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Rapid growth in exports of polyethylene resins will shape Gulf Coast container volume.

Coalition calls for the port authority to reinstate ban on trucks made before 2007.

Maersk Line expects a “bumpy” six months after the SOLAS container weight rule enters force.

Hyundai Merchant Marine’s sailing into the THE Alliance is expected to be smooth.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust said unscheduled gate closings by private terminals in India’s busiest container harbor have added to congestion.

At an industry exhibition in Shanghai there was resignation to some disruption from the new SOLAS rule.

West Coast port volumes were strong in May, with LA enjoying a "record" month, after an April decline.

Hutchison Port Holdings has spelled out its SOLAS policy at four Mexican terminals.

Growth may soon slow for ports on the so-called Mediterranean of the Americas.

The surging number of mega-ships, increasingly powerful carrier alliances and sluggish global trade growth are making financially pressured container terminals think twice about automation.

Hanjin Shipping met with Seaspan to talk about charter rates.

An online marketplace for dynamic less-than-truckload spot rates is expanding rapidly as technology helps shippers, carriers meet goals.

Cargolux China aims to establish a global network.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust is intensely focusing on productivity improvements.

South Africa plans to invest billions in its ports to meet rising demand.

Container lines keep cutting capacity even as the season for back-to-school restocking kicks into gear.

A new port at Anaklia will be able to handle the ships that Georgia's top ports of Poti and Batumi cannot.

A new Panama Canal container route to the U.S. Gulf from Asia will replace and build on an intermodal rail service that Maersk Line launched via Mexico.

A South Korean government minister has left open the possibility of a merger between Hanjin Shipping and Hyundai Merchant Marine.

Chennai shippers who have long been subjected to major cargo delays amid landside bottlenecks may soon see improvements.

Canadian freight operator Manitoulin Global Forwarding added temperature-controlled trucking to its portfolio.

CMA CGM named a new CEO and CFO for NOL.

Damco, the global logistics and freight forwarding group, Tuesday launched container weighing services.

Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines launched a new direct regular container service to South Korea.

The Port of New York and New Jersey will be able to accommodate ships with capacities of 14,000 twenty-foot-equivalent units at its Newark Bay terminals.

Japanese logistics firm SG Holdings has secured two strategic business partners in Southeast Asia.

The Multi-Rio container terminal in the port of Rio de Janeiro will charge shippers for container weighing services and verified gross mass transmission.

The Home Depot is moving its stores closer to consumers, digitally, if not literally.

Lufthansa Cargo, Europe’s largest all-cargo airline, said it will lay off hundreds of its 4,600-strong worldwide workforce.

Shareholders of Greece’s Piraeus Port Authority approved a concession agreement with Cosco Shipping Group.

Indian lawmakers have unveiled draft legislation aimed at transforming major public port trusts.

The port of Liverpool will offer container weighing services to help its customers comply with a new international regulation that comes into effect on July 1.

California took another step Friday toward meeting the governor’s goal of a zero-emissions freight transportation environment.

The recent rate war between carriers on Asia-Europe does not appear to have had much of an upside.

The Port of Corpus Christi, Texas, is riding a wave of bulk and project cargo with a common theme: the energy industry.

Russia’s containerized trade is recovering after a bruising from Western economic sanctions and low oil prices.

The NFI Industries case is unusual, but not the first such whistleblower action in trucking.

Because the guidance is so variable and prone to change, the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America cannot ensure all the information is timely or accurate.

Container line attempts to increase rates on the major east-west trade lanes are not working.

It sounds counterintuitive, but today’s depressed market for multipurpose ships offers buying opportunities.