Maritime

The trade deficit declined from C$3.9 billion in March to C$1.9 billion in April.

Lindsey is named branch manager; Mordhorst gets promotion.

New NSA, NRA language written to relieve regulatory burdens on NVOCCs and shippers.

Rank-and-file longshoremen and employers still have to vote on six-year contract, and local pacts also are being negotiated.

Rank-and-file longshoremen and employers still have to vote on six-year contract, and local pacts also are being negotiated.

FTR Transportation Intelligence reports fleets are struggling to keep up with demand in “red-hot market.”

Alibaba Cainiao says the facility “should be able to handle tens of millions of packages a year and bring an additional 1.7 million tons of cargo per year to the […]

The port just finished a renovation project at North Cargo Piers 1 and 2 and has other projects in the works that are expected to be completed in 2019.

Third-party provider CEVA Logistics says the integrated service with IMS Worldwide will provide substantial savings to customers on duties and import fees.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has opened an inquiry into the loss of 83 containers off the Yang Ming containership off the coast of New South Wales last week.

Lloyd’s List says the European shortsea and feeder carrier is being shopped just five years after being acquired by Nordic Capital.

The French ocean carrier has been working with San Francisco-based maritime technology startup Shone to develop artificial intelligence systems for use on CMA CGM containerships.

Legislation also proposed could relieve up to 90 percent of the trucking industry from the logging device mandate.

Logistics company hires key account manager; properties group names corporate affairs lead; airline taps commercial activities chief; industry groups elect board members; and longtime public servant becomes EVP.

Port expected to give final approval to new SSA Terminal deal for Oakland International Container Terminal and Matson Terminal.

The supply chain payment and finance platform provider’s Series E funding round, led by heavy hitters Goldman Sachs and PSP Investments, brings its total valuation to $1.1 billion.

Investigators want to see if Macron’s right-hand man promoted interests of shipping company.

Singapore-based ocean carrier Pacific International Lines is injecting several thousand TEUs per week of capacity into the trade between Asia and the east coast of South America.

The truckload carrier is issuing and selling up to 16,668,000 shares, while stockholders are selling up to 1,388,000 shares.

Investigations were launched after petitions were received from companies in Illinois and Texas.

Israel-based container shipping carrier makes senior management changes; transportation intelligence provider names VP of North American sales.

On his last day in office as governor, Chris Christie signed a bill into law withdrawing New Jersey from the bi-state compact that created the agency in 1953.

Decentralized technology could change some of the fundamental ways that the trade community keeps in line with government regulations.

The YM Efficiency was en route from Kaohsiung to Sydney when it encountered adverse weather conditions throwing 83 containers overboard and damaging 30 more on deck.

The acquisition of Finlogistics doubles the Danish company’s activities in Finland.

Hyundai Merchant Marine’s 20 new containerships will have an aggregate capacity of 388,000 TEUs.

Increased duties will take effect when the International Trade Commission publishes its final injury determination.

Surett is promoted to CFO; Cornede is named executive director; Matthews is tapped as association president.

Rising cost of fuel, port congestion among reasons cited for $55-per-TEU charge.

“Jetblack” will allow select customers in Manhattan and Brooklyn to send shopping requests via text message and have their orders delivered within one day.

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration revises exemptions on personal conveyance to include laden trucks.

Two legal battles on the West Coast involving proposed bulk marine terminals will test the limits of state and local government regulations over these projects.

As capacity tightens throughout the United States, shippers make best use of existing and future storage space.

CMA CGM and APL will purchase slots on sailings to Latin America.

The company has been growing its container fleet in addition to its mix of tankers, bulkers and oil and gas rigs.

Truck transportation and warehousing and storage had the biggest gains of the 18,700 added jobs.

Full operations resumed Thursday morning after railroad, Teamsters reached agreement Wednesday ending short strike.

Buffalo-based subsidiary of Rich food company extends reach into Texas.

Seaspan says deal will bolster its strategy to lead consolidation in containership sector.

The total value of cross-border trade between the United States and its partners in the North American Free Trade Agreement rose 5.5 percent year-over-year in March following an 8.7 percent […]

The containership owner and operator posted a first-quarter net profit of $500,000 on revenues of $28.3 million.

Global demand for air freight climbed 4.1 percent for the month after a 1.7 percent uptick in March.

Kansas City Southern chief is tapped to serve on the board of directors.

The 26 rubber-tired gantry cranes carry a price tag of $46.4 million.

Schwichtenberg named safety chief; Malin will head operations.

The Commerce Department has laid the groundwork for the assessment of countervailing duties on U.S. imports of certain plastic decorative ribbon from China.

The Commerce Department has finalized antidumping duty amounts for imports of citric acid and certain citrate salts from Belgium, Colombia and Thailand.

Full operations are expected to resume Thursday at 0600 local time across Canada after conductors and locomotive engineers went on strike Tuesday night.

European Shippers Council polls members about benefits of shipping consortia.

