U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations officers at the Tampa International Airport discovered the counterfeit rings in a shipment from China.
Federal Maritime Commissioner Richard A. Lidinsky Jr. said that ports in the United States must continue to expand and improve to handle rising container volumes in order to stay competitive with neighboring foreign ports.
The Jacksonville, Fla.-based railway saw second quarter 2016 net earnings drop 19.5 percent to $445 million on revenues that fell 11.7 percent to $2.7 billion compared with the second quarter of 2015.
Ports in the United States will benefit from the federal government’s effort to improve freight mobility with the so-called FASTLANE program, according to the credit rating agency Moody’s Investor Service.
The Southern California port saw cargo volumes rise 5.9 percent year-over-year for the first six months of 2016.
The U.S. Department of Transportation has proposed regulations to require that railroads provide state and tribal emergency responders with frequent and more detailed information to respond to oil train derailments.
The United States has asked the World Trade Organization to press for China’s elimination of export duties on nine different raw materials used in the manufacture of wide range of high-tech and industrial products.
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $98.9 million criminal fine for its involvement in a conspiracy to fix prices on international ocean shipments of roll-on/roll-off cargo.
Net orders for North American Class 8 trucks in June fell 8 percent from May and 34 percent compared with June 2015, according to preliminary data from freight forecaster FTR Transportation Intelligence.
The Israeli ocean carrier will implement software provider INTTRA’s eVGM service, which will help shippers comply with the new verified gross mass rule that took effect July 1.
The third-party logistics company is closing a distribution center in southeast Memphis, which will result in the largest lay off announced by any company in the Memphis metro area so far this year.
Ocean carrier Hyundai Merchant Marine, which has been struggling to turn a profit in recent years, signed a memorandum of understanding with 2M Alliance members Maersk Line and MSC to join their major east-west vessel sharing agreement.
Ocean carrier Hyundai Merchant Marine, which has been struggling to turn a profit in recent years, signed a memorandum of understanding with 2M Alliance members Maersk Line and MSC to join their major east-west vessel sharing agreement.
PierPass, which was created by marine terminal operators in Los Angeles and Long Beach to address multi-terminal issues, noted Q2 truck turn times at both ports were faster than any other quarter during the past two years.
August is still expected to be the peak shipping month this year, even though volumes during the month are forecasted to be lower year-over-year, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.
The Southern California port attributed the 3.4 percent year-over-year increase in container volumes in June to rising imports, which jumped 5.5 percent year-over-year.
Representatives from the maritime and oil and gas sectors have joined forces to create the SEA/LNG group, which aims to accelerate the widespread adoption of liquefied natural gas as an alternative to traditional diesel fuel.
The MOL Benefactor has worked its way down the East Coast to Savannah after taking advantage of the wider Panama Canal to transport cargo from Asia.
Chris Spear, the new president and CEO of American Trucking Associations, began his tenure leading the industry group by removing the now-former executive vice presidents of finance, communications and advocacy.
The Commerce Department on Tuesday recommended countervailing duties be assessed on imports of stainless steel sheet and strip from China.
