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Brian Aoaeh has written a thought-provoking commentary on the impact of climate change on supply chains, and what governments, companies and startups can do to mitigate supply chain disruptions.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has started taking applications this week to fill new agriculture specialist positions in ports of entry throughout the country.

CMA CGM and X-Press feeders have implemented surcharges, and other carriers are evaluating the situation.

Hurricane Barbara getting stronger in the Pacific

Ben Thrower writes about the potential of Facebook’s new cryptocurrency.

GBX management explains soft guidance and provides outlook for sequential earnings improvement.

The Bureau of Industry and Security removed the Chinese entities from the Unverified List after verifying their bona fides during end-use checks.

Shippers now will have access to container carriers in all three major east-west space-sharing alliances through the digital shipping platform.

On the heels of its $3.5 million funding round, geolocation startup Hoopo has announced a new partnership with Polymer Logistics, a provider of “retail returnable” packaging products such as pallets […]

Singapore, one of the world’s biggest centers for the supply of marine fuels, is now enforcing the mandatory use of mass flow metering system for the delivery of distillate fuels. The new mandate went into force as of July 1, 2019.

Barge grain movements on Mississippi 85 percent lower than a year ago

Maximum limit would be required for new and existing trucks weighing over 26,000 lbs.

TCA Vice President of Government Affairs, Dave Heller and TCA Manager of Government Affairs, Kathryn Sanner IMAGE: JIM ALLEN/FREIGHTWAVES The day of reckoning is finally upon us. On June 13th, […]

Cold beers, grilled meat, guacamole and fireworks are part of many Fourth of July parties, and San Antonio is benefitting from inbound shipments as the national holiday approaches.  The San […]

The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners will reconsider a coastal development permit it approved earlier this month for the APM Terminal at Pier 400.

FreightWaves, the leading source of news, data and insights for the freight markets, has acquired American Shipper, a leading news publication serving the global shipper community.

Jim Blaze writes about the movement of grain by rail. This is a huge business for U.S. and Canadian railroads, and is also critical to the export market of the two countries.

Cathy Roberson writes about Vietnam’s growth as a manufacturing center as manufacturing moves from China to other nations in Southeast Asia.

The current port director will be offered a five-contract to serve as chief executive officer and executive director.

Forthcoming Canadian Load Board emphasizes relationships between carriers and brokers as it prepares to take on TransCore’s Loadlink.

Uber Freight moved 1,500 loads for Ocean Spray last year, and the shipper says the relationship will continue to grow.

FMCSA head advises firms to get a move on in shift from AOBRD to ELD. Ford enters healthcare transport market; Indian-Americans make a lot of money

China has developed a prototype magnetic levitation train that can travel at a maximum speed of 373 mph, and is expected to go into production by 2021.

Customs is using the pilots to get more information on nontraditional supply chain actors, a senior CBP official said during a conference last week.

Volkswagen’s spinoff of its heavy-truck unit TRATON paves the way for it to pursue Navistar further.

“The requested special permit presents unique and substantial risk to the safety of the public and the environment,” reads a letter sent by Reps. DeFazio and Malinowski.

The change will happen around the same time that HMM starts taking delivery of the first a dozen 23,000-TEU containerships.

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 17 license applications and changes for review. The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from CJ Services International Corp., Doral, Fla. (Carla […]

The freight railway owner and operator will be taken private once the transaction, which includes debt, closes later this year or in early 2020.

Barge traffic resuming on Mississippi, Tropical Storm Barbara spinning in Pacific

The autonomous ship segment is in a nascent stage now, but it can do well by learning from the limitations seen within the self-driving automotive segment today.

“K” Line, U-Ming, Kuang Ming and Taipower signed a memorandum of understanding Monday to establish a joint venture in October 2020.

GWR acquired in $8.4 billion deal that many investors view as the plan all along.

Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) will join THE Alliance as a full member. The move comes after an apparent rebuff of the money-losing Korean liner company’s efforts to strike a similar […]

FreightWaves partnered with freight brokerage Convoy to recognize Target as one of its top Shippers of Choice.

The economic roundup summarizes recent developments in the macroeconomy as they relate to freight demand, and highlights key trends worth watching in the upcoming month.

The legislation comes four years after Washington and California passed laws requiring better preparation for derailments and spills.

The project will also link to the rest of the United States.

The Lamar Institute of Technology (LIT) recently received $1.1 million in state funding for its professional Truck Driving Academy, aiming to fill a need for qualified truck drivers in southeast […]

Spot rates have fallen back to where they were two years ago. The problem for carriers; their costs have not.

Ray Martinez said truck users will benefit from better data from CSA scores to make carrier selections i

The U.S. and China habve agreed to resume trade talks, a break in the nearly 2-month stalemate which has affected trade flows and spawned uncertainty among businesses

A top American manufacture wins award for its treatment of truckers.

Elderly driver charged following fatal truck collision and car explosion left two dead; competition law woes in hostile takeover; heavy vehicle roadworks and access; smart roads.

Also in the oil report: the closure of an East Coast refinery is not good news for IMO2020 preparation

Nations in South East Asia are experiencing plunging trade and stumbling economies, analysts say, and they add it is due to a weakening Chinese economy and trade war tensions.

The Los Angeles City Council voted against a permit that would allow Maersk to begin the process of automating operations at the largest marine terminal on the U.S. West Coast.  […]

Opus9 is now offering to match shippers with drayage carriers as it expands coverage to major U.S. ports. The Sunnyvale, California-based startup, which already offers load matching and digital brokerage […]

Also earning accolades were ports throughout the Western Hemisphere, Kongsberg Maritime and ORBCOMM.

