“Authorized filers will be able to file electronically in ACE and will no longer have to submit paper nor mail in checks to pay duties for these filings,” CBP said.
The good news is that Evan Armstrong of Armstrong & Associates thinks that U.S. third-party logistics providers’ (3PLs) revenues will grow at a 7.7 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) […]
The news comes days after its parent company nixed a partnership with Groupe Renault.
Railroad market expert Jim Blaze writes about the movement of chemicals by rail and how that sub-set of railroad traffic is profitable and may grow significantly in the near future.
The Global Ports Tracker forecasts higher import totals between June and September for the U.S. ports it covers, but the projections are lower than forecasts from May.
The highways of Mexico continue to be risky for truckers as cargo thefts rose 6 percent for the first four months of 2019, according to the Mexico City-based National Chamber […]
North American lighting provider purchases Nashville-based firm specializing in location-based asset management.
We look at the trucking futures forward curve, Morgan Stanley’s index, the Coyote Curve, and projections from Susquehanna.
Mexico had a close shave with avoiding trade tariffs last week, but it is essential for the freight industry to understand the disruption tariffs could create on cross-border trade.
Higher cost of Chinese goods could result in lower transpacific volumes and need for more direct calls at ports near new suppliers.
Senior Vice President Michael Zahra replaces co-founder Tony Di Benedetto less than a week after company inks deal with Air Canada.
The 14,000-TEU containership employs technology that facilitates flexibility in operations and boots fuel efficiency.
Market expert Cathy Roberson looks at the airlines’ and air cargo carriers’ need for pilots today and for the forthcoming future. Many factors are contributing to this ongoing need; ecommerce is a major factor.
President Trump agreed to indefinitely suspend threatened tariffs against Mexico after a deal aimed at stemming the flow of illegal migration to the United States was reached.
Data’s role in improving operational efficiency within the freight industry is growing bigger, even as security concerns around keeping data secure is mounting.
FreightWaves’ SONAR chart of the week (June 9, 2019 – June 15, 2019) Chart of the Week: Wait Time (El Paso, Laredo) (SONAR: WAIT.ELP, WAIT.LRD) International trade has been a […]
President Donald Trump said he has called off plans to impose tariffs on Mexico, tweeting on Friday night that the Mexican government has “agreed” to stem the flow of Central […]
Truckload carrier stocks have held up through the last six trading sessions, walking through a couple of potential body blows.
Transfix, the venture capital-backed digital freight marketplace based in New York City, announced that Ahmad El-Dardiry joined the company as its new chief revenue officer. El-Dardiry comes to Transfix from […]
The St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation invested $23 million to install the technology in the U.S. Snell and Eisenhower locks.
Job growth in the overall economy slowed in May, and hiring within the trucking industry continued to stall in the 2nd quarter.
Honors also go to Air France KLM Martinair Cargo, Amsterdam Airport, Brim Explorer, CHAMP, Dropslab, NYK, Schneider, Sovcomflot, UltraShip and Werner drivers.
TranzAct Technologies is the latest company to join the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA). Read why it has joined BiTA and learn more about the company.
Market expert Scott Case writes about an innovative program at Miami-Dade International Airport that generates revenue while helping the citizens of Brazil receive e-commerce purchases much quicker than ever before.
The SAFE Bridges Act would authorize $2.75 billion to establish a formula grant program that would allocate funding to states.
In partnership with Slync… AWR products enable supplier and retailer networks that react as one.
The port’s 2019 volumes are up, but China accounts for 38% of its trade.
Market expert Donald Broughton writes about the numerous consequences of a U.S. Mexico trade war and the damage that will be done on both sides of the border.
The 48-member bipartisan group’s “Rebuilding Infrastructure Report” called for modernizing user fees and incentivizing public-private partnerships.
Coord provides a platform to analyze, share, and collect curbside data.
Both container and bulk terminals have a large number of projects planned.
