Commission for help in solving one of their most...

North Europe carriers: don't mess with surcharges. (includes related articles) (Cover Story)
August 1, 1991... North Europe Carriers: Don't Mess With Surcharges "All prices for services provided by carriers, regardless of their name, amount or character, have as their object the recovery of the cost of doing business or, at least, contributing...

Pacific import volumes 'rebound.' (transpacific vessel operators report full ship loads)
August 1, 1991... Pacific Import Volumes |Rebound' Some ships sail eastward fully loaded. Several transpacific vessel operators are reporting full or nearly full ship loads inbound but the jury is out on whether this represents a true surge in...

Sea-Land to get $97 million for 1/3 share of Hong Kong terminal company. (Sea Land Orient Ltd. to sell Sea-Land Orient Terminals Ltd.)
August 1, 1991... Sea-Land To Get $97 Million for 1/3 Share Of Hong Kong Terminal Company Sea-Land Orient Ltd. has entered into an agreement to sell one-third of its terminal services company, Sea-Land Orient Terminals Ltd., to a Hong Kong consortium, Ready...

China increases its holding in HIT. (Hong Kong International Terminals)
August 1, 1991... China Increases Its Holding in HIT The Chinese state ocean carrier, China Ocean Shipping Co., will cooperate with Hong Kong International Terminals to build two container berths at HIT's new Terminal 8 in Hong Kong's Kwai Chung container...

Felixstowe changes hands. (Hutchinson Whampoa takes controlling interest in British container port)
August 1, 1991... Felixstowe Changes Hands Hutchison Wampoa to own and operate entire port. P&O will concentrate efforts at Tilbury, Southampton. The Hong Kong-based giant Hutchison Whampoa Limited has agreed to take a controlling interest in the terminal...

Asset sales prop up OOHL profits. (Orient Overseas Holdings Limited)
August 1, 1991... Asset Sales Prop Up OOHL Profits Earns $2.2 million without asset sales. Restructuring and asset disposal program nearing an end. More than $75 million in extraordinary gains helped boost the 1990 group profits of Orient Overseas...

Carriers ready to share global systems. (airline-like central booking and tracking systems)
August 1, 1991... Carriers Ready to Share Global Systems Four ocean carriers take one giant step towards airline-like central booking and tracking. It's a first in the U.S., and the FMC has some questions. Shippers may be able to enjoy airline-style...

NYC tax idea gets the deep six. (bill restoring exemption fron New York City tax for shipping corporations)
August 1, 1991... NYC Tax Idea Gets the Deep Six New York City to honor tax exemption for foreign shipping corporations. State legislature voted to make it official. A bill restoring an exemption from New York City tax for international and interstate...

FMC moves against PRC. (Federal Maritime Commisssion; People's Republic of China)
August 1, 1991... FMC Moves Against PRC Japan to drop its harbor fee under US/EC pressure. Commission hopes China will change its practices too. Despite promises by China Ocean Shipping Company of a future court battle, the Federal Maritime Commission has...

Matson christens Ro/Ro barge. (Matson Navigation Company launches 'Waialeale')
August 1, 1991... Matson Christens Ro/Ro Barge New vessel, designed for Neighbor Islands trade. Matson Navigation Company has christened the roll-on/roll-off barge Waialeale, which will carry up to 66 forty-foot-equivalent units of containers on the...

NYK buys European logistics firm. (Nippon Yusen Kaisha acquires UCI Logistics)
August 1, 1991... NYK Buys European Logistics Firms Japan's largest shipping company is spreading its reach into European logistics. Nippon Yusen Kaisha recently acquired four European transport and distribution companies known as UCI Logistics from...

MOL carries live fish in containers. (Mitsui O.S.K. Lines develops system for bulk transport of live fish)
August 1, 1991... MOL Carries Live Fish In Containers Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has developed a container system for transporting live fish in bulk. Transportation of live seafood is a specialty market that has been dominated by airlines. Live seafood has...

Mixed results for Japanese five. (Japan's five largest shipping companies)
August 1, 1991... Mixed Results for Japanese Five Japan's five largest shipping companies reported mixed results for fiscal 1990, which ended on March 31, 1991. Three, Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Navix Line and Showa Line, earned less in 1990 than in 1989. The...

Singapore direct (3N). (Neptune Orient Line, NYK and Nippon Liner System begin joint operation to/from Singapore)
August 1, 1991... Singapore Direct (3N) Neptune Orient Line, NYK and Nippon Liner System put together a deal for faster service, starting this fall. Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) Line has begun direct, weekly, fixed-day sailings to/from Singapore in...

Cargo owners must learn to live with OPA. (Oil Pollution Act of 1990)
August 1, 1991... Cargo Owners Must Learn to Live With OPA Oil Pollution Act can make their liability almost limitless. Two days before Richard T. du Moulin was to close a deal to buy Marine Transport Lines two years ago, he received a tip that...

