Supply chain

Ocean container volume increased 7 percent year-over-year in the first quarter.

The Danish trucker and freight forwarder’s earnings before interest and tax soared to 875 million krone ($128.2 million).

It’s the first time the community has responded this way to a new fulfillment center in what is already a major US inland logistics hub.

Car carrier and ro-ro operators have invested in a new generation of ships featuring adjustable decks and large openings for oversize cargo.

The House of Representatives — and soon the Senate, sources say — will hear the concerns of domestic tugboat operators.

The Japanese international freight forwarder had predicted a group net profit.

Demand for warehouse and distribution space was unabated in the first quarter despite low vacancy rates and increasing rents.

Carriers control the physical transport of containers, so any supply chain solution needs to have their support.

The new law is modeled on the International Maritime Organization’s Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) amendment, which took effect on July 1, 2016.

It will be the company’s first net loss since its privatization in October 2007.

The bill passed the Senate on a 26-to-5 vote, and has cleared the House Transportation Committee.

Eimskip continues acquisition spree with container seller-lessor share.

“As expected, margins remains under pressure.”

Japan’s logistics companies are increasingly turning to India as the Chinese economy is losing steam and the Japanese economy expands only moderately.

Haven once touted its online-market as a groundbreaking rival to freight forwarders.

Kuehne+Nagel’s ocean and air traffic surged in the first quarter.

Brazilian President Michel Temer is following through on a promise to privatize Brazilian port authorities.

The fight underscores how explosive the petition is becoming.

ClearMetal believes AI and machine learning integrated into its software can retool the industry by offering more accurate container passage predictions.

Transport and logistics services providers in India are disappointed and bewildered at government changes to a controversial tax.

Prologis says first US port-adjacent, multi-story distribution facility in Seattle could be followed by others in major port cities.

If negotiations fail, it would be the second nationwide stoppage at major ports in two years.

Kuehne + Nagel signs agreement with Alibaba to send goods by sea, rail, and truck.

“I’m trying to think of a greenfield project right now that someone is actually building or financing, and I can’t think of one.”

The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund will announce the winner at the next meeting of its directors.

Direct links with Taiwan and South Korea would boost the economies of northern and central Luzon, the largest and most populous island in the Philippines.

The new center for e-customs clearance in the Russian northwest is located 37 from Russia’s busiest container port.

Legislators’ recent and rare interest in rewriting the Shipping Act of 1984 has been sparked by fear that the three shipping alliances have too much power and the Federal Maritime Commission doesn’t have a strategy to rein them in.

The Tokyo-based company has lost 8.9 percent of its value.

The acquisition, said to be worth around $4 billion, will cement Maersk’s position as the world’s largest container line.

Although more than 90 percent of Samsung SDS’s logistics business originates with Samsung Electronics, Samsung SDS also handles the logistics for approximately 400 other beneficial cargo owners.

Most supply chain managers and executives believe that a digital supply chain will be the “predominant model” in the next five years, and many expect predictive analytics will be a source of disruption and heightened competition.

Whoever wins the bidding would gain access to a Brazilian flag, which would allow them to operate along the Brazilian and Mercosur coastline.

The Federal Maritime Commission’s unanimous decision not to block the East Coast Gateway Port Terminal Agreement, the first of its kind in the United States, sets a precedent for port partnerships of this kind.

From the perspective of an online buyer, distinctions between strictly carrier and logistics services are blurred.

The Twill online portal, billed as a “virtual freight forwarder,” will go online Monday, but will only be available to UK shippers and then only those importing cargo from China.

US Customs and Border Protection is chipping away at unfinished parts of its omnibus Automated Commercial Environment system for electronic document filing.

“The alliances are a tremendous concern.”

Customs clearance at Russian ports is set to take longer.

Eimskip in the last two years has acquired two freight forwarders focused on reefer cargo.