The era of autonomous trucking is surely coming, but it’s more important for brokers and shippers to get a handle on data than worrying about what the distant future looks like.
CH Powell Company, a logistics provider headquartered in Massachusetts, has acquired The Irwin Brown Company, a New Orleans-based licensed customs brokerage and international freight forwarding firm.
Transportation management services and logistics technology provider Transplace has named Frank McGuigan chief executive officer.
The U.S. trade deficit surpassed analyst expectations in November, rising 3.2 percent month-over-month to $50.5 billion, according to the U.S. Commerce Department.
SkyBridge Arizona, which will be the nation’s first international air cargo hub to house both Mexican and United States customs, will operate out of the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport.
Cross-border trade between the United States and its partners in the North American Free Trade Agreement totaled $100.6 billion in October 2017, up 7.9 percent from October 2016.
The collision resulted in 32 missing sailors and a potentially devastating oil slick, BBC reported.
A new report from real estate management and research firm JLL revealed that 4.6 million square feet of industrial space is under development across Houston, the Houston Chronicle reported.
Known as a “bomb” cyclone, winter storm Grayson has caused delays and closures for shippers and carriers all along the Eastern seaboard as ice, snow and wind could prevent operations from resuming until Saturday at the latest.
In order to mitigate the effects of significant and unforeseeable disruptions to supply chain operations, businesses should consider adding two clauses to their contracts: expedited arbitration and a requirement to obtain “business interruption” insurance.
Marine transportation and logistics provider is loading hundreds of utility trucks at the Port of Virginia in Norfolk and the Port of Lake Charles in Louisiana that are scheduled to arrive in Puerto Rico between Jan. 16 and Jan. 18.
The merger forms an intermodal drayage operation with over 1,300 power units in most key markets east of the Rockies, according to a joint statement from the newly combined firms.
The Antwerp-based reefer carrier will add a call to the French seaport to its Blue Stream service between Europe, Central America, the Caribbean and the U.S. East Coast starting in mid-January.
The Lake Oswego, Ore.-based railroad transportation equipment manufacture posted net earnings of $26.3 million on revenues of $559.5 million for the first quarter of its fiscal year 2018, which ended Nov. 30, 2017.
According to the Montreal Port Authority, the record cargo volume growth was supported by major development projects in 2017, including the new Viau Container Terminal, which completed its first full year of operations last year.
Singapore-based Summit LNG Terminal Co., has awarded a contract to PSA Marine Bangladesh to provide ship services to liquified natural gas (LNG) vessels calling the floating storage and regasification unit terminal in Bangladesh.
Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes increased 6.4 percent in 2017 compared to 2016, according to the Lake Carriers’ Association (LCA).
EVA Airways announces president and the Port of New Orleans CEO is appointed to advisory council of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
Consulting firm The Tioga Group in February will present recommendations to the West Coast Marine Terminal Operating Agreement (WCMTOA) for potential modifications to the PierPass program, which was created to address multi-terminal issues like congestion.
During an interagency Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) meeting in Washington Jan. 3, representatives of local governments, Samsung, LG, and Sears, were among the parties arguing against a three-year tariff-rate quota recommended by the ITC in October.
