Union Pacific has increased service levels for its “premium” intermodal offerings to Chicago beginning in Portland and Northern California. According to a press release, officials made the change because of “growing needs for truck-competitive service between western U.S. markets and Chicago.” The Portland service operates five times each week to Chicago, with […]
It’s hard to overstate just how unexpected — how utterly shocking — it was for the shipping world to find out that China’s Ministry of Commerce had blocked a proposal by the world’s three biggest liner carriers to jointly operate service on the world’s three biggest container trades. Shock, awe, and a good […]
Spending on freight transportation and logistics services grew more slowly in 2013, reflecting weaker shipment volumes and flat rates associated with a sluggish economy, rather than any gains in business efficiency, according to a report.
Much of the talk during sessions at the American Association of Exporters and Importers’ annual conference in Minneapolis Tuesday centered around how shippers might be affected by ongoing multilateral trade negotiations involving the United States — specifically, the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. To confuse things a bit more, speakers […]
Average van spot rates continued to rise during the second week of June, finishing the period at $2.07 per mile, just a few cents off the record high of $2.10 per mile seen in March, according to DAT Trendlines.
The U.S. International Trade Commission has started an investigation into the global rice trade. The investigation, “Rice: Global Competitiveness of the U.S. Industry,” was requested by the House Ways and Means Committee. ITC will deliver the report to the committee by April 14, 2015. Specifically, the ITC will examine factors of competition […]
Companies “are finding that the total cost of production and other expenses related to manufacturing abroad can carry costs and risks that outweigh the benefits, and are considering domestic operations,” Commerce Secretary Pritzker said.
Hong Kong will permit the import of the full range of U.S. beef and beef products, consistent with access prior to the end of 2003. Previously, only deboned beef and certain bone-in beef from young cattle could be shipped to Hong Kong.
President Barack Obama has designated Meredith M. Broadbent, a Republican from Virginia, as chairman of the U.S. International Trade Commission for the term June 17, 2014 to June 16, 2016. Broadbent was nominated to the ITC by the president on Nov. 8, 2011. She was confirmed by the Senate on Aug. 2, 2012, […]
The website and campaign, dubbed Transportation Makes America Work, is aimed at members of Congress, and will include infographics and sound bites about transportation’s importance.
In an anticipated move, UPS announced Tuesday it will shift to a dimensional-weight calculation on ground services Dec. 29, bringing UPS Ground in line with pricing for air services and ground shipments measuring more than three cubic feet.
In the first five months of the year, containers increased nearly 30 percent; breakbulk cargoes nearly 16 percent; ro/ro cargoes nearly 7 percent; and liquid bulk cargoes more than 5 percent, the port reported.
The Chinese Ministry of Commerce will not approve the proposed P3 Network between Maersk Line, Mediterranean Shipping Co. and CMA CGM, scuttling the effort by the three carriers to move the vessel-sharing agreement forward.
Cargo container numbers edged up 2.7 percent last month at the Port of Long Beach, making for the Southern California seaport’s busiest May since 2007. Los Angeles handled 689,141 TEU, an 8.2-percent increase over May 2013.
ABF Freight is now offering a program to alert shippers by text or phone call one hour before a shipment is scheduled to be delivered. “Customers today face increasingly tight schedules, and proactive notification of a pending delivery helps them better manage their time and resources,” ABF Freight’s Barry Hunter, vice president of […]
“Bold standards” that cut new heavy truck fuel consumption by 40 percent compared to 2010 levels would deliver significant environmental and economic benefits, according to a new report commissioned by two environmental groups, the Environmental Defense Fund and Ceres. President Obama has directed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the U.S. Environmental […]
According to the group’s executive vice president, Todd Spencer, regulators need to focus on rules regarding real-life training for truckers instead of burdensome regulations.
The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners on Friday gave pre-approval to two new incentives that officials hope will bring extra cargo to the port and increase the use of shore power and on-dock rail.
“Financially troubled deep-sea ocean carriers are increasingly seeking salvation in the intra-Asia market due to higher than usual cargo growth and the availability of cheap vessel charter rates,” said Drewry, the London-based consulting and research company. The most recent issue of Drewry’s Container Insight Weekly reported that it seems that regional services are […]
In May, cargo volume grew 6.7 percent, or 12,865 TEU, year-over-year. There was also growth in breakbulk tonnage (25.6 percent); rail containers (4.8 percent); barge containers (13.2 percent); and Virginia Inland Port containers (22.8 percent).
