American Shipper articles from November 1991

American Shipper archives from November 1991

NLS merger into NYK is formalized. (Nippon Yusen KK acquires Nippon Liner Systems Ltd.)
November 1, 1991... NLS Merger Into NYK is Formalized NYK learning a few lessons in customer service from NLS. Transatlantic may be in the cards some day, but not soon. September and October were record months for Nippon Yusen Kaisha. In September NYK...

MarAd approves APL & OOCL vessel sharing. (United States Maritime Administration gives American President Lines Ltd. the go signal to participate in transpacific vessel sharing agreement with Orient Overseas Container Line Inc.) (Brief Article)
November 1, 1991... MarAd Approves APL & OOCL Vessel Sharing Despite vigorous derailment efforts mounted by Sea-Land Service Inc., the U.S. Maritime Administration gave American President Lines, Ltd. the go-ahead to participate in an extensive transpacific...

NOL's "Atlantic Express" sets dates. (Neptune Orient Lines Ltd.'s new service from Singapore via the Suez Canal)
November 1, 1991... NOL's "Atlantic Express" Sets Dates Timing was tied to MarAd approval of APL/OOCL deal. Neptune Orient Lines has announced it will start up its "Atlantic Express" direct service from Singapore via the Suez Canal in mid-December. ...

APL & Sea-Land can smile again. (American President Lines Ltd.; Sea-Land Service Inc.'s increase in earnings)
November 1, 1991... APL & Sea-Land Can Smile Again 3rd quarter reports show the tide has turned. In APL's case, it was a sharp turnaround. One year ago, the two big American-flag liner companies, American President Lines and Sea-Land, were stuggling...

Long-term planning in Pacific. (higher rates in eastbound and westbound transpacific)
November 1, 1991... Long-Term Planning in Pacific High-level owners meetings result in hopes for higher rates in eastbound and westbound transpacific. Encouraged by fuller ships, and the promise of a new member, two rate agreements with jurisdiction in the...

Asian shippers seek rate freeze. (Federation of Asean Shippers' Councils opposes Far Eastern Freight Conference's general rate increase)
November 1, 1991... Asian Shippers Seek Rate Freeze Use UNCTAD Liner Code as legal basis. Closer ties with shippers in U.S. and Europe. Asian shippers, claiming that a schedule of general rate increases (GRIs) being implemented by the Far Eastern...

FMC goes after Taiwan again. (Federal Maritime Commission issues formal order of investigation against Taiwan under the 1988 Foreign Shipping Practices Act)
November 1, 1991... FMC Goes After Taiwan Again Laws may indicate APL and Sea-Land are free to compete; but the reality is quite different. The Federal Maritime Commission has issued a formal order of investigation against Taiwan under the 1988 Foreign...

Crowley withdraws Title XI request. (Crowley Maritime Corp.; new federal law complicates Maritime Administration's program of guarantees of ship mortgages)
November 1, 1991... Crowley Withdraws Title XI Request New credit law complicates ship-mortgage guarantees. Crowley to pursue private financing for 10 tankers. A new federal law has complicated the Maritime Administration's program of Title XI guarantees of...

Interchange surcharge dropped. (shipper pressure forces North Atlantic and Mediterranean freight conferences not to implement high surcharges)
November 1, 1991... Interchange Surcharge Dropped Shipper outcry defeats controversial surcharges. But interchange costs will be covered somehow. Bowing to shipper pressure, the North Atlantic and Mediterranean freight conferences said they will not...

Surcharge debate escalates at FMC. (Federal Maritime Commission)
November 1, 1991... Surcharge Debate Escalates At FMC Tone of debate sharpens as carriers fight back. Did the Federal Maritime Commission open up a can of worms when it decided to give shippers a chance to have their say over carrier surcharges? ...

