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Global air cargo demand continued to show signs of strength in August.

Ships berthed at the port of Shenzhen are now required to burn low sulfur fuel.

The Russian government has designed a set of measures that seek to ease the regulatory burden on trucking companies.

Hyundai Merchant Marine and T.S. Lines have reorganized their joint India-China Express Service.

Southeast US ports are preparing for Hurricane Matthew.

Zim Integrated Shipping Services struggles amid “historically low freight rates."

Drayage drivers serving the Port of Montreal can track terminal wait times via a new app.

A federal judge has agreed to hear the arguments of several chassis, container, and fuel providers demanding Hanjin Shipping reply more quickly to their “urgent” requests for information on the location of their assets.

The new head of the American Trucking Associations says autonomous vehicles will benefit truck drivers, not replace them.

Nittsu Research Institute and Consulting has announced its expectations for Japan's air cargo trade in fiscal year 2016.

A research outfit affiliated with Japan’s largest freight forwarder has laid out its expectations for the country's container trade.

Saudi Arabia-based Bahri has opened a Houston office and is targeting the US Gulf and Mexico.

An Israeli company plans to unveil a way to send a bill of lading digitally.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust has been working feverishly to ease congestion and shore up productivity levels over the past year but did not gain a volume increase commensurate with its efforts in the first fiscal half through September.

Global trade infrastructure developer DP World is interested in building on its African investments to improve the quality of infrastructure on the continent.

Truckload shippers will enjoy continued pricing power, Chainalytics' Matt Harding says. For LTL shippers, however, the outlook is costlier.

Ports America and Cooper/T. Smith have merged their Houston breakbulk operations into a joint venture that has acquired all assets of Shippers Stevedoring and Chaparral Stevedoring.

Work on the project is slated to begin in summer 2017 and finish up in fall 2018.

The Port of Virginia is also improving road and terminal gate fluidity to keep its existing local and regional shippers happy after rashes of congestion.

Mexican shippers and railroads are closely watching to see if a new regulatory agency will lower rates and how it will weigh in on disagreements between carriers and customers, as intermodal volume growth sputters.

The US Federal Maritime Commission has announced fines against seven logistics companies that violated either the Shipping Act or other FMC regulations.

A major dredging project at the port of Guangzhou signals its intentions to capture Pearl River Delta cargo currently traveling to other competitors in the region.

Mumbai-based Allcargo Group is rapidly expanding its logistics capacity to meet expected growth from India’s ongoing infrastructure development and reform initiatives.

India’s Directorate General of Shipping has extended its grace period for shippers to be fully compliant with the Safety of Life at Sea verified gross mass mandate.

Recovery in the multipurpose vessel market now appears unlikely before 2018.

Maritime authorities around the world are expected to more vigorously scrutinize shipments to ensure their compliance with the International Maritime Organization's Safety of Life at Sea container weight mandate.

The world's top five lines now control more than half of the global fleet, but M&A activity will concentrate still further capacity in the hands of the few.

Transporting food, pharmaceuticals, and other temperature-controlled products requires compliance with increasingly stringent regulations to assure consumer safety. At the same time, superior cold chain practices are also important for maintaining the quality of products and maximizing shelf life.

Thermal blankets not only add a very important layer of security during multiple hand-offs along the cold chain, but also expand transportation options, including the increased use of rail.

A pilot program for the first truck appointment system in a terminal at the Port of New York and New Jersey will begin in October.

US ports so far have been doing a reasonably good job loading and unloading mega-ships within the required berthing windows, but carriers’ relentless deployment of ever-larger vessels will soon catch up with terminal operators.

A judge has put an end to months-long industrial actions, in which dockworkers at the port of Santos disrupted operations and even boarded vessels.

Hanjin Shipping has set up a yard to accept and store its empty containers in central New Jersey.

Spot freight rates in the Asia-US trade edged lower for the fourth consecutive week.

The Hanjin Shipping bankruptcy may be behind a recent surge in freight moving inland from West Coast ports.

India is taking measures to reform its marine terminal bidding process as it seeks to attract more private investment to the port sector.

Colombo International Container Terminals this week hosted the MSC Maya, reportedly the largest container ship ever to call Sri Lankan shores.

Container shipping on Asia-Europe enters its slack season that will last until the pre-Chinese New Year pick up.

A national freight forwarder and customs brokers trade group is urging federal officials to clarify regulations that would increase the value threshold of goods that are exempt from paying duty from $200 to $800, and to tighten the scrutiny of duty-free goods as they come in to prevent abuses of the rule change.

The South Carolina Ports Authority is suing a pair of contractors over the initial design of a containment area that ultimately will support the wharf of a new cargo terminal in North Charleston.