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ILWU caucus Friday votes to take PMA proposal for a contract extension to a vote by the rank and file.

Kansas City Southern is positioning its Mexican network as an alternative export route for plastic resins.

Spot rates in the eastbound Pacific this week went up for the first time since mid-January.

The House of Representatives — and soon the Senate, sources say — will hear the concerns of domestic tugboat operators.

Twenty-two days of heavy fog during January and February weren't enough to stop growth at Port Houston.

“He isn’t focused on intermodal.”

"Port Klang will be the big loser as a result of the alliance shifts.”

The cost of the takeover was revealed for the first time.

The first two ships have begun their charters.

The Japanese international freight forwarder had predicted a group net profit.

It has been a good first quarter for OOCL with solid increases in revenue and volumes on the east-west trades. Business appears to be looking up for Hong Kong's OOCL.

Spot rates on the Asia-Europe trade have risen close to their 2017 highs, even as backhaul rates fall for the forth consecutive week.

The next 12 months will be good for Japan's top three carriers that are predicting a profitable 2017/18 financial year.

“Every port will be on strike.”

Demand for warehouse and distribution space was unabated in the first quarter despite low vacancy rates and increasing rents.

Two recent announcements of Charleston-area transloading facilities show that resin producers are casting a wide net for ports.

Future partners focus on better utilizing assets as excess capacity keeps pressure on truckload rates.

Traffic measured in revenue cargo tonne kilometers grew 6.3 percent.

Seaspan Corporation’s earnings and revenue declined in the first quarter.

Higher industrial output helped increase the frequency and weight of LTL shipments in the first quarter at Old Dominion Freight Line.

Cargolux posted a sharply reduced profit and lower revenue in 2016.

The Dubai-based port operator handled 16.4 million TEU in the first three months of 2016.

The move seeks to solve a core problem that underpins the industry’s slow pace in digitalizing processes.

Japan’s international air cargo trade will rise for the second successive year.

March was a good month for the Asian air cargo industry, with the recovering markets accelerating further on rising regional import-export activity.

With the help of Microsoft, Maersk Line plans to roll out customer software applications in the third quarter that will help beneficial cargo owners track containers and manage cargo.

Higher freight demand fails to absorb excess truckload capacity, pushing down rates and tightening margins for largest US freight broker.

Trading in Yang Ming stock on the Taiwan Stock Exchange was suspended last week.

The west coast hosts three dominant private, or minor, container facilities that compete with JNPT.

Geographically, the region is easily accessible to the US East and West coasts and offers interline connectivity for eastern and western railways while bypassing infamous Chicago congestion.

Work is already under way to develop the scope of the Baltic’s freight market information services.

Japan’s container trade is estimated to have risen 1.9 percent year-over-year to 11.9 million TEU in fiscal 2016.

Carriers control the physical transport of containers, so any supply chain solution needs to have their support.

Authorities on Tuesday removed the height restriction on certain ships going under the Bayonne Bridge in the Port of New York and New Jersey.

Although the alliance changes that reshuffled carrier alliances from four to three took effect April 1, the impact is only slowly emerging on routes across the globe.

Seattle-Tacoma focuses on efficient terminal operations to provide their edge in competition with Vancouver and Prince Rupert for market share.

Under the agreement, the French carrier’s subsidiary CMA Terminals will operate the facility for 15 years.

The new law is modeled on the International Maritime Organization’s Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) amendment, which took effect on July 1, 2016.

More shippers are putting freight lanes up for bid, Covenant Transportation Group executives say.

Installation of the new Tideworks Technology system at San Juan follows the rollout of the system last September at Crowley’s Port Everglades, Florida terminal.