American Shipper

What would a repeal or reset of the landmark trade deal really mean and entail?

Will the myriad U.S. prohibited party lists inhibit U.S. exporters’ ambitions?

Trump should avoid the temptation to view politics and trade as zero sum game

Mexico, Canada endorse need to improve free trade deal without undoing progress of last 20 years

AAEI’s Rowden suggests growth of e-commerce could redefine the public’s and politicians’ view of international trade.

Free trade has helped stimulate Mexican auto industry

Amid Trump anti-trade stance, incoming administration should look to trade to offset impact of automation

American shippers question whether Trump will be an ally or foe to the U.S. Export-Import Bank.

Incoming administration has chance to lift, or leave behind, ocean freight shippers

Harold J. Daggett, president of the International Longshoremen’s Association, said the union will oppose fully-automated container terminals in upcoming contract talks with the United States Maritime Alliance.

The Pacific Northwest port has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Oregon, alleging agrochemical manufacturer Monsanto was aware of the danger posed by polychlorinated biphenyl prior to a federal government ban in 1979.

The Chinese shipping conglomerate has agreed to acquire a minority stake in the Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank from Australia & New Zealand Banking Corp. for $0.66 million.

Taneli Ruda, head of ONESOURCE Global Trade, said the election of Donald Trump won’t cause trade liberalization to grind to a halt across the world, but it should cause those who run multinational corporations to carefully contemplate its implications.

The assets to be sold to the Missinippi Rail Consortium include the Hudson Bay Railway, the Port of Churchill on Hudson Bay, and a tank farm adjacent to the port.

Cherry Hill, N.J.-based NFI has strengthened its footprint in Canada with the acquisition of Dominion Warehousing & Distribution.

Net orders for North American Class 8 trucks totaled 21,200 units in December 2016, up 10 percent from the previous month and in line with analyst expectations, according to freight transportation analyst FTR.

Net earnings attributable to the Greenbrier Companies Inc. totaled $25 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2017, while the company’s revenues stood at $552.3 million, quarter-over-quarter declines of 25.6 percent and 7.2 percent, respectively.

The World Container Index has increased by 62 percent since the bankruptcy of Hanjin at the end of August 2016, London-based shipping research and consulting firm Drewry said.

Trucking carrier J.B. Hunt Transport and Class I BNSF Railway have filed for arbitration in their negotiations regarding how revenues are divided under a joint service agreement for intermodal transport.

The proposed Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility could increase the use of “on-dock” trains, move cargo faster, and make operations more sustainable, the Port of Long Beach said.