The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said Peru has made progress on ensuring only legally harvested timber is exported, but there’s still room for enhancing protections.
The Atlanta-based package delivery giant has streamlined its ground package network to speed up e-commerce deliveries from U.S. retailers to eastern Canada by a day.
The Hong Kong-based container and bulk shipping company reported a net loss of $40.2 million in the first six months of 2016 as revenues slid 20.5 percent to $385.8 million compared with the same 2015 period.
Tanjung Priok Port’s new container terminal was built by NYK Line, PT. Pelabuhan Indonesia II, Mitsui & Co. Ltd. and PSA International Pte. Ltd.
The Ardita, which arrived at the Port of Hamilton at the western end of Lake Ontario in April, remains anchored in the harbor near the port due to a legal dispute over the sale of the vessel.
The French Mediterranean port posted a total cargo throughput of 7.8 million metric tons for the month as container volumes grew 12 percent to 112,768 TEUs compared with July 2015.
The cargo airline unveiled its new Madrid-Amsterdam service taking effect today, along with its new service from Frankfurt to London via Paris that’s scheduled to launch next week.
Dachser prepares way for new chief operations officer, while the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad names business development director, and ECU Worldwide relocates two regional sales managers and appoints to others to its USA management team.
Louise Muenter, head of media and stakeholder relations at A.P. Moeller-Maersk, said a corporate restructuring is a possibility following a report the Danish shipping conglomerate could be split into separate transportation and energy companies.
The supply chain software provider has been the rumored target of industrial conglomerate Honeywell, but instead gets additional capital from Blackstone and majority owner New Mountain Capital.
Representatives from the U.S. Embassy in Beijing met with the director general of China’s Inspection and Quarantine Ministry to gain more information about how shippers can comply with China’s requirement that shipments from the nation be mosquito-free.
Southern California’s so called “Blue Cut Fire” has disrupted BNSF and Union Pacific rail traffic, including intermodal traffic moving to and from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, but some train lines and highways are reopening.
The Federal Railroad Administration released a status update yesterday on implementation of Positive Train Control, highlighting the need for greater funding from Congress for railroads to implement the technology “as quickly and safely as possible.”
The World Trade Organization said Russian import duties on paper, refrigerators and palm oil exceeded the amount it had agreed to when it joined the organization in August 2012.
The Dubai, United Arab Emirates-based global port terminal operator posted a profit of $608 million on $2.1 billion in revenues for the first six months of 2016, year-over-year increases of 50.2 percent and 10.2 percent, respectively.
The Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority in a special meeting held yesterday approved a $1.5 million increase in funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ maintenance dredging of a portion of the Bayport Ship Channel.
United States truck trailer net orders totaled 9,500 units in July 2016, a 20 percent decline from June and a 55 percent drop from the same 2015 period, according to freight transportation analyst FTR.
The South Carolina Ports Authority said it expects volumes to increase this year, driven by automotive parts, refrigerated cargo and plastics.
The liner carrier commenced a new service operating with two vessels between Jacksonville and Port Everglades in Florida, Costa Rica and Jamaica.
The temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics company has acquired Consolidated Distribution Corporation, a leading foodservice supply chain logistics company and the largest independent multi-concept re-distribution provider in the nation.
