A Chicago startup has proposed using crane rails to move containers in and out of terminals to ease congestion in the era of mega-ships.
DryShips and Teekay Offshore are going private. With share valuations weak, others could follow suit.
New guidelines highlight vessel safety issues for project developers.
The on-again, off-again trade war between the U.S. and China is a great threat to commercial vehicle forecasts, already buffeted by too many trucks and slowing freight growth.
Maersk says technology is core to its vision and wants more of its 6,000-strong IT workforce to be direct employees and not contractors.
The U.S. Commerce Department has added 46 additional overseas affiliates of Chinese telecommunications technology manufacturer Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. to the restrictive Entity List.
Former communications director will be the first female to lead the Washington state port.
The UN Conference of Trade and Development released a study that reveals who’s at the top of the commercial maritime world—ranked based on connectivity to other ports.
Velodyne has filed patent infringement claims that its rotating 3D LiDAR technology was copied by Chinese companies Hesai and RoboSense.
The new IMO regulation reducing ships’ sulfur oxide emissions aims to improve the health of the environment and human population, especially near coasts and ports. This also means increased costs and a shift in strategies for maritime shippers. A panel at the Edge 2019 conference will explore these regulations and their predicted effect on logistics.
Move to non-tariff sources means switching ports, intermodal executives say.d
U.S. Customs and Border Protection systems at airports nationwide encountered an unexpected outage Friday afternoon, leaving passengers waiting in extremely long lines, according to multiple news outlets. “CBP is experiencing a temporary outage with its processing systems at various air ports of entry & is taking immediate action to address the technology disruption,” CBP Tweeted. […]
Customs and Border Protection late this month will start live testing for blockchain’s applicability to intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement, according to a document posted online in preparation for the August 21 Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) meeting in Buffalo, N.Y. The test is scheduled to last through late September, says the document posted […]
Time-charter rates can offer a clearer view on future sentiment than headline-grabbing spot rates.
As the U.S.-China trade war intensified with the Trump administration announcing more tariffs, the two countries clashed in two disputes this week at the World Trade Organization (WTO). During a meeting of the WTO Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) on August 15, the DSB agreed to China’s request to establish a dispute panel to rule on […]
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security subjects 17 overseas entities to stricter U.S. export licensing controls by adding them to the Entity List.
American Trucking Associations (ATA) praised the fact that 53-foot intermodal containers won’t be subject to the next round of Section 301 tariffs on China. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative deleted the goods from the next planned tranches of trade measures to take effect September 1 and December 15. Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) subheading […]
Rupert Hogg, CEO, and Paul Loo, Chief Customer and Commercial Officer, have both quit their jobs at Cathay Pacific. The company has appointed two replacements.
Canada’s largest port saw increases in tonnage and containers during the first half of 2019, but individual cargo types painted a more complicated picture.
The July Cass Information Systems Inc. Freight Shipments Index sounded dire warnings for an economic contraction following the eighth consecutive month of negative year-over-year numbers.
Competition from other grain-producing countries weigh on U.S. grain exports – and on U.S. rail volumes for grain.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing a proposed rule to establish new required health warnings for cigarette packages and advertisements, which would apply to imports, the agency said. The proposed rule would implement a provision of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act requiring FDA to issue regulations requiring color graphics depicting […]
Golden Ocean could be a trendsetter, buying a stake in a marine-fuel operation to offset IMO 2020 price and availability risks.
Customs and Border Protection and the Treasury Department on August 15 issued a final rule to impose import restrictions on certain archaeological material from Algeria. Effective immediately, the rule amends CBP regulations to add Algeria to the list of countries that have a bilateral agreement with the U.S. to impose cultural property import restrictions. A […]
The CEO of Maersk says the impact from the U.S.-China tariffs and trade tensions on global trade has been quite manageable.”
West Coast sees slower import volumes as service changes and market downturn take toll.
Truck wait times on the Mexican side of the Otay Mesa port of entry have jumped as the inspection process lengthens, leaving trucks backed up for hours, said officials in Mexico. “Both Mexican and American customs are spending more time reviewing the trucks – with wait times between four and four and one-half hours,” said […]
Asia-U.S. container rates are still not showing peak-season strength, but optimism remains.
The interagency Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) is accepting comments and will hold a hearing to help inform the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative’s (USTR) annual report to Congress on China’s compliance with its World Trade Organization (WTO) commitments, USTR announced in a Federal Register notice published August 14. The public hearing will be […]
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is seeking public comment on the commercial impacts of the proposed addition of five chemical families to Schedule 1 of the “Annex on Chemicals” to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), BIS said in a Federal Register notice published August 13. The CWC is an international arms control treaty […]
Evergreen Marine reports a second quarter profit and says it will add 23,000 TEU ultra-large containerships to its fleet.
Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in this commentary are those of John McCown and not American Shipper or FreightWaves. The Cato Institute took issue with my recent commentary on the flaws in a 40-page study by a consultant concluding that container rates to Puerto Rico would decline 88.9% if there were no Jones Act. In […]
Transfix chief operating officer Lily Shen has added president to her title. The digital freight marketplace announced Shen’s promotion on August 14. Prior to joining New York City-based Transfix about two years ago, Shen spent nearly 20 years in Silicon Valley. She was the executive director of mobility and advanced technology for IDEO for a […]
Hyundai Merchant Marine, South Korea’s largest container carrier, said it had a smaller loss in the second quarter this year than in the same period in 2018.
Can listed shipping shares break out of their slump before the U.S.-China trade dispute is resolved?
Major U.S. drayage carrier sees Southeast ports as areas of growth in freight.
Customs and Border Protection is publishing a proposed rule to require customs brokers to collect certain information from importers to enable the brokers to verify the identity of importers, including nonresident importers, CBP said. Only a limited amount of information currently is required for customs brokers to receive power of attorney (POA), according to CBP. […]
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to update standards for hydrochlorofluorocarbons, including import requirements. EPA announced that its proposed updates include requiring electronic reporting for importers and exporters; improving the process for petitioning to import used substances for reuse; creating a certification process for importing used and virgin — or newly produced — substances for […]
Yang Ming had an operating profit in the second quarter but notes U.S.-China trade conflict has weakened demand for container transportation.
Amazon nears U.S. release for Prime Air drone deliveries.
Some tech goods, including cellphones, laptops and video game consoles, won’t be subject to Section 301 tariffs when a new round takes effect September 1.
But Japan’s biggest shipping line looks to restart Long Beach service after summer hiatus.
Manila, Philippines-based international container terminal operator, ICTSI (PSE: ICT) has reported a massive increase in profit and a substantial increase in revenues for the first half of 2019.
A container fire aboard the APL LeHavre comes as many liner companies are cracking down on misdeclared cargo.
Customs and Border Protection will conduct a test to examine new functionalities for de minimis entry filings in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) beginning no earlier than September 28, CBP announced. The ACE Entry Type 86 Test “will allow CBP to address the growing volume of Section 321 low-valued shipments resulting from the global shift […]
Barbara Spector Yeninas had the moxie to launch a business serving the male-dominated maritime industry 45 years ago. That determination has kept her going for more than four decades, although these days she’s wearing sneakers instead of stilettos.
Continued cancellations could have a marked impact on air cargo.
Third busiest U.S. port prods carriers and owner-operators to use low- and zero-emissions trucks.
