Jun 7, 2019
— The State Department is now requiring visa applicants to submit information about their social media accounts as part of a more extensive screening process that will affect about 15 million foreigners seeking to enter the United States each year.
May 31, 2019
— A lockout of longshore workers at Canada’s biggest port, the Port of Vancouver, ended in a deal on Thursday after a few hours, averting a potentially massive shipping disruption, the workers’ union and employers association said. Despite its short duration, the lockout led to lineups of trucks outside terminals and vessels being rerouted to other West Coast ports.
May 31, 2019
— Change within freight forwarding is moving at a crawl, with little incorporation of new technologies over the past decade, despite significant developments in the field. This is the key finding of Transport Intelligence’s Global Freight Forwarding 2019 report, which lays waste to any idea of a fast-evolving sector.
May 29, 2019
— Shippers are bracing for delays at the Brazilian port of Santos as workers for the port authority prepare to strike starting 7 a.m. local time Wednesday. A meeting planned for Tuesday night is expected to determine the length of the imminent strike by 1,100 workers of the Companhia Docas do Estado de São Paulo (Codesp).
May 24, 2019
— This is the eighth in a series of op-eds that IAM is running to shed additional light on problems associated with privatizing the household goods program to a single source contractor.
May 17, 2019
— This is the seventh in a series of op-eds that IAM is running to shed additional light on problems associated with privatizing the household goods program to a single source contractor.
May 10, 2019
— U.S. Transportation Command in April posted a draft request for proposal to hire a single company to manage the system responsible for permanent change-of-station moves. Members of the International Association of Movers want Congress to require the DoD to create a working group to study the measure before it goes any further.
May 10, 2019
— This is the sixth in a series of op-eds that IAM is running to shed additional light on problems associated with privatizing the household goods program to a single source contractor.
May 3, 2019
— In a significant setback for carriers hoping to improve profitability, ocean freight benchmarking platform Xeneta reported that long-term container contract rates had fallen by an average of 4.2% in April.
May 3, 2019
— The air cargo market is soft, with few signs of strength – but it could be an opportunity to change the way capacity is bought, according to some analysts. Released today, Air France-KLM Cargo’s first-quarter results show negative trends, with unit revenues down 4% at constant currency.
May 3, 2019
— According to a recent General Officer Announcement message, Lt Gen John J. Broadmeadow, currently the USTC Deputy Commander, will soon become the Director of the Marine Corps staff.
May 3, 2019
— This is the fifth in a series of op-eds that IAM is running to shed additional light on problems associated with privatizing the household goods program to a single source contractor.
May 1, 2019
— “The container shipping industry is expected to continue to face headwinds in the year ahead, ranging from rising bunker costs, to cost pressures associated with IMO’s low sulphur fuel regulations,” Samudera stated in its first quarter results announcement.
Apr 26, 2019
— This is the fourth in a series of op-eds that IAM is running to shed additional light on problems associated with privatizing the household goods program to a single source contractor.
Apr 19, 2019
— This is the third in a series of op-eds that IAM is running to shed additional light on problems associated with privatizing the household goods program to a single source contractor.
Apr 12, 2019
— This is the second in a series of op-eds that IAM is running to shed additional light on problems associated with privatizing the household goods program to a single source contractor.
Apr 5, 2019
— This is the first in a series of op-eds that IAM is running to shed additional light on problems associated with privatizing the household goods program to a single source contractor.
Mar 29, 2019
— USTRANSCOM Public Affairs published a press release highlighting GEN Lyons’ meeting with CEOs from various moving companies who support DoD household goods movement, and a separate meeting with moving industry trade associations. The press release is not an accurate account of the events of those meetings. Industry attendees believe the tone of the press release implied industry’s support to the general’s decision to award a contract to a single provider. To be clear, most of DoD’s current household goods service providers do not support this initiative.
