Transportation industry forecaster FTR said Class 8 truck orders – those used to move trailer loads of freight around the country – reached a preliminary 13,800 units in September, down […]
Brambles Ltd. appoints new CFO, while Port Manatee names senior business administration director and senior communications manager.
The U.S. Federal Railroad Administration last week issued a new railworthiness directive to owners of certain DOT-111 tank cars built between 2009 and 2015 that may have “substantial weld defects.”
The United States said it wants rapid enforcement of recent World Trade Organization decisions involving European subsidies for Airbus passenger aircraft and India’s local content requirements for solar panels.
The National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America told U.S. Customs and Border Protection that it objects to requiring a toxic substances certificate for each chemical shipment import entry […]
Cargo shipments grew 2.3 percent in August 2016 compared with the same 2015 period, following revised year-over-year increases of 3 percent and 1.8 percent, respectively, in June and July, according […]
The Danish ocean carrier signed a two-year contract, effective Aug. 1, 2016, to receive ship tracking services on its fleet of around 630 owned and chartered vessels, London-based technology provider […]
The Norway stock exchange has launched SHIPPING DNM, a tradable index based on the Oslo Børs Shipping Index, which consists of 13 company stocks with a total market value of […]
Eagle Bulk Shipping picks new CFO and Transervice Logistics names SW business development director, while trade association InterManager elects president.
The National Hurricane Center issued a public advisory at 11:00 a.m. EDT that said the Category 4 Hurricane off the coast of Haiti is moving north at 10 miles per […]
The three-month “light touch” period during which states were urged to adopt a “practical and pragmatic” approach to the International Maritime Organization’s new verified gross mass container weight regulations ended […]
The Israeli ocean carrier reported a net loss of $74 million in the second quarter of 2016, compared to profits of $12 million in the same 2015 period, according to […]
The families of the victims who died aboard the El Faro, which sank Oct. 1, 2015 during Hurricane Joaquin, lost a request for a summary judgement finding that the doomed […]
The Federal Aviation Administration told Braille Battery to stop shipping lithium-ion batteries by air transport or the company will risk criminal prosecution and fines.
The United States imported 2.99 million net tons of steel in August, an 8.5 percent month-over-month decline, driven down by lower volumes from Brazil and South Korea from a month […]
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Wash., has requested the Department of Transportation study potential methods for reducing the combustibility of crude oil trains.
U.S. gross domestic product increased 1.4 percent in the second quarter of 2016, according to the “third” estimate from the Department of Commerce, following a revised increase of just 0.8 […]
Hanne B. Sørensen, chief executive of A.P. Møller-Maersk’s third-party logistics subsidiary, will be replaced by current Maersk Line Head of East West Trades Klaus Rud Sejling, the company said in […]
Airports Council International, a trade association representing the world’s airports, has approved a resolution to support the United for Wildlife Transport Task Force campaign.
The Danish container carrier ordered 14,800 new refrigerated cargo containers, lowering the average age of its reefer equipment fleet to 7.9 years old, well below the industry average, the company […]
Starting Oct. 1, the Pacific Northwest port will be accepting applications for a new, permanent chief executive officer and executive director to replace the outgoing Todd Coleman, who stepped down […]
Norfolk Southern’s chief legal officer retires, while SynchroNet Intermodal Services names DoorLogistics sales director and Alliance Shippers appoints assistant vice president of sales.
The commission said it has “reasonable grounds” to suspect the carriers engaged in collusive practices to fix incremental cargo rates from Asia to South Africa.
The International Transport Workers’ Federation criticized the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) saying it was told by CBP that it had concerns crew could try and jump ship due […]
The ZIM operated Seven Star Service between Asia and the U.S. East Coast will be suspended for the winter slack season, but the Israeli carrier will join the G6 Alliance’s […]
The nonprofit organization said Wednesday it broke ground on what will become the largest distribution hub for humanitarian medical aid in the United States.
Canadian Pacific’s president Keith Creel has called on the country’s transport minister to implement locomotive voice and video recorders (LVVRs) as soon as possible, citing the value of the devices […]
Crane Worldwide Logistics appoints senior director for life sciences, while Röhlig names air freight manager for Germany.
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has reached an agreement with the State of New York to refund a registration and decal tax in the amount of $44.4 million to trucking […]
The U.S. Justice Department said Kirby Inland Marine has agreed to pay $4.9 million in civil penalties and implement fleet-wide improvements to settle claims resulting from an oil spill in […]
AAGEX Freight Group appoints VPs, while MIC Customs Solutions names project manager.
