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Demand for container shipping in the transpacific was another major topic at TPM19.

The 25-year contract, which includes a facilities lease and equipment sublease, calls for a $238.7 million investment, including the operator putting $28 million toward the harbor deepening project.

The Swiss engineering group’s MoorMaster systems are scheduled to enter service in 2020.

E-commerce platforms and rapidly changing IT are challenging the agency’s regulatory oversight and systems to keep pace.

The State and Commerce departments work to release final rules to shift some firearms and related items from the U.S. Munitions List to the Commerce Control List.

CBP and COAC make strides to improve procedures for bonded cargo moves, but more work still needs to be done.

Competition will stimulate industry submissions of cutting-edge, nonintrusive technologies that detect opioids in small packages.

French carrier says CEVA acquisition will create $30 billion company offering door-to-door logistics.

The leaders of the Senate Finance Committee this week in a letter urged U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to maintain the current $800 de minimis level in forthcoming USMCA implementing legislation, after a USMCA footnote stoked concern.

FMC kicks off industry innovation teams in an effort to develop “transparent and standardized language for detention and demurrage practices.”

The Spanish freight forwarder will be integrated into global forwarding division and technology platform following the approximately $48 million cash purchase.

CBP Commissioner McAleenan said the advisory committee’s Northern Triangle Working Group will tackle trade barriers in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador.

Tariffs have forced U.S.-based retailers to rethink the sourcing of their goods. “Our 2018 country of origin chart was 29 percent made in China. In 2019 the estimate is it’s about 15 percent,” said Jamie Bragg, executive vice president and chief supply chain officer at Tailored Brands, at RILA LINK2019. Bragg was among the panelists […]

A facility expected to be finished in 2020 will move about 120,000 vehicles annually through the Tradepoint Atlantic terminal.

Shipping lines with direct service calls to the port and that do not transship within 250 nautical miles are eligible for the incentives.

Built at a cost of $1 billion, the Moín terminal will be used to move refrigerated cargo to Europe and Asia

The reduction, effective March 29, is the fourth one of 2019 announced by the Panama Canal Authority following low rainfall in December.

The Blockchain in Transport Alliance was founded in 2017 and currently has nearly 500 members in more than 25 countries.

Consulting firm says requirement to use low-sulfur fuel could raise costs by $10 billion for industry.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said he’s “not foolish enough” to think one trade negotiation with China will change all allegedly unfair commercial practices.