American Shipper

China is again the top trading partner of the United States, with trade totaling $59.6 billion for October.

Sixty-four missing containers carried liquid ethanol, batteries and fireworks.

The GEODIS Women’s Network “is also intended to improve the reputation of the logistics and transport industry, a field traditionally dominated by men.”

Container shipping stocks are back to pre-COVID levels whereas many tanker and bulker stocks are down by double-digits year-to-date.

UNICEF is helping less developed countries with supply chain needs associated with distributing coronavirus vaccines.

Real Estate Roundup is a regular rundown of developments in the world of industrial real estate used for logistics and transportation. This week: Black Creek Group, Dream Industrial and Plymouth Industrial ramp up activity. Certain industries have weathered the past eight months with barely an ounce of good news — hotels, retailers and higher education, […]

The freight-forwarding arm of Canada’s Manitoulin Group has bought Chicago-based World Wide International Logistics, its third acquisition in the United States.

There will be no letup in booming container imports in 2020. The only question now is how long it lasts into 2021.

Retrofitting a passenger plane to operate as a heavy cargo plane is a big engineering job that requires many new parts and disposal of old ones. Logistics giant Kuehne + Nagel says it can reduce inventory and transportation costs to make conversions more economical.

Port communities in LA, Charleston and Philadelphia already at risk, officials assert.

The pandemic is driving people to drink more. Bulk ocean shipments of wine in flexitanks are up 30% this year.

The public-private partnership distributing the COVID vaccines is in the starting blocks. Planning is almost done. Now it’s time to execute the race once the FDA says the drugs are safe for public use.

First, Spire collects the ship-movement data from orbit. Then algorithms use that data to reveal the patterns of global shipping.

Real Estate Roundup is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of industrial real estate used for logistics and transportation. This week: Publix, Amazon and Starbucks are among the companies adding warehouse space or re-upping at existing facilities. From supermarkets to coffee shops and e-commerce titans, retailers are not slowing plans to add more […]

Surviving cargo that was bound for the U.S. now is headed back to Asia.

A rail blockade in west-central Mexico has ended, freeing key rail lines connecting to the Mexican seaport of Lázaro Cárdenas on the Pacific coast.

Pfizer and BioNTech might be on their way to a logistical breakthrough if they determine their promising COVID-19 vaccine can be shipped at warmer temperatures.

CP will serve Hapag-Lloyd at the New Brunswick port through 2025.

Regardless of a transport or logistics manager’s objectives, the digital age name of the game is to estimate the dollar savings provided by an application like this.

Panama Canal congestion is not impeding transits of container ships but it is pumping up spot rates for LNG and LPG carriers.