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Another terminal operator will offer container weighing services to help shippers comply with VGM rules.

"I think that's not something we didn't expect," Canadian Pacific Railway Chief Executive Officer E. Hunter Harrison said Wednesday in New York City at a conference hosted by transportation research firm Wolfe Research.

Maersk Line continues to outperform competitors.

Higher U.S. diesel prices and fuel surcharges may threaten transportation savings.

Commodities traditionally dominate U.S. containerized exports in terms of volume, but the stars are rarely aligned for U.S. exporters.

Freight costing "is a huge challenge," Estes Express Lines' chief operating officer told a technology conference.

Kuehne + Nagel has chosen Inttra to help its clients comply with an international container weight regulation.

The government of India is looking to automate gate transactions at the country's major ports.

The Baltic Exchange today confirmed it is in exclusive talks with the Singapore Exchange over an offer for the international shipping market place.

The government of Pakistan is introducing extensive long-term tax concessions for Chinese companies operating at the port of Gwadar on the Arabian Sea.

Hapag-Lloyd has postponed its annual shareholders’ meeting scheduled for June 1.

Ireland-based ASL Aviation has sealed the acquisition of TNT Express’s two cargo airlines.

Chinese regulators have approved the French line's takeover of NOL.

Congress is considering stopping the siphoning of funding meant for ports.

APL has unveiled a new tool to help shippers understand SOLAS around the globe.

Redevelopment of the Port of Seattle’s Terminal 5 moved forward this week.

A rule change that enters force September 1 in Russia threatens shippers and foreign over-the-road transportation companies with increased costs.

U.S. containerized exports rose in the first quarter of the year for the first time after six successive quarters of decline.

Estes Express will roll out Estes Final Mile by the end of 2016, as e-commerce grows and traditional freight markets stagnate.

Hyundai Merchant Marine said Tuesday that it had met the requirements necessary to proceed with bondholder meetings scheduled for May 31 and June 1.

The Port of Hamburg’s container traffic shrank in the first quarter as breakbulk traffic stalled.

AirBridgeCargo Airlines has launched a weekly freighter service.

Eimskip wants to connect Greenland to the global container trade.

The operator of Portland’s only container terminal is confident that liner services will once again call at Oregon’s only container port.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, India’s biggest public container handler, is aggressively working to lure more truckload freight to the rails.

Throughput growth at China’s main ports increased at a slower rate in April than in March.

Trucking, shipping interests attack use of data they call flawed in proposed motor carrier ratings.

India and Iran on Monday entered into a formal investment agreement for Chabahar port, the first such agreement involving an Iranian port and international backers since the lifting of sanctions related to Iran’s nuclear program.

Shippers, marine terminals and container lines could get some leeway in the first three months of the new SOLAS container weighing rule.

Strike actions that paralyzed France last week have cut off rail access to the port of Le Havre.

Though a recently formed container line alliance appeared to be hastily thrown together, it is planning an extensive and trouble-free integration of its fleet.

Shippers and freight forwarders are confused over how to comply with an international container weight verification rule that comes into effect on July 1.

The new SOLAS regulation could increase costs in more ways than expected.

India’s port connectivity infrastructure, which is a source of regular frustration for shippers and logistics providers, should show some improvement in the coming years.

Several world regions seem to have planned much more container terminal capacity than needed for the coming decades.

OOCL has warned its customers of the complications and penalties they face if they fail to comply with the SOLAS container weight rule.

The world's container supply chain remains concerned at a lack of clarity around the SOLAS verified gross mass ruling.

The major China export gateway of Yantian will offer container weighing services to help shippers comply with the SOLAS container weight rule.

Rising passenger numbers lift Asia-Pacific airlines, but the sorry state of air cargo is proving to be a drag on revenue and profits.

As the July–October peak shipping season nears, excess retail stock could act as a drag on containerized imports.