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Beneficial cargo owners will enjoy lower ocean freight rates in their 2018-2019 service contracts, but the total all-in charge for ocean, truck, and bunker fuel costs will be higher than last year.

Convoy is among the most prominent of a large crop of digitally powered companies using algorithms to better match capacity and demand.

Port leaders, however, expressed apprehension that any change in established operating practices could cause major commercial repercussions for Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in a hyper-competitive environment.

The electronic logging device mandate’s impact has rippled across supply chains, and there is no better example of that than the US agriculture export market.

Technology came under the spotlight at the Transplace Shipper Symposium this week, as did the truck driver shortage (as expected). Other topics that may help shippers address their freight transportation problems yielded insights, as well.

US beneficial cargo owners (BCOs) unable to arrange inland transportation are considering a new option — signing long-term contracts for dedicated drayage.

As shipping rates into Mexcio drop and US trucking rates rise, shippers are routing cargo directly through Mexican ports and along Mexican roads, bypassing US West Coast ports.

Higher costs have weighed on results, slightly offsetting the positive impact of stronger volumes. Still, a key CEO offered an encouraging evaluation regarding the second half of 2018.

As industry professionals put it, the US truck freight market has turned with a vengeance; even so, as outlined at the Transplace Shipper Symposium in Texas there are still tactics shippers can deploy to secure freight space.

Port congestion at some Asian ports is delaying cargo.

NYSHEX’s digital exchange has the potential to increase cargo booking efficiency and reduce uncertainty and volatility, among other benefits. But can the platform evolve to meet the needs of a greater percentage of shippers, including larger shippers with complex supply chains?

As a result of a road construction project on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway, export containers are being delayed several days, and even weeks in some cases; imports are experiencing up to three-day delays.

A confluence of factors has created very strong demand for flatbed trucks in the United States, resulting in the longest waiting lists in recent history — shippers are advised to remain patient.

Although there isn’t a permanent solution yet regarding the truckers’ concerns, shippers and ocean carriers using JNPT are expressing relief over resumption of drayage operations.

The latest move in the past three weeks firmly reversed a down trend that began immediately after the Lunar New Year pulled prices down to a level not seen in more than a year.

The synchronized, regional recovery that’s boosted global container shipping has also ramped-up short-sea container volumes to the benefit of Europe’s feeder ship sector. Still, the good times are hardly problem-free and there are hurdles ahead.

India’s trade officials this week underscored that logistics reforms are designed to speed cargo and boost trade, and that the reforms are not without dislocation for selected stakeholders.

Negotiators from the ILA and USMX will try to reach an agreement on local labor agreements, so that talks next month in Florida can focus on the six-year, coastwide deal.

A confluence of factors have lengthened Asia-Europe freight train travel times.

Innovations in the global transportation management system space are happening around the fringes, incorporating things like in-app messaging, better user interfaces, or applying AI layers to existing optimization tools.

Logistics executives came to the Transplace Shipper Symposium this week hungry for solutions to what seem to be intractable problems of tight capacity and rising prices. They received more than a few from Transplace CEO Frank McGuigan.

The truckers' strike is already affecting terminal productivity, according to gate move statistics.

According to the Association of Commercial Seaports of Russia, container goods imports to Russian ports on the Baltic Sea in 2018 achieved something they haven't in five years.

Absent a profit motive, subsidized ocean carriers have at times been less rigorous in knowing and managing their costs and innovating. However, for several reasons, the subsidized model is not likely to end anytime soon.

APM Terminal officials said their digitial change ended truckers' need to present a key form — and the change will lead to a substantial benefit.

Logistics companies view digitization as an opportunity rather than a threat.

A new marine terminal could serve as the catalyst for the creation of a regional barge trade in the US Northeast.

China is increasing pressure on US exporters, creating costly delays.

Retailers are rushing to import merchandise from China before potential Trump Administration tariffs kick in.

Should CEVA receive a takeover offer that is accepted by the board, CMA CGM will be obliged to either sell or make a superior offer to acquire the logistics provider.

A series of factors has lined up to ensure European shippers importing air cargo from Asia will be stuck with services to the congested hub airports.

Truckers are unhappy with the administration of a key port productivity program at the Port of Jawaharlal Nehru and are refusing to work.

Cost pressures and consumer preferences can change vehicle demand in a hurry. However, there’s another variable that can change it — and harm it — even faster.

With cool cargo volumes increasing, sensors are performing a function beyond temperature monitoring for product quality’s sake.

US truck transport rates eased in April, but there already are signs of a renewed push higher for several market-based reasons.

The double-lane railway will facilitate transit between India’s Gede railway station and Bangladesh’s Khulna district, with the latter ultimately being connected to the Mongla seaport.

The trucker groups want changes to JNPT's direct port delivery logistics program.

As freight demand and the need for capital rises, the fifth-largest US truckload operator plans a route back to Wall Street to fund growth.

US shippers turning to LTL to move their freight are paying high spot rates, as the carriers balance these short-term shippers with their core long-term customers' needs.

BCOs fear imposing indirect source pollution restrictions on warehouses and distribution centers on top of LA-LB clean-air restrictions will raise the cost of shipping through the Southern California gateway.