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As USTR collects NAFTA public comments, AAEI members see the positive in a renegotiation of the agreement

Challenges associated with the ongoing deployment of larger containerships are resulting in higher terminal costs, and in some cases, poorer terminal service for the same volumes, according to industry analysts at a recent “Talking Freight” seminar.

Omron Adept’s mobile robots are already hard at work in warehouses around the world, but as sales increase, lithium ion battery transport regulations are becoming more strict up and more air cargo carriers are refusing to carry them.

State-run Chinese conglomerate COSCO Shipping Holdings is projecting a net income for the first half of 2017 of around 1.85 billion yuan (U.S. $272 million).

Chairman Robert Yuksel Yildirim plans to sell his 24 percent stake in CMA CGM to acquire Ports America Holdings and become a leading global terminal operator, according to reports from multiple media outlets.

The revised rules from the BIMCO-led group include information on insurance issues, how to effectively segregate cyber networks, and how to handle cyber security during port calls and when communicating with shore side operations.

United States gross domestic product increased 1.4 percent in the first quarter of 2017, down from from a 2.1 percent growth rate the previous quarter but up from previous projections, according to the “third” estimate from the Department of Commerce.

Proposed modifications to the Panama Canal rate structure could ultimately lower rates for containerships, but raise them for LPG and LNG tankers.

The State Council of the People’s Republic of China held a meeting Wednesday in which guidelines were approved to take measures to reduce logistics costs and improve logistics efficiency.

United States railroads originated 1.07 million carloads and 1.11 million containers and trailers in June 2017, year-over-year increases of 4.4 percent and 4.6 percent, respectively.

The Northern California port and construction materials importer Cemex have agreed on another 10-year lease of a marine terminal at the Port of Redwood City.

The Texas-based flatbed carrier has sealed the deal on its acquisition of The Steelman Companies, its third in just over two months as part of the company’s overall North America Expansion endeavor.

May 2017 marked the eighth consecutive month of rising intermodal freight rates, but at roughly half the pace compared with the beginning of the year, according to data from the latest Cass Intermodal Freight Index report.

After April put a stop to a 13 month free fall in truckload rates, pricing ticked up another 1.1 percent in May 2017 compared to the same period last year, according to the latest Cass Truckload Linehaul Index.

Cargolux recently introduced its first commercial service from its hub in Zhengzhou, China, to Atlanta on a flight that originates and ends in the all-cargo airline’s home base in Luxembourg.

Virgin Atlantic Cargo names head of global accounts and regional sales manager for the United Kingdom, while the Short Line Safety Institute selects its executive director.

EU-Japan approve partnership The European Commission and Japan have agreed on economic and strategic partnership.  Steel pipe review rescinded The Department of Commerce is rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on welded stainless steel pipe from Korea. Determination on violation of Section 337 The presiding administrative law judge (“ALJ”) has issued a […]

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U.S. and Mexico finalized sugar duties suspension United States Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and Subsecretario de Comercio Exterior Juan Carlos Baker Pineda have signed a finalized amendment to the Countervailing Duty and Antidumping Duty Suspension Agreements on sugar from Mexico. New application for American LNG exports The Department of Energy has received an application […]