European Union Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström said she is confident that a trade agreement between the EU and Japan will be reached at a summit in Brussels on Thursday.
German third-party logistics provider Rhenus Logistics has signed an agreement to buy Australian freight forwarding company and customs broker O’Brien Customs and Forwarding Pty Ltd. for an undisclosed price.
African airlines posted the largest year-on-year increase in demand of all the world regions in May 2017, with freight volumes growing 27.6 percent, according to the latest figures from the International Air Transport Association.
The settlement agreement, which resolves all legal issues related to allegations the Kuwait-based 3PL overcharged the Department of Defense while supplying food to U.S. military troops, will allow Agility to again pursue new U.S. government contracts.
Containership leasing giant Seaspan Corp. is continuing negotiations surrounding employment agreement modifications for Chief Executive Officer Gerry Wang and hopes to reach a deal before the end of July, the company said in a statement Friday.
The international financial institution approved a $345 million credit facility and a $12 million grant for the new Dar es Salaam Maritime Gateway Project in Tanzania.
Other factors contributing to the derailment of a BNSF ethanol train on Sept. 19, 2015 near Lesterville, S.D., included an FRA regulation that allowed high-hazard flammable unit trains to continue operating on sub-standard tracks, according to the NTSB.
Logistics enterprise software provider WiseTech Global reached a deal to acquire Bysoft Solucoes em Sistemas Para Comercio Exterior Ltda (Bysoft), the largest provider of automated customs solutions to the logistics industry across Brazil.
A new law in Kentucky will allow the Atlanta-based parcel giant to us golf carts to deliver packages throughout the state, and UPS is planning to take advantage of the potential additional capacity mainly during the winter holidays.
A consortium of four Japanese companies are buying a percentage of a floating production, storage and offloading facility off the coast of Ghana, .
Fincantieri and GE’s Shipboard Pollutant Removal System is expected to help vessels comply with MARPOL emissions limits scheduled to go into effect by 2020.
Starting July 2, the Luxembourg-based all-cargo carrier will now offer four scheduled weekly flights to and from the capital city of Quito, Ecuador.
American Airlines Cargo’s new temperature-controlled room at its cargo facility in the London-Heathrow Airport is aimed at handling increasing shipments of pharmaceuticals.
Commerce and Mexico counterparts cement agreement on sugar antidumping and countervailing duties
Despite opposition from local maritime businesses, new legislation in Oregon amends existing state law to to allow seaports to “acquire, construct, maintain and operate facilities for constructing, repairing or maintaining any type of watercraft.”
USTR makes luggage imports eligible for GSP treatment and puts Bolivia under review for child labor law.
USTR met with Japan’s Trade Minister on 6/30 United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer met with Japanese Minister for Economy, Trade, and Industry Hiroshige Seko last week in preparation for the President’s meeting with Prime Minister Abe this week. The two discussed the importance of addressing bilateral trade imbalance and cooperative enforcement against third party […]
The French ocean carrier will sell a 90 percent equity interest in the Global Gateway South terminal at the Port of Los Angeles to EQT Infrastructure III for $817 million.
In a joint statement, the two sides indicated that a labor agreement has been reached that preserves about 6,200 union dockworker jobs.
On Aug. 1, the price terminals at the Southern California ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach charge for moving cargo during daytime hours Monday through Friday will increase 2.3 percent to $72.09 per TEU, or $144.18 per FEU.
