Additional pipeline capacity from West Texas means filling bigger ships with crude oil; New Zealand steering away from carbon economy.
Railway officials discussed plans to grow intermodal cargo and develop the Nova Scotia port during this week’s earnings call.
Technology developments are aiding ports, but business models also need to evolve.
Port handled 9.5 million TEUs in 2018 and believes technology can help solve “persistent systemic problems.”
Three company veterans are promoted and a logistics specialist is named chairman of the board.
Class 1 railroads may have to shorten train lengths and reduce speeds to cope with cold, while drayage supply will also be tight.
Dam collapse could pinch amount of ore heading to water; container crane falls on ship in Canada; Australian port tries to go clean.
Shippers in the transpacific trade should consider moving more of their cargo under contract rates and look at joining a shippers association or buying group because of the trade war between China and the United States, suggests Phillip Damas, director and head of Drewry Supply Chain Advisors. Most shippers move about 80 percent of their […]
No injuries were reported in the incident, which occurred early Monday morning, but both the crane and Evergreen ship sustained damage.
IPS Worldwide bankruptcy filing is another critical reminder that shippers need to better manage their accounts payable.
One of the world’s largest coal export ports, the Port of Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia, has announced it is committing to the EcoPorts global environmental and sustainability standards.
The roughly U.S. $250 million purchase of the Toronto-based business is expected to close in February.
Appointments announced by CMA CGM Group, Columbia Shipmanagement, Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg and U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Experts said that lashing failures were the most likely cause of the container stack failures when the MSC Zoe lost around 280 containers in a storm on 2 January this year. But MSC maintains that accident investigations are continuing.
Swiss freight forwarder says 2021 strategic plan should make Ceva worth more as independent company.
CEVA’s board says the offer is friendly but shareholders may do better if they hold onto their shares.
Transpacific revenues up 26 percent in fourth quarter of 2018 on 6.1 percent volume growth.
APM’s move to add automated box handling equipment at large terminal has dock workers concerned about job security.
IPS Worldwide’s bankruptcy filing leaves many shippers seeking to get their money back, in some cases in excess of tens of millions of dollars.
A former NTSB executive tells FreightWaves that “perishable information” critical to freight accident investigations is at risk of disappearing.
