Supply chain

Maersk Line expects a “bumpy” six months after the SOLAS container weight rule enters force.

At an industry exhibition in Shanghai there was resignation to some disruption from the new SOLAS rule.

Canadian freight operator Manitoulin Global Forwarding added temperature-controlled trucking to its portfolio.

Damco, the global logistics and freight forwarding group, Tuesday launched container weighing services.

Japanese logistics firm SG Holdings has secured two strategic business partners in Southeast Asia.

The Multi-Rio container terminal in the port of Rio de Janeiro will charge shippers for container weighing services and verified gross mass transmission.

The Home Depot is moving its stores closer to consumers, digitally, if not literally.

Indian lawmakers have unveiled draft legislation aimed at transforming major public port trusts.

California took another step Friday toward meeting the governor’s goal of a zero-emissions freight transportation environment.

The NFI Industries case is unusual, but not the first such whistleblower action in trucking.

Because the guidance is so variable and prone to change, the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America cannot ensure all the information is timely or accurate.

A U.S. House committee rejected a proposal to exempt Puerto Rico from the Jones Act

Europe’s top terminal operators and equipment manufacturers are accelerating moves to help shippers comply with a new international regulation.

The U.S. Justice Department has indicted an executive for his role in roll-on, roll-off cargo price-fixing.

Like their U.S. counterparts, Canadian exporters know some but not all of the details of how individual container terminals will cope with a new international container weight rule.

Drayage companies that service the Port of New York and New Jersey are once again squaring off with the Teamsters union.

The global transportation industry will muddle through a new SOLAS container weighing rule taking effect July 1.

A U.K. freight forwarder group urged its members not to be complacent about a new regulation on container weighing.

Too few Russian exporters have applied to the government for the use of Method 2 under SOLAS.

Pressure is building on U.S. maritime regulators to quickly decide whether ports and container lines can hash out details on a strategy that could dramatically simplify exporters’ meeting the SOLAS container weight rule.

The associations representing marine terminal operators in Los Angeles-Long Beach and Oakland made an important announcement regarding their position on SOLAS.

The U.S. parcel giant expressed frustration, not only with the patchwork of guidance policies from individual nations, but from individual terminal operators as well.

Freight forwarder to charge more to customers that don't use company portal.

U.S. Great Lakes ports, vessel operators and maritime trade groups have filed a lawsuit against the Coast Guard.

The second filing deadline for U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s new electronic filing system came and went this past weekend.

Uncle Sam is seeking input from shippers, transportation providers and others on how to make U.S. ports more competitive.

The battle over truck driver hours-of-service and the 34-hour restart will likely roll into a House-Senate conference committee this summer.

A group of ports and maritime authorities questioning whether too light a touch will be taken starting July 1.

An increase in Asian freight shipped straight to Mexico means fewer trucks heading south from the U.S., tighter capacity for northbound shipments.

Even after U.S. Customs said it was able to remedy the glitches that riddled the initial rollout of the Automated Commercial Environment, or ACE, in early April, "outages" and "network issues" have routinely been reported via the agency's Cargo Systems Messaging Service.

Higher U.S. diesel prices and fuel surcharges may threaten transportation savings.

Commodities traditionally dominate U.S. containerized exports in terms of volume, but the stars are rarely aligned for U.S. exporters.

Kuehne + Nagel has chosen Inttra to help its clients comply with an international container weight regulation.

Congress is considering stopping the siphoning of funding meant for ports.

Trucking, shipping interests attack use of data they call flawed in proposed motor carrier ratings.

Shippers, marine terminals and container lines could get some leeway in the first three months of the new SOLAS container weighing rule.

Shippers and freight forwarders are confused over how to comply with an international container weight verification rule that comes into effect on July 1.

The new SOLAS regulation could increase costs in more ways than expected.

A move by Hitachi Transport System and SG Holdings to form a capital alliance could pave the way for the two major Japanese logistics companies to integrate their operations and become the country’s second-largest logistics company by sales.