Rank-and-file longshoremen and employers still have to vote on six-year contract, and local pacts also are being negotiated.
FTR Transportation Intelligence reports fleets are struggling to keep up with demand in “red-hot market.”
Alibaba Cainiao says the facility “should be able to handle tens of millions of packages a year and bring an additional 1.7 million tons of cargo per year to the Hong Kong airport.”
The port just finished a renovation project at North Cargo Piers 1 and 2 and has other projects in the works that are expected to be completed in 2019.
Third-party provider CEVA Logistics says the integrated service with IMS Worldwide will provide substantial savings to customers on duties and import fees.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has opened an inquiry into the loss of 83 containers off the Yang Ming containership off the coast of New South Wales last week.
Lloyd’s List says the European shortsea and feeder carrier is being shopped just five years after being acquired by Nordic Capital.
The French ocean carrier has been working with San Francisco-based maritime technology startup Shone to develop artificial intelligence systems for use on CMA CGM containerships.
Legislation also proposed could relieve up to 90 percent of the trucking industry from the logging device mandate.
Senate Finance Committee will consider Amy Karpel and Randolph Stayin for International Trade Commission and Jeffrey Kessler for antidumping and countervailing duty enforcement.
Logistics company hires key account manager; properties group names corporate affairs lead; airline taps commercial activities chief; industry groups elect board members; and longtime public servant becomes EVP.
Philadelphia Regional Port Authority and PortMiami are among the grant beneficiaries.
“Logistics is a team sport,” and the two companies will be playing on the same side.
Advanced voyage planning and weather routing among services on the drawing board.
Port expected to give final approval to new SSA Terminal deal for Oakland International Container Terminal and Matson Terminal.
The supply chain payment and finance platform provider’s Series E funding round, led by heavy hitters Goldman Sachs and PSP Investments, brings its total valuation to $1.1 billion.
Investigators want to see if Macron’s right-hand man promoted interests of shipping company.
Singapore-based ocean carrier Pacific International Lines is injecting several thousand TEUs per week of capacity into the trade between Asia and the east coast of South America.
The truckload carrier is issuing and selling up to 16,668,000 shares, while stockholders are selling up to 1,388,000 shares.
The temperature-controlled supply chain solutions provider acquires Service Cold Storage in Wisconsin as well as a portfolio of four leased cold storage facilities in the Southeast.
