The ILWU and ILA will likely have concurrent contract negotiations, making cargo diversion difficult, an NRF official said.
No rapid conclusion is expected in labor contract talks that have been ongoing for six months.
Company is handling fewer containers, but says the average freight rate has improved.
Longshoremen in ‘safety stand down’ after death of worker in Benicia.
The integrator’s supply-chain division will open six new facilities in Asia by 2020.
Carriers back down from immediate activation of charges linked to West Coast labor issues.
The Obama administration is monitoring the contract negotiations, while shippers groups are asking for presidential intervention.
‘It could take years for our agriculture to recover lost foreign markets,’ say 61 agriculture groups.
Drivers for Pacer and Harbor Rail Transport join a strike by drivers seeking recognition as employees.
Yusen Logistics (Vietnam) Co. Ltd. has added a new warehouse in Hai Phong City, northern Vietnam.
Liner carriers in the transpacific say they will begin to impose a $1,000-per-FEU surcharge on Monday.
Drivers said they are striking QTS, LACA Express, and WinWin Logistics Monday and will add other drayage companies,
LCL-oriented NVO says labor negotiations exacerbating existing causes of West Coast port congestion.
Carriers are set to charge $1,000 per FEU, also poised to start charging on intermodal door deliveries this week.
The congressmen urge a labor settlement between the ILWU and the PMA, while shippers start petition to the White House.
This is the fourth of expansion of Hanson’s Chicago consolidation center in seven years, and the third since completing a similar buildout in 2013.
Port truck drivers picket in Los Angeles and Long Beach; ILWU says its members dismissed at Oakland Terminal.
Companies will combine JDA’s fulfillment and labor management solutions with IBM’s commerce and order-management systems.
Though they have not yet imposed them, most carriers have prefiled congestion surcharges with the Federal Maritime Commission.
Carrier moved more containers to and from Hawaii, but auto volume and volumes from China fell.
More than 100 trade groups say they are concerned that a ‘full shutdown of every West Coast port may be imminent.’
Pacific Maritime Association says ILWU is refusing to dispatch dockworkers in Los Angeles, Long Beach.
ILWU and employers meet Wednesday, but problems worsen in Seattle and Tacoma.
The U.S. division has been in expansion mode, opening new facilities in the midwest.
Pacific Maritime Association says slowdown is crippling ports of Tacoma and Seattle.
Graybar knows when purchase order says “tomorrow,” it means “in the morning.”
Well, it’s another peak shipping season and wouldn’t you know it, we’ve got labor strife again at U.S. ports putting the business community on edge leading up to the […]
Changes in Lumber Liquidators’ product portfolio brings supply chain challenges.
APL says it will realign network to facilitate smooth cargo flow through the U.S. West Coast.
Two new DHL facilities were created for a total of 30.5 million euros.
Thirteen ships are at anchor in San Pedro Harbor including eight containerships.
While the industry could earn $5 billion this year, some carriers will continue to see losses.
Environmentalists complain about pollution from container terminal and want more mitigation.
The lack of a labor contract for West Coast longshoremen is contributing to West Coast port congestion, trade groups say.
The N.J. container terminal last week celebrated a milestone in its modernization plan.
The Heyburn facility will serve the local dairy and agricultural markets.
Federal dollars for PNCT’s expansion should be replicated nationwide, DOT Secretary Foxx and others say.
The Chicago-based property firm has acquired a 317,500-square-foot warehouse in Avenel.
Union leader says there is a need for more trained longshoremen and a 24-hour port.
The chassis shortage spurs action by Long Beach to keep cargo fluid.
The chemical logistics company, Rinchem Co., plans to use the acquisition to support its growing Asia-Pacific business.
NRF asks union, employers to reinstate contract through November so arbitration provisions are in place.
CFO Gattoni promoted, Gherkens to stay on board through May.
TOTE is building two ships and will convert two more to operate on LNG.
Problems faced by trucking, other shipping industries foster inland transport changes.
Expansion strategy rests on accelerated volume growth, higher rates and innovative financing.
Acquisition gives Kewill multi-tenant SaaS offering to target shippers intent on managing planning and execution.
The development will employ 500 workers.
ILWU says its members were threatened outside terminals by hostile demonstrators.
The 3PL will feed parts from Europe to Chrysler’s assembly plant in Mexico.
Shippers add more DCs, while port expands internally to meet trade demand.
With 90 percent of fire contained, terminals reopened Tuesday evening.
Service providers detail intermodal issues at the annual IANA conference.
DHL Global Forwarding spent $4.41 million to expand its pharmaceutical footprint.
Forwarder will increase size of its logistics subsidiary in Hong Kong.
Space Coast port courts new lines of cargo business, makes investments to ignite growth.
Israeli liner carrier believes it has renewed vigor now that restructuring is complete.
Can a distributor of DVDs expand and diversify its 3PL business?
U.S. freight industry is ready to take off, but other regional economies still need to catch up.
Kathy Fulton was appointed executive director of the American Logistics Aid Network, after serving as interim head following Jock Menzies’s death in August 2013.
Port Jersey Logistics says new warehouse in Cranbury will also be its headquarters.
