The gulf coast port handled 12,653 TEUs during the first half of its fiscal year 2016, which ended March 31, a 36 percent year-over-year increase.
Industrial real estate services and investment management firm JLL has appointed Walter Kemmsies managing director, economist and chief strategist for its U.S. Ports, Airports and Global Infrastructure Group.
Lineage Logistics is the latest third-party logistics provider to add refrigerated warehouse space in the city, helping the Port of Charleston attract perishable shippers.
Industrial developer CenterPoint has purchased a transload facility in Chesapeake, Va.
Port Freeport picks new CEO, while IFCO appoints VPs for commodity management and grower sales and TruckSmart names national accounts director.
Hann Livingston is the new chief growth officer at ICAT Logistics in Elkridge, Md. His name was misspelled in last Thursday’s AS Daily story “Executive Moves: UPS and ICAT Logistics.”
Meanwhile, the U.S. Army has sent a letter to the Surface Transportation Board opposing the Canadian railway’s proposed acquisition of Norfolk Southern as a potential threat to national security.
United States port authorities and private companies plan to invest six times more in ports through 2020 than the federal government, according to a recent survey from the American Association of Port Authorities.
The third-party logistics provider’s purchase of United Kingdom-based Evolution Time Critical will allow Metro, which is headquartered in Canada, to expand its automotive services presence beyond North America.
The House subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation will hear testimony on April 14 about the International Maritime Organization’s controversial verified gross mass requirement, which goes into effect July 1.
There’s reason to hope that spring has arrived for the ocean freight industry, with one measure of the demand side rebounding from a record low, but the supply side is still a “horror show,” according to Bloomberg commodities columnist David Fickling.
Dubai-based Mercator, a provider of solutions to the global travel, transportation and logistics industry, has acquired Seattle, Wash.-based Revenue Management Systems.
United Continental Holdings has abandoned plans to buy 24 takeoff and landing slots from Delta Air Lines at Newark Liberty International Airport, the U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday.
Keeping its customers intact was a priority for DSV A/S following the Danish supply chain specialist’s $1.35 billion purchase of third-party logistics provider UTi Worldwide in January, according to Group Chief Executive Officer Jens Bjoern Andersen.
Doorae Shipping will also make a community service payment of $200,000 after pleading guilty to charges that it failed to maintain an accurate oil record book and made false statements to the U.S. Coast Guard concerning the discharge of oily bilge water.
European all-cargo operators Cargologicair and SW Italia have filed applications to launch routes to the United States, according to a report from industry news outlet The Loadstar.
The U.S. International Trade Commission has launched a study of the aluminum industry in the United States and its place within the global aluminum trade.
Air cargo aircraft operator Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has completed its $110 million acquisition of Southern Air Holdings, a provider of intercontinental and domestic crew, maintenance and insurance services.
The northern New York port will undergo a project this year that involves the addition of two grain storage bins, a new conveyor system and the rehabilitation of two rail bridges.
The United States exported $437 million of beef and $414.3 million of pork in February, year-over-year declines of 18.4 percent and 12 percent, respectively, due to abundant red meat supplies and a competitive international marketplace.
