Sellers using Alibaba will have direct access on the e-commerce marketplace platform to logistics services from qualified WCA member forwarders around the globe.
The logistics industry should heed past innovators as it grapples with Amazon and Alibaba’s clear desire to take greater control of their logistics processes, according to CoLoadX founder Fauad Shariff.
Starting next week, the terminal will be the first of six facilities within the Port of New York and New Jersey to roll out the port authority’s new Truck Management System.
In a surprise announcement, Customs and Border Protection has delayed implementing several post-release functions in its Automated Commercial Environment in order to resolve outstanding technical issues.
The Phoenix, Ariz.-based third-party logistics provider and truck broker has purchased Global Freight Source for an undisclosed price in an effort to continue to grow its share of the truckload and less-than-truckload brokerage market.
Elaine Chao testified before the Senate Commerce Committee, which is reviewing her nomination to be secretary of transportation, but provided few details on how the Trump administration intends to pursue investments in infrastructure.
The Southern California port handled more than 8.8 million TEUs for the year, an 8.5 percent increase from 2015 and the most ever for a port in the western hemisphere, according to a statement from the port.
The U.S. Department of Transportation is establishing a new advisory committee focused on automation research, development and regulation across several transportation modes, the department said in a statement.
The BLET and SMART-TD labor unions are seeking to overturn a law prohibiting New Jersey Transit locomotive engineers from operating trains if their motor vehicle driver’s license is suspended.
The Massachusetts Port Authority’s Paul W. Conley Container Terminal in the Port of Boston handled 248,391 TEUs in 2016, a 5 percent increase over the previous year.
The United States has filed a trade enforcement complaint in the World Trade Organization today concerning China’s continued subsidization of its aluminum producers.
Florida’s St. Lucie County is looking for a private partner to help it develop 20 acres of waterfront land inside the Port of Fort Pierce for commercial use.
The agreement, which will infuse $26 billion into the state-run ocean shipping conglomerate over the next five years, will serve China’s “One Belt, One Road” strategy, according to a statement from China COSCO Shipping.
Inna Kuznetsova, president and chief operating officer of INTTRA, explained the reasons behind the company’s rapid growth in a recent interview with American Shipper.
Outgoing Vice President Joseph Biden released a report Tuesday outlining the benefits of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on improving the nation’s transportation infrastructure.
As many as 220 former employees of the now insolvent South Korean ocean carrier Hanjin Shipping will be hired following one-on-one interviews with management, Hyundai Merchant Marine said in a statement.
The contract freight rate benchmarking company warned, however, that stability will be hard to come by, and if just one or two carriers begin to drop rates and chase market share again, prices will likely fall across the board.
The port of Bushehr is capable of offering services for all containerized cargos including refrigerated products and provides an alternative to Bandar Abbas for shippers sending cargo to and from Iran, the Danish ocean carrier said in a statement.
Shares in Orient Overseas International Ltd., the parent company of ocean carrier Orient Overseas Container Line, have jumped more than 25 percent since the end of 2016, reaching a 52-week high on Wednesday.
The Mainz, Germany-based freight rail operator, formerly known as DB Schenker Rail, will participate in a feasibility study for the joint development and subsequent purchase of at least 100 new hybrid locomotives, the company said in a statement.
