Pilot Freight Services took the unusual step of buying a trucking company to connect its e-commerce delivery services.
A ransomware attack on a maritime fuel storage provider in the Canary Islands likely didn’t live up to the hackers’ hype. But the incident reflects the very real cybersecurity risks facing the companies supporting the global shipping industry.
As this year’s peak season gets underway, dislocations in the supply chain are increasing. However, this is really nothing new as the industry has been in peak mode for a year.
U.S. airlines are supporting the Afghanistan evacuation under a rarely used wartime program that gives the military access to standby airlift.
Demand for new containers has been historically high. Even so, the Chinese factories that build the world’s boxes are churning them out efficiently.
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Port Houston signs agreement for $1.1B channel expansion; German auto parts supplier expands in Mexico; E-commerce 3PL moves headquarters to Arizona; and CBP seizes $20M in meth at World Trade Bridge.
COVID closes a big cargo facility at Shanghai airport, creating another bottleneck for shippers ahead of the holiday inventory buildup.
Extreme measures to contain delta variant create unprecedented backlog of dry bulk ships off China.
It costs $1.2 million to charter a cargo jet from Vietnam as air exports slow because of the government’s response to a wave of COVID infections.
Freight forwarder JAS Worldwide announced it has entered into a share purchase agreement with forwarding, logistics and supply chain management provider Greencarrier Freight Services International.
You can’t blame carriers for refusing to stick by a handshake agreement to sell service at pre-negotiated rates or at a discount.
New Orleans and Galveston, Texas, will offer liquefied natural gas fueling services for marine vessels by 2022 and the end of 2021, respectively.
Ocean carrier ZIM now expects to earn $4.8 billion-$5.2 billion this year — five times what it earned in 2020.
Port of Los Angeles boss warns: ‘Anchorage and dwell times are trending in the wrong direction.’
Ocean carriers adjust to the partial port closing in Ningbo, China, with minimal disruption so far. Operations could soon return to full speed if COVID remains at bay.
July’s volumes are a monthly record and the second highest for 2021.
Container volumes rose 25% at the Port of Savannah, while auto and machinery units grew 39% at Brunswick.
The port ultimately hopes to scale hydrogen production for exports to international markets.
Queue of container ships off U.S. ports keeps building, with months’ worth of peak-season cargo still to unload.
Aircraft leasing and management firm BBAM showed its confidence in the new Airbus A321 freighter design by placing a large order with an aftermarket shop to overhaul passenger planes to carry cargo.
