Supply chain

SingPost's focus on e-commerce pays off handsomely as its profit trajectory continues to head up in the first quarter.

Warehouse capacity in the U.S. is at the tightest level "ever observed," one real estate firm says.

India has passed much-awaited legislation that clears the way for the July 1 implementation of new container weight rules set by the International Maritime Organization’s SOLAS mandate.

With less than two months before the SOLAS container-weighing rule takes effect, questions of the strength and scale of the enforcement’s bite in the U.S. are mounting.

Don’t be surprised by disruption when the International Maritime Organization's newest SOLAS rule takes effect July 1.

U.S. state governments have allocated substantial amounts to ports within their borders in recent years as a spur to economic development.

Kintetsu World Express, a major international freight forwarder in Japan, experienced a sinking full-year net profit, even as its revenue soared.

High levels of inventory continue to depress freight demand and help create excess truck capacity.

The Obama administration is looking to the private sector to meet a long-delayed 100 percent scanning mandate.

DSV, the Danish trucking and logistics group, posted a slightly higher first-quarter operating profit despite losses incurred by UTi Worldwide.

Five non-vessel-operating common carriers and forwarders have paid the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission to settle allegations they misrepresented cargo to carriers.

Trucking giant Transport Corporation of India is moving into the cold chain logistics.

Far-reaching regulation will affect many smaller U.S. transport operators, shippers as well as large companies.

A group of 19 container lines has announced a plan to ease the concerns of U.S. exporters over liability when it comes to SOLAS.

U.S. importers are urging container lines to disclose the cut-off times for the sending of verified gross mass declarations to ease their fears over the supply chain grinding to a halt.

Deutsche Post DHL hailed the “strongest quarter” in its history.

India shippers will have more leeway on the tolerance level of variation for container weights, and one decision of the Directorate General of Shipping could impact shippers.

APM Terminals announced Wednesday it will provide container weighing services at 29 locations across its global network to ensure a smooth transition to an international regulation that comes into force on July 1.

The first terminal at the Port of New York and New Jersey has announced how it will respond to the SOLAS container weight rule.

Nippon Express Co., Japan’s largest international freight forwarder, saw its net profit surge by double-digits in 2015.

In issuing its guidance on how exporters need to meet the SOLAS container weight rule, Israeli stakeholders have said they will double-check the verified gross mass declarations of containers.

The U.S. Coast Guard’s announcement last week that it wouldn't object to two alternative methods of verifying container weights set in motion a high-stakes game of chicken between carriers and exporters. It is also fueling a fight among ports seeking to present themselves as the most user-friendly to shippers struggling to comply with the new rule.

Japan’s major transportation and logistics companies are on a spending spree in Myanmar.

U.K. shippers planning to weigh the contents and packaging of a container before adding that sum to the tare weight to gain the verified gross mass will have to pay a fee.

Damco profit jumped triple digits in the first quarter.

Two additional groups of vehicle shippers have filed class-action complaints seeking double damages for alleged shipping act violations by 10 roll-on, roll-off carriers involved in criminal and civil price-fixing investigations.

A slower economy has not necessarily driven less-than-truckload carriers off the road.

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission is levying the collective experience of the private sector to fight congestion at U.S ports.

Allcargo Logistics, the parent of global non-vessel-operating common carrier ECU Line, plans to more than double annual revenue.

CEVA Logistics posted a positive performance in the first quarter despite tough market conditions.

Japan’s government has officially introduced a much-anticipated system designed to ensure the smooth implementation of the International Maritime Organization's SOLAS container weight rule from July 1 and reduced the fines for non-compliance.

The U.S. Coast Guard Thursday gave its stamp of approval to two alternative methods for obtaining certified container weights to comply with new international regulations.

Yusen Logistics Co.’s group net profit was shaped by an uneven performance across its business segments and geographic regions.

Gati Ltd., India’s leading express distribution and supply chain solutions provider, saw its group net income decline in fiscal year 2015 to 2016.

Intra-Asia trade will increasingly benefit from the rapid growth of consumption in Asia as a higher percentage of cargo is shipped to end markets in the region instead of to destinations in other parts of the world.

Long-awaited guidelines on how China will implement the SOLAS container weight rule have been released.

Indian maritime authorities and other stakeholders will meet to deal with "still-unresolved" commercial and operational complexities tied to the July 1 implementation of new container weight rules set by the International Maritime Organization’s SOLAS convention.

CMA CGM has introduced a new container to corner the live lobster market.

Could U.S. freight volumes rise and overall economic growth slow?

A local cold-storage provider near the Port of Oakland has decided to expand after seeing the results of the port's efforts to improve the movement of refrigerated products between the port and its warehouses.