House lawmakers brushed aside calls at a hearing to slow implementation of the Verified Gross Mass rule, while other shippers said compliance should be straightforward.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission is calling for carriers and shippers to work together to find a solution so exports are not left on the docks for lack of verified gross mass documentation come July 1.
The container terminal industry is facing challenges that include slowing global trade, larger ships, liner industry consolidation and extreme cost pressure, according to Kim Fejfer, chief executive officer of APM Terminals.
Authorities last week searched the head offices of France’s Bolloré Group as part of an investigation into whether the logistics provider and terminal operator acted improperly in securing port concessions in West Africa.
Rail and inland moves were up at the Port of Virginia compared to March 2015, but total box volumes fell based on anomalies a year ago, when the port saw volumes surge due to inclement weather at the end of February delaying vessel arrivals until March.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is requiring terminal operators, warehouses or other entities with custody to detain potassium, potassium hydroxide and potassium nitrate from Tangshan Sunfar Silicon Co. while it investigates the matter.
A dangerous mix of slowing global growth and plummeting commodity prices could lead to an eventual stagnation in credit that hampers world output, according to a report from the International Monetary Fund.
Door manufacturer Door-Stop International has selected XPO Logistics to deliver products from its manufacturing plant in Nottingham to customers across the United Kingdom.
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd., Japan’s third-largest shipping company, plans to halve the fleet of its smaller bulk ships by returning vessels to shipowners, according to an anonymous source with knowledge of the plan.
The shipping company is launching a new freight service linking the Omani ports of Salalah, Duqm and Sohar with Jebel Ali in the United Arab Emirates.
The southeast Indian port set a record for container volumes record in March, handling a total of 61,390 TEUs during the month.
The Baltic Exchange’s main ocean freight index rose for the twelfth consecutive trading session Wednesday thanks to higher rates for panamax, supramax and handysize dry bulk vessels.
The air cargo terminal operator’s recently inaugurated cool center at Shanghai Pudong International Airport can handle 100,000 tons of temperature-sensitive goods per year.
AAPA elects Port of Pascaguola director incoming chairman, while UPS appoints chief sustainability officer and Flagler Global Logistics names new president.
Crowley Maritime, a pioneer in a trade that is still restricted under laws such as the Helms-Burton Act and Trading with the Enemy Act, has actually seen volumes fall in recent years as Cubans have begun importing more from Brazil, and perhaps Argentina.
The first phase of the “Middle Harbor Project,” due to go into operation this year, will add about 10 percent more container capacity to the nation’s second largest container port and allow Long Beach Container Terminal to handle 18,000-TEU vessels.
The digital platform launched by a startup company two years ago to match shippers with unused capacity in the short-haul truckload and less-than-truckload market has cut its workforce by 50 percent, according to a report from Business Insider.
Box volumes at the Southern California port grew by double digits in the first quarter, but comparisons to last year are colored by the one-time West Coast labor disruption in early 2015.
JaxPort and the Port of New Orleans have new truck-rail transfer facilities that are expected to make more attractive shipping options.
German ocean carriers Hamburg Sud and Hapag-Lloyd are shifting two of their services from one member of the Northwest Seaport Alliance to the other.
