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Free flow helps several ports evacuate container yards more smoothly.

BNSF Logistics develops rail equipment, services to handle increasingly larger wind turbine blades.

   The Shanghai International Shipping Institute (SISI) has provided an interesting window into China’s ambition to continue growing its international shipping business.    China “will remain the largest cargo trader in the world and take a dominant role in global container shipping,” with imports and exports exceeding 200 million TEUs by 2030, SISI said.   […]

   It does not come into effect until July 1, 2016, but the World Shipping Council and other organizations are reminding shippers that mandatory amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) will require, regardless of who packed their container, to verify and provide the container’s gross verified weight to […]

   Representatives from the trade community are asking U.S. Customs and Border Protection to postpone the Nov. 1 deadline for mandatory filing of all customs entries in the new Automated Commercial Environment, because many companies won’t have integrated the new data requirements in their systems by then.    In a letter to CBP Commissioner Gil […]

   The U.S. Export-Import Bank has been called a purveyor of “corporate welfare” and a “boondoggle,” but the federal government-backed institution has long proven a useful and secure financial tool for numerous small and midsized American companies who seek overseas buyers for their products.     Is it perfect? No, nothing is. A lot more negative […]

   In a dispute involving cargo damaged during Hurricane Sandy in 2012, a federal judge found the storm was an “Act of God,” absolving the defendant from liability. (Lord & Taylor v. Zim Integrated Shipping Services and New York Container Terminal. U.S. District Court, SDNY. 13 Civ. 3478. 6/18)    The retailer Lord & Taylor […]

   We don’t often think about how technology-driven trucking has become because most motorists—even those with a keen understanding of supply chain—tend to think of trucks motoring down the highway as blunt force objects.    But modern big rigs are essentially computers with steering wheels. Their routes are planned with sophisticated software, their movements and […]

“The ultimate customer of the world’s cargo shipping industry deserves a voice at the table of the regulatory bodies deciding its future,” GSF Chairman Robert Ballantyne said in the forum’s annual report.

Ocean carriers deploy 540,034 TEUs of capacity each week through the Suez Canal, according to data from BlueWater Reporting’s Capacity Report application.

The ESC’s support for the merger stands in sharp contrast to its opposition to a proposed merger proposed between UPS and TNT in 2012.

Shipment volumes and payments for the month showed continued growth but remained below 2014 levels, according to the latest Cass Freight Index Report.

PortMiami is one of several ports on the U.S. East Coast that are cashing in on increased demand for all-water alternatives to West Coast cargo gateways.

The less-than-truckload carrier announced it will take delivery of 875 new tractors to replace older units and will add 1,750 new trailers to its fleet this year.

The Korean ship builder and global consultant will work together to create a connected ship that leverages the “Internet of Things” to improve operational efficiency.

The customs broker and forwarder previously used CargoSphere’s platform for timely ocean and air quotes, and will now use the rate software provider’s trucking module as well.

The French ocean carrier will add two vessels and several port calls its EURAF4 service between the Mediterranean and West Africa beginning July 18.

The third-party logistics provider opened a global distribution center in Born, the Netherlands for industrial spare parts.

Florida East Coast Railway announced a 26 percent year-over-year increase in volumes and the opening of a new train dispatch center in Jacksonville, Fla.

Crowley appoints IT VP and WCI hires government relations direction, while Cambridge Systematics, SMARTRAC and Sedex Global name senior executives.