American Shipper articles from September 1997

American Shipper archives from September 1997

Sea-Land learns the cost of subsidy. (Sea-Land Service)
September 1, 1997... Objects to MarAd's 'restrictive' limit on carrier's Puerto Rico service. Competitors offer no sympathy. WASHINGTON Sea-Land Service is discovering that subsidies don't come without a price. During its first four decades, the...

Pentagon scrutinizes APL/NOL deal. (APL Ltd./Neptune Orient Lines)
September 1, 1997... Subsidy transfer backed by shippers, ports, truckers, railroads. But it still faces national-security review. WASHINGTON APL Ltd.'s bid to transfer $18.9 million a year in U.S.-flag subsidies to a new management company enjoys widespread...

Conferences start using the Internet. (shipping conferences)
September 1, 1997... Europe South Africa Conference publishes its tariff on the web. Other freight conferences may follow. LONDON Freight conference secretariats are starting to use the Internet as an alternative to paper copies for compiling and disseminating...

China restricts foreign intermodal operators. (includes excerpts from China's Administrative Regulations for the Multi-Modal Transport of International Containers)
September 1, 1997... New intermodal regulations for licensing and cargo liability create severe restrictions for non-Chinese intermodal container transport operators. China is rapidly modernizing its framework of transport laws and regulatory controls, but...

FMC concerned by Chinese regulations. (Federal Maritime Commission)
September 1, 1997... Expected to respond if China imposes rules prohibiting non-Chinese carriers from offering intermodal rates. WASHINGTON A new law that would shut non-Chinese carriers out of China's intermodal market has prompted the Federal Maritime...

New FMC deadline nears in Japan case. (Federal Maritime Commission)
September 1, 1997... U.S.-flag operators report no progress on port rules. Japanese carriers hope for settlement before Sept. 4 deadline. WASHINGTON The dispute over reform of Japan's port rules is approaching yet another deadline. The Federal Maritime...

FMC may act against Brazil this fall. (Federal Maritime Commission)
September 1, 1997... WASHINGTON As Brazil promotes a new shipping registry that U.S.-flag operators say favors Brazilian carriers, the Federal Maritime Commission is preparing to act. The FMC has begun reviewing trade information supplied by all of the...

EC rejects TACA's compromise deal. (European Commission; Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement)
September 1, 1997... TACA's hub-and-spoke exemption application put aside. EC pursues proceedings against main TACA case. BRUSSELS The European Commission has rejected a proposal of the Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement to discuss a compromise and re-stated...

Clock ticking on shipping-act reform. (1984 Shipping Act)
September 1, 1997... Bill is placed on Senate calendar, but remains stalled by opponents. No action before congressional recess. WASHINGTON Time is naming out for passage this year of legislation to reform the 1984 Shipping Act. The bill cleared a...

Caught in the middle. (boycotts and strikes in the shipping industry)
September 1, 1997... Shippers often are held hostage in strikes and boycotts. And unfair though it maybe, there's usually little a transport user can do about it. Trade and transport within the European Union are by now almost completely liberalized - in...

Panalpina's 'responsible' forwarding. (includes related article on the advantages and disadvantages of advanced purchasing in the forwarding industry)
September 1, 1997... Switzerland-based company says forwarders have to give as well as take from carriers. Ask an airline about freight forwarders, and you'll get an earful. Carriers complain that forwarders are eager to take advantage of airlines' investments...

Cranberry logistics. (Ocean Spray to use international logistics)
September 1, 1997... Ocean Spray intends use international logistics to help double its revenues during the next 10 years. Cranberries have recently become the trendiest fruit to eat since the fuzzy green kiwis of the 1980s. Some say that market growth is due...

Tougher market for cranberries.
September 1, 1997... Cranberries are becoming a big business for many U.S. fruit growers. Ocean Spray, the largest producer of cranberry products, and recent medical studies claiming that cranberry juice can reduce bladder infections by more than 40 percent have...

Mastering logistics. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology offers logistics degree programs)
September 1, 1997... MIT offers master's degree in logistics. How do you learn logistics? One way is by accrual, building on experiences incurred while working in supply chain management and related disciplines. Another way is by taking college courses,...

Proof best protection for importers. (Hong Kong proof of origin)
September 1, 1997... Apparel importers vigilant in documenting Hong Kong proof of origin to avoid charges of illegal transshipment. NEW YORK U.S. apparel importers, fearful of being sued by domestic textile manufacturers for alleged transshipment of goods, are...

U.S. grain shippers losing their edge.
September 1, 1997... U.S. Feed Grains Council study says Argentina, Brazil are improving their transport systems, closing gap on U.S. WASHINGTON Despite higher production costs, U.S. feed and grain exporters have been able to compete internationally because of...

Alternative to SAP. (Systeme, Anwendungen und Produkte in der Datenverbeitung Aktiengesellschaft)(management software)
September 1, 1997... UPS Worldwide Logistics offers new 'event server' for shippers wary of shopping for software. It's hard to buck a tide. The allure for corporate America of SAP's R/3 client server software has now reached tsunami proportions. "You need an...

SAP continue to rise. (Systeme, Anwendungen und Produkte in der Datenverbeitung Aktiengesellschaft)(management software)
September 1, 1997... Though expensive and difficult to master, German-produced management software has attracted devoted following. A Coca-Cola manager in Atlanta wants to see, on a PC, in "real time," how sales of 20-ounce Coke bottles are progressing in...