Advantages include lower operating costs, increased throughput capacity, improved service reliability and reduced emissions.

The investment plan includes a CA$330 million national hub in Toronto set to open in 2021.

Global floor-covering giant Shaw Industries Group Inc. said it is continually evaluating new methods to improve efficiency, best practices and its carrier-centric approach to become a Shipper of Choice.

We caught up with Gary Saykaly, who is running a new Trucking & Freight Derivatives Group at Lakefront Futures & Options.

Top transportation economist Paul Bingham goes in-depth on trade war freight consequences, both pro and con.

Also announcing appointments are Deutsche Post DHL, Crowley Logistics, Hamburg Süd, QuestaWeb and Team Worldwide.

Celadon Group announces a credit facility amendment which extends the maturity date and increases lending capacity.

Volvo Trucks has announced a $400M investment and expansion of the plant that will add 777 jobs over the next six years.

Some members of Congress remain determined to address the question of whether having more crew members on a train makes that train safer.

The new terminal on the Strait of Gibralter has capacity to handle 5 million TEUs annually.

It’s been a difficult road for Roadrunner to say the least. The company announces CFO departure.

Digital truck broker initially operating in Los Angeles, Long Beach, New York/New Jersey and Savannah.

The 16,000-TEU vessels will have MacGregor’s Cargo Boost system implemented during drydocking in 2020.

Freight volumes may have peaked for the season, but it certainly doesn’t feel that way. There is still a lot of uncertainty for Q3 as we close a disappointing Q2.

TRATON’s shares open at 27 euros, the low-end of the deal range, and immediately fell below that price.

The Global Trade Barometer released Thursday “clearly illustrates why trade disputes create no winners,” said DHL Global Forwarding, Freight CEO Tim Scharwath.

There have been positive signs from both Democrats and Republicans regarding the trade pact’s prospects of passage, attorneys said during a conference on Thursday.

CEO Curtis Stoelting said Terence Rogers “joined Roadrunner at a difficult time and was tasked with getting our filings current and completing our recapitalization.”

Plus: strawberry imports surge, Illinois cannabis law favors minority vendors; scooter accidents on the rise

Fires burning out west, stormy in the High Plains, Alvin in the Pacific

An in-depth, exclusive interview with Scott Borgerson, co-founder and CEO of CargoMetrics Technologies.

Purolator’s C$1 Billion Investment

The slowing of cargo ships prevents the emission of 45,000 tons of greenhouse gases and 1,000 tons of general air pollutants every year, the port estimated.

In March and April, Amazon handled 45 percent of its own packages.

Also on this week’s show: what does the lumber market tell us about the strength of the economy and the trucks needed to move that wood?

ELDs and artificial intelligence have increased the number of opportunities for drivers by allowing for solutions that offer load matching and more.

The numbers of robots in use around the world is forecast to reach 20 million by 2030…. automation is also forecast to displace tens of millions of people from their jobs.

The developer of a wheeled container storage site is suing the Port and City of Los Angeles, alleging that the project was derailed due to demands for longshoremen to be […]

The e-commerce boom and cold storage demand are causing huge shifts in the nation’s industrial and logistics market.

The Justice Department said Höegh Autoliners’ Ingar Skiaker and Øyvind Ervik worked with other shipping companies to illegally “fix, stabilize and maintain rates.”

Generic corn and wheat futures are up nearly 30% since May 10 on depressed yields and constrained transportation in the Midwest.

Business is good at the Otay Mesa port of entry, California’s largest commercial land port of entry, which tallied a record $50 billion in two-way trade with Mexico during the last fiscal year.

Harbor Performance Enhancement Center says it was told the International Longshore and Warehouse Union runs the port.

Punitive damages now off limits in certain personal injury lawsuits

WABCO announced that its shareholders have approved the proposed acquisition by ZF Friedrichshafen.

Vehicles temporarily banned, wildfires spark during intense European heat wave

The Port of Brownsville recently received a key permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to deepen the 17-mile Brownsville Ship Channel. Dredging on the $350 million project could […]

Government places 10-knot restriction on a section of the Gulf of St. Lawrence to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales.

PHOTO COURTESY OF OTAY MESA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Post by FreightWaves’ Noi Mahoney Business is good at the Otay Mesa port of entry, California’s largest commercial land port of entry, […]

Florida International Terminal (FIT) deployed a new appointment system in a bid to improve turnaround times for reefer drivers. The appointment system is part of a previously announced expansion at […]

Seattle, San Francisco and other West Coast cities have dramatically expanded water taxi service over the past few years.

The bill, introduced in the House Tuesday, would limit new or additional tariffs imposed by the president to 120 days unless approved by Congress.

Integrating training and coaching programs into the driver experience can save a company significant money and minimize the risk of serious accidents.

Agency wants to reduce time and costs for driving schools and applicants

Iconic American chocolatier and sweets maker Hershey tied for 18th place in a list of the top 25 manufacturers, distributors and retailers that do the best job in removing supply chain inefficiencies.

Sales of used trucks in the Class 8 market plummeted 22 percent in May compared with the same month a year earlier, and dropped 8 percent from the previous month.

Many companies still do not have cyber insurance and are vulnerable to the costs associated with a data breach.

Donald Broughton writes the second part of his look at the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and how transportation professionals can tweak GDP numbers to better understand and forecast the business environment they are competing in.

When Democrats took the stage for their first debate, infrastructure was hardly mentioned, and doesn’t appear to be a priority in this election cycle.