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.
Lengthy environmental reviews and other approvals hinder large infrastructure projects improvements.
Northwest Seaport Alliance helps Seattle, Tacoma ports prioritize spending, grow cargo volume.
Rapidly growing 3PL giant plans to become a dominant motor carrier with the acquisition of Con-way.
Strategic View with Walter Kemmsies Freight infrastructure and logistics planners have to consider a wider than normal range of data when making investment decisions these days because pretty much everything is changing. Cargo volumes in some segments, notably containers and trailers, rose above their pre-recession peaks in 2014 and continue to increase, driven by […]
Container Analytics with Ben Meyer Last month, this column examined the possibility of Singapore-owned investment company Temasek Holdings selling Neptune Orient Lines, parent company of ocean carrier APL (“Who wants to buy NOL?,” page 48). Now, COSCO Container Lines and China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) are reportedly in talks to merge at the request of the […]
EDI has dominated the freight sector’s communications for decades, but the industry’s systems may soon have a whole new way of talking.
It’s long been said it’s the quiet ones that you have to watch out for. In the global logistics industry, Warburg Pincus may best fit this description. The private equity firm and its senior management—which includes Timothy Geithner, former U.S. treasurer and head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as its […]
On the last day of July, the European Commission officially hit the pause button on FedEx’s proposed $4.8 billion acquisition of TNT Express, deciding collectively to take a longer look at the merger and what it might mean for European shippers and customers sending air freight to the continent. The integrator expects the […]
