American Shipper articles from November 1995

American Shipper archives from November 1995

Lykes lines files Chapter 11. (Lykes Bros. Steamship Company Inc.)
November 1, 1995... After sailing against the financial wind for more than a decade, Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. has filed for protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the bankruptcy code. The company said it will remain in business and its current...

Shipping-law reform advances in House.
November 1, 1995... Supporters of ocean shipping deregulation have succeeded in folding the legislation into the budget reconciliation process and but failed with a parliamentary maneuver to move the bill through the House with no debate or floor amendments. ...

NIT League, JSC, ESC join voices. (National Industrial Transportation League; Japan Shippers' Council; European Shippers' Council)
November 1, 1995... Conscious of criticism that big shippers control their advocacy efforts, the largest shipper groups in the U.S., Europe and Japan say they want to give priority to protection of small shippers. The National Industrial Transportation...

Hathaway urges foreign intervention. (Federal Maritime Commission Chairman William D. Hathaway)
November 1, 1995... The chairman of the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission, William D. Hathaway, hopes foreign shipping lines will force a dialogue before Congress votes to overhaul the 1984 Shipping Act and abolish the FMC. "Don't be afraid because you...

DoJ quashes Lykes contract clause. (Department of Justice; Lykes Bros. Steamship Company Inc.)
November 1, 1995... In a development with far-reaching implications, the Justice Department has squelched a Lykes Lines service contract's guarantee that a shipper would pay 5 percent less than its competitors. Although Lykes insisted that the arrangement was...

Dispute pits ports, shipping agents.
November 1, 1995... When a shipping line goes bankrupt or runs up debts to a port, the port authority usually seeks to collect from the shipping agent that represents the vessel. Agents have long chafed under that liability, which for decades has been...

Small shippers are not easy victims.
November 1, 1995... At the heart of most arguments against deregulation and the elimination of the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission is the fear of discrimination against small shippers by those who command large cargo volumes. FMC Chairman William Hathaway...

Evergreen to build Panama terminal. (Evergreen Group)
November 1, 1995... With plans for a new container terminal at Panama, the Evergreen Group has signaled its intention to expand the carrier's presence in the Latin American trades. Evergreen said it would invest US$85 million in the first phase of a new...

Panama revives as relay point.
November 1, 1995... Things are looking up in Panama. After years of lagging behind its Latin American neighbors, Panama is poised to recapture its position as one of the region's most important cargo waystations. The coinciding events of explosive trade...

APL-MOL-OOCL deployment plans. (American President Lines; Mitsui O.S.K. Lines; Orient Overseas Container Line)
November 1, 1995... The Global Alliance, a consortium of containership operators American President Rep. Lines, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and Orient Overseas Container Line, plans to operate 32 vessels in a transpacific service comprising six routes, each with a...

Global Alliance signs with ECT. (Europe Combined Terminals)
November 1, 1995... Europe Combined Terminals by of Rotterdam has found the first tenant for its second robotic container terminal. The four-carrier Global Alliance, in cooperation with Malaysian International Shipping Corp., has signed a six-year contract...

Transpacific rate jitters.
November 1, 1995... A new round of ocean rate wars has taken hold in the eastbound transpacific, and the arrival of new tonnage raises questions on whether the price-cutting will spread to westbound trades. American President Lines has undercut conference...

Ivaran takes a different approach. (Ivaran Lines)
November 1, 1995... Between 1,000 and 2,000 containers carried by Ivaran Lines are sitting in the port of Santos, Brazil. Similar quantities of boxes shipped by other carriers serving Brazil are also sitting in Santos. A big reason: The tendency of the...

A look at the fine print. (proposed universal bill of lading)
November 1, 1995... Terms and conditions of a proposed universal B/L would be far less cluttered than the air waybill and ocean B/L they would replace. Negligence-based liability schemes would be replaced by commercially oriented, fault-based system. ...

Logistics is the CEO's job.
November 1, 1995... President of Nabisco Specialty Products says a good CEO must master supply-chain logistics. What can a CEO do to make his company's supply chain more efficient? The first requisite is to have mastered logistics. Despite a growing...

Logistics data, Japanese style.
November 1, 1995... Information Resources Inc. and Mitsui & Co. Ltd. have begun a joint venture to help Japanese companies apply checkout scanner data to their supply chains. The companies announced the joint venture in mid- 1994 but ran into delays getting...

Market penetration top 20. (non-vessel operating common carriers)(Special Report, part 2)(Cover Story)
November 1, 1995... Non-vessel-operating common carriage is an evolving industry in the United States, still dominated by large firms controlled either by Japanese trading companies or European forwarders. An exception is Direct Container Line, an NVO based...

