At least 4,000 longshoremen at the Port of Santos in Brazil went on strike yesterday, but dry bulk vessel operations were unaffected, according to a statement from the Associacao Brasileira dos Terminais Portuarios.
The FedEx CrossBorder service, formerly Bongo International, offers front-end website customization for international sales, as well as customs and logistics services.
The Saint Lawrence Seaway officially opened yesterday, along with the Welland Canal, which connects Lake Ontario and Lake Erie, while the Montreal/Lake Ontario section of the St. Lawrence Seaway is scheduled to open tomorrow.
The Atlanta, Ga.-based shipping and logistics provider’s earliest small package and delivery service, UPS Next Day Air Early, added 12,680 U.S. zip codes to its network.
Union Pacific Railroad has increased train speed from 40 mph to 60 mph on a 7.5-mile stretch between Bonanza Road and Maule Avenue in Clark County, Nev., according to a statement from the company.
The Netherlands-based third-party logistics provider renewed its contract with and expanded its services for Ford Motor Company at Ford’s Louisville Assembly Plant in Louisville, Ky.
Maritime services provider Inchcape Shipping Services opened a new office in Veracruz, Mexico, its fourth office in the country.
The OCEMA working group published recommendations for how and when shippers should submit SOLAS container weight verification data ahead of the July 1 implementation deadline.
The OCEMA working group published recommendations for how and when shippers should submit SOLAS container weight verification data ahead of the July 1 implementation deadline.
The Obama visit to Cuba is part of a 16-month rapprochement that the administration hopes will ultimately lead to more bilateral trade with and political freedom in the island nation.
Rotterdam and other ports plan to challenge a European Union decision requiring seaports to pay a corporation tax beginning in 2017 on the basis that the ruling does not treat EU ports, especially those that receive government aid, equally.
The United States East Coast port handled 307,035 TEUs for the month, an 8 percent increase compared with February 2015.
The Singapore-based port terminal operator posted a net profit of $1.27 billion Singapore (U.S. $934.54 million) on revenues that fell 6.7 percent to S$3.57 billion compared with the previous year.
Ocean carrier Evergreen Line is joining the Ocean3 Alliance’s Phoenician Express/BEX2 as a vessel provider, while COSCO began participating on the loop two weeks ago as a slot purchaser.
United States truck trailer net orders totaled 21,300 units for the month, a 21 percent increase from January and 2 percent bump from February 2015.
Tri-Union Seafoods, which sells Chicken of the Sea, and Bumble Bee estimate about 34,000 cases of canned tuna may be contaminated because of a production malfunction that resulted in meat not being properly cooked before being sent to stores.
Ocean carriers Maersk Line, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd, OOCL, MOL, APL and Emirates Shipping Line issued general rate increases.
XPO Logistics appoints independent director, while essDOCS names chief commercial officer.
The European shipper group says a proposal by the European Commission to reform the way liner carriers announce general rate increases does not go far enough and the competition watchdog should “abolish…the practice of announcing GRI’s completely.”
South Korean shipping conglomerate Hyundai Merchant Marine’s attempt to renegotiate charters could affect owners such as Greece’s Danaos.
