The pay increases are designed to proactively address the trucking industry’s driver shortage issue, the bulk transportation and logistics provider said.
The Memphis, Tenn.-based parcel giant is realigning its specialty logistics and e-commerce solutions into a new structure under FedEx Trade Networks, Inc., effective March 1.
Thomasville, N.C.-based less-than-truckload carrier Old Dominion Freight Line is implementing TCG’s Truckload Cost Information System (TL/CIS) for its container drayage operation.
The Belgian port handled 4.4 percent more tonnage in 2017 from a year prior, with almost all sectors posting an increase in throughput.
Samskip Logistics and DC Logistics Brasil signed an agreement to expand Brazilian offerings in sea freight logistics.
The Hong Kong-based ocean shipping company christened the sixth and last of its 21,413-TEU G-Class mega vessels built by Samsung Heavy Industries.
COSCO SHIPPING International announces several appointments; Hamburg Süd names global head of corporate communications; JAXPORT hires director, national container accounts; Logistyx Technologies names CEO; and Flexport appoints VP of people operations.
More than a dozen shippers and intermediaries explained during a Federal Maritime Commission hearing Tuesday how carriers engage in punitive assessment of penalties for exceeding contracted detention and demurrage levels.
The bill would eliminate $1.1 billion in import tariffs during the next three years and increase U.S. manufacturing output by over $3.1 billion.
An appellate court found that the 5,000-page environmental impact report had inconsistencies regarding air pollutants under California Environmental Quality Act guidelines, and that those inconsistencies need to be reconciled.
The port said it is meeting with trucking company owners and harbor drivers to inform them about clean-truck grants, under which the State of California is providing millions of dollars for buying new, lower-emission trucks and cargo handling equipment.
Carriers are heading toward a brighter future, but there are a number of temporary factors creating a bump in the road to recovery, the London-based shipping research and consulting firm said.
The software and freight forwarding logistics provider’s acquisition of Singapore-based freight forwarding and consulting company LOGIS Consolidators is expected to be completed within the next several weeks.
The Japanese shipping company said the acquisition is part of its goal of enhancing the stable supply of top-quality seafarers for liquefied natural gas carriers and tankers.
The Irish seaport saw growth in most sectors in 2017, with imports reaching 21.5 million gross metric tons and exports totaling 14.9 million gross metric tons, up 3.9 percent and 4.9 percent year-over-year, respectively.
The Lake Erie port saw 9.8 million tons of cargo cross its docks in 2017, port officials told local media source the Toledo Blade.
ZIM appoints chief digital officer; Schneider Packaging names executive vice president; A.N. Deringer selects director of consulting and a new senior trade advisor; and the Container Owners Association names board member.
The joint venture will be headquartered in the New York metropolitan area and is expected to be up and running within six months, pending regulatory approval.
The Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility would shift more cargo to on-dock rail, which places containers directly on trains at marine terminals.
The port finalized a $217 million contract in November 2016 for Konecranes to build and deliver 86 rail-mounted gantry cranes, and the initial six are scheduled to arrive at the end of this month.
