A new whitepaper by American Shipper, in collaboration with the Virginia Maritime Association, tackles some of the thorny problems behind cargo delays at key U.S. ports.
The member carriers of the Ocean3 Alliance have increased westbound transit times between the United States and China by one week on their Pearl River Express and AAC/Bohai loop, according to BlueWater Reporting.
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis revised a previous prediction of a 2.3 percent annual growth rate in second quarter gross domestic product to a 3.7 percent increase.
Tacoma members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union are volunteering time and supplies to help combat wildfires in Eastern Washington.
The global port operator attributed its strong results primarily to increased throughput at higher margin marine terminals and its integration of industrial logistics infrastructure firm Economic Zones World.
The global freight shipping company has teamed up with Day & Ross Freight to offer expedited services throughout the Canadian marketplace.
Gulftainer appoints CEO of GT International, while MOL names manager of contract services.
The change to an appointment-based system for drayage drivers picking up or dropping off cargo at the ports will take effect immediately at five terminals (for imports initially) and five more will make the switch next year.
“Repercussions on the global supply chain will be felt over the next few months and perhaps years to come,” said the CEO of supply chain research firm Resilinc.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at the port found over 424 pounds of the illegal narcotic hidden in a shipment of tires that originated in South America.
The industry research and analytics firm forecast more than 30 percent growth in trade between North America and Europe and China and Vietnam.
The French ocean carrier has suspended its Liberty Bridge service between North Europe and the United States East Coast.
The vessel Mineral Faith caused delays and tailbacks for at least ten southbound vessels after grounding Tuesday, according to a customer advisory note from Inchcape Shipping Services.
The newly opened West Rail Bypass International Bridge at Brownsville, Texas is the first new rail crossing constructed between the U.S. and Mexico since 1910.
European logistics services provider Samskip has acquired the remaining shares of Van Dieren Sweden AB, taking full ownership of company.
Tideworks’ terminal operating system will go live at Port Everglades in early 2016.
The port terminal operator announced profit attributable to equity holders of the company rose 12 percent despite revenues dropping 8.6 percent in the first half of 2015.
The third-party logistics provider launched a weekly direct less-than-containerload service from Singapore to New York.
The freight division of Emirates will provide over 150 tons of belly-hold capacity each week between Mashad, Iran and Dubai, United Arab Emirates starting Sept. 1.
The expedited transportation and logistics services provider said its new temperature-controlled logistics facility will serve as the operations and warehousing hub for its life sciences and medical device customers throughout Europe.
