American Shipper

NAFTA should be seen as a vehicle that helps our neighbor help us

Former Tyco International executive Girish Rishi, who will take over immediately from current chief executive officer Bal Dail, said he is excited about the potential to develop JDA’s last-mile analytics capabilities.

Officials and pundits sound off on Trump plans for wall, import tax

Two Floridian ports changed plans on inking deals with the Cuban government after Florida Gov. Rick Scott said he would recommend restricting state funds for ports that work with Cuba.

Of the 98 ships in Hanjin’s former fleet, 63 ships with close to 460,000 TEUs of capacity remain idle, 31 ships with 134,000 TEUs of capacity have been redeployed, and four ships with 15,000 TEUs of capacity were scrapped.

Michael A. Khouri is replacing Mario Cordero as acting chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission, but Cordero will remain as one of the five commissioners.

While air cargo is still in a fragile state, no matter what happens to the health of the industry, new regulations and challenges will abound in 2017, said Jon Ross, a former American Shipper editor who is an expert on the air cargo industry.

The Jacksonville, Fla.-based Class I railroad has entered into discussions with outgoing Canadian Pacific Railway chief executive officer E. Hunter Harrison, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.

Members of the International Longshoremen’s Association on Friday slowed the movement of drayage trucks through the container yard at the Wando Welch Terminal in Charleston, S.C., in an apparent protest against terminal automation.

The Athens-based containership leasing company’s net income for 2016 totaled $81.7 million, a 43.2 percent decline from 2015.

The Mondovi, Wis.-based temperature-sensitive truckload carrier reported a net income of $33.5 million on operating revenues of $671.1 million for the full year of 2016.

The French Mediterranean port reported a total throughput of 81 million metric tons of cargo for the year in 2016, on par with 2015 figures, even as it set a new record for container traffic at 1.25 million TEUs, according to the latest data from the port.

Last year saw massive changes in container shipping, but will they benefit retailers and other shippers in 2017?

White House aims to strong-arm Mexico on border wall payment, but imprecise language creates a cloud of uncertainty

Transportation analyst suggests the impact of dampened global trade may affect U.S. trucking market

President Donald Trump said the U.S. could impose 20 percent penalty on Mexican imports as part of a plan to construct a wall between Mexico and the United States, but was imprecise as to whether it should be a tax or tariff.

United States gross domestic product increased 1.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2016, according to the “advance” estimate from the Department of Commerce, down from a 3.5 percent growth rate in the third quarter.

However, the Hong Kong-based carrier’s year-over-year increase in fourth quarter revenues was not enough to stop a slide for the full year, with revenues falling 9.9 percent from 2015.

The International Air Transport Association’s Cargo-XML messaging standard is now fully integrated into ASYCUDA World, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development’s automated customs management system.

The trucking and intermodal carrier said volumes and pricing during the year were pressured by excess industry capacity, excess customer inventories, a weakening used truck market and sluggish demand.