After nine years of dormancy due to internal warfare and economic woes, Iraq wants to resume its effort to gain full membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO).
The Icelandic shipping company’s net earnings totaled 8.8 million euros for the quarter, down 6.3 percent from the third quarter of 2016 due to adverse currency exchange fluctuations, but operating revenues shot up 32 percent to 177 million euros.
The Belgian port authority is gaining ownership and control of 720 kilometers of pipelines through its acquisition of Nationale Maatschappij der Pijpleidingen.
Colombo and Chittagong will be the seventh and eighth new ports of call for Qatar-based maritime transport and logistics conglomerate Milaha this year.
The French ocean carrier’s future flagship, which is expected to be delivered in the first quarter of 2018, is being named after Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, a French writer, pilot, poet and journalist.
The seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index stood at a reading of 147.6 in October, up 3.3 percent from September’s reading of 142.9, according to the American Trucking Associations (ATA).
“The NAFTA renegotiation is a disaster,” said longtime Washington trade attorney Jon Fee to attendees at the Apparel Importers Trade and Transportation Conference in New York this week, “I think trade policy is spiraling into darkness.”
North American intermodal pricing in October inched up 1.9 percent from October 2016, marking the thirteenth consecutive month of year-over-year increases, according to the latest Cass Intermodal Price Index.
The Commerce Department will begin assessing antidumping duties on imports of carbon and alloy steel wire rod from Belarus, Russia, and the United Arab Emirates, Commerce said in a statement Tuesday.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection will implement various cargo processing fee increases for importers and carriers, effective Jan. 1.
The U.S. Commerce Department will begin assessing countervailing duties on imports of ripe olives from Spain, the department announced Tuesday.
An annual report from the National Retail Federation (NRF) found that 67 percent of retailers reported an increase in retail crime along with 40 percent who were victims of cargo theft at some point in the supply chain.
CEVA Logistics names chief operating officer of freight management, and managing director for North America; Roadrunner Transportation Systems appoints board chairman; and ShipServ names business and account director for EMEA.
EU negotiators agreed to end unjustified geoblocking The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission reached a political agreement to end unjustified geoblocking for consumers wishing to buy products or services online within the EU. Report: dumping of solar products The report that the Commission submitted to the President on November 13, 2017, on investigation […]
Third-party logistics provider Bolloré will integrate Oro’s business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce interface with its global logistics platform to better coordinate online orders with downstream activities.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued a 90-day waiver from the electronic logging device mandate for agricultural commodity transporters after hearing concerns from the agricultural industry, especially with regard to livestock transport.
In an annual report on pressing management challenges, the U.S. Department of Transportation said that safety remains the agency’s top priority.
The ship insurer North P&I Club is setting up a new European Union subsidiary in Dublin due to the increasing possibility that it and other companies will lose access to the EU single market after Brexit.
E-commerce giant Alibaba Group will acquire a 36.16 percent stake in Chinese hypermarket operator Sun Art Retail Group from Ruentex Group, according to a joint statement from the companies.
According to recent data from the Paris-based research organization, Germany and Italy showed the most economic growth during the third quarter of 2017.
