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This week’s windmill-blade shipment was the first of three booked through Longview this year.

Overall throughput increased 1.5 percent.

ClearMetal believes AI and machine learning integrated into its software can retool the industry by offering more accurate container passage predictions.

Shippers and freight forwarders were increasingly dissatisfied with container lines through 2016.

European airlines accounted for half of the increase in global air cargo traffic to a five-year high in 2016.

Transport and logistics services providers in India are disappointed and bewildered at government changes to a controversial tax.

The largest cranes at the ports of Kobe and Osaka can now serve ships with 22 rows and 18 rows of containers, respectively.

J.B. Hunt’s less optimistic outlook could be an early indicator of what to expect from Class I railroads and trucking companies’ first-quarter earnings to be released over the next several weeks.

Prologis says first US port-adjacent, multi-story distribution facility in Seattle could be followed by others in major port cities.

XPO Logistics won victories over the Teamsters in elections at two facilities, but the union won a vote in New Jersey.

Shippers and logistics operators at recent conferences didn't expect a massive capacity crunch to follow the rollout of an electronic logging mandate this year, but truckers warned there will be an impact.

Spot rates in eastbound Pacific continue single-digit decline.

If negotiations fail, it would be the second nationwide stoppage at major ports in two years.

Modest, sustained, and earlier-than-usual rate increases this spring in the spot market should be a canary in the coal mine for shippers with longer term contracts.

Carriers in most cases have kept the rate on the West Coast that they charge their largest customers above $1,000 per feu container.

There was only a slight upward movement of spot rates on Asia-Europe, according to the SCFI.

Former Long Beach harbor commissioner and current FMC member will return to Southern California to become executive director of Port of Long Beach.

The operator of the Port of New York and New Jersey’s first ever terminal gate appointment program is expanding the 4-month-old pilot initiative.

Knowledge is power in contract talks, shippers at the NASSTRAC conference say.

The northeast Brazilian port of Suape is seeking developers of what could become the country’s most valued container terminal.

Container traffic at the port of Rotterdam grew 8.8 percent in the first three months of the year, the biggest ever quarterly increase.

Kuehne + Nagel signs agreement with Alibaba to send goods by sea, rail, and truck.

Knight-Swift merger, Schneider public offering, seen triggering more truckload acquisitions, consolidation, and soon.

Seattle and Tacoma are operating more efficiently and profitably since they formed the Northwest Seaport Alliance.

China-Europe containerized rail has evolved from a niche option with infrequent service and a small network to one attracting suppliers and second-tier companies with more and faster services to a wider array of destinations.

Zeebrugge is the intermediate shipment point for a $27 billion project.

The Singapore-listed manager of a fleet of 14 Panamax vessels was unable to obtain the approval of bondholders.

“I’m trying to think of a greenfield project right now that someone is actually building or financing, and I can’t think of one.”

Forward Air has expanded its US Midwest-focused drayage footprint to the Southeast.

The Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund will announce the winner at the next meeting of its directors.

Time charter rates for some of the largest ships have doubled since the start of the year.

The fire at MRS Logistica’s Station of Light caused severe damage to several buildings and disrupted services to the busiest container port in Brazil.

Direct links with Taiwan and South Korea would boost the economies of northern and central Luzon, the largest and most populous island in the Philippines.

Unions are protesting a reform of major port trusts through new legislation dubbed the Major Ports Authority Bill 2016.

The new center for e-customs clearance in the Russian northwest is located 37 from Russia’s busiest container port.

Legislators’ recent and rare interest in rewriting the Shipping Act of 1984 has been sparked by fear that the three shipping alliances have too much power and the Federal Maritime Commission doesn’t have a strategy to rein them in.

The $6 billion deal announced Monday will establish Knight-Swift Transportation as the largest truckload operator in the United States.

Retailers project strong growth in consumer spending and therefore imports for at least the next six months.

Repurposing port properties for anciliary services helps Oakland to curb congestion.