The American Primary Aluminum Association said an OECD report supports application of Section 232 aluminum tariffs across import sources and countries.
Keith Lovetro comes out of retirement to lead supply chain management company.
Global Port Tracker report forecasts declining volumes in the coming months and an overall weakness in imports for the first half of the year.
Torben Weilmuenster is elected chairman of the governing council; Bahri CEO Abdullah Aldubaikhi is appointed to the board of directors.
Newly minted entities that had hoped to begin offering forwarding and NVO services at the start of 2019 are stuck until the FMC can resume issuance of licenses.
Allianz consultant is concerned that risk is being normalized in the shipping industry.
Jim Vena, a 40-year veteran of Canadian National, is joining the U.S. railroad on Monday.
The Port of New York and New Jersey hails the advancement of its five-year strategic goal to handle more than 900,000 rail lifts a year.
Gary Cardenas is named CEO; Mike McNally is appointed as sales and marketing director.
Two large ships are still on fire in the Pacific and Atlantic.
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer: “The Trump administration is making clear that it takes monitoring and enforcement of U.S. trade agreements seriously.”
BlueWater Reporting looks at possible economic boosts that also could benefit the United States.
The Connecticut Port Authority said the 20-year agreement with the terminal operator offers “a substantial increase in revenue versus the current operations.”
The first branded 93,000-square-foot facility has opened its doors in Nashville.
The National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America warned closing the U.S.-Mexico border would cause an “economic disaster.”
The digital edition is packed with news, including challenges facing carriers, the latest developments on the tariffs front and the status of the FMC’s demurrage report.
Leaders of NYK, MOL and “K” Line also highlight the challenge of IMO sulfur regulations.
The 7,510-TEU Yantian Express was en route to Halifax, Nova Scotia when the blaze erupted.
More than 250 containers washed off the MSC Zoe on Wednesday.
Arian was the president of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union from 1991 to 1994 and also served as president of Local 13 in Los Angeles.
The European Commission has notified the World Trade Organization of its intent to extend steel safeguards imposed last summer through July 16, 2021.
With an estimated 30 gigawatts of offshore wind power projected for the United States by 2030, Virginia believes its port facilities could play a central role.
It’s time “to step up to the next level by working with the right types of strategic partners and undertaking acquisitions to enhance our technology, network and capabilities.”
Scott Pruneau is appointed CEO; Chris Sloope is promoted to chief operating officer.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awards the $92 million construction contract to deepen and widen the ship channel.
Once the export control agencies are back in operation, it could take weeks for their staffs to dig out from the backlog of license requests.
German authorities say some of the containers have come ashore in the Netherlands.
The container manufacturing unit of A.P. Møller – Maersk says it is shutting down a factory in Dongguan, China that made dry, non-refrigerated containers.
The nominations of Patrick Fuchs and Martin Oberman were approved by voice vote Wednesday.
Container lessors board elects a chairman; four industry veterans get promotions.
Young Cuban baseball players must navigate complex MLB and OFAC rules in order to successfully make it onto the turf of Major League teams.
Sixteen crew members are rescued, four are unresponsive and another is missing.
The vessels are chartered to “one of the world’s largest liner companies.”
The new year brings a requirement for airlines and ocean carriers transporting international mail from China to file advance electronic data.
More than 676,000 boxes of grapes, peaches, nectarines, apricots and plums were offloaded as the import season got under way.
BlueWater Reporting takes a deep dive into the Mississippi River’s importance in global commerce and the future of container vessels on the waterway.
The Fashion Jewelry & Accessories Trade Association will join the Fashion Accessories Shippers Association as part of Gemini Shippers Group.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection requires mandatory filing of import manifests in ACE for trucks transporting up to 5,000 shipments with values of less than $800 each.
The Surface Transportation Board, which regulates U.S. domestic transportation providers, has slightly adjusted its penalties upward to reflect annual inflation.
YM Wonderland and YM Wisdom will be deployed to THE Alliance’s Asia-Europe service.
For many people, myself included, the holidays are a time for reflection and looking ahead at what’s to come. And although I tend to think making specific predictions is an […]
Trade associations warn of big disturbances in the event of a “cliff-edge” withdrawal.
The Government Accountability Office, a congressional body that acts as a watchdog of executive branch performance, did call for more documentation of decision-making.
More than 130,000 containers have made the trip up and down the James River.
Three sister ships are slated to join the fleet in the first half of 2019.
Nighttime operations and mobility, sustainability and digitization projects are in the works.
The Cargotec company announced plans to buy TTS Group’s marine and offshore businesses in February.
DAT Solutions says reefer rates from McAllen, Texas, continue to reflect strong demand.
Cargo tonnage record among the milestones reached during the year.
BlueWater Reporting says the United States and China will continue to drive world trade.
CEO Soren Skou tells Financial Times the company needs to do acquisitions in the logistics space.
TRAC Intermodal says inventory optimization as well as new and added equipment have eased shortages.
Tela Innovations named Acer, Asus, Lenovo and others in a complaint to the ITC alleging infringement of companies’ imports on Tela’s intellectual property rights.
