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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.

The Tokyo-based company has lost 8.9 percent of its value.

Eurogate raised fears that the German terminals’ competitive position is being threatened by delays to infrastructure projects.

The goal, critical to government efforts to cut logistics costs and lift port productivity, had seemed unattainable.

The acquisition, said to be worth around $4 billion, will cement Maersk’s position as the world’s largest container line.

DP World took over the operation and management of Sokhna from a group of private investors in 2008.

Shippers, it is clear, want greater visibility into their supply chains.

The first UK freight train to China left London today carrying British exports in what is planned to become a regular service.

It has been a rare sight recently, but Cosco Shipping has issued a positive profit alert for the first quarter after seeing increasing volumes and rising rates.

Jakarta and the US West Coast have been linked by a new direct service offered by the Ocean Alliance and operated by CMA CGM.

Although more than 90 percent of Samsung SDS’s logistics business originates with Samsung Electronics, Samsung SDS also handles the logistics for approximately 400 other beneficial cargo owners.

Future rivals for companies in the maritime sector won’t necessarily come from the industry.