Shippers express concern about the effects a strike by Canada’s second-largest Class I railway may have.

Three whistle-blowers will receive about $4.4 million as part of the False Claims Act.

Some shipments may be affected as officials investigate the Wednesday morning explosion in Lexington.

The Florida-based TMS provider is the Australian company’s seventh acquisition so far this year.

The annual growth rate of 2.2 percent in the first quarter of 2018 is down from 2.3 percent in its initial projection and 2.9 percent the previous quarter.

Bud Wright says the time is right to step down as executive director of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.

Global Shippers Forum complains about “conference-style pricing methods to impose surcharges” on customers.

The Class I railway said the work stoppage is scheduled to start at 2200 Eastern time Tuesday.

After both lost ground the previous week, one measure of spot rates ticked up 1.4 percent sequentially last week, while another slipped 1.1 percent.

The move is designed to enable further collaboration in the transformation of China’s logistics industry.

The acquisition of Shipping and Airfreight Services is part of a long-term strategy to expand coverage around the globe.

U.S. exporters risk downplaying the Commerce Department’s Unverified List in their compliance checks.

The deal will include the consolidation of vessel fleets, staff and the global network of customers and offices.

UPS names former Xerox exec as marketing chief; Railinc promotes IT leader.

Teamsters say negotiations will resume immediately in an attempt to avoid a strike.

After it gets answers to questions, the agency will have another 45 days to review proposed revisions.

Meanwhile, conductors, engineers and signal maintainers at Canadian Pacific had until noon Friday to vote on the railway’s offers.

Most Kingpin Act designations during the Trump administration have been associated with Mexican drug cartels, according to a Treasury official who testified to a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Wednesday.

Maersk contributed to the development of Insurwave as a pilot client and is continuing on the platform with its marine hull portfolio.

The project will promote streamlined customs processes and sound implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement.

The Port Authority reports 551,117 TEUs were handled during April, the fourth consecutive monthly high.

The agencies will accept comments on the export control reform-related proposed rules to move several firearms and related items from the U.S. Munitions List to the Commerce Control List through […]

The Commerce Department has finalized its determinations for fine denier polyester staple fiber imports from China, India, South Korea and Taiwan.

Carriers announce charges because of rapid rise in fuel costs.

Booming automobile manufacturing sector and new free trade deals are likely to spur future gains.

The Israeli ocean carrier managed to increase its revenues and volumes during the quarter from a year prior despite a larger net loss.

The portal gives cargo owners, freight haulers a single window into operations at four container terminals.

The American Trucking Associations’ seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index ticked up 2.2 percent following two consecutive sequential losses.

Terminals at the Port of Savannah handled 356,700 TEUs in April, a year-over-year increase of 7.1 percent and a record for the month.

The fast-growing containership owner and operator has purchased three 2,500-TEU vessels for a total consideration of $33.8 million.

Crowley promotes attorney; new VP driving Xeneta sales in North America

Seaborne refrigerated trade grows as perishable shippers raise demand for temperature-controlled containers.

The move comes amid reports that President Donald Trump has offered to lift restrictions on the Chinese telecom giant in exchange for trade concessions from Beijing.

The Danish ocean carrier in early July will commence a dedicated container service connecting ports in Italy, France and Spain with Montreal and Halifax.

Commissioner Kevin McAleenan said officials are looking to balance trade enforcement and trade facilitation by incentivizing private-sector partnerships.

The National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America board chairman congratulates CBP for finishing the Automated Commercial Environment core.

Congressman Shuster says the legislation will help “prevent future project backlogs.”

Carriers can using emerging technologies to cut costs, find new revenue streams.

Short line railroads across the United States offer affordable and flexible options for shippers, yet they are still struggling to overcome track quality, technology and reliability.

Chamber of Marine Commerce president outlines Canadian government’s plans to modernize pilotage rules.

Nearly one-third of the U.S. Senate sign a letter in a drive for greater flexibility within rules for commercial vehicle drivers.

Bailey and Brittin leading Transportation Institute at the University of Denver; Gonçalves joining Institute of International Container Lessors; and O’Brien and Bordelon serving Shipbuilders Council.

A.P. Moller-Maersk subsidiary signs 10-year agreement for warehouse complex in Santa Fe Springs.

Bipartisan-proposed law would require a share of LNG and crude oil exports to be carried on U.S.-built ships registered in the United States.

Agency will decide later this week whether to allow revision, seek more information or block changes.

The deep-draft multipurpose port expects a boost in business from the petrochemical boom.

Implementing new technologies can be costly but could boost efficiency and relieve wharf congestion.

Growth in domestic truckload rates accelerated to 8.2 percent compared to April 2017, according to the latest Cass Truckload Linehaul Index.

North American intermodal rates in April climbed another 6.6 percent, the 19th consecutive monthly year-over-year increase.

Jumbo employees mourn loss of 95-year-old founder Hans Kahn.