Penetrating export markets.(Special Report, part 2)(Cover Story)
November 1, 1995... A close look at specific NVO trades shows a series of aggressive and often highly individual marketing ploys. The first step an NVO usually takes is to decide which category of cargo to handle: inbound or outbound. William McInerney,...

Imports: a highly developed market. (non-vessel-operating common carriers)(Special Report, part 2)(Cover Story)
November 1, 1995... NVOs have a strong position in U.S. import cargo from Europe and the Far East. From other regions, which produce fewer cargoes suited for containerization, NVOs are a relatively minor factor. The strength of NVOs in U.S. imports from...

Life in the middle. (PSL Group Ltd.)
November 1, 1995... "They call it logistics. We do warehousing." That's how plain-speaking John King, managing director of the United Kingdom-based freight forwarder PSL Group Ltd., sums up his attitude toward his industry's increasing inclination to market...

Shipping tractor parts - by air. (John Deere and Co.)
November 1, 1995... In today's increasingly mechanized agriculture business, waiting for parts to keep farm equipment running can be costly. Agricultural parts distributors are having to learn just-in-time supply chain management. John Deere & Co. has turned...

Ericsson controls own logistics. (Ericsson Network Systems)
November 1, 1995... Logistics outsourcing is all the rage, but Ericsson Network Systems, a Stockholm-based telecommunications equipment manufacturer, still insists on keeping firm control over its supply chain management. "In a supply chain, there are...

'Rapid growth' for CF logistics arm. (Consolidated Freightways Corp.; Menlo Logistics)
November 1, 1995... Shippers' demand for 'worldwide solutions ' will create new opportunities, Menlo Logistics' president says. A handful of major new clients and expanded business from existing clients has nearly doubled transportation revenues this year for...

Air-cargo EDI group takes flight. (electronic data interchange; Cargo Multinational EDI Association)
November 1, 1995... Cargo Media association now represents carriers that handle 75 percent of scheduled international air cargo. International air carriers are awakening to the need to have common standards for electronic data connections with forwarders and...

Forwarders criticize Chunnel operation.
November 1, 1995... Users' group says security overkill and poor service will push cargo back from rail to trucks. United Kingdom forwarders say government policies are making the Channel Tunnel a poor choice for those wanting to ship cargo between the U. K....

South African shipowners call for reform.
November 1, 1995... Propose international registry and more competitive tax and currency environment. But they want to keep it respectable. South Africa's shipowners would like to see their nation transformed into a maritime business center like Singapore, the...

Military seeks capacity, not ships. (includes related article on the use of intermodal transportation for military logistics)
November 1, 1995... Pentagon overhauls sealift readiness program. Heeds lessons of Operation Desert Storm. The U.S. military is changing the way it deals with ocean carriers. Instead of asking them to provide ships on short notice, the Defense Department...

Russian air-cargo partnership.
November 1, 1995... Amid the questions and chaos swirling around Russia's transportation and economy, at least one air cargo venture has thrived. A partnership of Airport Moskau with Lufthansa German Airlines and Aviatrans Cargo Airlines has emerged as the...

Delta, Europeans seek alliance. (Delta Airlines)
November 1, 1995... Delta Airlines and three European carriers have asked the U.S. Transportation Department to grant antitrust immunity for a proposed "global alliance" with hubs on both sides of the Atlantic. Delta, Swiss Air, Sabena and Austrian Airlines...

U.S., Philippines sign bilateral pact. (air transport agreement)
November 1, 1995... The U.S. has signed a new bilateral airline agreement with the Philippines, and is continuing negotiations with other nations, including Japan, Germany and the United Kingdom. The accord follows the signing of open-skies agreements with...

Air Jamaica plans expansion.
November 1, 1995... Newly privatized Air Jamaica' s new management plans to expand its U.S. routes and increase cargo capacity with new aircraft by early next year. The Kingston-based carrier was sold a year ago by the Jamaican government to a group of...

Lid put on border pre-clearances. (US-Mexico border)(includes related article)
November 1, 1995... Importers will have to wait until 1996 to sign on to a special U.S. Customs Service program affording pre-clearance of shipments arriving by truck from Mexico. Customs said in September that it is taking no new importers into the...

Danzas CEO resigns after losses. (Danzas Group CEO Bernd Menzinger)
November 1, 1995... In a surprise move, Bernd Menzinger resigned as president and chief executive officer of the Danzas Group on Sept.25, the same day the Swiss freight forwarding giant reported a net loss of 17 million Swiss francs ($ 15 million) for the first...

A case for filling in the blanks.(Shippers' Case Law)
November 1, 1995... A case for filling in the blanks Savannah Foods contracted to buy a cargo of sugar from Cargill Inc. Cargill bought the sugar from Argentinian and Paraguayan sources, and chartered a vessel called the Golden Chariot, owned by Golden...