American Shipper

The 3,504-TEU CMA CGM Fort de France is the first of four vessels in the company’s new dedicated fleet to the French West Indies.

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, which was among the plaintiffs of the class action suit filed last year, said it will appeal the ruling issued Thursday.

Chairman Michael Khouri told Senate Commerce Committee members that the agency is concerned how ocean carriers will pass IMO bunker requirement costs onto shippers.

Three small business executives spoke Thursday during a call organized by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce about how the nation’s infrastructure impacts their companies.

By sharing space and adding detection technologies at nine international mail facilities, the two agencies aim to stop more opioids and counterfeit drugs from entering the U.S.

Customs and Border Protection said, if authentic, the 450 baseball-style caps seized by its officers would have retailed for about $207,000.

In 2018 “logistics had to focus on the discipline of scarce resources management,” says CEO Bernhard Simon.

Drewry study finds lots of capacity at U.K. ports and feeder ships that could help out if the Port of Dover becomes jammed.

The transaction, announced on March 21, gives Noatum Logistics the largest international presence among Spanish logistics companies, the company said.

Investigators say Clayton Virgil Hall continued to operate his vehicle despite failing multiple controlled substance tests and never completing the return-to-work program.

The Commerce Department has now processed more than 45,000 of a total of roughly 80,000 exclusion requests, a BIS official told a Senate panel on Tuesday.

The nominations of Heidi King to be the NHTSA’s administrator and Ann Marie Buerkle to be the commissioner of the CPSB were among the seven picks OK’d by a 14-12 vote.

Subsidiary of CBX Global has opened four offices in China to provide solutions to customers’ varied problems.

Even in a tough auto market, a bilateral trade agreement could provide opportunities for U.S. automakers to expand their market share in Japan, execs said at a trade panel.

The agreement comes less than a year after The Jordan Company bought GlobalTranz from a group of investors that included a Providence affiliate.

“All southern ports are working the same,” the Laredo Licensed U.S. Customs Brokers Association said in regard to lane reductions for commercial traffic at ports of entry.

The joint venture, which will be established in Shanghai with an initial investment of $38 million, will invest in online logistics platform E-Shipping.

ICS executive says “clouds of protectionism and slowing growth in key economies mean that the avoidance of over-ordering is now more important than ever.”

The confirmation of Jeffrey Kessler coincided with a Senate rule change to expedite consideration of nominations.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the founder of the Idaho-based company and its existing management team will maintain a significant ownership in the company.