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The Port of Virginia is tapping into the growing Midwest market.

Higher base rates boosted revenue, but a cyber attack and hurricane helped depress profit at FedEx this summer. The transport operator plans across-the-board rate hikes.

“What we have seen this first half of this year is a massive reefer container shortage.”

“Shippers are forced to pay extra for each day vessels wait in the port.”

Will carriers be able to better manage space on ships from Europe to Asia in the first quarter of 2018?

The persistent rumors of takeover and mergers among leading logistics firms in recent months could be about to translate into reality.

Container shipping’s supply and demand gap is set to converge in 2018.

“Today the challenge is not the technology.”

The reduction slightly jars the confidence of the container shipping industry.

"You just find an export credit agency in another country. When that happens, the supply chain leaves the United States and goes to that other country.”

Textile shippers have welcomed the service.

Landside work, including improvements to the Canadian National Railway connection, has slowed productivity.

The RFID program has significantly improved container dwell times throughout the supply chain at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust.

Success or failure of rate increases less important to carriers than the sustained profitability of the spot rate, believes Drewry.

The prospects for intermodal are strong, but there are a series of “known unknowns.”

Codesa runs the ports of Praia Mole and Vitoria.

West Coast ports compete harder for intermodal cargo, but rail pricing may be the key determiner.

CMA CGM on Friday confirmed its order of nine 22,000-TEU ships in a report noting the Marseille-based carrier posted a second quarter gain in net income.

“Whenever the business volumes reach the top quadrant, there will be chassis shortages, and that’s where we are now.”

Spot rates in eastbound trans-Pacific turn higher in harbinger of busy month ahead.

Call it an "obsession." Amazon's dedication to fulfilling customer expectations is turning a wheel of logistics growth that is not likely to stop.

Global marine terminal operators that have led port privatization in India could unshackle themselves from a long-running and complicated pricing regime.

The sudden closure of the Rhine Valley Alpine rail track in southwest Germany could not have come at a worse time for Europe’s rail freight industry.

“The pre-Golden Week holiday volume spike is bleak this year.”

Addition of 10-4 Systems to division offering carrier technologies promises greater blending of services across supply chains.

The Port of New York and New Jersey is searching again for a way to create an interoperable chassis pool after the latest effort collapsed.

Inland warehouses and trucking loom as a potential weak link in the supply chain of US cotton exporters preparing for their biggest harvest in years.

US maritime regulators on Thursday voted to allow ocean carrier members of THE Alliance to form an emergency fund.

Shippers will greet news that the key European rail corridor will open five days early with some relief, but they will still have to struggle for alternatives until early October.

The European Union is the United Kingdom’s largest trading partner, accounting for almost half of its exports.

The China-Europe rail route is gaining in popularity among shippers, but even with its rapid growth, the weekly capacity overland is just 2 percent of that offered by ocean.

Primary rail providers have said they are metering cargo even for routes that are operating normally.

XPO Logistics is putting the last mile first.

IHS Markit estimates about half of Florida’s filling stations have fuel now, though widespread shortages were still being reported Tuesday.

Two of the world’s largest shipping container operators now contribute information to the database, which has more than 1,000 users.

The pricing discipline that has worked so effectively in pushing up carrier profits this year is being threatened by a looming rate war.

Crane productivity at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust continues to shine.

Motor carriers and their shipper customers have been footing the bill.

An Australian logistics software company has acquired CargoSphere, the container rate management provider.