The ocean carrier members of the G6 Alliance will cancel four additional sailings in the Asia to Europe trade, one each on their Loop 4, Loop 5, Loop 6 and Loop 7 services.
Customs workers at Brazilian ports have planned a pay-related, ‘standard operation’ strike in which the minimum permitted numbers of staff will be on duty.
The airport attributed the 1.9 percent year-over-year decrease in cargo volumes to a 5 percent year-over-year decline in transshipments.
The $30 million rail entrance project at the Port of Vancouver, designed to increase the efficiency of rail movement through the port, was completed last week.
The airport attributed the growth in cargo volumes in the last 12 months to additional flights added by some carriers to diminish supply chain problems from the backlog at the Channel Tunnel.
The international express parcel carrier opened the DHL Express Melbourne Gateway facility at the Melbourne Airport to better serve regional businesses that operate in and out of Australia.
Investment firm Brookfield Infrastructure Consortium will purchase 55 percent of Asciano Limited in a deal that will value the rail and port logistics provider at approximately $8.8 billion.
Merger speculation continues as CIOSCO says it is “contemplating a plan on a material event.”
Vessel charterer sees benefits from cost management and stronger U.S. dollar.
Container throughput slipped 6.8 percent year-over-year in the first half of the year to 4.5 million TEUs, which resulted from the port”s sluggish trade with China and Russia, the weak ruble, a drop in oil prices and the economic recession.
Danish carrier will no longer transport chemical that has been blamed for ship fires.
From the late 1960s onward, he represented numerous air freight carriers and forwarders in old fashioned way.
The company said it will provide equipment for five pure car/truck carriers under construction for Grimaldi Group.
The third party logistics provider said it will launch an updated version of RapidLink, its web-based supply chain software and service solution.
Ocean carriers Maersk Line, CMA CGM, MOL and OOCL issued general rate increases.
Spot container rates from Shanghai to Northwest Europe and the Mediterranean dropped for the second straight week in a row.
Wei Jiafu, former chief executive officer of COSCO, has been named CEO of a Pasadena, California-based company called Apollo Acquisition Corp.
At least 56 dead, including 21 firefighters, reported in the aftermath of Wednesday’s explosion in the northern Chinese port.
Alphin Brothers, a North Carolina-based seafood processor and wholesale distributor, was sentenced this week in federal court for falsely labeling imported shrimp.
The global supply chain services provider said its new weekly rail service linking China to Europe will be a cost-effective transportation option.
