The United States Department of Agriculture granted the gulf coast port approval to import select types of refrigerated produce from South America effective Oct. 1.
Key issues to be covered at the Container Trade Outlook 2015 Conference in Houston, Texas include the Panama Canal expansion, container industry outlook, chassis pools and issues, and U.S. maritime labor concerns.
Rickmers-Linie, Schneider and U.S. Bank Corporate Payment Systems name chief officers, while NYK Ports and ABP appoint business directors.
In a separate action, warehouse workers began a strike Tuesday morning against California Cartage warehouse in Los Angeles.
Norfolk Southern finalized the purchase of a 282-mile section of track between Sunbury, Pa. and Schenectady, N.Y., from the Delaware & Hudson Railway Co.
Maritime industry analyst Drewry said it expects ocean carriers to “walk away with okay sums for the full year” in the latest edition of its Container Insight Weekly.
The Georgia Ports Authority board approved expenditures of up to $12.6 million for the third phase of Savannah’s yard crane electrification and a project to refurbish the concrete wharf at the Port of Brunswick’s Mayor’s Point Terminal at a meeting Monday.
Train movement restrictions will be placed on Norfolk Southern, CSX and Conrail in the Philadelphia, New Jersey and New York City areas as Pope Francis visits the United States for the first time, according to an NS customer advisory.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Krysta Harden will lead a trade mission to Accra, Ghana Nov. 17-20, to expand export opportunities for American agriculture.
Heavy-lift carrier AAL’s new Vancouver office is expected to support its Pacific service, connecting North Asia with the U.S. and Canadian west coast.
The home improvement retailer opened a 1.6 million-square-foot direct fulfillment center in Troy Township, Ohio to support continued growth in online sales.
The global freight forwarder opened a 155,000-square-foot third-party logistics center in Chelmsford, Essex to serve clients in the United Kingdom and overseas.
The third-party logistics provider opened a 251,000-square-foot warehouse in Fife, Wash., designed for high-volume, retail-compliant and quick-turnaround shipping.
Ocean carriers Maersk Line, CMA CGM and NileDutch announced general rate increases.
The completion of the South Florida port’s Deep Dredge project paves way for PortMiami to handle mega-size container ships from Asia.
The Central Florida port says the service will open a new market for regional automobile and heavy equipment auctions.
On Second Thought with Jerry Cook Say what you will about our dysfunctional government, but sometimes, when pressed to act on an important matter, our leaders and legislators can overcome often bitter partisan divides. That’s just what happened when, before recessing for the month of August, Congress passed critical Trade Promotion Authority legislation. TPA […]
Responding to industry concerns, U.S. Customs and Border Protection recently announced it’s postponing the Nov. 1 deadline for electronically filing standard customs entries in a sophisticated, new trade management system to give other government agencies and businesses more time to integrate data requirements in their internal systems. Officials were previously firm that the […]
Former Bethlehem Steel plant property at Sparrows Point, Md., evolving into something new.
Coos Bay seeks more cargo with a new leader, revitalized rail, plans for deeper channel.