Stalemate is broken. (debate over the revisions to be made in the Shipping Act of 1984 leaning towards permitting confidential service contracts)
November 1, 1991... Stalemate Is Broken As the public hearings on the Shipping Act wound down in New York in September, shippers stopped bashing carriers and had Clifford Sayre offer a compromise they hope carriers can accept. Sayre repeated the oft-stated...

15 proposals for compromise. (E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company Inc.'s proposal on Clifford M. Sayre's effort to revise the Shipping Act of 1984)(includes related article)
November 1, 1991... 15 Proposals For Compromise E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company has long recognized the importance of logistics in its efforts to become a fully integrated and great global company. Clifford M. Sayre, vice president-materials, logistics...

Sayre to retire at year's end. (Clifford M. Sayre)
November 1, 1991... Sayre to Retire at Year's End There's only one circle on Clifford M. Sayre's January calendar right now. It marks the date of a jazz concert in North Carolina. He might take the rest of the month off. For the better part of the past...

Bonus for U.S. carriers? Alliance for Competitive Ocean Transportation hopes to win U.S.-flag carriers over to its side.
November 1, 1991... Bonus For U.S. Carriers? Alliance For Competitive Ocean Transportation hopes to win U.S.-flag carriers over to its side. A coalition of U.S. shippers claiming to represent approximately 50,000 exporters and importers has come up...

Shippers explain problem areas.
November 1, 1991... Shippers Explain Problem Areas Trying to negotiate through the conference system. Although the 1984 Shipping Act permits contracting between shippers and carriers, the very fact that shippers must deal with these contracts on a...

Kodak sees the world ... all in a single package: the right to negotiate directly with ocean carriers would produce big worldwide service contracts. (Eastman Kodak Co.)
November 1, 1991... Kodak Sees the World.......All in a Single Package The right to negotiate directly with ocean carriers would produce big worldwide service contracts. Many big name shippers would be more than anxious to sign lucrative worldwide service...

FMC: ATFI is ready to roll carriers: the tire is flat. (shipper's are not satisfied with Federal Maritime Commission's automated tariff and filing information system)
November 1, 1991... FMC: ATFI is Ready to Roll Carriers: The Tire is Flat Modifications fail to quell carrier opposition. Demand for testing period throws January start-up date in doubt. The once confident feeling that the Federal Maritime Commission's...

FMC agrees to screen NVOCCs. (Federal Maritime Commission; non-vessel operating common carriers)
November 1, 1991... FMC Agrees to Screen NVOCCs The final rule requires a service contract shipper to state whether it is a beneficial owner of the cargo. The Federal Maritime Commission stuck to its guns and issued final rules which will bring thousands of...

Effort to resolve China problem.
November 1, 1991... Effort to Resolve China Problem Bilateral U.S./China talks scheduled. More firms rally around COSCO position. The United States and China agreed to meet in late October to resolve problems U.S. carriers are having in the trade...

ILA loses ruling on citrus boycott. (International Longshoremen's Association)
November 1, 1991... ILA Loses Ruling On Citrus Boycott Judge says union can't urge Japanese dockworkers to refuse to handle citrus loaded by non-ILA labor. A federal judge has told the International Longshoremen's Association it can't ask Japanese...

'Crazy' rates for fruits, nuts: two California fruit and nut co-ops cut their costs with Senator/DSR contract. (Blue Diamond Growers and Sun-Diamond Growers of California; Maersk Line files independent action)
November 1, 1991... |Crazy' Rates For Fruits, Nuts Two California fruit and nut co-ops cut their costs with Senator/DSR contract. Maersk files IA. Shipping rates between California and Europe are being described as "crazy," but two large fruit-and-nut...

Penney's system for imports. (J.C. Penney Company Inc.)
November 1, 1991... Penney's System For Imports Retail logistics is driven by store demands. Import process begins more than a year in advance. When James Cash Penney built the retail chain that bears his name, he gave his store managers plenty of...

Gillette International's edge. (Gillette Co. Gillette International-Diversified Operations)
November 1, 1991... Gillette International's Edge Logistics unit was spun off to become a third-party company. Service has improved. Many companies look to outside sources for their logistics needs. The Gillette Co. looked within. Four years ago...

