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UPS's Mark Modesti believes smaller shippers increasingly are drawing near an "inflection" point when it comes to adding technology and changing processes to control inventory. They need to get past that point to survive and grow.

The bill passed the Senate on a 26-to-5 vote, and has cleared the House Transportation Committee.

The total value of the deal amounts to 1.1 billion euros.

Spot rates in eastbound Pacific basically flat last week.

Indore is one of four rail-linked inland locations Allcargo operates in the country.

Traffic at the port has doubled in five years.

The upside is that spot freight rates likely will stabilize.

The sold numbers come as other China government data indicates an improved trade and general economic environment.

Given the nexus of polar opposites along the technology spectrum, the outcome is uncertain at best.

Growth in car carrier ship capacity is balanced by uneven demand for vehicles and high-and-heavy cargoes.

Rising cargo volumes deliver increasing profits despite the fragile economic situation in the European market.

For the first time, Savannah has more weekly trans-Pacific alliance services than the Port of New York and New Jersey.

Eimskip continues acquisition spree with container seller-lessor share.

Spot market truckload rates are rising on higher demand, but contract rate hikes are being slowed by market uncertainty and excess capacity.

“As expected, margins remains under pressure.”

Werner Enterprises and Heartland Express follow J.B. Hunt in reporting a rise in freight demand as the second quarter gets under way.

Shipper concerns over the financial viability of the carriers they use has heightened after Hanjn Shipping collapsed last year.

Japan’s logistics companies are increasingly turning to India as the Chinese economy is losing steam and the Japanese economy expands only moderately.

The deal was struck just more than a week after Rickmers Maritime announced it was winding up its business.

There is no let-up in rising backhaul Europe-Asia rates, even as the Shanghai-Rotterdam spot market steadily edges up.

The prospect of cargo being rolled at Shanghai's choked Yangshan terminals has been raised by forwarder Kuehne + Nagel.

Mobile officials had been seeking a North Europe service.

Haven once touted its online-market as a groundbreaking rival to freight forwarders.

Kuehne+Nagel’s ocean and air traffic surged in the first quarter.

The partnership was struck after more than a year of negotiations.

Bertram Rickmers has offered to give up control of Rickmers Holding.

The battle for market share in India's northwestern hinterland will heat up further in the coming months.

The move is seen as another step in an ongoing campaign to reform the country's port and shipping network.

More information is beginning to come in on the mounting vessel delays at Shanghai's Yangshan port.

If it gets regulatory approval, a futures market for truck freight rates, based on DAT data, could help shippers mitigate pricing risks as the market gets more volatile.

Brazilian President Michel Temer is following through on a promise to privatize Brazilian port authorities.

Grimaldi is enhancing a service it began in 2015.

New Delhi’s interest in Trincomalee could be a response to China’s growing influence in the Indian Ocean.

The fight underscores how explosive the petition is becoming.

Poor conditions are exacerbating the challenges brought about by the new alliances at the port of Yangshan off the coast of Shanghai.

The digital innovation “will give rise to a new generation of freight trains.”

Competition among ports in the region is heating up.

Terminals at the Port of New York and New Jersey will mark Earth Day by using low emissions yard tractors and cargo-handling equipment.

Facing tougher customer demands and more supply chain complexity, shippers increasingly want and need to collaborate with transportation partners. It doesn't happen overnight.

"It’s a new market presence for our company.”