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The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach last week announced the schedule for completing what will be the final draft of an update to their landmark Clean Air Action Plan.

Executive Director Gene Seroka said the container was discharged from an Evergreen Line vessel.

Canada’s economy is expected to pick up steam in 2017, with real GDP growth forecast at 2 percent for the year.

Canada is in the early stages of reworking its system of cargo clearance to allow containerized goods that don’t present a security, safety, or health threat to move through ports.

GCT Bayonne, the first marine terminal at the Port of New York and New Jersey to introduce an appointment system, will increase the number of reservation slots by more than 60 percent.

Eastbound Pacific spot rates to East and West coasts edge lower for the third straight week.

Portonave is the second-largest container terminal in Brazil.

The longer-term trend is one of slowing growth.

Rail tracks end long before e-commerce's last mile, but Amazon.com has many "touch points" at Union Pacific Railroad, Beth Whited says.

Container terminal operators in Russia’s northwest are battling for market share.

The two “high-standard” gantry cranes will be at the RC6 and RC7 berths on Rokko Island.

It has been a year since the International Maritime Organization rolled out new rules for container weight verification across the globe.

Orders from Europe are rising with a strong peak season on the cards, but growing volumes could spell space issues and equipment shortages in the months ahead.

There was little movement in China-Europe spot rates with a week to go to the July 1 rate increases and peak season surcharges also in the pipeline.

Alameda Corridor authority will not seek accelerated fee increases or port assistance despite slower cargo volume gains.

Starting Sunday, officials at the Port of New York and New Jersey can discuss a contentious per-container charge with major container lines, after a tied FMC vote.

Although May’s inventory-to-sales ratio, the final test for the theory, is still unavailable, other factors suggest the turnaround has begun.

The Taiwanese carrier announced the recapitalization plan in late 2016.

Growing demand and higher prices for containers have helped Singamas Container Holdings to a $12 million profit in the first half of 2017.

The unemployment rate of the global fleet continues to edge higher.

The decision comes just days before the new joint venture Ocean Network Express was expected to be formed.

Inefficient operations at Tanjung Priok and regular traffic around the port adds significant costs to supply chains.

Maersk Line India in a trade advisory said the one-stop freight link from cargo origins is more economical and reliable than air cargo transportation.

Alibaba has built another link with carriers to provide online members greater control of the ocean shipping process.

FedEx, undecided about whether to follow UPS in imposing holiday season surcharges, is talking with volume customers on pricing. Best advice: Avoid last-minute shipping.

Union Pacific brings domestic intermodal rail to the ICTF near LA-LB ports.

The new service will join a US Gulf-West Africa service that UAL has operated for 25 years.

Rumors surrounding a Cosco-OOCL tie-up refuse to go away.

The East Hope Group is a formidable aluminium producer, with some 150 subsidiaries and 24,000 employees.

Maersk currently has 18 Rickmers vessels in its fleet.

Germany’s second-largest container carrier after Hapag-Lloyd boosted traffic by 7.2 percent.

The head of Maersk Line's intra-Asia specialist will quit at the end of July.

Freight rates on the trans-Pacific have fallen well off levels reached in the fourth quarter of 2016 as carriers in the highly competitive trade route chase after market share.

Shipper spending on dedicated trucking rose last year, almost equaling spending on one-way full truckloads, a CSCMP report shows.

Financial improvement for container shipping companies may be short-lived if carriers mismanage ship capacity on the way, Fitch Ratings said Tuesday.

Total US business logistics costs dropped in 2016 for the first time in seven years, the 2017 State of Logistics Report says. Are they poised to bounce back?

Canadian shippers and the head of Canada’s largest port have argued monetizing the country’s 18 port authorities could increase port user fees, limit public oversight, and threaten investment in waterside infrastructure.

Teamsters expand picketing to additional motor carriers in LA-LB.

Artificial intelligence advancements in gathering and analyzing logistics data are providing ways for the container shipping industry to plan further out and more accurately.

The Russian economic recovery is driving dramatic increases in ocean shipping freight rates.