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The Israeli carrier will expand the port rotation of its newly launched ZIM-Med-ISC service between India and the Mediterranean to connect to North Europe trades from next month. 

Almost $300 million in intermodal projects that will be developed at the Port of Mobile over the coming years will boost the port’s state and national reach, according to its chief executive.

The Senate’s Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 calls for container lines and terminal operators to validate container storage fees while strengthening their common carriage responsibilities.

After a year of growing disruption, shippers are seeking a more predictable service on the trans-Atlantic, which can be seen in far higher contract rates than just a few months ago.

Eliminating congestion necessitates ensuring adequate container flow through terminals, and when that core issue is prioritized, the performance of the US port system — and the global supply chain — will improve.

US resin exports fell last year amid limited production capacity and strong domestic demand.

Logistics technology provider BlueX Trade, known for building online quoting tools for liner carriers, has waded into the realm of electronic payments with a new platform designed to ease the reconciliation of freight bills.

For southern India cargo interests traditionally tied to foreign transshipment, the weekly IEX service had been a hopeful bet on service reliability and transit time expectations.

An agrichemical shipment from South Korea to Bangladesh using an electronic bill of lading is a test of TradeLens’ ability to connect banks, shippers, and logistics providers through its platform.

Labor and chassis shortages and increasing truck turn times and vessel backlogs signal more congestion ahead for the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in the coming months.

The impact of investigations by the Federal Maritime Commission into container shipping — driven by new leadership and pressure from the White House — pales in comparison to fast-moving reform legislation making its way through Congress.

A trucker blockade at a small US-Canada border crossing will bring big cost increases for cross-border shippers, as US carriers begin to embargo or reroute freight hundreds of miles.

There are no signs the severely congested ports in Asia and the US ports will ease anytime soon, leading a Chinese shipper and European forwarders to step into a space once reserved for carriers.

With imports rising along the US Gulf Coast as shippers seek an alternative to congested West Coast ports, warehousing and distribution capacity in the Gulf region is growing as a result.

The ocean shipping sector should prepare now for the market bumps that are entirely predictable – and understand there will be some disruptions that are not so easily forecast, writes JOC analyst Lars Jensen.

Shippers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach for the next two weeks will pay a traffic mitigation fee on both day and nighttime container moves before reverting back to a daytime-only fee.

The acquisition of cross-border specialist Forager Group will help multi-modal logistics provider Arrive offer shippers more visibility, connections, and capacity.

Oakland said the US Department of Agriculture will partly fund a temporary depot at the unused Howard Terminal for the storage of export-ready containers.

Changes in shipper needs accelerated by the pandemic added more than $1 billion in revenue to ArcBest’s topline last year, driving growth in its asset- and asset-light services.

Loadsmart is the latest digital intermediary to use SoftBank venture funding to surpass the $1 billion valuation barrier after announcing a $200 million round Tuesday.

Hapag-Lloyd has joined other major carriers in shrugging off flat volumes to ride high rates across congested ocean trade lanes to a record annual operating profit.

While vessels have anchored outside ports in Georgia, New Jersey, and South Carolina, Virginia’s backlog has never been in the double digits despite volumes growing by 25 percent last year.

A willingness by carriers to deploy more sweeper ships to evacuate empty containers, and carry empties from competing lines, will have a major impact on mitigating an important source of congestion, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach say.

Singapore-based ONE reported a healthy half-year net profit and joined other carriers in predicting a significantly elevated full-year result.

Bassett Furniture is turning over the keys to its Zenith Freight Lines subsidiary to J.B. Hunt Transport Services, seeking a new strategy to speed freight and reduce order backlogs.

CMA CGM has increased its e-commerce capability in Europe with an acquisition that targets end-to-end control of goods within its network.

Several network changes unveiled by carriers include the 2M Alliance and Zim ending a slot swap agreement on two Asia-Mediterranean services and two Asia services into Vancouver and Seattle on April 1.

Chassis have become more plentiful for international cargo in the inland rail ramps over the last three months, but the chassis supply is much tighter to haul domestic containers.

Amazon and third-party logistics providers are busy adding distribution capacity in the eastern half of the US to take advantage of more ocean services into East Coast ports.

Even a slight recovery in auto production means shippers should brace for the reality that already tight vessel capacity will become even scarcer, ro/ro carriers warn.

The creativity of service providers is being tested as COVID-19 infections continue to spread around Asia and disrupt regional supply lines.

The Port of Vancouver is trying to restore cargo fluidity that has been disrupted from punishing rain and snowstorms that have hit British Columbia’s rail and road infrastructure over the past two months.

With consumers still spending, Knight-Swift and Landstar see more growth, and higher rates, ahead.

US East Coast ports will see an uptick in deployed vessel capacity to start 2022 thanks to additional all-water Asia services being added by ocean carriers.

The timeline for the withdrawal of China-Europe rail network subsidies remains unclear, but with rates at such high levels, forwarders are wondering whether it even matters.

Container lines have begun to lay out a new wave of hefty peak season surcharges on India-US trades as export demand remains elevated.

A strategic takeover by Xeneta will give shippers active in the volatile air freight market access to dynamic load factors, capacity, and rate information.

Port congestion across the world’s key trade lanes is tying up capacity and destroying the schedule reliability of vessels, with global on-time performance hitting a record low last month.

The Alabama Port Authority is looking to add an inland rail terminal with the purchase of land near the state capitol of Montgomery.

Tracy Robinson will become the first female CEO of Canadian National Railway when the former Canadian Pacific executive takes over for J.J. Ruest at the end of February.