Maritime

TRAC Intermodal says inventory optimization as well as new and added equipment have eased shortages.

Taiyo Life Insurance Co. is funding the project that is part of the shipping line’s medium-term management plan.

C.H. Robinson’s vice president of Global Ocean Product expects to see ocean carriers putting profitability above rankings and volume in the coming year.

Commission employees have been placed on furlough and are prohibited by law from performing any duties during the shutdown.

An executive committee is elected in Louisiana and a managing director is hired in Italy.

Six of the submissions come from New Jersey and California; others are from Florida, New York, Texas and Virginia.

The state’s regulations for truck drivers differ from current federal rules.

Even the Port’s director agrees something needs to be done; East Coast port notches new record; ATA crows about California victory.

Prime Minister Theresa May’s failure to garner enough support in Parliament for her withdrawal plan, mainly because of the Irish backstop has seen the protagonists dancing around each other in the UK Parliament while Europe refuses to join the ceilidh.

The rapidly expanding 3PL solutions provider plans to close on a deal in January.

Long-term partnership with ATSG expanded with the lease of dedicated Amazon cargo planes.

Kurt Cavano is taking a break and resigning his executive leadership role at Infor.

The World Shipping Council and three other shipowner groups tell the European Commission consortia block exemption for liner shipping should be extended.

New hires and promotions take place from California to Florida.

Project first suggested in 2002 may yet go forward as Port of Baltimore vies for hinterland freight movements.

Rising driver wages can’t slow driver shortage plus a Boston-based company receives funding for autonomous technology development for cargo vessels and more empty containers are leaving U.S. ports

Boston-based firm will use the funds to grow the R&D and engineering teams and further the development of advanced situational awareness systems for vessels.

Collaboration within the maritme sector has, until now, been anathema to those that operate ships. New technology and the potential benefits is changing the culture of a thousand years.

U.S. says military cargo was improperly weighed by three units of YRC, resulting in higher freight costs.

Aziz Akhrorov recruited New York-based CDL applicants to fraudulently obtain learners’ permits and photo IDs in Florida.