The National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America (NCBFAA) is asking Capitol Hill lawmakers to renew a trade preference program that allows for duty-free imports of certain goods into the United States before its year-end expiration.
Shipment volumes for the month grew 3.2 percent year-over-year, while expenditures rose 4.6 percent, according to the latest Cass Freight Index Report.
Industry leaders have called for infrastructure changes as the airport has seen cargo volumes increase 10 percent in just one year, leading to congestion, delays and an inability to reach the airport’s cargo center, according to multiple media reports.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has stepped up its industry outreach to ensure that the country’s importers aren’t running afoul of legislation that prevents the importation of merchandise made by North Korean nationals under force.
Pacific International Lines’ (PIL) two new 11,800-TEU vessels, the Kota Pahlawan and the Kota Panjang, are replacing the carrier’s 8,531-TEU Navarino and 8,241-TEU YM Uniform on its AC5 service between Asia and the U.S.
Keep On Trucking, LLC was recently ordered to immediately cease all interstate and intrastate operations following a federal investigation into a fatal freeway accident allegedly caused by one of the company’s co-owners.
Global port terminal operator International Container Terminal Services’ (ICTSI) net income totaled $45.7 million for the quarter, a 16 percent drop from the third quarter of 2016, according to the company’s most recent financial statements.
The South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA) terminals in Charleston and Georgetown, S.C. handled 184,804 TEUs for the month, and container volumes at fiscal year-to-date (beginning in July) up 5 percent to 724,799 TEUs.
The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore has rescinded the bunker supplier and bunker craft operator licenses of Transocean Oil Pte Ltd, MPA Singapore said in a statement Monday.
The average loss value per incident in the third quarter fell 17 percent from the previous quarter to $117,137 amid a 24 percent increase in the number of theft incidents, according to data from Sensitech United Technologies.
Shipments of iron ore on the Great Lakes surged 23.4 percent for the month compared with the same period a year ago, bettering the month’s 5-year average by 8.5 percent, according to data from the Lake Carriers’ Association (LCA).
The e-commerce giant will open its fourth fulfillment facility in Baltimore’s Sparrow Point industrial complex, the third facility within Baltimore city limits, Amazon announced Tuesday.
The Houston-based tank barge operator performed better than expected during the quarter as several tailwinds more than offset the negative impacts from hurricanes, according to president and chief executive officer David Grebinski.
Japan was the leading market for U.S. beef exports in terms of volumes and value during the month, despite its recent duty rate increase on imports of frozen U.S. beef.
Postponement of final determinations in LTFV investigations The Department of Commerce is postponing the deadline for issuing the final determinations in the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of carbon and alloy steel wire rod from Italy, the Republic of Korea, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. Final results of AD duty review The Department of Commerce has […]
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which represents shipowners’ associations covering more than 80 percent of the world’s maritime fleet, says the elimination of carbon emissions from oceangoing vessels is achievable by the end of this century.
The Jacksonville, Fla.-based Class I railway may be backing away from its previously announced plans to develop an intermodal rail terminal neat Rocky Mount, N.C., according to multiple media reports.
The investment arm of China COSCO Shipping has agreed to a $490 million cash buyout for logistics firm Cogent Holdings as well as a 40 percent stake in shipping company PT Ocean Global, reported multiple media sources.
Florida’s leading perishables seaport also welcomed the first shipment of Colombian Hass avocados into the United States on Monday.
The French ocean carrier reveled its nine future 22,000-TEU containerships, all of which are slated for delivery in 2020, will be equipped with engines that will run primarily on liquefied natural gas (LNG).
