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One of the four main terminals at Port of New York and New Jersey suffered heavier than usual truck congestion for the fourth day in a row.

MOL is upgrading its CX1 feeder service from the Amazon River port of Manaus, Brazil, to Manzanillo, Panama.

Norfolk Southern Railway and CSX Transportation said they gained international intermodal volume in the fourth quarter.

Europe’s cargo airports are outperforming its ocean container ports.

Blue Water Shipping and Bremer Reederei E&B have formed a joint venture.

Rickmers Maritime has sold its second container ship for scrap in as many months.

Indonesia is taking several new measures to improve the economics and efficiency of its maritime logistics sector.

China's largest shipping company is about to record a huge loss for 2016, an indication of what is to come in the troubled industry.

Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Oakland are spending millions and implementing process improvements to protect market share.

Which routes will shippers use for increased US resin exports?

Implementation at the port’s Wando Welch Terminal went awry this summer, leaving trucks unable to clear the gates and backing traffic up outside the terminal onto a nearby interstate.

The new ice-class ships are scheduled for delivery in 2019.

A surge in deliveries of mega-ships this year will prolong overcapacity in the container market and hit north-south liner trades hardest.

Short-sea ship operator Qatar Navigation Lines is ramping up its feeder coverage between India and the Middle East.

The project is being funded with a $600 million loan from China.

Carriers operating on the trans-Pacific earned significantly less per FEU on the spot market in 2016 than they did the year before.

It will be a busy marketplace on the trans-Pacific from April as smaller carriers and the mega alliances all compete for a share of the growing US import container trade.

Shippers and trucking companies at SMC3 conference urged to use embedded analytics in transportation software to automate tasks from motor carrier selection to route optimization.

Spot rates are a barometer for how trans-Pacific service contract negotiations could fare.

Turkish shipping line UN Ro-Ro has bought its national rival Ulusoy Ro-Ro.

Cathay Pacific has relocated its cargo-handling operations in Frankfurt to Lufthansa Cargo’s terminal at Europe’s biggest air freight hub.

HSH Nordbank, the leading financier of container ships, is up for sale.

Chennai Port has benefited from aggressive efforts to increase productivity, but it faces serious competition.

Eimskip’s acquisition spree continued this week with the purchase of a Belgian refrigerated freight forwarder.

Growth at mainland China’s top eight ports slowed in 2016.

The strong US dollar is making a bad equipment imbalance at the border worse, and will encourage the growth of less-than-truckload shipping across the border and in Mexico, SMC3 expects.

Beneficial cargo owners that book through non-vessel-operating common carriers should be aware that spot rates can vary dramatically and those that seek the lowest rates have the highest risk.

The trans-Atlantic continues to slide down the container route rankings.

Shippers moving goods from northeastern China to international markets are turning to Russian ports.

Private marine terminal operators in Brazil will benefit from two changes likely to become law.

TRAC Intermodal is furthering an industry-wide push to upgrade intermodal equipment quality.

Waterfront employers and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union are moving aggressively to ensure there will be enough dockworkers to handle cargo in the largest US port complex.

India’s major, or public, ports are slowly regaining market share lost to their so-called minor, or private, rivals over the past few years.

Taiwanese carrier Yang Ming Line tells customers of plans to improve its liquidity and stem the tide of losses.

Aluminum production has shifted to the Middle East, Russia, and especially China, and away from traditional consumption centers in the United States and Europe.

Bechtel’s Engineered Logistics initiative seeks to take the company’s 118 years of experience and knowledge and leverage it with drones, simulation models, and other technology.

Pending any dramatic shakeup to trade relations, the railway — which operates a north-south network in Mexico and the US Midwest — said that despite recent downturn in intermodal revenue and volume, it remains optimistic about growing cross-border intermodal trade.

Vehicle buyers and dealers sought treble damages.

Spot rates in eastbound Pacific stabilize at a high level as Chinese New Year approaches.

Largest container terminal in Oakland falls victim to ILWU Trump protest.