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The issue threatens the hard-won gains from a government initiative to lower logistics costs for domestic shippers.

Carriers will have to reduce services or risk upsetting the supply demand balance as a massive injection of capacity is delivered between now and 2019.

The port of Rotterdam has consolidated its position as Europe's leading container port after several years of sluggish growth.

As of Aug. 16, Port Everglades has replaced Miami on the TA1/NEUATL1.

“We are taking a gateway view.”

At least three carriers have pre-filed general rate increases.

Does an atypically "robust" summer for US freight demand signal higher road and rail rates ahead for shippers?

There were 12 vessels waiting to enter the port Friday morning.

At this point, Flexport is the only digital freight company wading into physical logistics.

The move would heighten competition in a key US domestic market.

After getting off to such a strong start that rates soared and space on ships ran out, exports from Europe to Asia fell steadily in the second quarter.

Diversion routes in Germany are also out of service because of engineering work, threatening further delays at Europe’s top container port.

Indian dockworker labor unions and the chief labor commissioner reached a tentative last-minute agreement Thursday, averting an Aug. 18 strike.

Spot rates on Asia-Europe fell slightly this week as carriers and shippers regroup in the second half of a relatively solid peak season.

Port of Los Angeles and GE Transportation will expand their pilot program across the entire port to establish a single electronic platform through which port users can share shipment information in a secure environment.

Log-In Logistica is reeling following the loss of 47 containers into the sea and a decline in volumes in the second quarter.

The dispute focuses on efforts to modernize the Trans-Siberian Railway.

The $95 million sale of cold-chain specialist Unitrans follows months of consolidation and rebranding at the multimodal transport operator.

Container throughput at the world's major ports was up sharply in the first half, driven by rising volume being reported by carriers.

After the new yard’s scheduled opening next July, the port authority will take over TLT’s current 14-acre site.

The stagnant traffic was also due to the delay in deepening the river Elbe.

The increase in earnings was driven mainly by higher freight traffic on North Sea and Baltic Sea routes.

The idle container ship fleet has crept slightly higher.

The fastest-growing LTL carriers in 2016 were far from the largest.

The new seven-day-a-week service was announced on Aug. 14 after a trial period with Hapag-Lloyd.

The Freeport project comes as several polymer plants in Texas and Louisiana prepare by early 2018 to begin production.

UK government's first paper on its Brexit plans to outline ways to handle customs procedures in the future, but more information is required.

The offering starts Aug. 27 and lasts eight weeks.

After chasing market share during the rate wars of 2016, Maersk Line is now concentrating on maintaining profitability in the recovering market.

A new bilateral agreement could open China’s huge market to US rice as early as next year.

Union representatives and officials from the chief labor commissioner have had several rounds of negotiations.

Maersk is “quite pleased with growth in the [air cargo] business.”

All proceeds from the sale have been paid to an HSH Nordbank-led syndicate.

“The consolidation of container carriers through acquisitions and alliances continues to create competitive pressure on terminal operators.”

Maersk Line had a good second quarter and expects this to continue, and not even a possible $300 million third quarter hit from the cyber attack will derail its full-year profit expectations.

Descartes' acquisition of MacroPoint will accelerate drive toward shipment, SKU-level tracking of freight across modal networks.

Brazilian chicken exporters are cheering.

Niche carriers either greatly overperform or dramatically underperform the top 16 carriers.

The US trucking industry still relies on a pre-regulatory-era pricing model after 30 years of freedom to change it.

Trade between Charleston and the United Kingdom is growing faster than trade between the United States and the United Kingdom as a whole.