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East and Gulf Coast ports through October grew their import volumes at more than double the pace of West Coast ports.

Netherlands airport hub Schiphol is considering a government proposal aimed at solving its landing rights crisis impacting all-cargo flights.

DHL has reported its eighth consecutive quarter of growth as time-definite shipments drive up revenue and volume.

Rates on Asia-Europe were back in decline this week, and the market fundamentals make it unlikely that prices will increase much before Chinese New Year.

As non-vessel operating common carriers have expanded their market share, so has pressure to ease restrictions on their ability to offer customized rate and service packages.

Yang Ming reports a third-quarter profit on higher volume and freight rates, after 10 loss-making quarters.

Last week’s ruling by Judge Rudolph Contreras of the US District Court for the District of Columbia is the latest development in a years-long dispute over pilotage fees.

Compared with the approximately 3 percent increases of recent years, 2017 was a banner year.

At the US-Mexican border, a long-term, costly imbalance in north- and southbound tractor-trailers threatens to slow cross-border supply chains.

A long-shot proposal has been floated to build a railroad that supporters say could make it quicker and cheaper to move cargo by land between Mexico’s Pacific and Gulf coasts than the Panama Canal.

Now that a West Coast longshore labor contract extension is in place through mid-2022, shippers are anxious for a similar deal to ensure continued labor peace on the East and Gulf coasts.

The deal would complement MSC’s ZAO Container Terminal in Russia’s busiest port of St. Petersburg.

By volume, October railed containers totaled 62,091 TEU.

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union-International Container Terminal Services, Inc. saga began in 2012.

International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance officials have been exploring a long-term extension for more than two years.

The trans-Atlantic spot market has barely budged when compared with the yo-yo swings on other trades.

APM Terminal's Zeebrugge facility is now 76 percent owned by Cosco Shipping Ports.

India’s efforts to bring down cargo dwell times as part of a larger ease-of-doing-business program have yet to translate into steady improvements.

Atlas Air is the latest carrier to announce expectations of a solid peak season, but the rising demand for airlines will limit the space available to shippers and push up freight rates.

It is the second consecutive quarter that produced a negative performance for the top carrier.

Consumers’ embrace of e-commerce appears to be permanent.

US meat exports to China are set to be boosted sharply following the signing of a three-year volume commitment by online retailer JD.com.

Based on “back-of-the-envelope” analysis, the capacity of the domestic container fleet was slightly lower this year than during the peak month of November last year.

The settlement followed discussions between union leaders and government agencies Tuesday morning.

As shipping lines and their customers head into annual Asia-Europe contract talks, carriers continue to undermine their negotiating position by not withdrawing capacity.

Container Corporation of India delivered solid results in the second fiscal quarter.

A survey of shippers and logistics service providers (LSPs) shows broad agreement truck capacity is getting tighter, but the LSPs expect rates to rise higher next year than shippers anticipate. Electronic logging devices may be a reason.

The terminal operating arm of the Maersk Group said challenging market conditions and industry overcapacity put pressure on profits.

The move by MSC and CMA CGM to order 20 new 22,000 TEU ships between them will not be followed by Maersk Line that says it has enough capacity "for now."

The $250 million to $300 million financial impact of Maersk's cyber breach was not enough to offset strong market fundamentals in the third quarter that drove up the freight rate and kept the carrier well in profit.

Anheuser-Busch InBev seeks a special ingredient that would make its supply chain flow as smoothly and freely as lager from a tap: dynamic, real-time shipment data.

DP World continues to target expansion in the Horn of Africa.

Maersk is preparing to release its third quarter results that will reflect the heavy impact of a cyber attack that brought the carrier's container handling divisions to a standstill.

Hundreds of containers are stranded at the terminal and off-site yards.

The willingness of container carriers to sell capacity to resellers who openly distribute rates to the market is fueling rate volatility.

The primary issue is with “field formations” that must still set up systems and procedures for handling RFID e-sealed containers.

That state aid scheme underscores the importance the Narendra Modi government places on coastal and short-sea shipping.

Analysts continue to highlight the lack of canceled sailings that will leave carriers facing increasingly severe overcapacity as new vessels sail into service and undermine their contract negotiating position.

There’s plenty of innovation and potential pitfalls coming down the tracks.