Containerized imports are likely to take a hit from earlier-than-normal stocking up by retailers and expanding tariffs through the remainder of 2025, a trade group predicts.
Container rates on the eastbound trans-Pacific fall by double-digits as ocean shipping braces for new U.S. port fees.
FedEx has consolidated its parcel operations and moved into a bigger air freight terminal in Detroit.
Plans to end the war in Gaza should help global shipping return to the Suez Canal in 2025, the waterway’s chief said.
Striking Canada Post workers are angered by the company’s new contract offer because it is worse than the previous one and calls for job reductions as part of a major downsizing plan.
While Israel and Hamas meet to discuss a U.S. proposal for ending the war in Gaza, it’s uncertain whether a peace deal will return major shipping lines to the Red Sea and Suez Canal.
FedEx is responding to a downturn in express parcel and freight demand out of China to the United States by shifting some air assets to Asia.
The Port of Los Angeles wants to build an all-new container terminal to accommodate the biggest container ships on the planet.
Cincinnati airport marked the opening of its first warehouse at the CVG Global Logistics Park, which is still under development.
August container traffic was 9% higher year-on-year in August at Georgia’s Port of Savannah.
Container rates on the trans-Pacific reached two-year lows as weak demand is expected to continue through the end of the year.
Parcel industry executives agree that Canada Post can’t afford union demands for greater benefits and that it needs to radically change its business model or risk losing e-commerce customers.
China sets new port fees, could bar U.S. ships in retaliation for charges on Chinese shipping set to take effect in October.
Pharmaceutical and medical companies will be among the key beneficiaries of a new FedEx air freight route between Dublin and Indianapolis.
DHL eCommerce is expanding its footprint in Poland with an agreement to buy the remaining shares of its parcel locker partnership.
Houston’s August volumes rose 1%, while Corpus Christi oil exports fell and New Orleans container traffic slid 8%.
Parcel carriers like FedEx and UPS are implementing peak season surcharges to recover costs when there isn’t a spike in volume to gear up for, leaving frustrated customers looking for alternative providers.
Mail carriers went on strike Thursday after the government ordered Canada Post to streamline operations, angering businesses that rely on the postal operator to ship orders.
The Canadian government is shaking up Canada Post to reduce excess capacity and save money as postal demand shrinks.
Seatrium has sold its Brownsville, Texas, shipyard to Karpower Valley LLC, for $50 million.