While Commerce calls for increased domestic production of “critical minerals,” it highlights the need to boost investment and trade with countries friendly to the U.S.
Transpacific trade VP Jesper Stenback says APL is committing to truck turn times of 25 minutes for cargo pickup and 40 minutes for cargo pickup and equipment returns.
Plus: Gold miner hatches plan to avoid tariffs
Mike Weindel is promoted to company president and Rita Andreone is appointed to board of directors.
Thursday will be the last day the current Regulations.gov system will accept totally new requests for exclusions from Section 232 measures on steel and aluminum.
With the passage of time and the context it brings, anyone can point to the moment before markets crashed over the last 100 years and say, “see, the signs were there, how did we not see it?”
BoxBot is testing a self-driving, electric vehicle for parcel firm OnTrac in northern California.
Purchase of 179 million square feet of space from Singapore’s GLP is part of plan to meet e-commerce demand.
The company launches today, with Walmart as a partner.
Industry expresses disappointment that Customs’ umbrella system remains vulnerable to shutdowns.
For the first time in its 168-year history, Port Laredo is No. 1. Laredo surpassed Los Angeles as the nation’s busiest trade hub, including airports, seaports and international border crossings. […]
Data across all modes of traffic is signaling a dramatic slowdown in the freight market, but U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) continues to come in strong.
Switch to long-term coverage that began in 2016 continues to pay off in 2019.
Six projects were selected from the 39 applications to receive funds in the Nationally Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Projects grants.
BE-GATE is designed to simplify the import and export of e-commerce goods.
Apple is looking to buy autonomous driving technology startup Drive.ai, which might help the company gain ground against its bigger competitors in the self-driving niche.
Worldwide Flight Services will begin operations in the newly built 120,000-square-foot warehouse later this year.
The federal agency announces the names of 168 individuals and entities banned from exporting defense articles that require a State Department license.
The federal agency announces the names of 23 individuals and entities banned from exporting defense articles that require a State Department license.
The expected four-fold growth in e-grocery demand will spark a land rush in cold storage facilities, CBRE says
Iranian citizen Peyman Amiri Larijani faces up to 20 years in jail if convicted on charges that he and co-conspirators facilitated exports of U.S.-made plane parts to Iran’s airlines.
The Port of Long Beach can be a challenge for truckers, even during the slow season. But the port and its tenant marine terminals are looking to software to ease […]
The first Uber Freight European load has been moved in the Netherlands. The cargo was for Heineken.
Investor concerns are intensifying over the fate of George Prokopiou’s publicly listed LNG partnership.
Business groups may also look to courts as potential way out
The legislation, favorably reported to the House by a 29-21 vote, provides $137.1 billion in budgetary resources and includes $75.8 billion in discretionary funding.
CharterSync provides freight forwarders a quick way to source aircraft within the air cargo charter market.
Saia’s interim report also showed a slowdown in LTL activity.
Michelin Group announced it will partner with Swedish-based self-driving startup company Einride this week at the Movin’On Summit for sustainable mobility in Montreal.
Senators press BIS nominee on the administration’s failure to release details of Commerce’s national security investigation into automobile and related parts imports.
Market expert Henry Byers examines the U.S.-Chinese trade war and its impact on imports and the broader economy.
The Shanghai International Shipping Institute points to “feeble economic and trade growth” in a recently released report.
Market expert Jim Blaze explores what railroads need to do to capture more of the market share of oversize loads, which are essential to the economy and profitable as well.
As the administration ratchets up Section 301 tariffs on China, it appears it is directing less attention to the overarching goal of balancing the trade relationship, a witness said.
Executives from Redwood Logistics, Forager Logistics, and Transplace discussed the risks posed by new tariffs on Mexican imports.
Australia’s border biosecurity system was stretched “close to breaking point” and had “severe impacts on sections of the shipping and exporting industries,” says the Inspector-General of Biosecurity.
Trade growth, demography and land use changes in the city of Melbourne, Australia, have made necessary a shift of freight from truck to rail, according to an analysis by Melissa Horne, Victorian Minister for Ports and Freight.
