Shipment volumes for the month grew 7 percent from January and 1.9 percent from February 2016, according to the latest Cass Freight Index Report.
Meanwhile, Crowley Maritime Chairman and CEO Tom Crowley said the company will receive three ship-to-shore gantry cranes at its Isla Grande Terminal in Puerto Rico, and two cryogenic tanks at its LNG bunkering facility being built at Jaxport.
The partnership has designated Lineage Logistics as the exclusive third-party logistics provider to manage customers’ food and beverage supply chains using BluJay’s transportation management solution.
Canadian National Railway (CN) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) System Council 11 have tentatively agreed to renew their labor agreement covering around 700 signals and communications employees in Canada.
The seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index slipped 0.1 percent compared with the previous month to a reading of 138.7, following a revised 2.9 percent increase in January, according to the American Trucking Associations.
DP World Group Chairman and CEO Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem met with Panama President Juan Carlos Varela to explore logistics and industrial parks, and other opportunities relating to the expanded Panama Canal.
The New York City-based startup said the booking system allows carriers to reduce deadhead miles, wait times, and time spent searching and negotiating for a load.
The weekly service is scheduled to launch March 27.
Sailing between Djibouti and Somalia, the container feeder service will operate with one chartered 1,000-TEU vessel, maritime news outlet Splash 24/7 reported.
Exports depart Hamburg on Thursdays and Saturdays, and imports arrive in Wilhelmshaven on Mondays and Fridays.
Port of Portland, Ore. hires marine marketing director, while IFCO North America appoints director of food safety and quality.
The U.S. Department of Justice served several container shipping lines with subpoenas last week in Sausalito, Calif., where their top executives were attending industry meetings.
Drawback regulations on substitution changed with Trade Facilitation Act last year
The AAPA and CAGTC have issued separate statements decrying President Donald Trump’s proposed 2018 discretionary budget, which would eliminate funding for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grants program.
Roughly 18 percent of Union Pacific employees have been trained on positive train control operations, including engineers, conductors, dispatchers, maintenance of way engineering, mechanical, signal, telecom and information technology workers.
The New York Shipping Exchange received the $8.5 million in Series A funding from a coalition of capital firms led by Goldman Sachs Principle Strategic Investments and GE Ventures.
Seaspan Chief Financial Officer David Spivak said liner companies want to deal with larger charter owners, which could benefit Seaspan, since its 9 percent share of the global leased containership fleet is the largest of any independent owner.
Amazon is planning to offer China-based sellers the ability to ship their goods internationally as air cargo, but it is not clear whether the retail giant would be booking airspace via other carriers or flying its own planes.
Truckload pricing slipped another 0.8 percent for the month compared to February 2016, the 12th consecutive month of year-over-year declines, according to the latest Cass Truckload Linehaul Index.
In the latest reminder of the safety concerns surrounding these batteries, a woman was injured on a recent flight from Beijing to Melbourne when her battery-powered headphones exploded while in use, according to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau.
