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At least two ocean carriers will initiate US street-turn fees next month to reduce administrative costs for this measure; truckers and BCOs say it will increase supply chain costs.

A host of technology providers in the North American surface transportation space have released tools to access previously hidden capacity.

IANA believes its educational guide can become a standard textbook for the chassis industry.

Competitors demonstrate that West Coast ports need to efficiently transfer containers to trucks and trains, as well ship-to-port, to retain shipper business.

Truckers and shippers complain that it’s taken weeks to get containerized imports.

The company's chief operating officer said tech innovations helped achieve the strong performance.

A general strike began Tuesday morning.

Shippers are concerned that they will pay for service consolidation.

A space shortage from high tariff-threat-induced volume has prompted shippers and 3PLs to seek alternative, nearby container space.

It’s the fourth terminal in the port’s rail system.

A passel of newly finished and ongoing projects aim to smooth the trucking of cargo in the Northeast US.

Excessive rail dwell times continue to be a problem.

PSA said two factors are driving the railed cargo and transshipment handling improvement.

The Shenzhen port of Shekou has opened a consolidation center that will ease customs restrictions on China's growing LCL cargo imports.

Spot rates in the eastbound Pacific increased for the second straight week.

When imports increased strongly last summer, due in part to front-loading of shipments to get ahead of the Trump administration’s tariffs on China, spot rates soared by more than $1,000 to each coast.

Delays may occur if paperwork is flagged by a federal agency in which staffers are furloughed.

A ‘perfect storm’ of factors combined so far this winter to create the LA-LB backlog.

The emerging market economy has 12 publicly owned ports and about 200 minor ports dotting its 4,600 miles of coastline.

David Arian, a former international president of the ILWU and more recently Port of Los Angeles harbor commissioner, was a committed activist for workers’ rights and community causes. He died Wednesday at age 72.

The extended gates, intended to clear a short-term logjam, come amid an ongoing debate among port stakeholders about whether the terminals should open for longer hours to improve cargo fluidity.

Mexico faces a wealth of uncertainty as it enters 2019, but it is unlikely to unravel the trade sector’s strength.

Althougth US-China trade tension can affect demand, there are several reasons US resin exporters remain bullish for 2019.

The Port of New York and New Jersey is preparing for the future arrival of 18,000-TEU vessels by raising cranes, planning new dredging, and looking to improve the efficiency of ships through its main channel.

An unusual period of congestion at Los Angeles-Long Beach is costing shippers.

The Port of New Orleans has signed a 50-year lease with Ports America to spend $66.5 million to improve its existing container terminal and perhaps build a new one in the future, doubling the port's capacity.

Dockworkers across major public ports will join a two-day nationwide strike.

The agreement comes three-and-a-half months after ILA members on both coasts resoundingly ratified a six-year master agreement to replace the one that expired Sept. 30.

With annual handling volume increasing substantially, Chittagong faces yard congestion throughout the year.

Can Mexico’s highways, railways, and related systems improve to handle higher trade volumes?

As the initial experience indicates, North American port extended gates adoption, despite increasing container volume and truck congestion, is coming in fits and starts.

After a damaging truck strike, holiday trade gains are expected to be sub-par — although it is historically a time of demand growth.

A reservation system is one tool to improve fluidity, according to port officials, but the trucking community believes restricting access is a step in the wrong direction.

The Los Angeles and Long Beach executive directors promised shippers and truckers they would deliver several action items within six months to relieve mounting congestion.

The appeals court in Mumbai, in an interim ruling, gave CCI the nod to complete its investigation.

The development of a grain transloading facility in western Canada by autumn 2019 will add to the export momentum that is building at Prince Rupert and Vancouver.

The terminal at GCT Bayonne is the port’s fourth rail terminal.

Despite the lower growth, India's logistics reform measures have increased competition across transport modes — something cargo owners and logistics providers welcome.

Fluidity is the goal of any port, and by investing in more cranes, the South Carolina Ports Authority can sell speed.

Providers such as Advent and GE Transportation are each constructing a system of systems at North American ports.