Following its February announcement that it inked it inked an agreement to acquire El Segundo, Calif.-based Performance Team, a provider of warehousing and distribution service,…
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The maritime industry has been deeply affected as a result of the upheaval caused by the coronavirus and its impacts to Chinese manufacturing and logistics…
February shipments—at 846,054—decreased 7.5% compared to February 2019, and containerized freight shipments, for the month, were down 4.5%. On a year-to-date basis through February, U.S.-bound…
Given how the coronavirus continues to spread, the subsequent impact on global shipping operations is expected to be longer, larger, and more lasting than was…
December shipments—at 969,53—were off 8.5% annually and fell for the fourth consecutive month, and were down more than November’s 4.2% annual decline. For calendar year…
Coming off of October, which marked the worst performing month for United States-bound waterborne shipments since March 2016, or three and a half years, in…
Total POLA November volumes, at 728,918 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEU), were down 12.4% annually, and total POLB volume, at 599,985 TEU, fell 3.5% annually. Source:…
A final tariff push set to take effect in December is pegged to result in another month of increased import activity for United States-based retail…
Almost six full months to the day after it was introduced, H.R. 2440, the Full Utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Act, was passed…
FedEx Freight describes FedEx Freight Direct as an e-commerce service that handles the delivery of bulky items like furniture, televisions, and exercise equipment, among other…
Brendan McCahill, Senior Vice President of Trade Data Content at Descartes Datamyne, presents his perspective in this exclusive interview. Source: logistics Mgmt
Total POLA volume––at 912,154 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units)––was up 9.43% annually and hit a new single month volume record for the fourth consecutive month, and…
Even with a fresh round of tariffs set to kick in on September 1, imports at United States-bound retail container ports are pegged to come…
Following a three-month stretch of gains from March through April, United States-bound waterborne shipments fell in June, according to data recently issued by global trade…
High levels of imports are expected to remain intact at United States-based retail container ports, albeit at a lower level than a year ago at…
Total POLA January volumes, at 852,440 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units) marked a 5.4% annual gain and represent the busiest January output for the port in…
Marseille, France-based global container shipping company CMA CGM remains intent on acquiring CEVA Logistics, a global third-party logistics (3PL) services provider based in Hoofddorp, the…
A new report issued this week by the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) makes the case for the crucial need for roughly $4 billion…
The Ocean Alliance, a collective ocean carrier concern comprised of COSCO Shipping, CMA CGM, Evergreen Marine, and Orient Overseas Container Line Limited (OOCL) introduced a…
The push to beat pending tariffs on goods imported from China, which has been a major theme in global shipping for the last several months,…