SimpliShip marketplace is designed to help smaller shippers secure ocean and airfreight rates with NVOs and forwarders by having qualified service providers bid on their loads.
Ocean carriers are looking to reverse the negative trend with general rate increases and capacity adjustments.
A new report from the European Shippers Council outlines the potential positive and negative effects of large-scale ocean carrier cooperation and alliances.
Alliance members announced changes to their Loop 7 and Loop 4 services between Asia and Europe.
U.S. trailer net orders in May fell 14 percent from last month and 29 percent year-over-year, according to the latest figures from freight transportation analyst FTR.
The express carrier will utilize seven of the new alternative-fuel trucks for deliveries in Amsterdam and Rotterdam as part of the Freight Electric Vehicles in Urban Europe program.
The airfreight subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s flag carrier Saudia commenced bi-weekly 747-400 freighter service from New Delhi to Riyadh and Jeddah.
The airline will launch its own cargo division starting July 1.
Tulsa Port of Catoosa in Oklahoma said “excessive rains” last month hindered shipping to and from the port, with many barge tows idle since May 9.
The first phase of infilling has been completed at the Liverpool2, the UK port’s new container terminal.
The logistics provider opened the new 150,000-square-foot Texas warehouse and office facility June 18.
The aircraft manufacturer opened a research and technology center in Huntsville, Ala. on June 18.
AFFLINK names business development VP, while Con-way Inc. adds three to board.
The former president discussed the pros and cons of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which many have compared to his own blockbuster free trade agreement NAFTA.
Climate-change campaigners turn up heat in debate over ship operations.
WCO’s promotion of regional systems clusters for trade facilitation faces realities on the ground.
In late May, several hundred school children got to be part of the maiden voyage for a new program being offered by the Port of Oakland—free port tours. Every other weekend the port will offer boat rides to local residents aboard the historic Potomac, a converted Coast Guard cutter that served as President […]
Trade Trends with Taneli Ruda Nations buy from and sell to their immediate neighbors. That’s a basic trade theory. However, Latin America continually proves it’s an exception to this theory. A look at intraregional and interregional trade in Latin America over the past two decades provides some meaningful trends. For each of […]
Infrastructure, safety and driver reforms top trucking association’s legislative wish list.
The Rice Corp. filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (SDNY) seeking to enforce an arbitration award it obtained against Express Sea Transport Corp. and several alleged alter-egos following an alleged breach of contract and settlement dispute between the two companies. SDNY directed the parties to brief […]
