American Shipper articles from October 1995

American Shipper archives from October 1995

Weyerhaus, TWRA sign contract. (Weyerhauser Co.; Transpacific Westbound Rate Agreement)(Special Report: Part 1)
October 1, 1995... Forest-products giant Weyerhaeuser Co. has persuaded the Transpacific Westbound Rate Agreement to agree to a service contract--something that is a rarity for the TWRA. The conference also confirmed that it is discussing a possible...

Pacific lines end capacity restrictions. (shipping lines)(Special Report: Part 1)
October 1, 1995... Shipping lines which carry most containerized cargo from Asia to the U.S. have agreed to halt a program under which they withhold space from the market. The lines agreed to indefinitely suspend their "capacity management program" after...

TACA moves to share equipment. (Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement)
October 1, 1995... In a move aimed at improving relations with regulators, the Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement has taken legal and technological steps to help its 16 members interchange equipment among themselves in Europe. The electronic mail system...

NVOs divided on regulatory changes. (non-vessel-operating common carriers)
October 1, 1995... Most non-vessel-operating common carriers and ocean freight forwarders are rubbing their hands with glee over the deregulatory movement that appears to have attained juggernaut status. But not everyone in those sectors is happy with every...

Evergreen's building spree. (Evergreen Group)
October 1, 1995... The Evergreen Group is on a shipbuilding spree. In early September the Taiwanese transportation group confirmed its order for 10 containerships from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of Japan. Categorized as the D-Class, the Panamax ships...

North-South trades: the last frontier. (shipping industry)
October 1, 1995... American President Lines recently named its former vice president of quality, John Urban, as vice president for Latin America. Urban's main mission: to containerize auto parts generally shipped breakbulk. More significant than the...

Japanese cargo shift to Korea. (shipping industry)
October 1, 1995... Nine months after the Great Hanshin Earthquake wrecked the Japanese port city of Kobe, non-Japanese ports and carriers, mostly Korean, continue to enjoy a business boom. The devastation of Kobe's cargo-handling capability was tragic and...

Hanjin combines air, ocean shipping. (Hanjin Group)
October 1, 1995... Korean Airlines, a subsidiary of the Hanjin Group, reports sharp growth in its Sky Bridge service for air-ocean routing of cargo between China and the U.S. South Korea is quickly becoming a leading center for air-ocean transshipment of...

OOCL parent stays in the black. (Orient Overseas Container Line)
October 1, 1995... Capacity increases could reduce rates in certain shipping lanes for the short term, but strong trade growth should absorb the added ship space by the latter part of 1996, says C. H. Tung, chairman and chief executive officer of Orient...

APC repurchases stock. (American President Companies Ltd.)(Special Report: Part 1)
October 1, 1995... American President Cos., parent of American President Lines, has a surplus of cash and is using it to buy back about one-sixth of its own stock. APC reported Aug. 8 that it had repurchased 2 million common shares at $27 a share from the...

Independent NVOs. (non-vessel operators)(Special Report: Part 1)
October 1, 1995... Here is how selected independent NVOS describe themselves and what they do: "We operate a neutral shipping service for small to mid-sized shippers and forwarders," said a spokesman for John A. Steer Co. of Philadelphia. "We act the...

Forwarder affiliated NVOs. (non-vessel operating common carriers)(Special Report: Part 1)
October 1, 1995... Since the early 1980s, forwarders have added in-house NVO operations to their logistics services. Today, nearly all major and mid-sized forwarders have an NVO subsidiary. "Every forwarder has an NVO attached to it," said William Maron,...

Carrier consolidation services. (non-vessel operating common carriers)(Special Report: Part 1)
October 1, 1995... Several large carriers, such as Sea-Land, Overseas Orient Container Line, American President Lines and Maersk, have had cargo consolidation businesses since the 1970s. Recently, they have started to take these services much more seriously,...

Trucking NVOs. (non-vessel operating common carriers)(Special Report: Part 1)
October 1, 1995... Among the earliest players in the NVO industry were trucking companies. Pacific Intermountain Express, later merged into Ryder-P.I.E., was the first trucking company to file an ocean tariff with the FMC (in 1979). The company did so because...

Niche or specialty market for NVOs. (non-vessel operating common carriers)(Special Report: Part 1)
October 1, 1995... NVOs looking to fill niches in markets that have not reached maturity-as opposed to those in Europe and the Far East that are now studded with tiers of entrenched shipper-servers--are being lured to Latin America. Governments in Latin...

Air freight consolidators.(Special Report: Part 1)
October 1, 1995... Unlike ocean transportation, the air cargo market has already gone through the turbulence of adjusting to deregulation, which occurred in the late 1970s. The metamorphosis there led to the quiet development of a nice class of space...

Pharmaceuticals, shampoo and logistics. (Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.)(Special Report: Part 1)
October 1, 1995... Managing a complex, ever-changing product line requires logistics flexibility. At Bristol-Myers Squibb, it's a constant effort. Since the merger of Bristol-Myers and Squibb in 1989, the company has continued to expand through internal...

Union Carbide's logistic formula.(Special Report: Part 1)
October 1, 1995... "We are in some of the same basic businesses, but we are a different company in virtually everything but name." That's how Robert D. Kennedy, retiring chairman and chief executive of Union Carbide Corp., recently described the decade-long...

Global Transportation Network.(Special Report: Part 1)
October 1, 1995... After a delayed start, work has begun on a logistics database that the U.S. military is counting on to pull together the pieces of its vast logistics information needs. The Global Transportation Network, or GTN, is the centerpiece of an...

Encompass gets a leg up. (Encompass Inc.)(Special Report: Part 1)
October 1, 1995... The military's Global Transportation Network represents a breakthrough for Encompass, the subcontractor that will provide the system's logistics information software. GTN is not only a big job in itself but should lead to more business...

Kodak's experience in Russia. (Eastman Kodak Co.)(Special Report: Part 1)
October 1, 1995... Eastman Kodak has recently started supplying Russia with photographic materials from its new distribution center, Kodak AO, in Moscow. Although Kodak is no stranger to the Russian market, this is the company's first attempt at directly...

Latin America privatizes railroads. (Special Report: Part 1)
October 1, 1995... Several nations reverse decades of nationalization. Change offers possibilities of intermodal growth. Latin American railroads are shifting from government to private control, and shippers will see the effects, says a consultant who has...

Data systems are key to third parties. (third-party logistic systems)
October 1, 1995... Opinions differ on whether ownership of transportation equipment is an advantage for third-party logistics providers. But there's broad agreement that having the right information system is key to surviving in the third-party arena. "It...

NY/NJ's pitch: cost, transit time. (Port of New York and New Jersey)
October 1, 1995... Port says it reduced costs, coupled with status as first inbound port, make it more competitive. In a time when carriers control intermodal routing, the Port of New York and New Jersey is touting its reduced costs and its status as first...

Off to the races. (shipping race horses by air)
October 1, 1995... Shipping racehorses by air is a fast-growing niche market for carriers between the U.S. and Japan. Horse racing in Japan used to be a working man's pastime. Now Japanese racetracks are attracting a more upscale audience. The sport's rising...

Customs starts export data project. (US Customs)
October 1, 1995... A new system for electronic filing of export data with U.S. Customs is under way, reportedly attracting more participants than it could handle. At least 84 companies or public agencies were in some phase of involvement with the Automated...