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This FAQ looks at common questions and concerns of shippers regarding the new container weight mandate and will be regularly updated as new information on the topic becomes available.

The International Chamber of Shipping hailed the Paris climate change agreement as a breakthrough in tackling emissions but other industry voices have criticized the exclusion of shipping from the text.

Old Dominion Freight Line is adding a second terminal in St. Louis, Missouri, expanding its less-than-truckload service in the city and the Midwest.

CMA CGM’s $2.4 billion acquisition of Neptune Orient Lines and the forthcoming merger between state-owned Cosco and China Shipping are unlikely to spur a fresh round of consolidation in container shipping, according to Drewry.

The U.S Environmental Protection Agency has approved an $870,000 grant to help replace 25 older drayage trucks at the Port of Baltimore with cleaner-operating units with engines from the 2011 or later model years.

Khalifa Port Container Terminal recorded a 36 percent year-over-year jump in container volume during the first 10 months of this year, according to the newest port data released by port operator Abu Dhabi Ports Company.

The impact of the impending merger between Chinese state-owned shipping giants Cosco and China Shipping on Malaysia's Westports would be cushioned by CMA CGM's planned buyout of Neptune Orient Lines, according to CIMB Securities.

The brand new the 17,859 TEU CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin will on Dec. 26 become the largest vessel to call at the Port of Los Angeles, ushering in the age of the mega-vessel on the trans-Pacific.

China Shipping Container Lines will exit the container trade under the merged and reorganized China Cosco Shipping Group, a move that raises questions on the carrier’s continued participation in the O3 Alliance it shares with CMA CGM and UASC.

Cargo volumes at Germany’s new deep-sea container terminal in Wilhelmshaven gained traction this year after a very slow start that forced it to put its workforce on a short-time labor scheme.

The jungle port of Porto Chibatao has reopened after the sinking of two harbor cranes and two pontoons into the Rio Negro closed the Manaus, Brazil facility.

Old Dominion Freight Line is proving by example that there is plenty of life in the less-than-truckload model that served as the blueprint for trucking from the 1930s through deregulation in the 1980s.

BNSF Railway is flirting with the idea of a potential CSX Transportation or Norfolk Southern Railway acquisition as Canadian Pacific aims to acquire the latter railroad, potentially setting off a wave of consolidation in the Class I industry.

It turns out the three abandoned Boeing 747-200s at Kuala Lumpur airport for the past year were not abandoned at all, and were instead waiting to start service for a Malaysia-based airline with the eye-opening name of Splunk 'n Dash.

The electronic logging mandate that takes effect in late 2017 will have a big impact on shippers, as well as carriers and drivers, especially when coupled with the driver coercion rule. Supply chains will have to adjust as technology brings both transparency and "rigidity" to driver hours.

A fourth employer has reached agreement with the union representing clerical workers at shipping lines and terminal operators in Los Angeles-Long Beach.

Imports at the Port of Oakland were up 8.7 percent in November while import volume through the first 11 months of the year was up 0.4 percent compared to last year as imports seem to have recovered from labor strife that impacted its operations even after the end of labor negotiations for the West Coast.

Spot freight rates in the eastbound trans-Pacific continued to deteriorate this week, with rates to the West Coast sinking faster than those to the East Coast, according to the Shanghai Containerized Freight Index published on JOC.com’s Market Data Hub.

An advisory committee of 13 business, labor and government representatives has been appointed for the Port of Philadelphia.

The listed entities of Cosco and China Shipping Container Lines will resume trading on Monday after being suspended for more than five months as reorganization to merge the complex web of public entities under the two groups gets under way.

Carriers in the G6 Alliance said they expect the alliance’s membership to remain intact through 2016 while CMA CGM seeks regulatory approval of its $2.4 billion acquisition of the parent company of G6 member APL.

The U.K. logistics industry slammed the government for deferring a decision on whether to expand London Heathrow airport, Europe’s fourth-largest air cargo hub, until next summer at the earliest.

Just in time for Christmas there is finally some good news for the stricken container port of Itajai in Brazil, which received the necessary permitting for the construction of an expanded turning basin at a cost of 105 million reais ($27.59 million)

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has launched pilot test being billed as a “fast lane” for cargo containers at four U.S. ports.

Mergers and acquisitions dominated transportation industry headlines throughout 2015, and the trend is likely to continue into 2016.

China is introducing new rules to curb emissions from ships in its three major port areas.

Spot freight rates on the Asia-North Europe trade continued their schizophrenic weekly journey, rising so high in the latest reading that the weekly comparison with the same period in 2014 is almost level for the first time this year.

Laden container imports though the Port of Long Beach rose 4.3 percent year-over-year in November, a rebound from slight traffic declines in the prior two months and a sign that retailers expect holiday sales to be strong enough to require significant restocking.

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association will sue the Department of Transportation in a bid to block a rule requiring truck drivers to use electronic logging devices, the association's executive vice president said today.

Though a muted peak season drew down cargo volumes last month, the Port of Virginia remains on track to complete a record-setting 2015, according to officials.

The top group representing the merchant global fleet is calling for the International Maritime Organization to take the lead in regulating shipping emissions after language that would urge the body to do so was stripped from a broader United Nations plan to address climate change.

U.S. lawmakers Thursday voted to overhaul the nation’s main freight rail regulator and give the Surface Transportation Board stronger investigative powers and streamline complaint review processes.

The American Trucking Associations welcomed a mandate requiring 3 million truck drivers to use electronic logs by 2017, hailing the safety benefits of the technology. Other trucking groups may not be so happy.

GCT Bayonne plans next month to launch the Port of New York and New Jersey’s first appointment system for trucks at terminals.

U.S. truck drivers using paper logs to record their work hours must switch to electronic logging by 2017 under a new regulation, a step that means big changes for drivers, carriers and shippers.

The air cargo market will remain weak through 2016 due to sluggish world trade growth, the International Air Transport Association said.

Shreyas Shipping and Logistics, one of India’s fast-growing short-sea ship operators, and Japan logistics group Suzue Corp. have reached a 50-50 joint venture arrangement in an effort to capitalize on growth opportunities in the wake of strengthening trade and investment ties between the two nations.

PierPass Inc. has been a lightening rod for criticism from cargo interests and truckers in Los Angeles-Long Beach for an alleged lack of transparency in the funding of night and weekend gates, but an initial Federal Maritime Commission review uncovered no glaring problems with the entity that manages the extended-gates program.

The long-expected merger of Cosco and China Shipping has received the green light from the State Council, China’s media is reporting.

Up to four container terminal operators could be handed contracts to manage and operate terminals at the new Kaohsiung 7th Container Terminal currently under development in Taiwan.