MOL forms LNG tanker unit. (Mitsui O.S.K. Lines; liquefied natural gas tanker)
August 1, 1991... MOL Forms LNG Tanker Unit Buoyant demand for liquefied natural gas carriers. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has established a new company that will offer engineering services for liquefied natural gas tankers--a business that has been on the...

One-stop system for import entries. (U.S. Customs Service program)
August 1, 1991... One-Stop System for Import Entries Pilot program in New York and Los Angeles draws rave reviews, so Customs is bringing it to full-scale fruition. A special-team approach to import entry processing has apparently worked almost flawlessly...

TOTE, Matson & Crowley feel crowded. (niche players in domestic offshore trades)
August 1, 1991... TOTE, Matson & Crowley Feel Crowded Sea-Land's buildup and APL's possible entry into Hawaii could spell trouble for niche players in domestic offshore trades. Differences between the Alaska and Hawaii trades are readily apparent, the...

Ports tighten up on credit policies.
August 1, 1991... Ports Tighten Up on Credit Policies Many now charge interest on late bills. Ports are getting out of the banking business. As any veteran steamship agent can attest, many ports used to be lax about collecting on their bills. A...

NOLA joins NY/NJ network. (Port of New Orleans joins Port Authority of New York & New Jersey electronic data system)
August 1, 1991... NOLA Joins NY/NJ Network For $700, signs on to EDI network operated by GE Information Systems for 60 ports, lines, forwarders. The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey is marketing its electronic data system to other ports, making...

3 intermodal groups to merge. (Intermodal Marketing Association; Intermodal Transportation Association; National Railroad Intermodal Association)
August 1, 1991... 3 Intermodal Groups To Merge Associations' memberships already overlap. Name of new group hasn't been chosen. Three major intermodal organizations are preparing to merge. The new organization would encompass the Intermodal...

Texas ports discuss merger. (merger between ports of Houston and Galveston)
August 1, 1991... Texas Ports Discuss Merger Houston proposes buyout of Port of Galveston. After years of mostly idle talk, it appears there's a serious chance of a merger between the ports of Houston and Galveston. Representatives from the two...

Omniport won't go away. (Port of Houston's Omniport terminal)
August 1, 1991... Omniport Won't Go Away Low rates likely for shippers if refinancing makes Houston terminal "leaner and meaner." Shippers of bagged cargo through the Gulf of Mexico have been able to cut some good deals on stevedoring costs since...

Two want ILWU presidency. (International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union)
August 1, 1991... Two Want ILWU Presidency Outgoing president James Herman backs vice president Randy Vekich over former LA local president David Arian. Barring any surprises such as a heavy write-in vote, either Randy Vekich or David Arian will succeed...

Lawyers' net can ensnare carriers. (ocean carriers' liability for traffic accidents)
August 1, 1991... Lawyers' Net Can Ensnare Carriers Carriers can be held liable for traffic accidents involving chassis hauled by owner-operators. At any given moment, ocean carriers have hundreds of thousands of container chassis scattered around...

Chemical Leaman Tank Lines. (South Atlantic)
August 1, 1991... CHEMICAL LEAMAN TANK LINES. Peter T. Funke has been named director of marketing for Chemical Leaman Tank Lines, an Exton, Pa.-based bulk motor carrier. Funke joined the company in 1984 as market planning and analysis manager and was promoted in...

"K" Line Southern sales. (Gulf Coast)
August 1, 1991... "K" LINE SOUTHERN SALES. Robert E. Ambrite has been appointed assistant vice president-sales, Southern region, for "K" Line America, Inc. He will be based in Dallas and will oversee all sales and marketing activity within the U.S. Gulf and...

World Trade Services.
August 1, 1991... WORLD TRADE SERVICES. George A. Zettler, former vice president and 37-year veteran of Flying Tiger Line, has been appointed president of World Trade Services Group, a Long Beach-based "international business incubator" that helps fledgling...

Columbus Line Inc. (Corporate Appointments)
August 1, 1991... Columbus Line Inc. Dr. Klaus Meves, a board member of Hamburg-Sud, will succeed Edward W. O'Donnell as president and chief executive officer of Columbus Line. O'Donnell announced his resignation, effective in August. The company...

NYK Line (North America) Inc. (Corporate Appointments)
August 1, 1991... NYK Line (North America) Inc. Shingo Yasuda will succeed Taketaro Kotani as president of NYK Line (North America) Inc., a division of Nippon Yusen Kaisha. Kotani will return to Tokyo to become president of Tokyo Senpaku Kaisha, an...

American Commercial Lines. (Corporate Appointments)
August 1, 1991... American Commercial Lines Michael C. Hagan has been appointed president and chief operating officer of American Commercial Lines Inc. He had been president of American Commercial Barge Lines, the company's towing subsidiary, since 1990....