Two New York state residents — Chenglan Hu, 52, and Hau Fei Zhang, 53 — pleaded guilty Wednesday to importing more than 100,000 counterfeit and hazardous children’s toys from […]
FreightWatch International put out a call to action for logistics firms to “ensure security protocols are up-to-date and in line with industry best practices for both in-transit and warehouse […]
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association, which represents employers, said Tuesday that they had reached a tentative agreement on terms for health benefits.
A retail trade association has once again called on the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) and International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) to reach an agreement on an new contract […]
UPS will open two package-distribution warehouses in the Dallas area by November, adding more than 700,000 square feet of handling space to the region. Officials await the opening […]
Protests targeting ZIM Line are expected in Tacoma and Seattle later this week in the wake of demonstrations that disrupted cargo operations at the Port of Oakland. A […]
An attempt by anti-Israeli protesters trying to block a Zim Line ship from discharging and loading cargo in the Port of Oakland has turned into a high stakes game […]
CEVA Logistics has expanded its operations at Los Angeles International Airport, adding a 369,000-square-foot facility. The new building features 50,000 square feet of office space and 170 dock […]
Members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union did not cross a picket line thrown up at the Port of Oakland Sunday evening by several hundred persons protesting Israeli […]
California funds study of hybrid dray trucks powered by overhead wires to achieve cleaner air. The demise of the electric trolley car network that once crisscrossed Los Angeles is […]
Ask most American high school seniors what they plan to study in college, and you will likely get answers such as accounting, engineering, education and pre-med, to name a […]
As of mid-August, there has been remarkably little information coming out of talks between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and Pacific Maritime Administration over a new contract to […]
Sunland Logistics Solutions, a South Carolina-based third party logistics services provider, has entered a partnership with Artisan Logistics as their in-house carrier to support Sunland’s customers with transportation services […]
A record amount of container cargo moved through the Port of the Port of New York and New Jersey in the first six months of 2014. The agency attributed […]
Exel has formed a new freight brokerage company, Exel Freight Connect, to help connect its customers with carriers across the United States, Canada and Mexico. The new company […]
Dachser Transport of America Inc. has opened a new office in St. Louis, expanding its footprint in the Midwest. The office is located in the St. Louis Customs […]
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union and employers represented by the Pacific Maritime Association resumed contact talks on Wednesday, following a break in which union negotiators attended a Longshore […]
Pantos Logistics has acquired a 20,000-square-meter warehouse at Massvlakte next to Port of Rotterdam. The warehouse will allow Pantos to further expand its distribution business in Europe. […]
Six filings come from each California and Texas; five other states represented.
FMC reviews 20 OTI license applications
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association will take a break from negotiations on Monday and Tuesday.
The Port of Long Beach said its terminals handled 610,516 TEU of containerized cargo in June, 8-percent more than in June 2013. It was the busiest June since 2007, […]
Proposal intended to transform customs clearance for highly compliant firms. UPS is shopping around to customs authorities a new process for accelerating cargo release at the border as a […]
Port, private-sector spending expected to boost rail, warehousing, and agriculture facilities. The Port of Oakland is planning to spend hundreds of millions of dollars over the next few years on […]
No matter how many systems or automated solutions a company puts in place, there’s still that ever-present element of human input required to keep the supply chain humming. […]
Several terminals in Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach were briefly closed Tuesday morning after members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union honored picket lines set up […]
The Teamsters said Monday that they had shut down operations at three drayage companies servicing the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach that employ about 400 drivers, but […]
SEKO Logistics has built a 152,000-square-foot logistics center in Milton Keynes, England, to support e-commerce growth. SEKO will employ 150 workers at the new facility. The construction […]
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union and employers represented by the Pacific Maritime Association said late Monday they had “agreed to take a 72-hour break from negotiations on a […]
Drivers from three drayage firms began what they are calling an “unfair labor practice strike” at truck yards and marine terminals at the ports of Los Angeles and Long […]
Global Container Terminal is not the only facility at the Port of New York and New Jersey being upgraded. Port Newark Container Terminal expects to put into operation […]
Fitch Ratings said a potential strike or some form of work slowdown affecting West Coast ports resulting from a contract impasse between dock workers and terminal operators is likely […]
The current contract between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and employers is due to expire tomorrow, July 1, but nearly all observers are expecting talks to continue.
Damco, a third-party logistics subsidiary of A.P. Moller-Maersk, has started operating its first warehouse and container freight station in Myanmar. The 4,000-square-meter facility is located 15 kilometers from […]
Almost 200 truck drivers at U.K. supermarket chain Sainsbury plan to walk off the job at the Merseyside distribution center for two hours on Friday to protest the company’s […]
R.J. Corman Railroad Group of Nicholasville, Ky., was selected by the board of the Northwest Tennessee Regional Port Authority to operate the nation’s newest multimodal inland port at Cates […]
The supply chain software company JDA has become such a fixture in the world of major retailers and manufacturers that it’s easy to forget the company also has a […]
Rotunda Capital acquires majority stake in third-party warehousing, fulfillment services provider. Private equity firm Rotunda Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in Amware Logistics Services, a provider of […]
Concerned about a possible strike at West Coast ports as the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and employers negotiate a new contract to replace their labor agreement that expires […]
