The U.S. Transportation Department on Friday released a regulatory package to enhance the safety crude oil and ethanol shipped by rail.
With a large reefer capacity, the new ships are destined primarily for the South American trade lanes.
American Trucking Associations wants electronic speed limiters on all large trucks to be set at no higher than 65 mph.
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 36 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.
The $5.9-billion deal includes KTR’s real estate assets and operating platform.
XVELA, a unit of Navis, aims to help carriers and port terminals work together.
Channel Construction chartered a barge on three occasions to Northland Services between 2010 and 2012. Northland used it as a platform to generate electricity and refrigeration of fish products. In the summer of 2011, the barge began developing a starboard list, which William Tonsgard Jr., Channel’s president, was concerned might be caused by […]
When the World Customs Organization set out to establish the SAFE Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, it handpicked a group of shippers and trade association representatives to provide industry input on supply chain security measures. That group, the Private Sector Consultative Group, […]
Customs organization ready to assist members with implementing WTO agreement.
Container Analytics with Ben Meyer Much has been written in recent months about the congestion issues at U.S. West Coast ports. Contentious labor negotiations between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and its employers, represented by the Pacific Maritime Association, exacerbated those issues, costing shippers millions of dollars in merchandise delays and lost sales. […]
Marine terminals sees congestion as precursor to challenges from Panama Canal.
The changes taking place in the container-shipping industry are structural, not cyclical, said Ron Widdows, ex-chairman of the World Shipping Council and former chief executive officer of Neptune Orient Lines, the parent company of APL. “The idea that there’s going to be a rebalancing in supply-demand in this sector may be a fantasy, […]
The logistics staff that you hire today for your business, whether you’re a shipper, transportation intermediary or freight carrier, will mostly come from the millennial generation. While it’s difficult to group people together—the 80 million or so millennials would be those individuals who entered the workforce after 2000—it’s often the best way to […]
The Shanghai Shipping Exchange shows spot rates to Europe at low of $399 per TEU.
Transportation Intermediaries Association says truck safety scores on FMCSA website have led to misuse in lawsuits.
Squamish dock was used to handle forest products, steel.
The Transportation Intermediaries Association and United Fresh Produce Association have released a new joint broker-shipper contract for transportation.
UTi Worldwide appoints co-presidents for forwarding, while the Port of New Orleans welcomes new commissioner.
Southern California container terminals clear backlog in wake of tentative ILWU contract.
While the Jones Act is seen as a pillar by many industry and government officials, it’s under heavy attack by some legislators and interests.
