United States retail and food services sales were up 1.4 percent in June compared to the previous year, according to advance monthly sales estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau.
The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia reported a nearly 163 percent increase in net profits in the second quarter of 2015 compared to the second quarter of 2014.
Truckload pricing will increase between 4 percent and 9 percent through the remainder of 2015 despite a slight deceleration in spot rate growth, according to investment firm Avondale Partners.
Coal, iron ore, grain and liquid bulk shipments on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway dropped in the first half of 2015.
Year-over-year rates were down for the sixth consecutive month in June, according to the latest Cass Intermodal Price Index.
The global trade management software vendor opened its fifth office in the Asia-Pacific region due to trade growth and use of new trade lanes by its customers.
The UPS Worldwide Express Freight service, designed for urgent, time-sensitive and high-value international heavyweight shipments, added eight new origin countries and five new destination countries to its network.
The Japanese container liner will begin tracking invoice and documentation accuracy, as well as vessel on-time departure performance, on a quarterly basis, mirroring its efforts in other regions.
A story in Wednesday’s AS Daily about a short-term fix for the Highway bill should have said the proposed extension in the House is for five months, not six.
USA Truck appoints CEO, while England Logistics and High Road Partners appoint VPs, and the Renault-Nissan Alliance picks new head of supply chain.
Singapore investment company Temasek is seeking buyers for Neptune Orient Lines, parent of ocean carrier APL, according to reports from the Wall Street Journal.
The latest in a long series of stop-gap measures would temporarily plug the funding hole in the ailing Highway Trust Fund while lawmakers continue to search for a long-term solution.
The Port of Oakland attributed the decline in volumes primarily to reduced exports, as import volumes grew for the fourth consecutive month.
Third-party logistics provider Kuehne + Nagel Group reported higher profits in the first half of the year despite a decline in revenues compared to the same period in 2014.
Yard operations at APM Terminals Port Elizabeth facility continue to be impacted after a major water main broke early Tuesday morning.
The U.S. Commerce Department has released 19 new reports to help the country’s exporters identify potential overseas markets.
Annualized turnover rates at truckload fleets with more than $30 million in annual revenues dropped to a four-year low, according to the most recent figures from the American Trucking Associations.
The U.S. International Trade Commission on Tuesday determined that imports of certain Chinese tires for passenger vehicles and light trucks unfairly harm domestic producers.
The shipment management software provider’s “Big Schedule” platform is intended to let shippers visualize their planned routes and better understand potential reliability and delay concerns.
The shipping and logistics provider will offer a less-than-container-load service from Zhengzhou, China to Hamburg, Germany.
