Approximately 250 pilots working for ABX Air went on strike Tuesday morning, refusing to fly scheduled routes, including those for the airline’s major customers, DHL and Amazon.
The Danish shipping line issued a report Tuesday, with support from market analyst DataLiner, that projects Brazilian trade will grow 1 percent in 2017.
The Boulder, Colo.-based supply chain software provider will combine its own visibility technology with MacroPoint’s patented freight tracking software, the companies said in a joint statement.
The Northwest Seaport Alliance, which comprises the ports of Seattle and Tacoma, Wash., handled 304,703 TEUs for the month, a 3.6 percent increase from the same 2015 period, according to figures from the port authority.
U.S. and Chinese officials are meeting in Washington today to address commercial issues that cause friction in trade and investment.
The Philippine government has approved construction of the 500,000-TEU New Cebu International Container Port, with construction scheduled to begin in third quarter 2017, according to multiple media reports.
Scheduled to open in 2019, APM Terminals’ new facility at the Tanger-Med II port complex in Morocco will be the first automated container terminal in Africa, according to the port terminal operator arm of Danish shipping conglomerate A.P. Moller-Maersk.
The seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index equaled 131.6 for the month, down 0.3 percent from September and 0.9 percent compared with October 2015, the second year-over-year decline of 2016, according to American Trucking Associations.
In the midst of a major initiative for port modernization, the multi-purpose port started using the Navis N4 terminal operating system to improve customer service by reducing gate turnaround times, and overall vessel and berth productivity.
Niels G. Stolt-Nielsen, the company’s chief executive officer, said the deal will cover Stolt-Nielsen’s tonnage replacement needs for the next several years, create operational savings, add new trade routes, and expand its presence on key trade lanes.
The South Korean Liner carrier launched the HDX loop today, connecting Korea, China, Vietnam and Hong Kong.
Container handling capacity will be drastically expanded at the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal, and the terminal’s marginal berths will be deepened to 45 feet.
Container handling capacity will be drastically expanded at the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal, and the terminal’s marginal berths will be deepened to 45 feet.
President-elect Donald Trump announced a series of immediate actions he plans to take to increase jobs and wages for workers, including the withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement.
A group of 31 truck drivers filed a complaint against a half dozen container terminals or shipping lines at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, claiming they were denied access to terminals during Teamster-led strikes.
Meanwhile, the Georgia Ports Authority approved $4.27 million in funding for the Savannah Multimodal Connector, a $140 million inland rail facility scheduled for completion in 2020, and $15.5 million to increase auto handling capacity in Brunswick.
The logistics company has partnered with Delta Drone to use tiny aircraft inside warehouses for inventory assistance.
The outbound cross-border eCommerce distribution center is scheduled to be built by April 2017 in Narita, Japan.
The U.S. subsidiary of Puteaux, France-based third-party provider Bolloré Logistics has opened a new office in Charleston, S.C. that will focus on east-west ocean trade between the Carolina’s region, North Europe and Asia.
The Israeli ocean carrier will add stops at Aliaga and Iskenderun in Turkey and Ashdod, Israel, to its Turkey Israel Express (TIX) service, and a call at Damietta, Egypt to its Turkey Greece Express (TGX) service.
