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Hapag-Lloyd and Compagnie Maritime Marfret leaving United States/Australasia Discussion Agreement

The Port of Oakland’s largest terminal operator is addressing looming congestion problems by preparing to charge a fee to support night gates.

Kansas City Southern Railway cross-border and domestic shippers are grappling with disruptions.

The Suez Canal has extended and deepened discounts to container lines.

New York state plans a potentially “game-changing” bid on a federal lease to develop an Atlantic Ocean wind farm.

Hanjin Shipping, South Korea’s largest container line, is taking its seat at the negotiation table with tonnage providers.

Drayage companies that service the Port of New York and New Jersey are once again squaring off with the Teamsters union.

An inter-terminal truck transfer system at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust has had success.

The global transportation industry will muddle through a new SOLAS container weighing rule taking effect July 1.

For the first time, the JOC’s Port Productivity rankings analyze the global terminals making the greatest gains in berth efficiency.

A U.K. freight forwarder group urged its members not to be complacent about a new regulation on container weighing.

French container line launches all-cash offer for NOL shares.

Carriers on the oversupplied Asia-Europe route have worked out a way to reduce transit times without speeding up ships.

The June 26 opening of the Panama Canal's expanded locks is an event U.S. Gulf ports have been preparing for.

Until the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completes a study of the Arthur Kill turning basin, the size of some ships on trans-Pacific strings that call at the four big container terminals on the western side of the New York-New Jersey harbor could be limited.

Too few Russian exporters have applied to the government for the use of Method 2 under SOLAS.

Pressure is building on U.S. maritime regulators to quickly decide whether ports and container lines can hash out details on a strategy that could dramatically simplify exporters’ meeting the SOLAS container weight rule.

The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners approved a fiscal year 2016 and 2017 budget.

Spot rates in the eastbound Pacific increased again this week.

The U.S. employment numbers for May highlight a rift in transportation hiring.

Philippine-based International Container Terminal Services Inc. has said when it will open a new terminal in the Congo, the first phase of a global expansion planned for this year.

Global air cargo traffic grew in April, but yields remain under pressure.

The world’s second-largest container manufacturer has issued a profit warning.

Spot rates on Asia-Europe rise for the second week, pushed up slightly by capacity cuts and general rate increases.

Maersk Line and Russian aluminum producing giant Rusal have signed a three-year deal for the transportation of thousands of TEUs annually.

The associations representing marine terminal operators in Los Angeles-Long Beach and Oakland made an important announcement regarding their position on SOLAS.

The U.S. parcel giant expressed frustration, not only with the patchwork of guidance policies from individual nations, but from individual terminal operators as well.

Freight forwarder to charge more to customers that don't use company portal.

Less-than-truckload shipments only inched upward in May.

The shareholders of United Arab Shipping Co. signaled support for a proposed merger with Hapag-Lloyd.

Containerized imports and exports moving through West Coast ports declined in April on a year-over-year basis.

Siemens has awarded a four-year contract to heavy-lift specialist ALE.

DP World has signed a “term sheet” with the government of Somaliland to invest hundreds of millions of dollars.

The steep devaluation of the Brazilian currency because of the country's economic weakness has boosted exports.

Schneider acquires two companies.

The government of Myanmar is searching for a solution to crushing congestion at the Port of Yangon.

Singapore-based terminal operator joins its global peers in offering container weighing services from July 1.

The Teamsters union is accelerating its efforts to organize harbor truck drivers in Southern California.

A surge in auto exports, as well as other goods, helped lift trucking activity at the three largest U.S.-Canada border crossings.

After completing the most disappointing service contracting season on record, shipping lines in the eastbound Pacific can at least feel confident that things won’t get any worse.