Supply chain

It is going to take government support and new business practices to boost US exports, and even then, it is going to be tough haul.

US containerized exports are on the upswing, a boon not just to shippers of goods and commodities such as cotton and poultry, but also to the railroads, marine terminals, and container lines hungry to ship anything but empties to Asia.

Group net profit soared 45 percent year over year.

Mexican trucking companies are urging lawmakers to stiffen penalties against cargo robberies.

At its heart, the container shipping system is driven by uncertainty, hurting shippers and carriers alike.

The EU’s executive said it is also assessing tax breaks for other ports in the 28-nation bloc.

“This collaboration will intensify Bolloré Logistics' development in the Middle East.”

The Moscow Arbitration Court found the FAS’ evidence in the case against NCSP unconvincing.

“We never know what’s going to show up,” said the president of Missionary Expediters.

The Manila-listed mid-sized terminal operator was one of two companies competing to win the concession.

The new process follows the cancellation of a previous tender that had only one pre-qualified bidder.

US shippers are increasingly setting up warehouses and distribution centers in the Lehigh Valley, from which they are a 60- to 80-mile dray from the Port of New York and New Jersey.

US soybean exporters are bullish this year.

The authority said the Netherlands is the only country whose ports have been ordered by the European Union to pay corporation tax.

Container ships' average time in port for the month of July rose more than three hours in just the last week.

The government of India is stepping up efforts to build an array of multimodal logistics facilities across the nation.

The government wants to develop a high capacity, low unit cost shipping network.

Consolidated net profit came in at 29.9 million francs against 21.8 million francs last time.

If the ban takes effect, US exporters of these commodities will lose access to the destination where they shipped 77.8 percent of their products last year.

McCain first introduced a Jones Act repeal bill in 2010.

APM Terminal (APMT) in the Port of New York and New Jersey says it will have mostly recovered from the cyber attack on Maersk by the end of the week.

Trade disputes are driving US exporters of dried distillers grains (DDGs) to overhaul their supply chains.

A key House committee wants the Department of Transportation to consider delaying its electronic logging mandate, adding more uncertainty to the debate about the regulation, which takes effect in December.

Air freight soared by 18 percent.

The Swiss global logistics group said the acquisitions have added more than 150,000 tons to its global perishables network.

The service will link Northern Europe, the US East Coast, Central America, the Pacific islands, Australia, New Zealand, Peru, and the Caribbean on a weekly basis.

“The coastal shipping deal will reduce cost as well as time. To us, time is also money.”

The project is capable of handling cargo, passenger ferries, and fishing vessels.

US cotton exporters are anticipating another strong year after containerized cotton exports rose 3.7 percent last year.

A leaked government report supported by the International Monetary Fund lies at the heart of the matter.

The pace of growth in fiscal year 2017 will accelerate from fiscal 2016.

“As a single qualified applicant was left, the present RFQ [request for qualification] had to be scrapped.”

The EU court was expected to impose a penalty of around 24 million euros.

A consortium of Chinese investors has made an $11.6 billion offer for GLP, paying a huge premium for the Singapore-listed logistics property developer.

Despite some terminals being seriously affected by the Maersk Group cyber security breach, from a global perspective the impact was short lived.

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The first consignment of US beef to be imported by China in 14 years is just days away from arriving in the country.

China’s cold chain is growing at a phenomenal rate.

The pledge comes as Maersk Line recognizes concern among shippers at booking containers with the carrier while it limps back to a business-as-usual state.

The amount of available warehouse and distribution space in the United States hits a 16-year low.