Aviation industry officials and governments are expected to finalize a global climate change agreement at the International Civil Aviation Organization’s 39th Assembly in Montreal, which begins today, according to the […]
Association of American Railroads President and CEO Edward R. Hamberger said a report released by the Surface Transportation Board shows that changes to the existing regulatory structure would not benefit […]
Citing the ongoing economic slowdown in China and waning U.S. imports, the World Trade Organization on Tuesday slashed its 2016 global trade forecast to 1.7 percent from a previous projection […]
For the port’s 2016 fiscal year, the Paul W. Conley Container Terminal handled 247,329 TEUs, a 12 percent increase from the 2015 fiscal year.
In addition, the Baltic Exchange has named Mark Jackson its new chief executive officer, who is replacing the current CEO Jeremy Penn.
Under the strategic partnership, Herzog Technologies will provide short-line railroad operator Watco Cos. with positive train control program management and back-office hosting services, according to a spokesperson for Watco.
FedEx shuffles senior executives, while the Jacksonville Port Authority appoints new board officers.
The total value of cross-border freight between the United States and North American trading partners Canada and Mexico slipped another 6.4 percent year-over-year in June 2016, according to the Bureau […]
The South Korean carrier said certain providers have been charging its customers more than what it would have charged to transport cargo and has tried to intervene, taking its concern […]
Regulators in the United Kingdom ordered Amazon UK Services Ltd. to pay 65,000 British pounds (U.S. $84,288.92) for four counts of “causing dangerous goods to be delivered for carriage in […]
The parcel giant and unmanned aircraft manufacturer CyPhy Works have begun joint testing of drone usage for commercial package delivery in remote or difficult-to-reach locations.
The effects of the South Korean carrier’s decision to file for court receivership at the end of August is being felt widespread across thousands of businesses throughout the world.
The need for strict adherence to the terms of a letter of credit was made painfully clear in a recent federal appeals court decision to uphold a district court […]
Liner carriers’ obsession with ever-larger containerships in recent years left them fat with capacity during a persistently ho-hum global market and thus desperate to fill their vessels. For shippers […]
Terrorism’s long view American Shipper’s editor, Christopher Gillis, makes timely and cogent points in his August editorial about the need for continuing vigilance of security within international supply chains. […]
The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index fell 7.6 percent from last week to a reading of 794.10, as the short-term boost spot rates experienced in recent weeks from Hanjin filing for […]
The recent declaration of bankruptcy by South Korean ocean carrier Hanjin Shipping is a symptom of what ails the container shipping industry, not the cure, as some analysts seem to […]
In addition, the port authority’s commissioners approved a $3.4 million contract with Hatch Associates Consultants to develop a long range maritime master plan for future growth.
The World Trade Organization ruled in favor of the United States in a long, drawn out dispute with the European Union and four of its member countries over subsidies to […]
APM Terminals appointed A.P. Moller Shipping Services Chief Executive Morten Engelstoft to succeed current CEO Kim Fejfer, who will be taking up a new role at APM Holding A/S, according […]
The Port of New Orleans elects board chairman, while CHA Consulting names head of Transportation Group.
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 37 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review. The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from A-Logixtic Group, Houston […]
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 37 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.
The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 37 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.
Meanwhile, the Port of Oakland said the softening of the U.S. dollar has resulted in an increase in the port’s loaded export volumes, which rose 8.8 percent year-over-year for the […]
According the Associated Press, the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has granted permission to Boeing and Airbus to export commercial aircraft to Iran.
The master developer and regulator of ports and industrial zones in Abu Dhabi saw a boost in net profits and revenues for the first half of 2016, and the amount […]
Edward Greenberg, the association’s general council, said the Federal Maritime Commission’s revision would offer “much needed flexibility” to non-vessel-operating common carriers when including rate and surcharge changes in their service […]
The seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index equaled 141.8 for the month, up 5.7 percent from July and 5.9 percent compared with August 2015, following a 2.1 percent decrease the […]
The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. names president for Greenbrier International, while Transervice Logistics appoints New England business development director and Hoyer picks new Chemilog director.
The National Retail Federation, along with a coalition of 120 retail, manufacturing and agriculture groups, sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker asking her to continue to […]
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has informed Global Partners an air quality renewal permit for its oil terminals at the Port of Albany, approved more than four […]
The Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based trucking company has appointed Hugh Ekberg as group president and chief operating officer.
Unishippers Global Logistics names chief executive officer, while the Transportation Intermediaries Association appoints chief of staff and Wabash National picks president.
Patrik Berglund, chief executive officer of Oslo-based ocean freight rate intelligence platform Xeneta, said Hanjin Shipping’s insolvency has “turned the market on its head,” but the real question is “how […]
Guido De Ciccio, senior vice president, Operations Western Region at Canadian Pacific, is retiring after 40 years with the Calgary-based Class I railroad, CP said in a statement.
