Veteran Congressional investigator Sang H. Yi  has been named acting chief of the Maritime Administration.

Container rates on the Asia-U.S. trade lane surged as shippers rushed early peak- season traffic and carriers announced general rate increases, according to SONAR and Freightos data.  

The Reading & Northern Railroad has promoted executive Jim Raffa to vice president, marketing and sales.

The largest U.S. railroad is taking a customer-focused approach as it deploys technology across it 32,000-mile system. 

The pause in tariffs will boost containerized imports through U.S. ports this summer, according to the National Retail Federation, but at lower levels than a year ago.

Four sailors are missing and five were injured after an explosion aboard a Singapore-flagged container ship off the coast of India.

Carload freight showed solid growth in May, but a marked decline in containers and trailers signals caution for the second half of this year.

Trac Intermodal is positioning its leading fleet of 200,000 chassis to support a tariff pause-fueled surge of import containers.

Container rates continue to soar, says Xeneta, as shippers look to take advantage of the pause in the China-U.S. tariff fight.

Freightos Baltic Index container rates showing the effects of  the China-U.S. tariff break and carrier rate hikes.

Shortline operator Regional Rail expanded its network with the acquisition of Minnesota Commercial Railway.

A California startup wants to repurpose a lightly used freight route for a luxury overnight train connecting Los Angeles and San Francisco.

The Port of New York-New Jersey saw April container volumes rise 6% from the same month a year ago.

The American Association of Port Authorities said cuts to EPA anti-pollution programs will hurt jobs and weaken the U.S. maritime sector.

BNSF Railway introduced the First Mile/Last Mile team dedicated to development of single-carload traffic.

Union Pacific and partner ZTR said they have completed testing of a hybrid battery-electric locomotive.

Liner operator CMA CGM and launch customer Nike are partnering on an electric barge project in Vietnam. 

A federal appeals court sided with the Trump administration in temporarily staying a ruling that blocked most of the president’s tariffs.

In the calm before the surge, BNSF is confident its network can handle the coming wave of import containers from Asia.

Carriers are pushing for big increases in the Asia-U.S. trade, but it remains to be seen how desperate shippers are to secure capacity, says a Xeneta analyst.

French container line CMA CGM is partnering with Saigon Newport Corp. on a $600 million container terminal project in northern Vietnam.

Maersk (OTC: AMKBY) and Hapag-Lloyd (OTC: HPGLY) announced new container services from East Asia to the U.S. Port of Long Beach. The additions by the Gemini Cooperation partners, which include the redeployment of at least one ship back into the eastbound trans-Pacific to U.S. West Coast trade, come as carriers scale up during a 90-day […]

Chassis provider DCLI is upgrading its domestic intermodal chassis fleet with BlackBerry Radar GPS technology.

A.P. Moller-Maersk, parent of the world’s second-largest shipping line, said that as of late May it has bought back almost $600 million worth of stock.

The Greenbrier Cos. has added Ted Baun as senior vice president of its North American commercial team.

Ocean container rates are surging after the tariff ceasefire stoked demand from China to the United States. 

Short line railroads and their stakeholders took their legislative wishlist to Washington for the annual Congressional lobby event.

The Port of Savannah saw record container traffic for the month of April, the third straight record month for the Georgia gateway.

Surface Transportation Board Chairman Patrick Fuchs has added a team of public-private advisers as he reforms the federal freight rail regulator.

The ITS Logistics US Port/Rail Ramp Freight Index shows looming issues at rail terminals and an early peak season ahead.

Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. said better volumes and freight rates boosted profit in the first quarter.  

Los Angeles’ port chief doesn’t foresee a “huge surge” of import traffic at the busiest U.S. container hub during the tariff pause.

The U.S. trade representative on Monday will hold a second hearing into proposed port fees on Chinese ships that could add substantial costs to moving cargo through American ports.

The Port of Long Beach, California, saw record container volume as the China-U.S. tariff fight spurred frontloading by importers. 

The tariff pause saw Hapag-Lloyd bookings from China to the United States increase 50%.

Cross-border tensions are moderating Canadian National’s outlook, but its CEO still expects around 3% growth in freight volumes this year. 

Shippers are rushing to bring in stalled China imports following a pause in the U.S.-Sino tariff fight.

The world’s second-largest container carrier wants to kick-start the reset of China-U.S. shipping with a sale on freight rates.

Rebuilding after hurricane damage and rerouting around a Baltimore tunnel project cost CSX a million dollars a day in lost revenue in the first quarter, a company executive told an investor conference.

After China and the United States paused tariffs, ocean shippers and carriers watch and wait to see how demand develops.

Container lines welcomed a pause in the tariff war that has crippled trade between the United States and China.

The Port of Virginia wants container shippers to know that it’s not beholden to China.

Union Pacific President Beth Whited will step down to an adviser role after 37 years at the railroad.

BNSF has laid off a number of workers as it restructures its technology operations.

The parent of Maersk, the second-largest ocean container carrier, revised its full-year box outlook, saying tariffs could cut global volumes by 1% from a year ago.

The world’s second-largest container shipping line sees no immediate changes from U.S. ship fees.

Frontloading helped drive April container imports higher by 9.1% y/y, according to a Descartes report.

The Association of American Railroads is asking the Trump administration to repeal a Biden-era rule requiring two-person train crews.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels said they have not agreed to cease attacks on shipping in the Red Sea, contradicting claims made by President Donald Trump.

