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US shippers who enjoyed a break from truckload rate increases and even some reduction in costs in 2016 are nervous about what they’ll encounter in 2017, especially in the second half of the year.

Trucking companies that lease equipment to drivers and treat them as owner-operators need to review their practices in light of a decision that classified drivers who leased equipment from Swift Transportation as employees.

Northwest Seaport Alliance receives guarantee it said it needed to withdraw its objection to sale of former Hanjin terminal in Seattle.

A US Commerce Department report published Thursday stressed the benefits of collecting port productivity data.

The Port of Oakland projects that in 2017 it will grow faster than the growth projected for the rest of the West Coast as whole.

Trans-Pacific spot rate increases again in run-up to the Chinese New Year.

The China Cosco Shipping Group will receive $26 billion for Belt and Road investments and reforming of state-owned enterprises.

After setback, owner-operators say they will "pull out all the stops" to convince lawmakers, US Supreme Court, to kill the ELD mandate.

OOCL's partners in the Ocean Alliance are the most likely to buy the Hong Kong-based container line, analysts say, provided it is for sale.

Spot rates on Asia-Europe are still well above last year's levels with tight space supporting prices.

Investment continues to pour into the China logistics sector to support rapidly growing e-commerce and the demand for modern warehousing.

US shippers hoping Uncle Sam would shine a light on the metrics that impact the reliability and costs of their containerized supply chains are bound for disappointment.

A group of truckers is expanding a program for high-end chassis.

US Customs and Border Protection has indefinitely postponed the rollout of several more functions of its troubled new electronic filing system.

If additional carriers go bankrupt, the lines that remain will quickly consolidate their power, enabling them to dictate pricing.

Sweden’s top port of Gothenburg must invest in deepening its access channel and container berths to remain a leading Nordic hub amid increased competition.

DP World dramatically slashed its container dwell times at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in December.

PSA has terminal operations in 15 countries, including multiple operations in China and India.

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has taken another step into the world of freight transport.

Steadily increasing bunker fuel prices will enable carriers on the intra-Asia trade to raise rates that are at unprofitable levels on some regional routes.

Elaine Chao's measured responses signal shippers and transport providers shouldn’t expect massive infrastructure upgrades soon.

Shippers hoping to tap the small but growing Alaska market may eventually gain new access via an Arctic deep-draft port.

The number of NVOs registered with the Federal Maritime Commission has more than doubled since 1999.

US official says excessive detention of truck drivers by shippers or receivers is an issue best handled by industry, rather than government intervention.

Eimskip has averted a strike that was planned for next week.

The long-running labor dispute at APM Terminals Gothenburg has intensified.

India has kicked off a major investment summit heavily focused on the country's Sagar Mala port modernization program.

Takeover talk has long swirled around Hong Kong-listed OOIL, parent of OOCL, and new rumors are again seeing intense trading on the local bourse.

FMC's action highlights friction between ocean carriers and lessors over port-wide chassis pool.

The Department of Transportation’s trucking agency ‘consolidates regulatory inventory,’ puts focus on finishing, implementing existing rules as new administration takes charge.

Mexico’s top two container ports have ambitions of being alternatives for US-bound imports.

The modal shift to air cargo following the collapse of South Korean container line Hanjin Shipping may have contributed to the increased demand.

Maersk Line has expanded its footprint in Iran by adding a second port of call.

Eimskip is facing a strike on its container ships next week.

Chennai Port hopes to kickstart a 2017 that will help it leave behind the throughput and productivity struggles of the past few years.

India has established a company to oversee its Sagar Mala port-led development program and announced 12 more port projects.

Market uncertainty is seeing Asia-Europe shippers and carriers sitting on the fence rather than at the service contract negotiating table.

Strong US retail restocking after an even better-than-expected holiday season will send a surge of container imports through ports in January.

Port of Vancouver president and CEO Robin Silvester has called the government-led push “a threat."

2016 was one of the wildest years in container shipping history, and with the industry in such a dynamic state, 2017 will likely hold its own surprises.