The total volumes included 127,000 import TEUs and nearly 139,000 export container loads, growth of more than 11 percent compared with the same month last year, according to data from the Port of Virginia.
The project is a part of an initiative to assess the effectiveness of artificial intelligence technology, and aims to reduce fuel consumption and vessels’ environmental impact by verifying the technology’s accuracy, according to the Japanese ocean carrier.
London-based shipping consultant Drewry estimates that the global chemical trade will increase 3.3 percent in 2017 due to strong growth in vegetable oil trade from Southeast Asia to South Asia.
The U.S. subsidiary of Germany-based Dachser SE has outgrown its original Dallas office and will be relocating in order to meet the increasing demand for air and sea freight services in the region, the company said in a statement.
Navis appoints general manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa; and OmniTRAX names executive vice president, industrial development group.
Determination of sales of wire rod from Mexico The Department of Commerce is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Mexico. CV subsidies provided for softwood lumber from Canada The Department of Commerce determines that countervailable (CV) subsidies are being provided to producers and […]
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.
