A half dozen former U.S. agriculture secretaries from both Republican and Democratic White Houses are urging Congress to pass the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
U.S. truck trailer net orders totaled 32,200 units in October, a 7 percent decrease from September and a 30 percent decline from the same period in 2014.
The United States exported 811,584 net tons of steel in September and 7.75 million net tons of steel during the first nine months of 2015, down 21.5 percent and 15.3 percent year-over-year, respectively.
AirBridgeCargo Airlines, a subsidiary of Volga-Dnepr Group, has added Atlanta to its North American route network with the start of twice-weekly flights.
The airport handled 409,034 tons of cargo in the third quarter of 2015, a 0.08 percent year-over-year decline.
The Netherlands-based third-party logistics provider opened a new headquarters for South America and a Center of Logistics Excellence in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The Oklahoman inland river port saw water-borne cargo throughput rise 82 percent month-over-month in October to 170,751 tons.
The Virginia Port Authority plans to extend VIG terminal lease by several decades and the governor wants to use bonding authority to borrow $350 million for other port improvements.
Longer twin trailers are seen by many in freight transportation industry as productivity issue, but opponents claim they are unsafe.
A shorter surface transportation reauthorization bill would increase annual appropriations to a level that would allow more infrastructure projects to be completed, supporters say.
Chinese ocean carrier COSCO will join the Ocean3 Alliance’s Columbus service, which operates between Asia and North America’s east and west coasts.
The short-sea carriers commenced the Portugal and South Spain service, which operates with three, 700-TEU containerships, Oldenburg-Portugiesische Dampfschiffs-Rhederei said.
The Commerce Department this week has started an antidumping investigation of circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe imports from Oman, Pakistan, the Philippines, United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam.
The U.S. International Trade Commission has determined that a domestic industry is harmed by imports of supercalendered paper from Canada, which the Commerce Department said are subsidized by the Canadian government.
The retailer-owned wholesale hardware cooperative is transforming its fleet of leased and company-owned vehicles to now include professional drivers, routing and scheduling services provided under a Ryder Dedicated Transportation Solutions agreement.
The shipping company’s growth of more than 40 percent over the past four years spurred it to open a new, 21,000-square-foot Nassau County, N.Y. headquarters.
The airline group has taken measures to ensure goods are shipped in time for the holiday season.
The shipping and logistics provider will open a UPS Integrad training center in Atlanta, GA. this December, which features an outside course that mimics a small town.
Christopher Koch, senior advisor to the World Shipping Council, says container shipping faces a cost-control crusade and “green storm” of environmental regulations.
With a lack of preference cargo, carriers that move international cargo are exiting the U.S. flag; fleet has shrunk from 106 to 78 in past four years.