Maersk Data targets carriers.
September 1, 1997... Joint venture with Cable & Wireless to provide information systems, communications to container shipping industry. GUILFORD, U.K. A sister company of Maersk Line has joined Britain's Cable & Wireless in a venture to provide global...

First Lykes, now Contship for CP. (Lykes Lines; Contship Containerlines; Canadian Pacific)
September 1, 1997... Acquisitions will double CP Ships revenue. Lines to operate alongside CanMar, Cast. FABC seeks transfer of subsidies. LONDON Less than two weeks after closing its $34-million purchase of bankrupt Lykes Lines, Canadian Pacific agreed to buy...

Transroll builds Brazilian strategy. (Transroll Navegacao SA)
September 1, 1997... Teams with NPR/Navieras, ponders Europe options for when Sea-Land/Maersk partnership ends. RIO DE JANEIRO Transroll Navegacao SA, facing a break with service partners Sea-Land and Maersk, has teamed with Navieras for the U.S./East Coast of...

Hyundai to team with Global Alliance. (Hyundai Merchant Marine)(includes related article on the unexpectedness of the partnership between Hyundai Merchant Marine and Global Alliance)
September 1, 1997... Side agreement creates broad transpacific network. Hyundai, "K" Line to end Pacific slot exchange. SEOUL Korea's Hyundai Merchant Marine and carriers of the Global Alliance have decided to cooperate in the operation of at least 72...

Bureau Veritas casts a wider net.
September 1, 1997... Paris-based classification society expands its engineering and consulting services. STAMFORD, CONN. Bureau Veritas, the classification society based in Paris, is no longer content to trail the American Bureau of Shipping, Lloyd's...

U.S. Chamber of Shipping takes new tack.
September 1, 1997... Under new president, successor to AIMs picks its issues carefully. 'The members tell me what to do,' Cox says. WASHINGTON In a summer as contentious as it has been sultry, maritime lobbyists have streamed to Capitol Hill to press their...

Domestic containers go to sea.
September 1, 1997... JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Domestic and ocean containers are different breeds. Boxes built for inland service aren't designed to handle the stresses of ocean transportation. But a small Jacksonville-based company, International Transportation...

NDX's European learning curve. (NDX Intermodal)
September 1, 1997... New venture learns to work with forwarders, railroads, but misses first targets of original business plan. AMSTERDAM NDX Intermodal, the joint venture of Deutsche Bahn (German railway), NS Cargo (Dutch railway) and CSX Corp., has learned a...

Not too fast, not too slow. (ship/plane transfers of cargo)(includes related article on unit-load carriers)
September 1, 1997... Ship/plane transfers of cargo increase at some hubs such as Miami, but the overall record is mixed. For some shippers, air-freight transport is fast but too expensive, while ocean transport is affordable but too slow. They need something...

SAS starts 'Cargonomics.' (Scandinavian Airlines System's training program)
September 1, 1997... Cargo program offers transportation logics to airline staff, forwarders and shippers. NEWARK, N.J. The cargo staff at Scandinavian Airlines System will undergo extensive training in transportation logistics and supply-chain management...

Star Alliance to eventually include cargo.
September 1, 1997... [TABULAR DATA OMITTED] Scandinavian Airlines System has joined Lufthansa German Airlines, United Airlines, Air Canada and Thai Airways International to form the Star Alliance. The alliance creates an integrated wordwide air-transport...

A rare bird. (Northern Air Cargo's 'swing-tail' freighters)
September 1, 1997... Northern Air Cargo flies unique "swing-tail" freighters in the Alaskan market. ANCHORAGE Northern Air Cargo's planes draw second glances, even in Alaska. The Anchorage-based cargo airline's fleet includes two DC-6 freighters whose tail...

Fritz still in growth mode. (Fritz Cos.)(includes Fritz Cos.' stages of growth from 1970 to 1996)
September 1, 1997... Learns from Intertrans acquisition; makes internal changes to management and information systems. SAN FRANCISCO After a tough year of dealing with its acquisition of Intertrans Corp., many industry analysts thought Fritz Cos. would put the...

Big gets bigger. (forwarder J.F. Hillebrand)
September 1, 1997... Forwarder J.F. Hillebrand strengthens its niche in moving wines and spirits worldwide. When you order a restaurant's finest bottle of French bordeaux with dinner, chances are that J.F. Hillebrand may have arranged the logistics to get it...

Third-party connections to Customs. (US Customs)
September 1, 1997... Forwarders, ocean carriers turn to third parties to file SEDs to Customs' Automated Export System. NEW YORK Information-systems providers are getting new business as a result of U.S. Customs directives that shipper export declarations be...

Circle does more than talk logistics. (Circle International)
September 1, 1997... Forwarder uses information systems, joint ventures to develop its logistics expertise. SAN FRANCISCO Circle International does not just talk about logistics. Through acquisitions, the launch of new services and new logistics systems,...

Pandora's Box. ('evils' in the shipping industry)(Editorial)
September 1, 1997... Ed Ball was the brother-in-law of Alfred I dupont and controlled the vast dupont estate interests in Florida until his death. On occasion, he would to gather a few close friends at the end of the day and offer a toast: "Confusion to the enemy!"...