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With 13,000-TEU+ vessels becoming more common in US trades, BCOs on both coasts brace for yard and gate congestion at marine terminals.

Until now, Mammoet has worked in the region on a project basis.

The vote will come just after Atlantic Container Line, a customer since the 1960s, told JOC.com that it might be forced to quit Gothenburg.

Hapag-Lloyd’s net loss widened in the first quarter.

HHLA got off to a good start in 2017.

The ban follows a recent gas spill from one of the containers stored at the Tughlakabad Inland Container Depot near Delhi.

The seven zones have a total combined size double that of China’s four existing FTZs.

Rates fell on the Asia-Europe and Mediterranean trades again this week, but carriers will be levying May 15 increases in an attempt to arrest the slide.

The crisis at the Gothenburg port deepened on Wednesday.

Yang Ming’s report of improving financial conditions comes a week after shares resumed trading on the Taiwan Stock Exchange on May 4.

As more consumers order heavier goods online, XPO and other last-mile logistics providers need more space.

US East Coast ports are reporting a few of the operational hiccups their West Coast counterparts experienced via the new and enhanced global shipping alliances.

The distribution and fulfillment demands of Amazon.com will significantly disrupt traditional long-haul truckload shipping.

US Customs and Border Protection sided with the oil and gas industry over Jones Act supporters in the first major test of how the act’s US-flag shipping requirements will be interpreted under the Trump administration.

APM Terminals-operated Pipavav Port booked slightly lower volumes in the last fiscal year.

A favorable exchange rate for US importers is driving more cross-border business between Mexico and the United States.

Welch sees LTL carriers like YRC partnering with 3PLs in order to increase participation in e-commerce fulfillment

A revised niche route network pays off for Zim Integrated Shipping Services.

APM Terminals has announced a partial six-week lockout at its Gothenburg terminal, ratcheting up a year-long dispute at Scandinavia’s largest container hub.

German mail and logistics giant reports strongest opening three months in its history.

Damco slid back into the red in the first quarter, positng a net operating loss of $8 million.

“But with the size of vessels being cascaded over to ECSA trades rising almost annually, we had to find a solution to this increase in size.”

The global terminal operating arm of the Maersk Group also said it lost services in the alliance reshuffle.

A UK forwarder has come up with a plan to offset the added customs clearance costs expected after Brexit — duty-free fuel zones for trucks.

Rising rates were not enough to beat surging bunker fuel prices in the first quarter that dragged Maersk Line into the red.

Weco, formerly known as Nordana Lines, exited the Americas-Mediterranean trade in March.

If there was any sign of foul play, “we’d investigate,” the Federal Maritime Commission acting chairman Michael Khouri said at a Senate subcommittee hearing on Tuesday.

Cargolux Airlines and Emirates SkyCargo have signed a memorandum of understanding for an operational partnership in the latest tie-up between carriers in the challenging air transport market.

Japan’s biggest international freight forwarder posted a record fiscal year net profit despite a slight revenue decline largely blamed on the higher value of the yen.

DFDS’s first-quarter earnings increased more than 10 percent on rising sea freight volume on its North European roll-on, roll-off routes.

JNPT's program to ease congestion and lower logistics costs had its best month ever in April.

The Japanese lines may as well fast track their merger following the voting down of their proposed agreement by the FMC on jurisdictional grounds, as the new line is unlikely to be blocked.

Disruption from the new carrier alliances just now being felt at West Coast ports and could begin as early as next week on the East Coast.

A free container database shows how the sharing of electronic information can help the supply chain from BCOs to marine terminals.

Near double-digit growth in imports makes April the highest growth month in a year.

Traffic out of the Mediterranean surged 28 percent.

The move will impact port and supply chain investments under the Belt and Road program.

Container volumes at major ports surged in the first month of fiscal year 2017 to 2018.

The company, which launched in 2015 by De Boomgroep, has experienced strong growth in recent months.

Backhaul cargo volume is rising sharply on the Europe to China rail route, and forwarders are unveiling new services to handle the strong demand.