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The Port of New Orleans has signed a 50-year lease with Ports America to spend $66.5 million to improve its existing container terminal and perhaps build a new one in the future, doubling the port's capacity.

“There are all these wonderful use cases for sensors — container security, optimization, insurance."

IHS Markit predicts global economic growth will decelerate to 3 percent in 2019.

The sector was hit by retaliatory tariffs of $10.8 billion.

Dockworkers across major public ports will join a two-day nationwide strike.

The agreement comes three-and-a-half months after ILA members on both coasts resoundingly ratified a six-year master agreement to replace the one that expired Sept. 30.

With annual handling volume increasing substantially, Chittagong faces yard congestion throughout the year.

The port community system, PCS 1x, has had a shaky nationwide start.

Can Mexico’s highways, railways, and related systems improve to handle higher trade volumes?

As the initial experience indicates, North American port extended gates adoption, despite increasing container volume and truck congestion, is coming in fits and starts.

After a damaging truck strike, holiday trade gains are expected to be sub-par — although it is historically a time of demand growth.

A reservation system is one tool to improve fluidity, according to port officials, but the trucking community believes restricting access is a step in the wrong direction.

Trimming inventory has been made easier as visibility of shipments improves, but it leaves little room for error and even a slight disruption can divert cargo into the air.

ONE has cemented its Asia headquarters in Singapore and will gain greater control of its volume in a joint venture terminal deal in the Lion City.

The global shipping lobby is keeping up the pressure on European competition regulators.

The Los Angeles and Long Beach executive directors promised shippers and truckers they would deliver several action items within six months to relieve mounting congestion.

The Phoenix-based company broke into the top 10 of North American brokers in 2018.

TecPier plans to invest in maritime digitization opportunities in energy efficiency, online marketplaces, and process optimization.

The appeals court in Mumbai, in an interim ruling, gave CCI the nod to complete its investigation.

There are just 100 days to go until the UK exits the European Union, with British businesses "watching in horror" as the country lurches towards the worst case scenario — leaving the EU with no deal.

After a year of dismal schedule reliability, carriers have revised their networks in an attempt to improve service levels, but standing in the way are significant challenges.

The development of a grain transloading facility in western Canada by autumn 2019 will add to the export momentum that is building at Prince Rupert and Vancouver.

The terminal at GCT Bayonne is the port’s fourth rail terminal.

“The fact that tonnage rose in November after a strong October is impressive,” Bob Costello, ATA chief economist, said.

The concerns have weighed on oil prices, and the health of the global energy market strongly affects the movement of project cargo.

Despite the lower growth, India's logistics reform measures have increased competition across transport modes — something cargo owners and logistics providers welcome.

US-China tariff uncertainty is prompting US-bound manufacturing moves out of China, but undertaking the shift is not a quick and easy process.

Fluidity is the goal of any port, and by investing in more cranes, the South Carolina Ports Authority can sell speed.

Providers such as Advent and GE Transportation are each constructing a system of systems at North American ports.

For the past few months, nearly 900 TEU of Dhaka ICD-bound containers remained delayed at the port, daily.

US shippers took a similar hit when the US electronic logging device (ELD) mandate disrupted truck capacity in inter-city lanes last December.

The Manitoulin Group of Companies acquired the book of business of one company and partnered with its parent company to broaden its coverage in northwest Canada.

The presidential task force on US Postal Service reform has focused on an important aspect of its business model, but unfortunately it has missed an opportunity to make a change that would truly make a difference for the Postal Service.

There is good reason to consider ditching the transactional model.

Eastbound trans-Pacific spot rates fell for the fourth straight week.

US freight volumes are still growing. Equally significant, the international political climate that affected imports, exports, and trade flows in 2018 could do so again in 2019.

CSX Transportation has recommitted $91 million toward a project.

The lawsuit stems from a long-running dispute and investigation into reweighing of military freight.

It's the latest sign of an ocean carrier strategy of trying to cut costs by pushing shippers to secure slots digitally.

One shipping-trade group representing foreign carriers in trade to/from India, questioned why authorities went live with the revamped, single window system without an adequate trial-run process.