"K" Line to drop all-water route ... but keeps an eye on the Atlantic. (Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha will suspend its U.S. East Coast all-water liner service)
November 1, 1991... "K" Line to Drop All-Water Route ... .. but keeps an eye on the Atlantic. Multitrade operations may bring it back. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha ("K" Line) has commissioned construction of five container ships and will suspend its U.S. East...

Sea-Land's Trans-Siberian container franchise: joint venture to handle all Trans-Siberian containers. (Sea-Land Services Inc.)
November 1, 1991... Sea-Land's Trans-Siberian Container Franchise Joint venture to handle all Trans-Siberian containers. Goal is 19-to-22-day transit from Japan to Europe. On the map, the Trans-Siberian Railway seems a logical shortcut for containers moving...

Nacional & AmTrans team up. (American Transport Line )
November 1, 1991... Nacional & AmTrans Team Up Space charter agreement is third vessel-sharing agreement in U.S./Brazil trade since July. The realignment continues in the U.S./Brazil trade. When Brazil's government liberalized shipping regulations...

Sea-Land adds intra-Europe sailings. (Sea-Land Service Inc. adds more vessels) (Brief Article)
November 1, 1991... Sea-Land Adds Intra-Europe Sailings Sea-Land Service has added four vessels and seven Mediterranean ports of call to its intra-Europe operations. The additional ships increase the service's container capacity by 35 percent, to 12,000...

Navieras turns a profit. (Navieras de Puerto Rico)
November 1, 1991... Navieras Turns A Profit Government-owned line credits higher revenue, lower expenses, profit on sale and lease of ships. Puerto Rico's government-owned shipping line has reported a profit for only the third time in its 17-year history....

MSC/Sea-Land spat may go to court. (Military Sealift Command; Sea-Land Service Inc.)
November 1, 1991... MSC/Sea-Land Spat May Go To Court Sea-Land says agency compared intermodal rates with port-to-port tariffs for shipments from Mideast. The Navy's Military Sealift Command has accused Sea-Land Service of overcharging the government for...

Clancey makes his first move. (Sea-Land Service Inc.'s John P. Clancey launches corporate restructuring)
November 1, 1991... Clancey Makes His First Move Operations gets higher profile. So do global accounts. Just two months after he was named president and chief executive officer of Sea-Land Service Inc., John P. Clancey launched a significant corporate...

New device to curb oil spills. (Energy Transportation Group Inc.'s new system for safer shipping)
November 1, 1991... New Device to Curb Oil Spills Single-hull oil tankers are going to be plying American waters for another two decades. Can they be made safer? Although the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 requires double hulls on new oil tankers, the existing...

Shippers will pay the freight for keeping fleets ship-shape.
November 1, 1991... Shippers Will Pay the Freight For Keeping Fleets Ship-shape Rate increases will likely finance new construction. Whether shipowners order new vessels or upgrade older ones, shippers can expect to pay more through rate increases,...

Hungry world/healthy ships: strong traffic in agricultural products spell boom for shipowners and operators.
November 1, 1991... Hungary World/Healthy Ships Strong traffic in agricultural products spells boom for shipowners and operators. Vessel sizes in some trades will be restricted. The opening of markets in Central and East Europe, coupled with continuing...

NVOCC group admitted to FIATA. (American International Freight Association; International Federation of Freight Forwarders Association)
November 1, 1991... NVOCC Group Admitted to FIATA Sets up shop in Portland, Ore., as FIATA affiliate. Steve Newman is acting executive director. A maverick group of ocean freight consolidators is pressing ahead on the formation of a new organization...

Tracking shippers' credit. (new credit information service)
November 1, 1991... Tracking Shippers' Credit New credit information service will reply on data supplied by air freight forwarders. Air freight forwarders have a new tool to keep track of shippers who don't pay their bills on time. A newly formed...