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Final draft of strict clean air plan to be presented to LA-LB harbor commissions on Nov. 2.

Asian cargo is the fastest-growing segment of growth for the Northeast Florida port.

Concerns over the supply of truck drivers and the resulting increases in trucking rates will likely grow in the coming months.

Solid container growth at the Port of Antwerp was not enough to close the gap on rival Rotterdam that has managed to boost its transshipment business.

Japan’s logistics industry continues to pour money into Myanmar’s Thilawa special economic zone.

“Carriers have to be willing to concede that there is interplay between the long-term contract, and spot rate customers, and that rate actions taken in the spot market can negatively impact contract shippers.”

The cost for shipping from Novorossiysk to Istanbul has fallen substantially.

The official said four companies have met pre-selection conditions under the new tender.

By 2020, hub ports in Europe can expect the vast majority of all calls to be made by ships with a capacity greater than 14,000 TEU.

How the Port of New York and New Jersey handles the ramp up in business will go a long way in determining the port’s future growth.

US contractors, manufacturers, suppliers, and US-flag ocean carriers say Ex-Im Bank is essential if US-based companies are to compete with more than 60 other nations that provide export credit.

With the peak-shipping season drawing to a close, spot rates on US imports from Asia basically flatlined.

"Relentless" investment in equipment, higher driver pay help boost capacity, revenue, profit for Werner.

Los Angeles-Long Beach market share has eroded steadily since 2002.

APL is expanding its intra-Asia footprint and has teamed up with a sister company to launch a new Korea service.

The Cosco-OOCL takeover and the merger of Japan's three carriers into ONE show two very different approaches to M&A.

With just two months left of the year, carriers trying to turn around the steady rate decline on Asia-Europe are battling against a structural overcapacity undermining all attempts at increasing rates.

YRC Worldwide was hit by two hurricanes and a wave of rising transportation costs in the third quarter, forcing it to lower its projected operating profit for 2017.

Port officials are evaluating the best ways to keep capacity above demand.

Truck driver wages and benefits grew for the fourth straight year in 2016.

Although the gain is encouraging for public ports, the threat private ports pose to their market share remains.

Optimism has been in short supply for breakbulk and project carriers.

CSX Transportation’s overhaul of its network ultimately may benefit shippers.

The shuttle plugs a gap in south Brazilian logistical networks that emerged seven years ago.

The shipping industry is about to register a significant milestone.

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will soon release the final draft of an update to its historic Clean Air Action Plan.

Congestion problems at Prince Rupert continue to plague beneficial cargo owners after six weeks.

A sharp break in relations between the United Kingdom and the European Union after Brexit will be devastating for the trade and business between both parties.

The facility will be the first in Mexico dedicated exclusively to handling vehicles.

The carriers said that despite their exclusive cooperative agreement, they will maintain separate operations.

There was no slowing down Chinese containerized exports in September, but the double-digit growth continued to be accompanied by steadily declining freight rates.

After climbing for seven straight weeks, US spot truckload rates stalled last week, but remain higher than usual for early October. DAT Solutions expects spot pricing to keep climbing.

Pasha Hawaii is pulling a 37-year-old ship out of layup.

The revised rates took effect October 1 and will remain in force until March 31, 2019.

Improve Europe's structural inadequacies and cut tariffs on the China-Europe rail network, is the message from a rail industry association executive.

CSX is discontinuing international services as part of a broader operational overhaul.

Express couriers each day handle thousands of e-commerce shipments.

The landside ability of the supply chain to handle volume generated by mega-ships must improve before carriers can achieve the lower unit costs their deployment promises.

Debt levels will be targeted by German carrier Hapag-Lloyd's capital increase that was successfully completed on Oct. 16.

Just how different carriers and their customers view the container shipping business was illustrated during an executive panel at JOC’s TPM Asia conference in Shenzhen.