Regional News : Mexico

Project and roll-on/roll-off specialist carrier Nordana said Thursday it will offer service with multipurpose ro/ro vessels from its regular ports in the Mediterranean to Manzanillo in Mexico on its Mediterranean-Americas service. The carrier will accept rolling stock, cars, containers, breakbulk, heavy lift and project cargoes. Nordana also said it will offer export service from Pana...

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) said Thursday that weekly rail traffic posted their highest numbers for 2010 in both rail carloads and intermodal volume for the week ending Aug. 28. U.S. railroads originated 302,358 carloads for the week, up 5.8 percent compared with the same week in 2009, but down 11.3 percent from the same week in 2008. Intermodal traffic totaled 237,194...

Kansas City Southern said Thursday its rail network has fully recovered from the impacts of Hurricane Alex and related tropical storms that interrupted service on its system in Mexico. KCS said it projects near 20 percent revenue growth in the second half of 2010. “August volumes represent the highest number of monthly carloadings to-date in 2010" and were 13.7 percent over August 200...

Mediterranean Shipping Co. said it will implement general rate increases in the transatlantic on Oct. 1. MSC said the rate for cargo moving from the United States, Mexico or Canada to Northwest Europe, including the United Kingdom, will increase $200 for 20-foot containers and $300 for 40-foot containers. For cargo moving to Scandinavia or the Baltic, the increase will be $300 for 20-foot...

Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Richard A. Lidinsky has forwarded a wide-ranging set of recommendations for revising the Shipping Act of 1984 to the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. Lidinsky Included in the recommendations to committee Chairman Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, R-Md., are six proposals: • Bring container and chassis lessors within the ambit of...