RIO aims to connect different stakeholders within the transport logistics segment and push the industry towards digitalization.
Freightos will offer real-time quotes and booking on Europe’s third-largest air carrier as part of the company’s growing online freight marketplace. IAG Group, the holding company for British Airways and […]
The early-stage investments are the first to be made by the $100 million fund set up in November 2018.
House committee urges “national strategy” to address the issue
Agreement between Canada’s largest airline and Drone Delivery Canada creates a platform to roll out autonomous cargo aircraft on a large scale.
It has been the slowest start of the year on record for shipping on Wall Street.
Market expert writes about how current trade issues between the U.S. and China, the U.S. and Mexico and the U.S. and the EU may disrupt supply chains and cause economic problems.
On its earnings call, NAV walked through its earnings outperformance and provided some highlights on the business and its increased guidance.
Learn how existing and future technologies will continue the evolution of supply chains, transportation and warehousing.
Market expert Cathy Roberson writes about the decline in global air cargo traffic; the only bright spot is in Latin America. Read why!
Effective Wednesday, the rule will amend the Export Administration Regulations’ aircraft, vessels and spacecraft license exception.
Navistar reported adjusted earnings per share of $1.06, $0.18 higher than the consensus estimate and raised its 2019 guidance.
Automation is once again a flashpoint at ports, with a major Canadian container terminal project becoming the latest instance of a stand-off between labor and management. As FreightWaves Nate Tabak […]
Trade war tariffs are hurting the competitiveness U.S. businesses working in China, according to the American Chamber of Commerce in China (AmCham China). Tariff troubles increased over the weekend as the latest round of Chinese tariffs on $60 billion of U.S. goods began on Saturday, June 1.
Flexport hired a former White House trade and economic advisor in a bid to harness research from the digital first forwarder’s datasets and to help customers navigate the shifting sands […]
Fiat Chrysler’s merger bid with Renault is the type of consolidation that the auto industry needs at the moment to expedite innovation and the development of futuristic tech.
Panelists at a University of North Florida roundtable event said technology can help companies remain flexible and agile as the political environment shifts.
Trimble MAPS helps fleets automate visibility on the road and manage trips to gain a competitive edge in the market.
A 20-acre tract will be added to the lease holdings between the port and Horizon, which opened a 70,000-square-foot vehicle-processing building at Port Freeport in 2015.
The monthly economic roundup summarizes key results in the economy over the past month and highlights trends worth watching
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is simply not investing enough cash back into its business in the form of capital expenditures to construct the production lines and build out the service infrastructure […]
The technology provides a low cost alternative to GPS tracking.
The action was taken after the Trump administration determined that India failed to provide the U.S. with fair market access.
To gain insight into the shifting landscape of freight brokerage, sometimes it’s best to follow the money, not the shiny new technology. The freight brokerage industry is undergoing a wave […]
No doubt these are unsettling and downright worrisome times, especially for those with global operations that conduct business with China and want to do the right thing.
The exclusions on such products as oil pumps, forklifts, garage door openers and medical equipment will be retroactive to July 6 and extend through June 4, 2020.
Commentary As digital freight brokerage apps learn to concentrate on driving user engagement and building dynamic marketplaces that adapt to user behavior, they will start to resemble social media networks […]
Potential for added employment costs for trucking companies down the road.
Airline Garuda Indonesia has been ordered by an Australian court to pay A$19 million (US$13.14 million) in penalties for air cargo price fixing as part of a massive international cartel. Australian penalties of A$132.5 million (US$91.64 million) have so far been levied against 14 airlines.
The purchase is the latest in a string of acquisitions the company has completed in the past five years.
There was a significant outcry among customs brokers at the southern border after President Trump tweeted last week that he plans to impose tariffs on all goods from Mexico to […]
Portland is the first airport in the country to use the technology, which aims to relieve congestion in the airport arrival zone.
