Michael Khouri, acting chairman on the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission, attended the Fourth Japan-U.S. Maritime Bilateral Meeting and met with regulators at the Japan Fair Trade Commission this week.
The new loop will link South China and Japan with Southeast Asia, utilizing four vessels averaging 4,754 TEUs.
The Israeli ocean carrier will drop a call at Halifax on its ZIM Container Service Pacific loop, but will launch a feeder service, dubbed the Canada Florida Express, which will call the Canadian port, as well as Miami and Kingston.
The American Trucking Associations’ (ATA) seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index slipped 2.6 percent compared with the previous month, but remained 5.7 percent higher than in February 2017.
Volkswagen Group Logistics will charter the two roll-on/roll-off vessels capable of handling 6,500 vessels each from Siem Car Carriers AS.
CSX appoints a new vice president and controller, while Volga-Dnepr hires commercial director.
A Trump administration review found that the country’s government is forcing unfair technology and intellectual property transfers from U.S. companies, which allows the White House to impose trade remedies pursuant to a 1974 statute.
Hufbauer discussed potential implications of President Donald Trump’s Section 232 tariffs on aluminum and steel, the status of the NAFTA renegotiation, and the chances that the Trump administration could withdraw from the WTO.
The Memphis-based parcel giant reported a net income of $2.07 billion in the third quarter of its fiscal 2018 year, up a whopping 257 percent from the same period last year, thanks in large part to an estimated $1.53 billion reduction in tax liability.
National security experts have detailed the links between groups like Hezbollah and ISIS with transnational criminal organizations.
KeepTruckin’s latest venture capital infusion has kept momentum rolling in the hotter-than-hot freight-matching technology market.
The technology firm has introduced Skylark, a cloud-based, high-precision global navigation satellite system service for autonomous vehicles.
The companies said they wanted to work with the Trump administration to tackle challenges they face in protecting designs, patents and trade dress, but that increasing tariffs on U.S. companies and consumers is not the answer.
The U.S. Justice Department said Vladimir Nevidomy is facing a maximum of 5 years in prison for conspiring to illegally export military-grade night vision and ammunition primers to Russia, with sentencing scheduled for May 25.
Singapore-based port terminal operator PSA International increased its earnings 5.1 percent to 1.23 billion Singapore (U.S. $936.3 million) in 2017, as revenues and container volumes climbed 7.8 percent and 9.8 percent, respectively, from the prior year.
The U.S. Commerce Department is scheduled to announce its final determinations on stainless steel flange shipments from China and India by June 5.
The annualized driver turnover rate at both large and small truckload (TL) carriers fell during the final quarter of 2017 compared with the previous three-month period, but rose when compared with fourth quarter 2016.
Domestic container carriers ramped up capacity by adding vessels, containers and manpower to carry cargo for emergency relief and rebuilding efforts.
With low post-Lunar New Year volumes resulting in skipped sailings on transpacific services, some terminals at the Southern California seaports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are closing during daytime hours.
Jakob Stausholm, chief finance officer, chief strategy and transformation officer, and registered director of the A.P. Moller – Maersk will resign from the company by the end of the month, according to a statement from Maersk.