Railcar builder FreightCar America said net income was $50.4 million on revenue of $96.3 million in the first quarter.

An analyst says moves by shippers to redirect China exports and by carriers to blank sailings will only shore up container rates in the short term.

West Coast politicians and port executives warned that President Trump’s tariffs will have far-reaching consequences for the U.S. economy.

CN said cost control and disciplined operations helped it to better revenue and profits in the first quarter.

Newly revised legislation calls for a fleet of 250 U.S.-flag cargo vessels, and subsidies for American shipyards.

New legislation would upgrade a federal tax credit short line railroads depend on for infrastructure spending.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City said earnings rose on higher revenue and increased freight on its network.

Shortline rail operator Maine Switching Services has signed a lease agreement to restart operations on a coastal Maine branch line.

As U.S. tariffs freeze China exports, blank sailings and shifting traffic are helping prop up trans-Pacific container rates.

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union on Monday blasted President Trump’s trade war with China, saying tariffs will cause massive job losses and devastate working-class families.

A new shortline railroad helped mark the ribbon-cutting on a multimodal development at Indiana’s largest port.

President Trump’s China trade embargo is projected to devastate containerized shipments moving through U.S. ports.

Global container traffic is forecast to fall 1% in 2025 due to U.S. tariffs and trade policies, analyst Drewry says, only the third decline in its forecast history.

F. Paul De Maria, chief negotiator for the United States Maritime Alliance in contract talks with the International Longshoremen’s Association, is the new CEO of the port employers’ group.

Container rates on key trans-Pacific routes have yet to feel the full effects of the Trump trade war choking off China imports.

Union Pacific said first-quarter earnings were flat as the railroad’s volume gains were offset by the mix of freight on its network.

Norfolk Southern shook off severe winter weather in the first three months of the year to post improved operating income in the first quarter.

Shares of Matson, the largest U.S.-flag shipping line, are collateral damage in President Donald Trump’s trade war.

Container shipping capacity on the Asia-U.S. trade route has sharply declined as carriers ramp up blank sailings.

China’s largest shipping line says it opposes a plan to charge its ships to dock at U.S. ports. 

Following opposition from shippers, the United States will phase in port fees scaled to a vessel’s tonnage, in an effort to blunt China’s dominance in global shipping.

Shippers and liner operators are struggling to adapt to drastic changes across the maritime supply chain.

Record capacity and rising rates on some routes signal shifting dynamics in global container shipping, an analyst says.

The Trump administration is considering a revision to proposed port fees for Chinese ships.

Tariffs on China imports by the Trump administration led to a collapse in trans-Pacific ocean freight bookings by U.S. importers.

DSV on Tuesday said it had fulfilled the final closing conditions for its acquisition of German logistics provider Schenker.

Another early peak container shipping season is on tap as Asia-Pacific trade is predicted to outpace a global economic slowdown.

The Port of Seattle is appealing a decision by the City Council to permit a housing development it says threatens trucking and port operations.

The Port of Los Angeles saw imports modestly climb in March as frontloading and tariffs cloud the gateway’s H2 outlook.

Ship operators will have to pay a carbon tax on emissions beginning in 2028, but at a lower threshold than first proposed.

Shortline railroads are precisely the business partners that major railroads need to stanch a decline in the carload business, a consultant says.

President Trump signed an executive order moving his shipbuilding initiative ahead, and calling for a review of how the Pentagon orders military vessels.

The upgrade of a critical tax credit and federal grants were in focus at the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association conference.

Trans-Pacific container rates moved ahead as trade shockwaves fueled a race to get ahead of the latest tariff announcements.

The United States is threatening to take reciprocal action against nations that agree to a global carbon tax on ocean shipping.

The United States won’t charge the full range of port fees on Chinese ships calling U.S. ports and won’t stack those charges.

Patricks Fuchs, President Trump’s pick to lead the Surface Transportation Board, wants to speed up decision-making to help railroads grow their business.

The chief executive of Union Pacific says his railroad will work through trade uncertainties the same way it worked through the tech bubble and the pandemic.

Governments are meeting this week on global fees for cargo ship emissions.

The Trump administration is reshaping global trade, and the effects are being felt in the ocean and air freight sectors.

Container traffic at the busiest U.S. import gateway is expected to drop by 10% in the second half of the year.

A partnership of BNSF, Norfolk Southern and the Northwest Seaport Alliance are offering expedited service from the Pacific Northwest to the Chicago rail hub.

Supply chain visibility topped a relevancy survey of logistics providers by shipping giant Maersk, while AI brought up the bottom of the list.

Retail sales are forecast to total as much as $5.48 trillion in 2025, according to a new forecast by the National Retail Federation.

BNSF’s group vice president for industrial products has been named chief executive of shortline rail operator OmniTRAX.

Railroads in January saw their share of North American transborder trade slip as trucks posted double-digit gains.

Class 1 railroads saw mixed results in Q4 of 2024, but consultant Oliver Wyman sees a steadier year ahead.

Trans-Pacific container rates to the United States were narrowly mixed in the latest Freightos index.

BlackRock Chairman Larry Fink says container shipping infrastructure is as critical to the future global economy as data centers and power grids.

Representatives of ocean carriers and shipbuilding interests testified at a hearing on proposed port fees on Chinese ships.

Wallenius Wilhelmsen announced a contract renewal and extension that combined are worth more than $2 billion.