CoLoadX, an internet platform to enable forwarders to price effectively and allow non-vessel-operating common carriers to expand their sales scope, went live this week.
The International Maritime Organization’s Ballast Water Management Convention now has enough vessel tonnage to bring the treaty into force, thanks to Finland signing onto the treaty.
The U.S. Coast Guard’s Marine Board of Investigation has reviewed the transcripts for the first public hearing session into the loss of the TOTE Maritime general cargo ship, which sank last October and claimed the lives of 33 people on board.
Online freight rate marketplace Freightos told American Shipper that eastbound transpacific rates have shot up 50 percent since Hanjin filed for bankrutpcy last week.
Industry leaders meeting at a conference in Brussels Wednesday said the European Union’s new Unified Customs Code must still be tweaked to reflect modern ways of business and communication.
The online less-than-truckload (LTL) freight exchange FreightorGator has begun dynamically linking freight rates from LTL carrier YRC to users of its platform.
During the month, Japan and South Korea continued to be top performers for beef exports from the United States, driven by strong demand for chilled beef.
Third-party logistics provider Kuehne + Nagel said it will use a transportation management system from Transporeon to handle execution and visibility for its truckload and less-than-truckload shipments in Europe.
Cargo aboard the 4,600-TEU Hanjin Scarlet is currently being discharged at the Port of Prince Rupert in British Columbia.
The logistics software provider reported a net income of $5.8 million on revenues of $50.5 million for its fiscal second quarter, year-over-year increases of 14 percent and 12 percent, respectively.
TruckerLine, which provides truckers an ability to manage their careers and recruiters a searchable driver database, now has over 20,000 Class-A drivers.
The Commerce Department has preliminarily determined that U.S. imports of carbon and alloy cut-to-length plate steel from China unfairly receive government subsidies.
Several ocean carriers have decided to launch various routes in order to fill the void from Hanjin’s halted operation.
The world’s two largest container shipping carriers, Maersk Line and MSC, are beefing up their presence on the transpacific trade in the wake of Hanjin Shipping filing for receivership in Korea last week.
The U.S. Commerce Department said it has launched a nationwide technology competition to help the country’s seaports and users to develop efficient port information-sharing technologies.
The U.S. Foreign Agricultural Service said China has decided that vessels originating from the United States, other than the state of Florida, do not require disinsection certification.
The U.S. Commerce Department said the nation’s exports of goods and services increased from $182.9 billion in June to $186.3 billion in July, the largest monthly increase since the February-March 2014 period.
The Jacksonville, Fla.-based Class I railway said it expects third quarter earnings per share to decline slightly from last quarter due to high single-digit volume reductions from the same period a year ago.
LogFire’s cloud-based warehouse management software, which integrated as a partnership with Oracle last year, is intended to complement Oracle’s transportation management software.
The Dubai, United Arab Emirates-based port terminal operator won a 30-year concession for the development of a multi-purpose project at the Port of Berbera in the Republic of Somaliland, the company said in a statement.
