A 300,000-square-foot warehousing and logistics facility will be constructed on Wilmington port property by Florida-based company Chesterfield, the port confirmed.
Net orders for North American Class 8 trucks totaled 32,400 units in November 2017, up 71 percent from the previous year, according to freight transportation analyst FTR.
Massachusetts Port Authority hires new deputy port director of business development; and Simplified Logistics hires chief financial officer and executive vice president of strategy, and executive vice president of sales.
Iron ore shipments on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway totaled 5.7 million tons in November 2017, a 1.1 percent boost from the same month last year, according to the Lake Carriers’ Association (LCA).
Agreement reached on simpler more effective VAT rules for online sales The Commission agreed on a series of measures to improve how VAT works for online companies in the EU and ensure that VAT is paid in the Member State of the final consumer, leading to a fairer distribution of tax revenues amongst EU Member […]
Armed U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials can now pre-inspect cargo in Mexico before it crosses the border, and Mexican customs officials have a reciprocal agreement for designated stations in the United States for cargo inspections.
Under the agreement, CMA CGM will remain a minority shareholder with a 10 percent stake in the Port of Los Angeles terminal and will continue to be a major user of the facility under a long-term contract.
The U.S. trade deficit totaled $48.7 billion in October, an 8.6 percent increase from September, according to the U.S. Commerce Department.
New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) has been approved to receive a new cargo handling facility and taxi lane upgrades as part of a 33-year lease agreement with cargo property developer Aeroterm.
The Texas-based trucking firm has purchased three trucking companies in the glass, explosives and steel hauling sectors, after closing on four other deals earlier this year.
Dubbed the Empty Transferium, the service will offer on-site inspection, cleaning, minor repairs and pre-trip inspection for both dry and refrigerated (reefer) containers at Port of Rotterdam’s ECT Euromax terminal in Maasvlakte starting in 2018.
The German ocean carrier and Swiss-based third-party logistics provider have signed off on what’s known as the Carbon and Sustainability Pact, an agreement that allows for potential additional emissions reductions on selected shipping routes.
Using IBM statistical analysis software, Japanese ocean carrier MOL will be able to examine mass volumes of data to support better decision making in solving business issues, the company said in a statement.
A new corporate-style investor website, portoflabonds.org, was publicly revealed by the Port of Los Angeles Dec. 4, containing more than 2,000 pages of data and documents that provide extensive financial information on the Southern California seaport.
The less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier announced an increase in LTL tons per day for November 2017 thanks to weight and shipment increases.
Xeneta forms NVO commercial team; Anacostia Rail Holdings announces marketing and sales appointments; Mohawk Global Logistics names general manager of its Cleveland branch; and the Virginia Maritime Association elects new officers and directors.
Proponents of so-called “clean diesel” truck engines say the technology can be used as a near-zero emissions bridge to help ports eventually reach the goal of transitioning all terminal equipment to zero emissions.
Self-initiated changed circumstances review large power transformers The Department of Commerce obtained information, with respect to certain entities, sufficient to warrant the self-initiation of a changed circumstances review of the antidumping duty order on large power transformers (LPTs) from the Republic of Korea. Initiation of investigations into common alloy sheet from China The Department of […]
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) says it fully endorses three basic principles of tax reform: lowering the tax rates on business income; broadening the tax base; and simplifying the tax code.
The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) says it is concerned over the House-passed tax bills, citing provisions that it says undermine U.S. seaports via the elimination of several bonds and tax credits.
