The Trump administration has nominated Richard Ashooh of New Hampshire as the assistant secretary of export administration in the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security.
The mid-Atlantic port handled 2.56 million tons of general cargo during the first quarter of 2017, up 5 percent year-over-year, primarily due to an increase in car and container volumes.
The Hamburg-based transportation and logistics services provider recorded a net income of 30.95 million euros (U.S. $34.75 million) for fiscal year 2016, down just 0.6 percent year-over-year, according to the firm’s latest financial statements.
Class I freight railroads in the United States employed 149,107 workers as of the middle of April 2017, down 0.14 percent month-over-month and 2.64 percent year-over-year.
The future of self-driving commercial cargo trucks and autonomous ocean vessels is fast approaching, but questions remain about how to develop, test and regulate the still-emerging technology.
The Building and Renewing Infrastructure for Development and Growth in Employment (BRIDGE) Act is sponsored by U.S. Sens. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and Mark Warner, D-Va.
The Senate Commerce Committee cited “labor-related concerns” with the Federal Maritime Commission’s pilot supply chain information portal project, but said supply chain innovation teams will continue work this summer, focusing primarily on U.S. exports.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has temporarily closed border-crossing operations at the World Trade Bridge at Laredo, Texas, due to severe flooding and power outages from a severe storm that struck the area Sunday.
The online retailer will build a drone logistics network in China and a research and development campus in partnership with the Xi’an National Civil Aerospace Industrial Base, where unmanned aircraft systems will be developed, tested and manufactured.
The Hong Kong-based airline is eliminating senior, middle management and non-managerial roles at its head office in an effort to cuts costs, the company said in a statement.
The U.S. Department of Transportation has filled its senior management team with a recent round of appointments.
Worldwide Flight Services has announced several corporate appointments, while the Coalition for America’s Gateways and Trade corridors has re-elected four directors to the board.
APL, which CMA CGM acquired in June 2016, contributed positively to the French ocean carrier’s first quarter financial results, according to CMA CGM Group CEO Rodolphe Saadé.
“ShipRush services help e-commerce small and medium businesses and omnichannel retailers execute parcel shipments for last-mile delivery to customers,” Descartes said in a statement.
After disrupting the taxi cab industry, the famed ride-sharing company’s newly launched Uber Freight division is now accepting bookings for cargo moving in 53-foot dry and reefer vans.
The Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2017 and the Maritime Administration Authorization and Enhancement Act for Fiscal Year 2018 were among six bills approved by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Thursday.
Container freight rates from Shanghai to the U.S. West Coast declined 8.5 percent since last Friday to $1,310 per forty-foot container, according to the latest data from Shanghai Shipping Exchange’s Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI).
The Commerce Department has initiated antidumping and countervailing duty investigations into the import of 100- to 150-seat passenger planes from Canada.
YRC Worldwide Inc. names chief financial officer, and the Baltic Exchange appoints chief commercial officer.
Sponsored by Canada’s Minister of Transport Marc Garneau, the proposed Transportation Modernization Act (Bill C-49) calls for the installation of locomotive voice and video recorders in train cabs, and a new air passenger rights regime.
