World Distribution Services will invest $6.2 million in collaboration with Lingerfelt Commonwealth Partners on the project in Virginia Beach.
Customs and Border Protection will begin migrating its Importer Trade Activity data to ACE Reports, making the data available to all trade members on demand.
A former Chinese airline employee operating out of JFK Airport orchestrated a scheme using passenger flights to deliver packages to military officers in China.
“I’m convinced that when the Tunisians get a taste of U.S. beef, poultry and eggs, they’re going to want more,” said U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue.
A reported 60 gallons of oil entered the water, but there was no active discharge of oil from the DeJeanne Maria, the Coast Guard said.
The company also announced plans to invest up to $136 million in automated and semiautomated expansion projects and select redevelopment at its Atlanta campus.
House Democrats on the Ways and Means Committee worry the language of the renegotiated trade agreement lacks enforceable environmental commitments for Mexico.
The Swiss freight forwarding company, which is set to be acquired by DSV, reported a volume decrease in ocean forwarding.
CSX reported a first-quarter record operating ratio, and KSC said it achieved its best Q1 revenue.
Board nominees Don Brown and Chris Jamroz are announced, Pan Hua and Michael Wunderlich have new roles and Tim Leonard is hired.
Developed by Maersk and IBM, TradeLens uses blockchain to promote exchange of shipping and trade data.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative will allow Section 301 tariff exclusions for 21 additional product types covering 348 exclusion requests.
“I don’t know if it’s accurate; we’re reaching out to you to find out if it is,” attorney Ed Greenberg said at the NCBFAA conference.
NCBFAA conference attendees advised to challenge carriers if they claim they will start burning low-sulfur fuel before Jan. 1.
The cranes are the first of eight similar machines that will be delivered over the next few weeks.
The cranes are part of a $60 million terminal expansion and modernization project at its Honolulu hub.
In some cases, companies are filing drawbacks for the first time in almost 20 years, according to Sandler Travis law firm attorney Michael Cerny.
Kevin McAleenan, the CBP commissioner named acting Homeland Security secretary, has picked COO John Sanders to oversee the duties of commissioner.
Canvas Ventures led the funding round for the on-demand warehousing and fulfillment startup, which was founded in 2017.
Work began in October on the $63 million project, which was expected to take 18 months to complete.
The Digital Container Shipping Association will focus on driving standardization, digitalization and interoperability in container shipping.
Intermodal volumes fall by 7 percent, but a 10 percent increase in revenue per load helps the segment increase revenue by 2 percent.
The European Commission is given the green light to begin talks with the U.S. on agreements regarding conformity assessment and tariffs on industrial products.
The Class I railroad’s $2.9 billion capital investment plan also includes another $505 million to be invested across four other states.
The agency requires that Mexican cascarones — decorative, confetti-filled eggshells — are free from egg residue to prevent the spread of poultry diseases.
The company says Rhegreen, a free-of-charge program, can reduce emissions between 10 percent and 40 percent.
UniCredit Bank and its Italian and Austrian operations processed over $500 million through the U.S. financial system for the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines.
Officers are elected to the International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses and World Food Logistics Organization boards; ICTS director is hired.
International Longshore and Warehouse Union opposes plan to automate the APM Terminals container facility.
The U.K.-based shipping company will power Toll’s online booking platform and will be introduced in the fourth quarter.
The newly launched KN Pledge also promises a money back guarantee, extended cargo liability, instant pricing and a carbon footprint offset.
While there was a 4.8 drop in volumes last month, it still was the port’s second-busiest March ever.
Gary Scott Stratton used credentials he obtained while working as a state trooper.
FTR reports the 13,500 units also made for the lowest March since 2008.
According to the Maritime Anti-Corruption Networks, there have been more than 28,000 incidents of corruption reported since 2011.
The two have reportedly agreed “to meet soon,” according to White House spokesman Judd Deere.
Bethann Rooney is promoted to deputy director and Andy Saporito is named senior adviser for special projects.
The investment by the world’s most profitable company is valued at $1.25 billion.
Exports to Vietnam through Oakland have grown 126 percent since 2015 and in 2018, Vietnam was the port’s third-largest import market and fifth-largest export market.
Consolidated Chassis Management will run the chassis pool to give customers “a cost-effective and efficient supply chain that eliminates choke points and increases velocity.”
The Dubai-based company has acquired Chilean port terminal operator Puertos y Logistica S.A.
Sandra Goranovic is promoted to vice president, Khalfan Al Shueili is elected to board and John Adams is hired.
The port’s volumes in March grew 12.7 percent year-over-year to 650,977 TEUs.
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao on Wednesday defended the proposed budget, a 4 percent decrease from FY 2019-enacted levels.
The nomination of Nazak Nikakhtar to undersecretary of Commerce for industry and security helps fill the most senior role at the Bureau of Industry and Security.
House Ways and Means Committee Democrats say passage of labor law reform legislation by the Mexican congress is needed before they support the agreement.
The port’s throughput grew by 4.2 percent year-over-year in the first quarter and by 10.7 percent year-over-year in March.
The study found gas-fueled engines reduced well-to-wake greenhouse gas emissions up to 21 percent for two-stroke slow-speed engines.
Year-to-date the iron ore trade on the Great Lakes stands at 3.4 million tons, an increase of 9.5 percent.
Director-General Roberto Azevedo talked about the impacts of restrictive measures like tariffs on overall global trade and prospects for reforming the multilateral body.
