Truckload pricing dipped another 1.6 percent in July 2016 compared to the same 2015 period, the fifth consecutive month of year-over-year declines, according to the latest Cass Truckload Linehaul Index.
A new air transport agreement between the United States and Mexico entered force on Sunday, and promises to enhance passenger travel and air cargo opportunities.
The Justice Department said Wenxia “Wency” Man of San Diego was sentenced to 50 months in jail for conspiring to export U.S. military technology to China.
Intermodal pricing in July dropped for 19th straight month compared with the prior year period, according to the latest Cass Intermodal Price Index, and analysts with Avondale Partners expect the trend to continue through the rest of the year.
In addition to typical problems drivers face while transporting cargo, Mexico’s militant teacher’s union known as the National Coordinator of Education Workers has been conducting roadblocks in response to the 2013 education reform.
Container throughput at the Canadian seaport stood at 1.4 million TEUs during the first six months of the year, a 6.5 percent decrease from the record setting throughput seen in the same 2015 period, according to recent data from the port authority.
The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed a $54,000 civil penalty against Gordon Food Service of Wyoming, Mich. for allegedly violating federal hazardous materials regulations.
The three new super post-Panamax cranes arrived Friday aboard the Zhen Hua 14 and are scheduled to enter commercial operation by the end of the year.
The e-commerce giant said it plans to employ 1,500 permanent workers at the Tilbury, Essex warehouse and distribution center once it’s completed next year, in addition to creating 500 new jobs at a facility in Doncaster, South Yorkshire.
Singapore-based provider of logistics facilities, GLP, signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement Thursday with China International Marine Containers.
Ocean carriers CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd, OOCL and MOL issued general rate increases.
DSF said it expects intra-regional trades to grow in importance at the expense of the main east-west trades.
Source: Schneider U.S. Customs’ fleet of 307 large-scale vehicle inspection systems and radiation portal monitors needs to be replaced because it is aging, requires more maintenance, and is based on older technology, according to the agency and port officials. Older radiation portal monitors, which passively detect the presence of radiation in trucks that […]
The United Kingdom’s historic and shocking decision to exit the European Union has provided the fuel to power countless op-eds. As the European Union’s largest economy, Germany is a key part of that story. But the “Brexit,” which I examined in depth in last month’s Trade Trends column, is not the most impactful […]
So much innovation has occurred in recent years to improve GPS, video and tracking technology. So much that many people believe there is a silver bullet solution to secure supply chains easily. As I tell the companies I work with, that’s just not the case. Real security takes a consistent, disciplined approach over time […]
Air Transport By Jon Ross New planes, reduced emissions In July, Boeing made a quick fix to its new aircraft forecast, delivered last year and meant to predict the world’s demand for new airliners across the next two decades. Raising its prediction by slightly more than 4 percent, Boeing said there will need to […]
Richard Lidinsky Richard Lidinsky, who in July stepped down after seven years as one the five members of the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission, kept a fanciful cartoon from the Baltimore Evening Sun hanging in his office showing George Washington standing atop of a tower searching for the ships that used to come from the […]
In mid-July I had an interesting conversation over lunch with a very plugged-in logistics software executive about the relevance of application programming interfaces (APIs) for the ocean freight industry. I asked him a basic question: what’s preventing the ocean freight industry from using APIs instead of the de rigueur method of systems communication, […]
Baggage on U.S.-Cuba flights and Collaboration procurement to transport optimization.
It’s truly ironic that the country which led the charge to approve the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement earlier this year may be the one that oversees its destruction. If you haven’t figured it out, we’re talking about the United States. This is the same country that stands to gain the most benefit from participating […]
