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Zim Integrated Shipping Services is positioning itself to capitalize on project cargo in India.

Trans-Pacific service contract negotiations are complicated by a barrage of mixed signals.

Two of the largest US truckload carriers report rising contract rates. As pressure on pricing slowly builds, shippers want to talk.

Carriers in the eastbound Pacific maintained the strong freight rates that have marked the pre-Chinese New Year period.

Truck traffic at the Port of Charleston’s largest container terminal ground to a halt for several hours Friday.

The potential benefits are significant, lowering costs and paving the way for further import growth.

Costamare sank into the red in the final quarter of 2016.

The advent of the new US administration brings uncertainty and potential disruption to US-Mexico trade.

Cosco Shipping Ports and CMA Terminals Holdings signed a cooperation memorandum of understanding for ports worldwide.

OOCL has found out that one strong quarter doesn't make a good year, with average revenue per TEU tumbling in 2016, despite a strong improvment in the market during the fourth quarter.

Spot rates on Shanghai to Europe and the Mediterranean showed only a slight drop this week as China's biggest holiday begins.

Union Pacific Railroad’s discussion of pricing challenges for ocean containers in the fourth quarter was a rare admission of its inability to charge ocean carriers what it wants.

Speakers at the SMC3 Jump Start 2017 conference expect truckload and LTL rates to move up, modestly, in 2017.

One of the four main terminals at Port of New York and New Jersey suffered heavier than usual truck congestion for the fourth day in a row.

MOL is upgrading its CX1 feeder service from the Amazon River port of Manaus, Brazil, to Manzanillo, Panama.

Norfolk Southern Railway and CSX Transportation said they gained international intermodal volume in the fourth quarter.

Europe’s cargo airports are outperforming its ocean container ports.

Blue Water Shipping and Bremer Reederei E&B have formed a joint venture.

Rickmers Maritime has sold its second container ship for scrap in as many months.

Indonesia is taking several new measures to improve the economics and efficiency of its maritime logistics sector.

China's largest shipping company is about to record a huge loss for 2016, an indication of what is to come in the troubled industry.

Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Oakland are spending millions and implementing process improvements to protect market share.

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Implementation at the port’s Wando Welch Terminal went awry this summer, leaving trucks unable to clear the gates and backing traffic up outside the terminal onto a nearby interstate.

The new ice-class ships are scheduled for delivery in 2019.

A surge in deliveries of mega-ships this year will prolong overcapacity in the container market and hit north-south liner trades hardest.

Short-sea ship operator Qatar Navigation Lines is ramping up its feeder coverage between India and the Middle East.

The project is being funded with a $600 million loan from China.

Carriers operating on the trans-Pacific earned significantly less per FEU on the spot market in 2016 than they did the year before.

It will be a busy marketplace on the trans-Pacific from April as smaller carriers and the mega alliances all compete for a share of the growing US import container trade.

Shippers and trucking companies at SMC3 conference urged to use embedded analytics in transportation software to automate tasks from motor carrier selection to route optimization.

Spot rates are a barometer for how trans-Pacific service contract negotiations could fare.

Turkish shipping line UN Ro-Ro has bought its national rival Ulusoy Ro-Ro.

Cathay Pacific has relocated its cargo-handling operations in Frankfurt to Lufthansa Cargo’s terminal at Europe’s biggest air freight hub.

HSH Nordbank, the leading financier of container ships, is up for sale.

Chennai Port has benefited from aggressive efforts to increase productivity, but it faces serious competition.

Eimskip’s acquisition spree continued this week with the purchase of a Belgian refrigerated freight forwarder.

Growth at mainland China’s top eight ports slowed in 2016.

The strong US dollar is making a bad equipment imbalance at the border worse, and will encourage the growth of less-than-truckload shipping across the border and in Mexico, SMC3 expects.

Beneficial cargo owners that book through non-vessel-operating common carriers should be aware that spot rates can vary dramatically and those that seek the lowest rates have the highest risk.