Price indexes for both imports to and exports from the United States have now fallen in 10 of the past 12 months, according to the most recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Port Everglades retained its spot as the top container port in Florida, but PortMiami has closed the gap with a 15 percent jump in volumes to 1 million TEUs during the same 12-month period.
Rates from Shanghai to Northwest Europe, the Mediterranean and the United States have declined for the past two consecutive weeks.
A DSD Shipping company memo warned employees “could get caught for polluting” if an oily-water separator on the vessel Stavanger Blossom was not fixed, and now three seamen face the possibility of up to 20 years in prison.
The U.S. Commerce Department issued a series of 50 fact reports that promote the positive impact passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement will have on the country’s economy.
French ocean carrier CMA CGM and its subsidiary line Delmas will begin purchasing slots on the transpacific CEN loop, on which COSCO and CSCL provide vessels.
Uruguay is the only foreign country to receive the United State Department of Agriculture’s “Never Ever 3” certification, which requires an open range production system, without the use of antibiotics, growth promoters or animal by-products.
The Northern California port and industrial and logistics real estate developer CenterPoint Properties have begun discussing plans to develop transload and cross-dock facilities on a 20 acre site adjacent to a new rail yard at the Port of Oakland.
The new Country Commercial Guides are prepared by trade and economic specialists at U.S. embassies and consulates to highlight market conditions in each country, according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Commerce.
The logistics provider and container terminal operator posted revenues of 868.9 million euros for the first nine months of 2015, a 4.2 percent decline from the corresponding period in 2014.
C.H. Robinson has named new North American Surface Transportation division president, while Crowley has appointed VP for stakeholders relations in Alaska.
The Port of New Orleans handled 537,285 TEUs in the past year through September 2015, surpassing the half million-TEU mark for the first time in any 12-month period, CEO Gary LaGrange said at the 29th Annual State of the Port Address.
The crowdsourced last-mile delivery specialist Deliv has purchased New York City-based Zipments, its second such acquisition, according to a statement from the company.
Shipment volumes and expenditures both slowed from the previous month and the same 2014 period, according to the latest Cass Freight Index Report.
Nearly a dozen global terminal operators formally expressed interest in bidding on the construction and long-term concession of the new Port of Corozal, according to a statement from the Panama Canal Authority.
MCI’s new factory is the first facility for making refrigerated containers outside of China.
A Temando survey conducted by Research Now revealed that 76 percent of all retailers are not well prepared to handle shipping delays and uncertainty during the holiday season.
Cargo thefts in the United States were up 7 percent in value despite falling 18 percent by volume in the third quarter of 2015 compared with the second quarter, according to the FreightWatch International Q3 2015 U.S. Cargo Theft Report.
Cargo throughput at Heathrow has remained relatively unchanged, but the value of UK exports via Heathrow has increased 9.7 percent over a 12-month period.
The Swiss-based third-party logistics provider’s aerospace hub in Dubai Logistics City secured new contracts with Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation and Avtrade.
