Roughly 18 percent of Union Pacific employees have been trained on positive train control operations, including engineers, conductors, dispatchers, maintenance of way engineering, mechanical, signal, telecom and information technology workers.
Seaspan Chief Financial Officer David Spivak said liner companies want to deal with larger charter owners, which could benefit Seaspan, since its 9 percent share of the global leased containership fleet is the largest of any independent owner.
Amazon is planning to offer China-based sellers the ability to ship their goods internationally as air cargo, but it is not clear whether the retail giant would be booking airspace via other carriers or flying its own planes.
Truckload pricing slipped another 0.8 percent for the month compared to February 2016, the 12th consecutive month of year-over-year declines, according to the latest Cass Truckload Linehaul Index.
In the latest reminder of the safety concerns surrounding these batteries, a woman was injured on a recent flight from Beijing to Melbourne when her battery-powered headphones exploded while in use, according to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau.
The Dubai, United Arab Emirates-based port terminal operator posted a profit of $1.13 billion on $4.16 billion in revenues for the year, increases of 27.6 percent and 4.9 percent, respectively, from 2015.
Intermodal pricing in February 2017 increased 4.9 percent compared with the same 2016 period, just the fifth year-over-year increase since December 2014 and the largest since January 2012, according to the latest Cass Intermodal Price Index.
Crowley Maritime Corporation signed a multi-year stevedoring and terminal services agreement with Penn Terminals to accommodate its weekly Northeast container shipping service to and from Puerto Rico.
The third-party logistics services provider has acquired a two-story, 177,000-square-foot warehouse near Singapore’s Changi International Airport for about $18.25 million.
Kansas City Southern (KCS) said in a statement it “respectfully disagrees” with a preliminary report from Mexico’s Federal Economic Competition Commission (COFECE) that found a lack of competition between KCS and other operators in the country.
The European Commission has re-adopted a cartel decision against 11 air cargo carriers and imposed fines totaling more than 776 million euros (U.S. $834.44 million) after the EU competition watchdog’s initial decision was annulled on procedural grounds.
Spain’s Popular Party pushed for the law-decree by arguing it was needed to comply with European standards and anti-trust rules, but critics said it would lead to worse labor conditions for dock workers.
A recent opinion and order stemming from the litigation resulting from the 2012 explosion and fire aboard an MSC containership highlighted the roles of intermediaries and documentation in the transport of dangerous goods.
The Georgia Ports Authority handled 330,539 TEUs in February, with total cargo tonnage reaching 2.94 million tons, year-over-year increases of 7.7 percent and 10 percent, respectively.
This summer the company says it will delivery in three days or less on 20 million eligible items, and that millions will offer free shipping.
Paperless solutions provider essDOCS said eCertify will continue to operate as a separate company, but will be supported by essDOCS’ global footprint.
The National Transportation Safety Board names acting chairman, while American Airlines Cargo appoints managing director of Florida, Caribbean and Latin America and 10-4 Systems names board chairman.
In addition to a 13 percent cut in funding for the U.S. Department of Transportation, a 2018 budget proposal released yesterday by President Trump’s administration would completely eliminate the TIGER grant program and privatize air traffic control.
Canadian Pacific Railway and the United Steelworkers Local 1976 have reached a tentative five-year labor agreement covering around 600 administrative support and intermodal employees in Canada.
Rates from Shanghai to Europe declined 4.7 percent since last week, from $859 per TEU to $819 per TEU, while rates from Shanghai to the Mediterranean fell 4.3 percent, from $838 per TEU to $802 per TEU.