The Norwegian e-navigation technology and services firm will represent the maritime industry in the European Union’s ENABLE project, which aims to study safety issues surrounding the use of autonomous vehicles […]
Intermodal pricing dropped for 20th straight month compared with the prior year period, according to the latest Cass Intermodal Price Index, and analysts with Avondale Partners expect the trend to […]
Meanwhile, several ports along the Great Lakes have highlighted their success throughout the 2016 shipping season.
Despite the Port of Los Angeles reporting that August was its strongest month for container volumes since October 2006, the Port of Long Beach posted an 8.9 percent year-over-year drop […]
The President of South Korea, Park Geun-hye, said corporate responsibility and moral hazards are creating adverse effects on its national economy and the government will not blindly support companies in […]
The new Copenhagen-based company LinerGrid said it uses advanced mathematical simulations to provide container lines with information in order to make decisions.
Industrial logistics real estate developer Global Logistic Properties will acquire an initial $700 million portfolio with an additional $400 million portfolio to be acquired in phases upon completion and full […]
A new Dutch Customs declaration, VENUE, will help shippers more efficiently import and export their e-commerce traffic through Schiphol.
The Omani port, which is equipped to handle the ultra-large containerships that have been entering service on the Asia-Europe trade, saw container volumes jump 29 percent year-over-year for the first […]
Dachser appoints managing director of European logistics in Germany, while FourKites names senior VP of business development.
The Federal Railroad Administration said it has released $25 million in grants for 23 rail improvements projects in 14 states and the District of Columbia.
Union workers with the French trade union CGT is joining with other labor groups to protest a bill it says contravenes conventions of the International Labour Organisation relating to collective […]
Major container ports in the United States handled 1.63 million TEUs in July, up 3.2 percent from June and 0.7 percent from July 2015, according to the monthly Global Port […]
Nadeem Velani, current vice-president of investor relations at Canadian Pacific Railway, will replace Mark Erceg as chief financial officer on an interim basis, according to a statement from the company.
In addition, the South Carolina Ports Authority announced Monday its plans to develop a second inland port in Dillon, S.C. to support growth of intermodal container volumes and expand access […]
Mxi Technologies names new CEO,; IAPH (America, North region) appoints new VP; ATA names CFO; Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg hires FDA regulatory consultant; and Morrison & Foerster appoints head of […]
Ed McCarthy, formerly the chief operating officer for CMA CGM America, has been appointed to serve as the chief operating officer for the Georgia Ports Authority.
Combined United States carload and intermodal cargo volumes fell 5.7 percent in August despite a 24.7 percent increase in grain carloads compared with the same 2015 period, according to data […]
Jerry Moyes, founder and chief executive officer of Swift Transportation Co., said he will retire from the 50-year-old nationwide trucking firm at the end of the year.
The U.S. steel export trade remained week in July since the majority of steel the nation exports is destined for Canada and Mexico, which have both been dealing with economic […]
Vargo appoints former Target supply chain VP to president of its Vargo Adaptive Software division, while The International Air Cargo Association elects a board member and the European Community Shipowners’ […]
The now insolvent South Korean ocean carrier released a status update Monday on the 97 vessels it operates, which illustrated that 59 of these vessels are still waiting in open […]
The South Korean ocean carrier has started discharging cargo in Long Beach following a court order from a U.S. bankruptcy court on Friday to protect the carrier.
Electronics manufacturer Samsung said in court filings that “cargo owners are being held hostage,” while Maher Terminals said it “is not required to extend free credit to Hanjin, and should […]
Jon Slangerup announced his resignation as chief executive officer of the Port of Long Beach and accepted a position as chairman and CEO of a leading aviation technology company.
Although the Shanghai Containerized Freight Index remained fairly stable from last Friday, with the overall reading inching up 2.4 percent, rates spiked on the Shanghai to Mediterranean trade.
Canadian Pacific Railway announced changes to its board of directors, including the appointment of Jill Denham and William R. Fatt, and the resignation of activist investor Bill Ackman.
Electronics manufacturer Samsung said in court filings that “cargo owners are being held hostage,” while Maher Terminals said it “is not required to extend free credit to Hanjin, and should […]
The newly established Drone Advisory Committee, which includes stakeholders from the aviation and unmanned aircraft industry, will meet at least three times a year to discuss the safe integration of […]
The U.S. Department of Transportation said the 18 infrastructure project grants awarded in fiscal year 2016 – collectively valued at nearly $800 million – will support $3.6 billion in infrastructure […]
The International Maritime Organization’s Ballast Water Management Convention now has enough vessel tonnage to bring the treaty into force, thanks to Finland signing onto the treaty.
During the month, Japan and South Korea continued to be top performers for beef exports from the United States, driven by strong demand for chilled beef.
The U.S. Commerce Department said it has launched a nationwide technology competition to help the country’s seaports and users to develop efficient port information-sharing technologies.
