The Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, a program to boost trade from the Caribbean to the United States yielded “small but positive” effects in 2016, according to a recent report by the U.S. International Trade Commission.
The east-west ocean carrier vessel sharing agreement comprising COSCO Shipping, CMA CGM, APL, OOCL and Evergreen Line will add five Mediterranean transshipment calls to its MX1 and MX2 services, according to a statement from CMA CGM subsidiary APL.
The Federal Highway Administration is awarding the mid-Atlantic port with a $1.55 million grant, which the Port of Virginia will use towards the development and phased implementation of a reservation system at its terminals for motor carriers.
Air cargo volumes during the month increased 12.1 percent from August 2016, but the International Air Transport Association (IATA) projects that that the peak cyclical growth period for airfreight volumes may be drawing near.
The Senate has confirmed Ted McKinney to serve as the undersecretary for trade and foreign agricultural affairs, a newly created post within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The Hamburg-based logistics real estate provider acquired 16 cold chain logistics facilities in Germany from a private investor, the firm announced on Thursday.
Three family members of Miami-based AW-Tronics on Wednesday pleaded guilty to charges that they conspired to defraud the United States and illegally export aviation parts and equipment to Syria.
The Doha-based air cargo carrier has also partnered with Dokasch to offer a range of temperature-controlled containers for pharmaceuticals and healthcare products.
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American Trucking Associations (ATA) Chief Economist and Senior Vice President Robert Costello says the United States needs to maintain the Mexican cross-border truck program because it generates trucking jobs and helps ease congestion.
In all likelihood, the most fundamental factor that will affect current projections for worldwide economic growth is demographics, Jock O’Connell, an economist with Beacon Economics, told attendees at the AAPA annual conference in Long Beach, Calif.
The aerospace and maritime engineering company signed a deal Wednesday with Google to further develop its intelligent awareness systems for self-driving ocean vessels.
Fortna, which handles distribution optimization and implementation for brands like ASICS, will use LLamasoft’s supply chain design tool as its core technology, the company said in a statement.
The Oak Brook, Ill.-based industrial real estate development and management firm said the disposition consisted of about 2.4 million square feet and 110 acres of land.
The Oregon-based freight railcar manufacturer announced its fourth quarter railcar orders, which are valued at $200 million, and additional orders at the beginning of the company’s 2018 fiscal year.
The United States says it wants Canadian province British Columbia to stop discriminating against imported wine through its regulation of allowing only provincial wine to be sold on regular grocery store shelves.
Net orders of North American class 8 trucks totaled 22,100 units in September, a 7 percent increase from August and a 62 percent increase year-over-year, according to the latest figures from the freight transportation analyst FTR.
