Without compromise, there is a risk of no agreement on a meaningful strategy to cut down on carbon dioxide emissions, the International Chamber of Shipping said.
The international freight forwarding organization is working with paperless trade solutions provider essDOCS to digitize bills of lading and house bills of lading.
The containership owner and operator, which was established in 2017, closed out the year with a fleet of 41 vessels, 29 of which had been taken over by the end of the year, and has no plans on letting up.
Container volumes at the Port of Jacksonville in North Florida jumped 25 percent year-over-year to 100,346 TEUs in February 2018, thanks in large part to a 35 percent increase in shipments to and from Puerto Rico.
The Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau proposed a rulemaking that would classify bump stocks as machineguns, and narrow bump stock registrations to importers, manufacturers and gunmakers.
The Commerce Department will investigate whether laminated woven sack imports from Vietnam are being dumped in the United States or if producers in the Southeast Asian nation are receiving unfair subsidies.
Norfolk Southern (NS) promotes vice president strategic planning and vice president industrial products; Port of New Orleans adds to board of commissioners; and CSAFE Global names new CEO.
The Texas port has pushed for more funding for its channel project as the booming energy industry in the area continues to grow.
Some say the current drop off in ocean freight rates is indicative of weakening fundamentals caused by persistent overcapacity, while others argue it’s just part of typical seasonal demand swings, but it’s likely a bit of both.
The United States and South Korea also reached agreements on investor-state dispute settlement and trade remedy processes, in addition to changed automotive trade disciplines.
The board of the Diamond State Port Corp., which oversees the Port of Wilmington, is scheduled to consider Gulftainer’s proposal April 6, John Haroldson, director of marketing and trade development at the port told American Shipper.
The prime minister’s office billed the revamped regulations being developed as a brace against trans-shipment and other illicit foreign trade practices.
Imports of steel to the United States stood at 2.36 million net tons in February, an 18 percent decline from the previous month and a 13 percent year-over-year drop, according to the latest data from the American Institute for International Steel (AIIS).
United States gross domestic product (GDP) increased at an annual rate of 2.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017, according to the “third” estimate from the Department of Commerce, down from 2.5 percent from its previous projection.
The Global Shippers’ Alliance also expressed concerns over “de-globalization” during its general assembly in Hong Kong on Monday and Tuesday, pointing out how the percentage of gross domestic product depending on cross-border flows has declined.
Fleets have reacted to concerns about the driver shortage by raising pay, improving benefit packages, and offering other enticements to recruit and retain drivers, said Bob Costello, American Trucking Associations’ chief economist.
The State Department added Katibat al-Imam al-Bukhari and nine associated aliases to its list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists.
The cargo divisions of Delta Air Lines and partner Air France/KLM have placed their cargo operations into a single warehouse at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
Thanks to its merger with UASC last May, Hapag-Lloyd has strengthened its presence on routes between Asia and North Europe, and now has the strong fleet it needs to prosper, according to Hapag-Lloyd CEO Rolf Habben Jansen.
The United States’ request for World Trade Organization consultations over allegedly unfair Chinese intellectual property policies coincided with tariffs proposed last Thursday by President Trump.
