The U.S. maritime regulator asked container carriers and marine terminals to provide detailed information about their port demurrage, detention and free-time practices as part of its investigation announced last month.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said that President Trump has ‘deliberately’ not scrapped the idea of reaching a bilateral free trade agreement with the European Union.
President Trump suggested Mexico must do more to stop illegal immigration into the United States in order for the North American Free Trade Agreement to be maintained.
The United Nations Security Council designated 27 vessels for port bans, de-flagging, or asset freezes, and prohibited transactions with several shipping companies that have links to North Korea.
U.S. courts wrestle over whether the Montreal Convention’s liability provisions apply to air cargo damaged while in a warehouse near the Miami airport.
The proposed Harbor Performance Enhancement Center on Terminal Island at the Port of Los Angeles is designed to speed the flow of containers.
The U.S. Trade Representative released its 504-page 2018 National Trade Estimate on Foreign Trade Barriers report, documenting foreign trade and investment barriers over the past year.
Rates between Asia and the United States, Europe and the Mediterranean all declined considerably last week compared with the same period a year ago, but rates from Europe to the U.S. East Coast soared 16 percent year-over-year.
Several United States airlines awarded flights to Cuba in 2016 have since returned them, and now the Department of Transportation is seeking to reallocate those flights to other airlines that have applied.
The Memphis-based integrator’s purchase of Laindon, U.K.-based last-mile delivery specialist P2P Mailing Ltd. is expected to complement and help expand FedEx’s e-commerce offerings, the company said in a statement.
The total value of cross-border trade between the United States and its partners in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) rose 9.9 percent year-over-year to $87.96 billion for the month, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).
The Texas port also posted a 7 percent year-over-year boost in cargo tonnage for the first two months of 2018.
The largest port on the U.S. East Coast set yet another monthly record in February, handling 521,921 TEUs after hitting a new January high a month ago, according to the most recent data from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ).
China on Monday imposed duties on 128 different products from the United States in response to global tariffs issued by the U.S. on steel and aluminum in March.
Trump’s words come after the United States and South Korea both announced that they had reached an agreement in principle to update the terms of the six-year-old deal.
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has released a status report detailing progress by major freight and passenger railroads in the federally mandated implementation of positive train control (PTC) systems.
Just four years after its initial launch, on-demand shipping startup Shyp shuttered operations earlier this week, becoming the latest in a string of cautionary tales for new entrants into the shipping and logistics space.
South Korea’s largest ocean carrier revealed its planning to secure ultra-large containerships, expand service coverage, enhance cost-competitiveness and prepare for new environmental regulations.
Under the terms of the preliminary agreement, global port operator Gulftainer Group would lease the Port of Wilmington for 50 years and invest more than $580 million in the port over the next nine years, most of which would be for a new container facility.
Container volumes from Asia to the United States will grow 6.8 percent in 2018 if there is not a trade war, according to a projection from Drewry Senior Economist Mario O. Moreno.
