FedEx is slowly redeploying its fleet of MD-11 aircraft that were grounded for seven months following the fiery crash of a UPS freighter, but has also decided to retire 10 aging aircraft.
FedEx reported strong quarterly results, driven by growth in package volumes and yields as the company focuses on high-margin logistics business.
UPS has invested $48 million in chilled trucking facilities optimized for speed and short-term storage.
In the arms race among East Coast container ports, the Port of Virginia has raised the bar by deepening the harbor.
Amid the Iran conflict, the introduction by ocean carriers of emergency bunker surcharges on top of standard adjustments created a risk that shippers were double-paying for fuel price increases.
Cathay Pacific subsidiary Air Hong Kong has signed a long-term lease for an additional Airbus A330 freighter aircraft to support DHL Express and other customers in Asia markets.
UPS wants to reduce the size of its workforce in the UK by transferring last-mile delivery to outside couriers, which would significantly change the labor landscape for legacy parcel cariers.
The Teamsters union is gearing up to file grievances against UPS for allegedly funneling package delivery to Roadie, a subsidiary that uses less-expensive gig drivers.
Trade experts at Flexport say July could bring sweeping tariff changes, new compliance requirements and legal battles over U.S. trade policy.
Seattle-based logistics company Expeditors International is cutting more than 200 IT jobs.
FedEx says it has significantly reduced cargo backlogs at its warehouses in Vietnam after a messy switch to a new ground delivery partner and new technology system.
Resilient consumer spending helped boost what is looking like an early peak shipping season as importers try to stay ahead of rising fuel costs and the changeable U.S. approach to trade.
But supply chain normalcy is likely months off as anxious shippers spur an early peak in a rush to beat fuel surcharges and price hikes by Asian manufacturers. Spot rates on the benchmark Asia-U.S. West Coast route were unchanged at $4,836 per forty foot equivalent unit (FEU) in the latest week, according to the Freightos […]
The United States and Iran announced an agreement to end the war in the Arabian Gulf, but it could take months for shipping and logistics to normalize.
Shippers of American agricultural commodities say a push by Democrats to tax Chinese ships docking at U.S. ports could put some crop producers out of business.
The Trump administration unveiled a program to pre-screen import containers and streamline connections through the supply chain.
Shipowners are confronting a crisis in how to sustain a workforce of 2 million crewing the global commercial fleet.
The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners has approved a $3.4 billion annual budget for fiscal 2026-2027 for the Port of Los Angeles. The increase comes as the port, which along with neighboring Long Beach comprises the busiest U.S. container gateway, is forecasting a 7% decline in box volumes, to 9.3 million twenty foot equivalent […]
Canada Post announced it plans to transition nearly 500,000 more people to centralized community mailboxes because home delivery is too expensive.
The biggest U.S. container port leveraged a program to award $54.4 million in materials and services contracts to small businesses.