The U.S. Department of Transportation expects to offer up to $902.5 million for its Infrastructure for Rebuilding America grant program in fiscal year 2019.
With talks set to start as early as mid-January, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative shared its vision for approaching customs and trade remedies.
The agency is accepting input and will hold a hearing in February to gather more information on countries that provide inadequate IP rights protection to U.S. nationals.
Taiyo Life Insurance Co. is funding the project that is part of the shipping line’s medium-term management plan.
Submitted for publication were nearly 1,000 exclusions from a first tranche of tariffs covering $34 billion worth of goods from China in 2017 import value.
The extension of the phaseout of 25 percent U.S. tariffs, agreed to during KORUS talks, was officially established in a presidential proclamation on Friday.
Railcars employed for the growing processed foods industry put the squeeze on the Tropicana.
C.H. Robinson’s vice president of Global Ocean Product expects to see ocean carriers putting profitability above rankings and volume in the coming year.
Commission employees have been placed on furlough and are prohibited by law from performing any duties during the shutdown.
An executive committee is elected in Louisiana and a managing director is hired in Italy.
Six of the submissions come from New Jersey and California; others are from Florida, New York, Texas and Virginia.
The state’s regulations for truck drivers differ from current federal rules.
The incoming Senate Finance Committee chairman also expects agriculture to be included in U.S.-EU trade negotiations.
Zoltek Corp., a carbon fiber manufacturer, netted a $7.77 million fine from OFAC for violating the U.S. government’s Belarus Sanctions Regulations.
Agricultural exporters concerned about shift to U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports.
An economic downturn, coupled with trade volatility and fuel cost challenges will bog down carriers’ earnings in the coming quarters.
The Port of Charleston is expecting an unusually late slack season as a result of retailers front-loading cargoes ahead of increases in tariffs.
Innovation teams of industry stakeholders “will meet on a limited, short-term basis to refine commercially viable demurrage and detention approaches.”
The largest U.S. terminal operator and stevedore gets 50-year lease for terminals at the Port of New Orleans and will invest $66.5 million in infrastructure and equipment.
The rapidly expanding 3PL solutions provider plans to close on a deal in January.
Appointments are announced by the California Board of Pilot Commissioners, Gebrüder Weiss, Manatee, Oakland and Brownsville ports and Wet FFA Brokers Association
Long-term partnership with ATSG expanded with the lease of dedicated Amazon cargo planes.
Kurt Cavano is taking a break and resigning his executive leadership role at Infor.
The action during Tuesday’s Dispute Settlement Body meeting came amid a tense WTO Trade Policy Review of the U.S., which took place Monday and Wednesday.
The World Shipping Council and three other shipowner groups tell the European Commission consortia block exemption for liner shipping should be extended.
The department’s Office of Fossil Energy is reverting to a policy of requiring authorized exporters to report where liquefied natural gas or natural gas was delivered.
If the trade war continues, both China and the United States will face economic challenges.
The Section 301 tariffs across $200 billion of Chinese goods had been set to increase to 25 percent at the beginning of the new year.
En+ Group, UC Rusal and EuroSibEnergo reportedly have committed to sever Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska’s controlling interests in their operations.
Taíno is scheduled to make her maiden voyage from Jacksonville, Fla., to San Juan, Puerto Rico on Jan. 8.
Operations at Pasir Panjang Terminal in Singapore are expected to get under way in the first half of 2019.
New hires and promotions take place from California to Florida.
Within the last nine months, Jeffery Scott Mitchell has been taken into custody by law enforcement officers in Arizona, California, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee.
Test conducted in the cargo hold and ballast tank while the vessel was in service.
The CEO is “committed to working with all our e-commerce customers and the government agencies to develop efficient and compliant trade flows in every way possible.”
Ocean carriers say moves will provide more efficient transits and increased reliability.
Terminals being hit with heavy volumes because of tariffs at a time when many longshoremen are taking vacation.
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers called for U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to put the “highest priority” on lifting tariffs on Canada and Mexico.
Tuesday was the deadline for industry to submit exclusion requests for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative’s second tranche of Section 301 tariffs.
Study addresses feasibility of alternative drayage truck technology for the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
“Instant partial quoting is just the next step in our goal to fundamentally change the freight shipping industry with technology,” says founder Oren Zaslansky.
Jebel Ali Terminal 4 will feature what the company is hailing as a revolutionary racking system and will be ready by Expo 2020.
CBP’s nearly 500-page “modernized” regulations implement TFTEA’s requirements, but not everyone is cheering.
The action fulfills a second key promise after U.S. and Chinese delegations agreed during a G20 meeting to take steps toward defusing trade tensions.
Indictment alleges that a CBP officer who worked in Canada kept U.S. government allowances for a home lease and children’s schooling.
The senators said problems with the process to request exclusions from duties on steel and aluminum include slow response and unclear communication.
The WTO Appellate Body upheld an October 2016 dispute panel ruling striking down a Mexican claim that U.S. labeling of tuna as “dolphin-safe” is discriminatory.
