The non-vessel operating common carrier will launch a less-than-container-load import service between Taiwan and New York.
Ocean carriers Maersk Line and Wan Hai issued general rate increases.
Intelligrated picks senior director for commercial operations and Jettainer names new sales director.
A tie-up between Singapore’s Neptune Orient Lines, parent of liner company APL, and CMA CGM of France would combine the third and thirteen largest container carriers worldwide.
Deputy Administrator Manuel E. Benitez says Panama Canal Authority will have better idea in December whether the canal will open in April as now scheduled.
FMC Chairman Mario Cordero said shippers are complaining about higher PierPass costs and worsening service.
The third largest container carrier said that it has outperformed a market plagued by overcapacity and lower rates.
In addition to the overall SCFI reading, rates from Shanghai to Northwest Europe, the Mediterranean and the United States have all fallen for the past three consecutive weeks.
A half dozen former U.S. agriculture secretaries from both Republican and Democratic White Houses are urging Congress to pass the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
U.S. truck trailer net orders totaled 32,200 units in October, a 7 percent decrease from September and a 30 percent decline from the same period in 2014.
The United States exported 811,584 net tons of steel in September and 7.75 million net tons of steel during the first nine months of 2015, down 21.5 percent and 15.3 percent year-over-year, respectively.
AirBridgeCargo Airlines, a subsidiary of Volga-Dnepr Group, has added Atlanta to its North American route network with the start of twice-weekly flights.
The airport handled 409,034 tons of cargo in the third quarter of 2015, a 0.08 percent year-over-year decline.
The Netherlands-based third-party logistics provider opened a new headquarters for South America and a Center of Logistics Excellence in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The Oklahoman inland river port saw water-borne cargo throughput rise 82 percent month-over-month in October to 170,751 tons.
Chinese ocean carrier COSCO will join the Ocean3 Alliance’s Columbus service, which operates between Asia and North America’s east and west coasts.
The short-sea carriers commenced the Portugal and South Spain service, which operates with three, 700-TEU containerships, Oldenburg-Portugiesische Dampfschiffs-Rhederei said.
The retailer-owned wholesale hardware cooperative is transforming its fleet of leased and company-owned vehicles to now include professional drivers, routing and scheduling services provided under a Ryder Dedicated Transportation Solutions agreement.
The shipping company’s growth of more than 40 percent over the past four years spurred it to open a new, 21,000-square-foot Nassau County, N.Y. headquarters.
The airline group has taken measures to ensure goods are shipped in time for the holiday season.
