American Shipper

Ship lessor NSB has found a way to increase TEU capacity of its panamax vessels.

Seahorse Shipping hopes to make “jumbo barge carrier” a reality.

   To clarify, the future of the ocean liner industry isn’t here per se, at least not yet, but we may have gotten a glimpse of it at the end of 2015. French ocean carrier CMA CGM recently deployed the largest ship ever to call a U.S. port for test stops at the California ports […]

   Last month, word of Amazon’s next pursuit came down from the Seattle Times, and the report was that the online retailer is finally dreaming big. OK, maybe this is simply a continuation of the company’s lofty goals, some of which will pan out, while others fall flat. The Prime Air drone program is still […]

   This liability case emerged from the theft of a shipment of Sandoz pharmaceuticals in 2008.    Exel, Sandoz’s logistics provider, hired motor carrier Southern Refrigerated Transport (SRT) to transport the shipment, but the drugs were stolen in or near Dickson, Tenn.    Exel and SRT had executed a “Master Transportation Service Agreement” (MTSA).    The MTSA provided […]

Should big ports combine terminals to better handle big ships and the concentrated box volumes they throw off?

   The World Trade Organization’s Ministerial Conference, which took place in December in Nairobi, Kenya, was initially targeted as the date for entry into force of the landmark WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) agreed to at the end of 2013. However, because only 57 WTO members had ratified the agreement prior to the ministerial, parties […]

   To the casual observer, North America’s giant express carriers—namely UPS and FedEx—seem to have it all.    They devote hundreds of millions of dollars to purchasing the latest transportation assets and information systems, and offer just about any service imaginable today to the shipper, from parcel and less-than-truckload to air and ocean freight forwarding and customs […]

The Israeli ocean carrier says changes to its management structure and business groups should make ZIM more agile and attentive to customer needs.

Workforce reductions affect non-sales positions like IT, human resources, and accounting and stem from XPO’s 2015 acquisition of less-than-truckload provider Con-way Freight.

E-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc. referred to itself for the first time as a “transportation service provider” in its annual 10-K report submitted to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

South Korean shipping conglomerate Hyundai Merchant Marine may be looking to sell its subsidiary securities firm, tourism unit, port container terminals, or bulk carriers, according to various media reports.

The large roll-on/roll-off cargo vessel Modern Express has been listing at a dramatic 40 to 50 degrees in the Bay of Biscay and reportedly came within 27 miles of the coast of France.

The annualized turnover rate at large truckload carriers rose 13 points to 100 percent in the third quarter of 2015, but the driver turnover rate at smaller fleets and less-than-truckload carriers fell, according to the American Trucking Associations.

DHL Freight is offering an integrated service for customs clearance and duties for e-tailers that don’t have offices in the European Union.

The Deutsche Bahn subsidiary has invested in a 75 percent stake in Redhead Holdings to boost its road delivery capability in the United Kingdom.

The temperature-sensitive truckload carrier’s net income for 2015 surged 19.8 percent year-over-year to $35.7 million.

American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier Group will deploy the roll-on/roll-off vessel Aida as the seventh United States-flagged ship in its fleet.

DHL Parcel names new CEO, while CEVA Logistics appoints executive VP in charge of its South America business.

Executive Director Chris Lytle says the Port of Oakland is “deeply disappointed” with the action today by the joint terminal venture between Ports America and TIL, which says the reorganization is part of its “operational wind down” at the port.