The Texas Gulf Coast port in November saw overall cargo volumes rise 9 percent compared with the same month a year ago, according to the Port of Houston Authority.
According to container terminal operator Hutchinson Ports, Felixstowe is the first United Kingdom port to handle over 1 million TEUs by rail in a single year.
The subsidiary brand of the CMA CGM Group has launched a mobile application designed to allow users to search via container number to track their cargo from point of loading to delivery.
Worldwide Flight Services has opened a new pharma facility in Denmark in addition to winning the cargo contract to Delhi for Air India, the cargo handling firm announced Wednesday.
Samsung Heavy Industries appoints chief executive officer; the Association of American Railroads names senior vice president of communications; the Baltic Exchange Advisory Council elects chairman; and iTradeNetwork names senior vice president of sales.
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer warned his counterparts at the start of the World Trade Organization’s Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires this week that the longtime global trade body risks becoming irrelevant.
WTO 11th Ministerial Conference The Chair of the WTO’s 11th Ministerial Conference, Minister Susana Malcorra, issued a plea to WTO members to engage with their citizens and make the case for the positive benefits trade brings for economic growth and development. USTR on WTO 11th Ministerial Conference USTR Robert Lighthizer spoke on five issues before […]
The world’s largest ocean carrier is looking to negotiate higher prices in client contracts for 2018, but “much depends on how the supply glut pans out,” Steve Felder, Mumbai-based managing director of Maersk’s South Asian unit told Bloomberg.
The Shanghai International Shipping Institute’s third quarter Global Port Development Report illustrated how cargo throughput at major ports across the globe grew by 6.4 percent year-over-year during the third quarter of 2017.
A month after adding truckload visibility, the freight API technology provider is now offering rail shipment status capability to its multimodal platform.
The Federal Aviation Administration proposed a $1.1 million civil penalty against Braille Battery, representing the largest civil penalty the agency has proposed for alleged illegal air transport of lithium batteries.
Bangladesh signed a $150 million financing agreement with the World Bank to modernize trade related infrastructure, systems and procedures in order to boost Bangladesh’s regional connectivity and trade with India, Bhutan and Nepal.
The Finnish logistics provider will utilize Orange Business Services’ Internet of Things (IoT) solutions to increase efficiency in its supply chain.
Omaha, Neb.-based Werner Logistics opened a new office in Laredo, Texas last week and expects the office will create 50-100 new jobs within the next few years.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has found “reasonable suspicion” that an importer of glycine is bringing the product into the United States from China via Cambodia as part of a transshipment scheme to evade U.S. antidumping duties.
French equipment supplier Daher is expanding its third-party logistics services to Paris-based aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation, with the contract between the two calling for the construction of a Daher logistics platform in a Paris business park.
Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) plans to utilize internet and automation technologies in its port complex to create “smart, green, hi-tech and efficient terminals” by 2020, according to local media source South China Morning Post.
The new route is expected to reduce the journey time between Shenzhen and Los Angeles to just over 12 hours, Air China said.
The Athens-based vessel owner and lessor has, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, entered into a time charter contract with Wan Hai Lines for one of its post-Panamax containerships, the 6,494-TEU m/v Hamburg.
The Swiss-based third-party logistics provider’s new integrated logistics control center in Shanghai will focus on automotive, consumer, high-tech, industrial, and pharma and healthcare industries.
