Supply chain

Julian Thomas, CEO of Hamburg Sud in the East Coast of South America, said the first-quarter figures are “impressive indeed.”

The legislation was sought by resin exporters.

The debate shows the growing maturity of the industry’s embrace of a slew of startups using digital and other technology.

The existence of a border wall wouldn’t impede trade facilitation, except that it would cost a great deal of money that might not be available for hiring new Customs officers.

Allcargo said despite stagnant demand, its core “multimodal transport operations” arm increased volumes.

Such a move already has support on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers have been weighing options to strengthen Federal Maritime Commission safeguards against collusion among carriers in the world’s three major VSAs.

US and Mexican authorities have closed down the largest US-Mexico truck crossing point.

The US agency charged with clearing goods at the border lacks sufficient staff to handle the growing flow, and the price of related delays are costing the United States as much as $5.8 billion a year, according to a report by the US Congress Joint Economic Committee.

The deal follows the official adoption earlier this year of an ambitious development plan for the port.

JD.com drones operating in China's Shaanxi Province will be able to transport shipments of up to one ton across the retailer's inter-provincial network.

Gateway Distriparks Ltd. has the largest CFS in the port complex.

Roughly $4.6 billion is needed at East and Gulf coast ports to remedy pinch points in harbor infrastructure.

Damco is using river transport to move freight to and from the port of Chittagong.

The decision will facilitate infrastructure investment.

Set up to serve foreign companies, Asian factories are trying to re-engineer themselves to cope with shrinking orders and increasing regional demand.

The pilot project includes some of the biggest stakeholders at the largest US port.

Spanish dockers have threatened a fresh wave of strikes.

Revenue and profit both sank at Japan’s Sumitomo Warehouse Co.

The expansion will enable the terminal to add a fourth berth and boost the total terminal area by nearly 30 percent.

Weakness in global commodity markets continue to weigh on Toll Logistics.

Flexe's virtual next-day delivery network helps the "Airbnb of warehousing" deliver e-commerce fulfillment for shippers.

The seven zones have a total combined size double that of China’s four existing FTZs.

US Customs and Border Protection sided with the oil and gas industry over Jones Act supporters in the first major test of how the act’s US-flag shipping requirements will be interpreted under the Trump administration.

A favorable exchange rate for US importers is driving more cross-border business between Mexico and the United States.

German mail and logistics giant reports strongest opening three months in its history.

Damco slid back into the red in the first quarter, positng a net operating loss of $8 million.

A UK forwarder has come up with a plan to offset the added customs clearance costs expected after Brexit — duty-free fuel zones for trucks.

If there was any sign of foul play, “we’d investigate,” the Federal Maritime Commission acting chairman Michael Khouri said at a Senate subcommittee hearing on Tuesday.

Japan’s biggest international freight forwarder posted a record fiscal year net profit despite a slight revenue decline largely blamed on the higher value of the yen.

The move will impact port and supply chain investments under the Belt and Road program.

The move to Kansas City is part of a national migration to the American heartland as retailers, wholesalers, and third-party logistics providers consolidate warehouses into larger, centralized, state-of-the-art facilities.

Indices measuring the health of Japan’s import and export container trade improved in the first quarter.

A new paper says beneficial cargo owners are largely to blame for the poor service levels of today’s liner shipping industry.

APM Terminals, the Maersk Group’s port arm, has completed the sale of Pentalver.

The $14.6 billion 3PL closed $716 million in new business in the quarter, including major logistics and intermodal deals.

An online platform is aiming to make the spot freight booking process easier and cheaper.

The Tokyo-based company said that its revenue totaled 665.4 billion yen.

Legislators said their interest in the area has been piqued by a broader inquiry into possible collusion among carriers in the world’s three major vessel-sharing agreements.

CEVA Logistics earnings slipped and revenue edged slightly higher in the first quarter.

The US Federal Maritime Commissioners voted 4-0 to reject ‘K’-Line, MOL, and NYK Line’s plan to share information with each other ahead of the merging of their container operations in July