Supply chain

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.

What is a customer to do to protect its supply chain?

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.

"It’s not a question of whether you are going to be hacked, [but] a question of when."

A major port drayage group said Tuesday that APM Terminals should have kept its facility in the Port of New York and New Jersey closed until it had recovered from a cyber attack on parent company Maersk Group.

“What information is available today? What information do you need to act?”

The APM Terminals facility at Port of New York and New Jersey — challenged by long truck lines after a cyber attack on parent company, Maersk Group — said it hopes to be fully operational by Wednesday.

The maritime shipping sector is a perfect candidate to test an information portal.

Access to real-time data is extremely useful to carriers, BCOs, and others, but a consensus has yet to emerge on who owns the data.

Project shippers and carriers hope the Export-Import Bank of the United States, a political football for years, can get off the sidelines soon.

Online marketplaces and mobile apps are challenging decades-old business models for industrial distributors as use of e-commerce channels grows, a UPS survey finds.

Nippon Express’ move comes amid a growing interest in the African market among Japanese companies.