Officials from Canada, Mexico and the United States will increase trade cooperation through the North American Competitiveness Work Plan.
Kevin McAleenan is now deputy commissioner of U.S. Customs after holding the job on an acting basis.
China on Friday announced that it is lifting a suspension on red and golden delicious apple imports from Washington state.
International air freight tonnage rose by 5.2%, year-over-year, but only ticked up 0.6% over August.
Acquisition of EntryPoint Consulting gives KMPG more technology and services expertise for SAP trade management product.
The container shipping arm of COSCO reports an 8% increase in volume.
Country’s largest shipper organization believes waiving fee would reduce congestion issues.
The Port of Longview has started a $10 million rail corridor expansion to increase cargo flows in and out of the port.
Strategic View with Walter Kemmsies At the time this column is being written, the data indicates the global economy and international trade are likely to continue growing in a sustainable way in 2015, supported by the ongoing U.S. recovery. The not-so-good news is that congestion issues faced by the freight movement industry in the […]
As a U.S. exporter in today’s market, one is forced to account for significantly slower transit times than importers.
A Nov. 4 AS Daily article, “Port Everglades widens lead among Florida container ports,” on container volumes at various Florida seaports omitted some important information regarding Jacksonville’s performance. It is crucial when comparing ports in the state to note that while the Jacksonville Port Authority owns, maintains and markets several marine terminals, these […]
Additional rules for air transport of lithium battery shipments landing soon.
Exports are essential to U.S. rice growers, with half their production sold abroad.
Graybar Electric Co. can trace its history back to the dawn of the electrical age—the company’s website says Elisha Gray was a child prodigy who at age 10 in 1845 built a working model of a telegraph; later taught at Oberlin College in Ohio; and invented a facsimile machine that used telegraph lines, while […]
Graybar knows when purchase order says “tomorrow,” it means “in the morning.”
Predicting air cargo growth isn’t an exact science and forecasting a future need for passenger and freighter aircraft is even more difficult. Every other year, Airbus and Boeing release freighter forecasts that are similar enough in approach, but vary in key instances. Simply put, the slow sunset of the freighter has been vastly […]
A crossroad of trade for millennia, regional shipping services remain vital to some 700 million people in 24 countries along the shores of the Mediterranean and Black Sea. A new report, Intra-Mediterranean Container Trades, from the Netherlands-based firm Dynamar, forecasts that total intra-Mediterranean full-container trade (regional trade and feeder boxes) will grow from […]
It could be said that fledgling U.S. exporters can use all the help they can get, but are they getting too many federal agencies coming at them with offers of assistance? In January 2010, President Obama announced the National Export Initiative which proffered the goal to double the nation’s exports over the next […]
The Federal Maritime Commission has completed compromise agreements with five non-vessel-operating common carriers, two unlicensed transport businesses and one vessel-operating common carrier that were accused of Shipping Act violations or violations of FMC regulations. The agency has recovered a total of $503,000 in civil penalties. The parties settled and agreed to penalties, but […]
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed this term to hear a case involving a pregnant UPS driver and whether she is entitled to a light-duty assignment under the federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act even though the company’s collective bargaining agreement does not provide such an accommodation. Peggy Young worked as a driver for UPS. […]
