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For-hire trucking employment rose to a new high in December, but carriers are hitting a hiring ceiling.

A new industrial assembly site at Rotterdam’s Maasvlakte 2 port on the North Sea has shipped out its first monopiles.

High demand for warehouse and distribution space means shippers must act quickly.

The pace of growth could accelerate in the coming months.

After a strong finish to the year, spot market rates on the Asia-Europe and Asia-Mediterranean trades declined slightly this week.

Union president Harold Daggett takes to Facebook in advance of February meetings.

Schneider National and heavy-haul flatbed specialist Daseke Inc. plan to go public in 2017, seeking new routes to financing.

The last time the WCI composite index exceeded $1,700 per 40-foot-equivalent unit was in March 2015.

Chennai’s rail share in the first three fiscal quarters through the end of December slipped compared with 2015.

More generous free time practices and easier customs processes in Baltic states is costing Russian ports cargo.

Although requirements were already mandatory at some ports in 2016, enforcement was limited.

The idle container ship fleet further retreated from the all-time high reached in October.

From consolidation and alliances to a new president and regulatory environment, 2017 will introduce new challenges and opportunities. In a roundtable discussion with JOC.com, three shippers discuss their biggest concerns in the year ahead.

Hanjin's collapse and the widened Panama Canal has left ship charterers contemplating their worst year ever.

It has taken a year, but SingPost finally managed to find itself a new CEO.

It has been a long time since the air cargo industry had a peak season to remember for the right reasons, but a solid end to 2016 has done the trick.

NFI's acquisition of Dominion Warehousing and Distribution is the latest of several cross-border deals between US and Canadian logistics and transport operators.

Both companies now contend they are not receiving an equitable portion of the revenue from their partnership.

Trucking insurers are likely to offer discounts on rising premiums to carriers that use safety technology such as Greenlight's on-board camera. That could help carriers struggling with rising insurance costs, and their customers.

The thinning of the Arctic ice cap has created a new route for carriers of project cargo and other shipments.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust is struggling to convince shippers to shift freight to intermodal rail from trucks.

The trans-Pacific is one of the world’s most competitive container trades, with at least six container lines over the last six years having entered the trade lane only to pull out later.

Heavy-lift cargo airlines Antonov and Volga-Dnepr have gone their separate ways.

Union Pacific Railroad will gain control of assets throughout the United States as a result of its deal with Railex.

With freight rates hovering around historic lows, liners have tried to find savings wherever possible.

Expediting cargo flow to reduce terminal congestion is a top priority for the largest US port complex.

Multipurpose carriers may see “the first signs of recovery” by late 2017.

Roadrunner Freight expects business to bounce back in 2017, and is expanding on the West Coast while building up density in major less-than-truckload lanes to inland markets.

The global container ship fleet is expected to grow faster in 2017 than in 2016.

The accident occurred April 21 in a line of trucks waiting at the staging area at the Global Container Terminal.

Port Tampa Bay commissioners have approved a contract for construction of a second berth for breakbulk and bulk operations.

What makes this shipment unusual is the route and the timing.

The "HMM + K2 consortium" will initially facilitate vessel- and slot-sharing.

Sri Lanka’s Colombo International Container Terminals handled over 2 million twenty-foot-equivalent units for the first time ever in 2016.

The sharp increase in freight rates at the end of 2016 will be temporary, with overcapacity dragging prices back down after Chinese New Year, according to industry watchers.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust is well positioned in 2017 to capitalize on efficiency improvements made throughout 2016.

Air freight divisions at Asian airlines are trapped in an impossible situation.

US maritime regulators are on the forefront of monitoring the market for anti-competitive practices while nudging stakeholders to make containerized supply chains more efficient and reliable.

Southeast Asia’s port scene is incredibly dynamic, and 2017 will be a year of significant changes with big implications for shippers.

The complexity inherent in global supply chains means small disruptions can have big knock-on consequences.