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The chief executive of the Port of Virginia said the newly inaugurated deeper harbor allows big ships to be fully loaded, giving the port a chance to become a fulcrum for container services.

Industrial real estate vacancy rates are falling in Chicago, Indianapolis and other key hubs as the frontloading of imports and data center construction drive demand.

The Journal of Commerce Breakbulk Shipper Index tracked down again in May to 97, a drop of 26 points since March and two points lower than April.

The 4,500-acre inland site in Southern California will serve as a hub where ocean containers are transferred into 53-foot domestic boxes and as a staging point for some international freight.

While freight demand isn’t booming despite growth in imports and manufacturing activity, it’s enough to push transportation pricing higher.

With global trade flows shifting toward more volatile and irregular demand patterns, the focus is moving away from planning around fixed seasonal cycles, according to the forwarder.

A tangle of new rules and a lack of clear direction on which green fuel will power the MPV fleet of the future were cited as reasons for the current lack of new ship orders.

Ship operators told Breakbulk Europe they need certainty that the truce between the US and Iran will hold before committing crew and vessels to the region.

 The Dubai-based company said it wants to secure a long-term lease at the Gulf Coast port to build a new box terminal, thanks to the port’s newly deepened ship channel.

Technology developers are emphasizing the need for greater visibility into networks of loads and trucks and greater trust in shipper-carrier partnerships.

Space availability on the trade lane has tightened as a result of MSC withdrawing its Indus Express service, while other competing networks reported schedule disruptions in the form of six blank sailings.

After inking annual service contracts that were slightly lower than the prior year, importers are now facing the double-barrel reality of rising bunker fuel costs and soaring peak season surcharges.

While the war-driven boost in intermodal demand is not breaking the rail network, it is exposing a weak link at the end of the trip where drayage fleets cut during the freight downturn are now struggling to find enough drivers to handle the cargo.

Statements made by the combatants are unclear and did not offer enough information around key aspects of Hormuz transits, such as timings and safe routes, industry stakeholders say.

The US Army Corps of Engineers has recommended deepening the Mississippi port’s main channel to a depth that would allow it to accommodate post-Panamax vessels, up from the feeder container ships it now handles.

The Marseille-based carrier has ended a 14,000-TEU per week service that called Asia and both US Coasts, deploying bigger ships on an existing East Coast service and a new West Coast express service.

It’s been five years since Union Pacific instituted a surcharge this early in the year, a sign that the railroad expects shippers to continue to shift freight off the highway amid higher trucking and fuel costs.

Ocean carriers are warning shippers to expect additional costs and delays for shipments through India’s busiest container port amid an influx of transshipment cargo rerouted due to the Middle East war.

The volume of high-tech goods from Asia to North America increased 70% year over year while US imports of e-commerce declined, according to aviation consultancy Aevean.

Chris Brooks rose from copy editor to co-running the Journal of Commerce and helping to build TPM into the largest shipping conference in the world during his 42-year tenure.

Day rates out of Southeast Asia and China have remained firm, but it is a different story for charter fees out of Europe, the US or the Mediterranean.

Amazon’s “asset-backed” less-than-truckload service is based on company-owned equipment and technology, its freight director says.

Encouraged by the stickiness of early June rate hikes, carriers are capitalizing on robust demand as an early start to peak season keeps ships full on North Europe and Mediterranean trades.

As asset-based intermodal marketing companies reject lower-priced freight, shippers are pushed deeper into routing guides and end up paying more well before the next round of contracts take effect.

Empty containers trapped on the wrong side of the Strait of Hormuz are impacting export markets, forcing ocean carriers to seek out lessors for more equipment.

But third-party logistics providers and brokerages — which have been playing an increasing role in the LTL sector — are more likely to feel the heat from Amazon’s competition than asset-based LTL carriers, sources told the Journal of Commerce.

Forwarders have linked the sudden boost in rates to lower vessel capacity rather than an indication of resurgent demand, with liners shifting vessels to the more lucrative eastbound trans-Pac trade out of China.

Spot rates from North Asia to Brazil are pushing near two-year highs after blanks on the trade lane last month jumped to their highest in at least three years.

Demand is projected to expand between 3.5% and 5% a year over the next decade, outstripping the supply of air cargo capacity that is forecast to grow by just 1% a year.

The port is giving financial awards to early purchasers of EV trucks as it works toward its goal of being the “world’s first carbon-free port,” CEO Noel Hacegaba said.

Elizabeth Warren and Mark Kelly want the Trump administration to reinstate port fees against China’s maritime industry after their one-year suspension expires in November.

The company is dealing with the fallout from a $77 million accounting error that has delayed its financial reporting, led to the departures of its CFO and COO, and is possibly behind slow payments to some third-party vendors.

The Canadian Trucking Alliance estimates that worker misclassification deprives federal and provincial governments of more than C$1 billion annually in tax revenue, while safety concerns also grow.

The National Retail Federation on Monday upgraded its previous forecast for June imports, but lowered expectations for imports landing through the rest of the summer and into early fall.

After three years of flattish revenue, the largest US LTL carriers are poised for growth, as long as manufacturing activity continues to expand.

While there is no widespread drying up of fuel in the worst-hit ports, availability is steadily tightening in specific regions, particularly around low-sulfur blends.

A strong supply-demand balance has developed in favor of container shipping lines, with rate increases and surcharges sticking amid an early start to the peak season.

The Knight Transportation co-founder helped create the modern truckload business and built Knight-Swift into a diversified $6.7 billion transportation company.

A tech rollout at the Port of New Orleans could pave the way for more uptake of AI tools in global project cargo handling.

Canada’s Ray-Mont Logistics will build its third US transload site at the Alabama port as the company looks to offer shippers an alternative to the busy Gulf Coast hub of Houston.