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While port operations are largely normal, cross-border trucking is still heavily impacted.

The future of the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad has been a top concern of port officials and businesses for nearly two years.

Volume reached a new monthly high of 47,000 TEU in May.

The move comes amid a diplomatic row between Qatar and four of its neighbors.

The Seattle-Tacoma alliance will purchase an additional four cranes to enable its ports to better handle mega-ships.

The new low-profile gantry cranes cost a total of $41.4 million and come with an option for the port to purchase an additional three cranes anytime within five years.

With API tool, logistics technology company project44 aims to help shippers find capacity for lower-cost "volume LTL" shipments.

Spot rates in the eastbound Pacific this year have been running 30 to 60 percent higher than at this time last year.

The port forecasts traffic will grow to 339,000 TEU by 2019 and 2020.

Heavy-lift specialist Mammoet has completed the lifting and positioning of the two largest units of an $8 billion Sasol ethane cracker and related plants that will add to exports of polyethylene resins from the US Gulf region.

Chennai’s rail share in the first two fiscal months was slightly higher than that in the same period of 2016.

The guilty ruling allows shippers impacted by the practices to seek financial compensation from the stevedores via Russian courts.

Rates for ships more than 5,500 TEU are “nose-diving,” and the 7,500- to 11,000-TEU segment has been hit by a “sudden meltdown”.

No container bookings are being accepted to and from Qatar as carriers try to mitigate the diplomatic row that has essentially isolated the Persian Gulf state.

China announced new security and inspection measures for vessels calling at the southeastern port of Xiamen.

The sometimes heated three-hour hearing came as the port prepares to open the newly raised Bayonne Bridge on June 30, allowing ships up to 18,000 TEU to pass below it.

More than 11 million trucks transit the borders between the United States, Canada, and Mexico every year.

Portland has been without weekly container services since 2015.

“We can’t control the economy worldwide, but we can grow our market share in a down world economy.”

The strikes follow months of slowdown.

The evolution of marketplaces must be in the direction of facilitating transparency and tightening service standards for shippers.

The agreement calls for an investigation into the possibility of establishing a rail connection between the two ports.

AirBridgeCargo Airlines continued to outpace its European rivals with traffic soaring 17 percent in the first quarter as it increased its freighter fleet and expanded its global network.

The country’s 12 major ports together handled 1.5 million TEU during April and May.

Online marketplace Freightos has extended its service offering to the United Kingdom after launching in the United States in 2016, targeting Britain's huge trade volume.

The digital transformation of Singapore and Rotterdam will play a crucial role in their competitiveness and both ports have launched new technology initiatives.

The move has already resulted in an uptick of cargo booked on the spot market.

The new scheme is part of the Japanese government’s efforts to increase the country’s annual exports of agricultural.

“The aim of the executive board is to work out a new restructuring solution together with creditors and making use of the tools of insolvency laws.”

ODFL’s mid-quarter update is the latest indication that freight volumes and shipping costs are rising in the United States.

Customs estimates that with quicker clearance, logistics costs per container have been reduced by more than half.

German carrier Hapag-Lloyd has become the second liner operator this month to impose a booking cancellation fee after CMA CGM.

Shippers could face losses that run into tens of millions of dollars.

More drayage companies at the Port of New York and New Jersey are buying their own chassis or signing long-term leases to avoid the difficulty of rental pools.

US rail regulators have said they need more time and information before they can make any decision on a proposed freight rail line that backers say would bypass Chicago congestion.

The first phase is expected to open in two years.

The maintenance will help avoid derailments like the 25-car incident that occurred in Colorado’s Weld County this past January.

The need for greater visibility into inbound shipments is driving demand for smart trailers and container tracking, SkyBitz's Popplewell says.

The 1,103-TEU Samoana will replace the 844-TEU Islander.