The 15,262-TEU containerships caught fire in the Arabian Sea Tuesday, leaving one crew member dead, two receiving urgent medical treatment, and four still missing.
The logistics company added one office each in China, Manila, Lithuania and Serbia.
Although small enterprises are particularly unaccustomed to the demands of international shipping, a new digital ecosystem of cross-border tools is helping retailers with duties and visibility.
The 15,226-TEU Maersk Honam experienced a serious fire in one of its cargo holds Tuesday, leaving four crew members still missing.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Tuesday released its E-Commerce Strategy that recommends changes in data acquisition approaches as part of the agency’s counterfeit targeting efforts.
The vast majority of think tanks, academics, and former presidential advisors say aluminum and steel tariffs are a bad idea, but lobbying groups have the president’s ear.
Chainalytics and Drewry have partnered on the Ocean Buying Group, a project that allows small and mid-size shippers to pool their volume to increase buying power with carriers.
The Commerce Department has found evidence that silicon metal imports from Australia, Brazil and Norway are being dumped on the U.S. market at less than fair value.
The global logistics software provider is anticipating more acquisitions, but despite being very well capitalized and having a healthy balance sheet, it will continue to be “prudent” in its evaluations, CEO Edward Ryan said in a webcast.
The Commerce Department determined that U.S. imports of polytetrafluoroethylene resin, a substance typically used as a non-stick coating for pans and other cookware, from India are receiving export performance-based subsidies from the Indian government.
Swissport International, an airport cargo handler, has taken over Aerocare, a similar operator in Australia and New Zealand airports.
REZ-1 appoints CEO and the American Trucking Associations’ Technology and Maintenance Council elects 2018-2019 chairman.
RK Logistics Group has found success by targeting high-tech companies in the San Francisco Bay area, growing revenues from about $16 million five years ago to $65 million.
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Monday also raised the possibility of the U.S. moving forward on “a bilateral basis” with Canada and Mexico, if extending the pact in its current tripartite form “proves impossible.”
The trucking group has called on the U.S. House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure to “urgently conduct” an oversight hearing on the implementation of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s electronic logging device mandate.
Beneficial cargo owners and other industry experts are divided on whether transpacific contract freight rates will rise or fall in 2018, but it’s clear most shippers expect total transportation costs for their overall supply chain to be higher this year.
The U.S. International Trade Commission has determined there is a “reasonable indication” that domestic producers of large diameter pipe are harmed by similar imports being dumped on the U.S. market from six different countries.
RoadOne IntermodaLogistics said it has acquired the New England regional intermodal transport services provider Jarvis Trans Inc. to boost its presence in the U.S. Northeast.
President Donald Trump has nominated Patrick J. Fuchs and Michelle A. Schultz to serve five-year terms as members on the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Surface Transportation Board.
The 10,081-TEU Maersk Shanghai lost between 70 and 73 cargo containers Saturday night about 17 miles off the coast of Oregon Inlet, N.C., but all crew members are safe and accounted for.
