The inland river port in northeastern Oklahoma saw barge tonnage skyrocket 40 percent month-over-month in February to 186,951 tons.
The Memphis, Tenn.-based integrator reported a net income of $507 million on revenues of $12.7 billion for the third quarter of fiscal year 2016, which ended Feb. 29.
Many voters in this year’s presidential campaign see trade as the enemy preventing prosperity, while many United States businesses see trade as creating new opportunities, according to recent exit polls and a CEO survey conducted by Business Roundtable.
Maritime Administrator Paul Jaenichen, Sr. told the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation he sees the United States moving from “amber” to “red” on the national security scale if additional ships are lost.
The Federal Railroad Administration’s proposed regulations would require two engineers on all trains except for “operations that FRA believes do not pose significant safety risks to railroad employees, the general public, and the environment.”
New rules from the Office of Foreign Assets Control and Bureau of Industry and Security make it easier for importers, exporters, transportation providers and banks to conduct commercial transactions with Cubans.
The Commerce Department has determined that imports of certain hot-rolled steel flat products from Australia, Brazil, Japan, South Korea, the Netherlands, Turkey, and the United Kingdom are being dumped on the U.S. market.
XPO Logistics has been awarded a contract to manage frozen food retailer Iceland Foods’s supply chain and a reverse logistics contract by Aldi, a discount supermarket chain based in Germany.
The United States sentenced two German shipping companies, which operated the vessel BBC Magellan, for attempting to hide an oily bilge dumping scheme.
The United States exported 782,172 net tons of steel in January, a 7.8 percent increase from December, but a 15.5 percent decline year-over-year.
Leaders of the global transportation industry signed a declaration yesterday at the Buckingham Palace to fight criminal wildlife trafficking.
The Omani port received four new post-Panamax quay cranes from Shanghai-based equipment manufacturer ZPMC.
UPS Inc. Chief Executive Officer David Abney’s salary grew another 35 percent for the year after a nearly 105 percent increase in 2014, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.
Ethiopian Airlines Cargo is scheduled to resume operations at Brussels Airport March 26, offering direct flights to Dubai, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Guangzhou.
Third-party logistics provider Arvato SCM Solutions will provide distribution and value-added services at its new facility in Gennep, the Netherlands.
Reading & Northern Railroad appoints forest products VP, while ICC Logistics Services names CCO and the Long Beach Harbor Commission picks directors.
Groups representing shippers and other businesses say they want to avoid a repeat of the disruptions and slowdowns at West Coast ports that contributed to severe cargo congestion during the 2014-2015 talks.
Primary candidates in the 2016 United States presidential election are tacking towards the populist message espoused by Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders, putting Trans-Pacific Partnership deal in jeopardy.
The Dow Jones Transportation Average closed at $7,690.41 yesterday, March 14, up nearly 2.5 percent from the end of 2015 and more than 16 percent compared to the two-year low of $6,625.41 seen in January 2016.
The United States on Monday reached an agreement with Peru to remove outstanding barriers for U.S. beef exports entering the South American country.
