US Justice Department subpoenaed top management of largest container shipping companies. The world’s biggest container shipper, Denmark’s A.P. Moller-Maersk , Germany’s Hapag Lloyd , Taiwan-based Evergreen, Hong Kong-based Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) said their executives were among those who had been subpoenaed. The United States is concerned that the proposed alliances of several major
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By Emma DumainPosted at 12:32 p.m. on June 18 Updated 3:22 p.m. | The House narrowly passed Trade Promotion Authority Thursday — the first step of many to resurrect President Barack Obama’s trade agenda after his own party torpedoed a combined bill last week. The chamber voted 218-208 on TPA, which will give him the latitude to
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BY MARINO DONATI 27.04.2015 Adidas terminated agreements with 13 suppliers last year for non-compliance, according to the sportswear company’s 2014 sustainability report. All the cancelled agreements were with suppliers in Asia. The number is slightly up on last year,when the company ended agreements with nine suppliers. In the report, the company said it worked closely with suppliers
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Oakland, Calif.—After working without a contract for seven months, dockworkers at 29 West Coast ports breathed a sigh of relief Feb. 20, when labor negotiators reached a tentative working agreement. But many suppliers serving the wine industry are still waiting for their shipments to be delivered, and laborers have yet to vote on the proposed
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William B. Cassidy, Senior Editor | Mar 23, 2015 3:34PM EDT ORLANDO, Florida — Shippers are being warned to prepare for major and potentially costly changes in the way they contract or hire trucking companies to move freight across the U.S., as economic, regulatory and legal pressures reshape the transportation landscape. The days when a
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