U.S. export transactions with persons listed on the Unverified List may require a Commerce Department export license.
The president of Gennex Media conspired with others to fix prices on online sales of promotional items between 2014 and 2016.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection increasingly is using data to perform “predictive analytics” to more precisely target violations that may occur in the import entry process.
The industry’s recruitment and retention problems are compounded by increased federal and state regulations, a competitive job market and time away from home.
Report from Menon Economics and DNV GL predicts Dubai will climb into the top five by 2024.
Intermodal loadings fell by as much as 4 percent due to weather events impacting the western network, Todd Tranausky said in an FTR State of Freight webinar.
Rob Lowe is named director of administration and CFO and Matt Copot is hired as vice president of maintenance.
French company is increasing its warehousing space in Vietnam almost tenfold.
“If you do remove this as a tool for the shipping lines to use, are you prepared to accept higher freight rates as a consequence?” asked analyst Tan Hua Joo.
The shipping line signed a memorandum of cooperation with Nansha officials last week.
Tan Hua Joo also asserts that carriers are downplaying their scrubber strategies as they tell customers they must recover the higher fuel costs.
Mao Sun and Xing Er were flown from China to Denmark and then transported by truck to their new home.
The airline also had revenues grow by 13 percent to its strongest performance in five years.
The Taiwanese shipping company said it will have 14 new 11,000-TEU containerships that all are IMO 2020 compliant delivered between 2020 and 2022.
Head of Israeli maritime security firm Naval Dome says the “maritime sector is being targeted by highly motivated cyber criminals.”
The board of directors for the company, which is being acquired by DSV, also proposes that no dividends be paid to shareholders in 2019.
The House Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee also received requests Wednesday for the same cost share for inland waterways that was set up for deep draft ports.
Claus Hemmingsen will leave the company with the closure of the Energy division, set to take place by the end of June.
The Justice Department said the Illinois company imported 36 shipments of Chinese-origin saccharin that were transshipped through Taiwan to evade paying antidumping duties.
Between 2007 and 2011, Standard Chartered Bank facilitated $240 million worth of financial transactions that violated U.S. sanctions programs.
The requirement is part of a package of amendments under the revised annex to the IMO’s FAL Convention adopted in 2016.
Despite a 4.7 percent year-over-year decline in cargo movement, the port still recorded the second-busiest first quarter in its history.
The projects in Illinois, Wisconsin, Tennessee and Louisiana are part of the Class I railroad’s $2.9 billion capital investment budgeted for 2019.
ONE CEO Jeremy Nixon says the growing number of typhoons is “creating disruptions to vessels passing up and down within Asia.”
The auction of the terminals in the state of Pará to private operators netted $115.9 million and included leases ranging from 15 to 25 years, according to The Rio Times.
Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding is tapped to build the first U.S.-flag bulker for the Great Lakes trade in more than 35 years for Interlake Steamship Company.
Labor, environment and affordable health care among the priorities laid out by Rep. Richard Neal in a letter to to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.
Drewry’s white paper predicts, if the tariffs are imposed, a rush of U.S. imports of finished vehicles and auto parts in 2019 before declines in 2020 and 2021.
The successful talks will re-establish Peru’s forestry and wildlife supervision agency as an independent entity.
Keppel Offshore & Marine has secured a grant of up to $1.48 million for the vessel, which is expected to be finished in the fourth quarter of 2020.
The White House on Monday declared that an agreement to offer Cuban baseball players “a safe and legal path” to Major League Baseball teams is illegal.
The committee is made up of 35 voting members representing surface transportation users and providers and 14 nonvoting members from federal departments and agencies.
The Monica Wooden Center for Supply Chain Management & Sustainability at the University of South Florida will help “keep the United States at the forefront of this industry.”
The cranes, on order to Konecranes for about $1.9 million each, are expected to be delivered next year to the Port of Savannah.
Mike Wilson and Don Stephen are tapped as chief executive officers and Neil Dursley is named chief commercial officer.
The French shipping giant plans to delist CEVA from the Zurich Stock Exchange and set up an operational center in Marseilles.
There is no word yet on whether the Trump administration might appeal the ruling.
CMPort said revenue grew by 16.9 percent and throughput climbed 6 percent year-over-year in 2018.
The Iowa senator linked removal of steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada and Mexico to a favorable congressional process of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
The Hapag-Lloyd containership was verified as the source of tar balls located in a New York park, according to the Unified Command.
The USTR has listed for retaliation about 315 items, including agricultural products, apparel, ceramics, metals and kitchen goods.
Monthly retail imports are expected to grow to nearly 2 million TEUs in August, which would be the most since October, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker.
The startup uses machine learning and AI to help ocean shipping companies optimize fleet performance and reduce fuel emissions.
Trips to Africa, Mexico and Austria are on the calendar this year.
The third annual survey by Drewry and ESC found shippers and freight forwarders were least satisfied with the clarity of prices and surcharges.
The Office of Foreign Assets Control added sanctions against two shipping companies and their vessel for transporting crude oil from Venezuela to Cuba.
To date, only three ports — Miami, Colombo and Hong Kong — have announced plans to form alliances.
Bertrand Schmoll is elected to board and Dean Milcos is promoted to CFO.
President Trump named Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan as acting DHS secretary following the resignation of Kirstjen Nielsen.
Oscar Thwin, Todd Naramore and Jerry Critchfield all are named vice presidents.
