American Shipper

The ports at Houston and Corpus Christi, Texas, continue to see monthly cargo growth from oil and steel shipments.

An executive who ran finance for a health care company has been named to lead American Airlines Cargo.

Gol was caught bribing government officials in Brazil in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, according to investigators.

Executive Director Mario Cordero says the Port of Long Beach is “making great strides in reducing the number of ships queuing to enter the San Pedro Bay ports complex and quickly moving imports and empty containers out of the terminals.”

Boeing must soon decide on what to do about developing a next-generation medium freighter. The leading candidate now appears to be the 787.

U.S. containerized imports are still near record highs, but not in Los Angeles, where they’ve fallen sharply.

Senior executive says “strategic assets along the supply chain are a key part of Hapag-Lloyd’s Strategy 2023.”

“Right now, shipping companies around the world are looking at this and scratching their heads,” says sanctions expert Bruce Paulsen.

Labor actions are creating great uncertainty for rail shippers in the U.S. and for air and sea cargo in Europe.

Federal regulators are proposing a “burden-shifting regime” aimed at helping importers and exporters secure container space on ships.

Tanker stocks are proving to be a shelter from the Wall Street storm as demand grows for ships that transport oil and natural gas.

“This new funding will help us accelerate development of our platform and add even more data sets to enrich our expert industry analyses to further drive transparency in the market,” says Xeneta co-founder and CEO Patrik Berglund.

The Georgia Ports Authority is on track to move a record-setting 6 million twenty-foot equivalent units this fiscal year.

Government watchdogs have found that maritime regulators are unable to effectively track how shipments of military supplies and food aid are transported overseas.

Ethiopian Airlines is adding Boeing 767 freighters in a transaction with Atlas Air Worldwide.

Spot container rates for U.S.-bound cargoes are falling fast, yet import numbers at U.S. ports remain near their peak.

After months of regulatory delay a new U.K. aerospace company can now go to market with a partial passenger-to-freighter conversion.

Shipping volumes are weakening in and out of China. Is this a temporary pullback or a sign of more serious trouble ahead?

The airfreight sector remains chaotic, but a better-than-expected August is spurring optimism for solid results during the busy shipping season.

In a Q&A with FreightWaves, Shifl CEO Shabsie Levy says of current general rate increase global shipping practices: “It essentially incentivizes chaos and disruption but yet doesn’t play in anyone’s favor.”