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Members of the G6 Alliance have withdrawn eight Asia-to-Europe sailings, effective from late October 2013 to February 2014, in response to expected low demand during the winter season.

Marine terminals have measures at their disposal to improve gate times and eliminate long truck queues, but this increased productivity must be paid for by one or more parties to the transaction, according to transportation consultants.

Alitalia, Italy’s national airline, risks bankruptcy and its fleet could be grounded within days as its financial crisis nears a tipping point.

UPS will expand its forwarding footprint in Asia under the guidance of new regional forwarding chief Jeff McCorstin, whose official appointment as president of global freight forwarding for the Asia-Pacific region was announced Tuesday.

AirBridgeCargo Airlines transported 223,732 tons of cargo in the first eight months of 2013, a 4 percent increase year-over-year.

The number of foreign trade containers handled by the Port of Tokyo edged up 0.3 percent in the first half of this year from a year earlier to 2.089 million 20-foot equivalent units, according to preliminary figures released by the Tokyo metropolitan government.

Echo Global Logistics has announced three internal promotions, naming Dave Menzel as chief operating officer, Kyle Sauers as CFO and Evan Schumacher as chief commercial officer, effective immediately.

Auto Warehousing Company’s facility at the Port of Portland’s Terminal 6 has received approval for export shipments to China following inspections by governmental auditors from that country.

Vanguard Logistics Services, a leading non-vessel-owning common carrier and ocean freight consolidator operating primarily in North America, has entered into a strategic alliance with Freight Systems India, a similar organization with offices at all major locations in the country.

American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier has expanded its Atlantic Service with the addition of a fifth ro-ro vessel, the Freedom...

OOCL has christened a 13,208-TEU vessel on Geoje Island in South Korea.

It sounds pretty straightforward and uncontroversial, but few issues have divided the shipping industry more deeply than the International Maritime Organization’s proposal for a legal requirement to verify the weight of containers prior to loading on a ship.

Import volume at major U.S. retail ports is expected to rise 9.1 percent month-over-month in October, despite concerns over the government shutdown...

Peter Rose, CEO of Expeditors International of Washington Inc. since 1988, will retire in March after 35 years with the company.

UPS has named Jeff McCorstin as president of UPS freight forwarding in Asia-Pacific.

Indian Railways, which implemented a 15.0 percent “busy season” surcharge on Oct. 1 on all bulk commodities, is again revising its freight tariff.

Menlo Worldwide Logistics has opened a new multiclient warehouse and office facility outside of Brisbane, Australia, in Seventeen Mile Rocks.

New York Container Terminal has ordered two rubber-tire gantry cranes and two rail-mounted gantry cranes from Konecranes for use in waste handling in New York.

The Panalpina Group has realigned its regional setup and identified a fourth region for customer targeting, consisting of the Middle East, Africa and the Commonwealth of Independent States.

The P3 operating alliance of Maersk Line, Mediterranean Shipping and CMA CGM in the east-west container trades doesn’t start until the second half of 2014, but each of the three carriers has already made its mark in the U.S. container trades and on global orderbooks.

APM Terminals Zeebrugge in Belgium has received the first call of China Shipping Container Lines’ Star vessel on the Asia/Europe Express Service 7 service.

The United Nations International Civil Aviation Organization’s member states have agreed to develop a global market-based measure for international aviation on climate change...

Ocean carriers’ tactic of shifting surplus capacity from east-west trades to north-south routes is nearing “saturation point,” according to Drewry Maritime Research.

Vessel traffic on the Mississippi River has returned to normal, as remnants of Tropical Storm Karen dissipated.

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, N.Y., has been temporarily closed by the government’s partial shutdown.

The U.S. and the European Union will today attempt to agree on a new date for trans-Atlantic trade talks...

Christening ceremonies were held Friday in Los Angeles for the APL Savannah, a container ship capable of carrying 9,200 20-foot container units that exemplifies the direction the carrier is taking with its massive vessel order book.

Major container lines have announced planned rate increases for a variety of trades, as detailed below, slated to take effect in October and November.

Cargo operations at Port of New Orleans terminals continued uninterrupted Friday, despite the closure of Southwest Pass at the mouth of the Mississippi River in anticipation of effects from Tropical Storm Karen.

WASHINGTON — Import cargo delays at U.S. ports of entry will become “catastrophic” if the partial government shutdown lasts more than two weeks, an international trade attorney said on Friday.

Importers and exporters see a different side of container carrier mega-alliances operating mega-ships and dumping large container volumes on marine terminals, roadways and intermodal railroads. They see a supply chain beset by mega-problems.

The governments of Spain and Japan have agreed to streamline their customs procedures to facilitate trade, ensure compliance and exchange information on new customs procedures.

Freightliner has run its first service out of London Gateway to collect import containers destined for the Midlands in England.

A U.S. Department of Agriculture laboratory has confirmed that 27 egg masses of Asian gypsy moths were discovered on a freighter in Baltimore, and again during the ship’s transit to Brunswick, Ga.

Cargo throughput at India’s Port of Mumbai slid 4.5 percent year-over-year in the first half of fiscal year 2013-14, according to the port authority.

Geraldine Knatz, general manager of the Port of Los Angeles, announced Thursday that she will retire at the end of the year.

Port of New Orleans terminals will continue scheduled operations Friday, despite the impending closure of the Mississippi River at Southwest Pass because of potential effects from Tropical Storm Karen.