The Georgia Ports Authority appoints senior director of trade development for ocean carrier and non-container sales, and East Coast Warehouse & Distribution names senior director of warehouse operations.
Mayfield Heights, Ohio-based advanced materials manufacturer Materion’s global export compliance program never takes a day off, simply because the regulatory risks are too great and the commitment to due diligence compliance is even greater.
WTO report on EU anti-dumping measures Appellate Body issues report regarding EU anti-dumping measures on fatty alcohols from Indonesia Determination of presiding admin law judge International Trade Commission has determined not to review an initial determination of the presiding administrative law judge granting a joint motion to terminate the investigation on electronic devices based on […]
As of 11:00 a.m. eastern standard time, Hurricane Irma was 270 miles east of Caibarien, Cuba with maximum sustained winds of 150 miles per hour, according to the National Hurricane Center.
The group has created a blockchain platform built on Microsoft Azure technology for shippers, brokers, customers and third parties in the maritime insurance industry that is slated for rollout in 2018.
China COSCO SHIPPING’s acquisition of the parent of Hong Kong-based liner carrier Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) earlier this week received approval from China’s State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, OOIL said in a statement.
Terminals at the Port of Long Beach handled 692,375 TEUs of containerized cargo in August 2017, an 8 percent improvement from 641,029 TEUs in the same month a year ago, according to recent data from the Southern California port.
The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index fell 3.5 percent just since last Friday, as rates from Shanghai to Europe, the Mediterranean and the United States all recorded weekly declines.
Due to the potential impact of Hurricane Irma, the trade conference held annually in Charleston will be postponed until Oct. 30-Nov. 1.
The Commerce Department has reached affirmative preliminary determinations in its dumping investigations of steel wire rod imports from Belarus, Russia and the United Arab Emirates.
Erdal Kuyumcu, the chief executive officer of Woodside, N.Y.-based Global Metallurgy, was sentenced to nearly five years in prison following his June 14, 2016 guilty plea for conspiracy to illegally export a controlled metallic powder to Iran.
Net orders for North American Class 8 trucks totaled 20,700 units in July 2017, up 14 percent from the previous month and 50 percent from the previous year, according to freight transportation analyst FTR.
President Trump made statements last week calling for the United States to possibly withdraw from its five-year-old free trade agreement with South Korea, but business leaders in both countries say that now is not the time for taking this type of action.
FY17 TIGER Discretionary Grants program The Department of Transportation is soliciting applications for TIGER Discretionary Grants, which will be awarded on a competitive basis. Brexit: Ireland and Northern Ireland The European Commission has set out its principles for the political dialogue on Ireland and Northern Ireland in the Brexit negotiations, including the Good Friday Agreement. […]
Roberto Azevêdo, who started his second four-year term as the director-general of the World Trade Organization on Sept. 1, said there’s “no doubt that this is a testing time for global trade.”
The aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, combined with the looming threat of Hurricane Irma, which is likely to reach South Florida this weekend, is causing trucking costs to surge, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.
The South Korean ocean carrier’s first blockchain technology adopted pilot voyage involved the transport of reefer containers from Busan, South Korea to Qingdao, China.
The Steel Manufacturers Association, a trade group that represents 30 of the largest steel producers across North America, has asked the U.S. government to help protect the country’s last solar panel manufacturers from a surge of cheap imports.
