American Shipper

Trips to Africa, Mexico and Austria are on the calendar this year.

The third annual survey by Drewry and ESC found shippers and freight forwarders were least satisfied with the clarity of prices and surcharges.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control added sanctions against two shipping companies and their vessel for transporting crude oil from Venezuela to Cuba.

To date, only three ports — Miami, Colombo and Hong Kong — have announced plans to form alliances.

Bertrand Schmoll is elected to board and Dean Milcos is promoted to CFO.

President Trump named Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan as acting DHS secretary following the resignation of Kirstjen Nielsen.

Oscar Thwin, Todd Naramore and Jerry Critchfield all are named vice presidents.

While allocated capacity on Asia-to-North America trades took a sharp downturn between Q4 2018 and Q1 2019, North Europe outbound trades saw a modest increase.

Mexican officials met with several House Democrats as their congress looks to OK labor reform legislation in line with provisions of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

The ProStar discharged 442,131 barrels of jet fuel at the Florida port before heading to New York.

President Trump walks back threat to close the southern border with Mexico, but CBP’s reallocation of officers to immigration duties continues to stymie cargo flows.

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.