SeaLand, an ocean carrier specializing in the intra-Americas market, has created a service between the Gulf of Mexico and the eastern and central regions of the U.S.
CaroTrans, a non-vessel operating common carrier and ocean freight consolidator, has launched a direct, biweekly service between Miami, Fla. and Manaus, Brazil, for less-than-containerload exports.
Mexico is competing with the U.S. for manufacturing work coming back to the western hemisphere from China and other parts of Asia. Will it pose the same challenge for U.S. ports?
SeaLand, an arm of the Maersk Group providing intra-Americas ocean carriage, has added the North Atlantic Express (NAE) service to its north-south network.
Typically, when a protracted longshore labor dispute comes to an end, and operations on the docks return to normal, all parties vow to move forward and bury any residual acrimony. This time around, that might not be the case.