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James Welch, the executive credited with saving one of the largest less-than-truckload companies, will retire next July, as economic growth buoys the LTL business.

The Teamsters said it hopes the vote will lay the groundwork for other victories in the union’s uphill, decade-long effort to organize US port drayage.

In addition to making life easier for port users regarding day-to-day operations information, the portal is also targeting predictive capabilities to enable the better allocation of resources and assets.

The federal truck safety watchdog agency and its state partners have chosen to “phase in” enforcement of the mandate, with the FMCSA granting several, temporary delays or partial exemptions.

As vessels get bigger and cost reduction is increasingly a priority to carriers, terminal operators will be under growing pressure to make better use of the resources they have, a key global operations professional told JOC’s Port Performance North America Conference on Tuesday.

Do not expect the automation wave to engulf US marine terminals anytime soon.

APL was No. 13 on the trans-Atlantic trade in the first three quarters.

The JOC port call data cover 879 terminals at 500 ports globally.

The latest JOC port productivity data show call sizes continued to increase globally through the first half of 2017.

CMA CGM has completed its acquisition of Mercosul Line, kicking off a battle for control of the fast-growing Latin American market.

The capital injection from 257.7 million new common stock shares, at 10.18 New Taiwan dollar per share (about $0.34) is the third stage in the company’s recapitalization effort.

Beneficial cargo owners this week reported container dwell times as long as 15 days.

The ports and their stakeholders are using big data and data sharing to drive process improvements for trucker appointments, chassis management, and extended gate hours.

The union is prepared to avoid bargaining until the current coastwide contract expires on Sept. 30, 2018.

The Cosco-OOIL deal took another giant step towards becoming the world's largest carrier in total liftings when it received approval for the takeover from the European Commission.

Latin America leads Maersk's trade lanes in terms of capacity following the completion of the Hamburg Süd takeover, but rising demand is making the routes even more competitive.

Higher construction spending and manufacturing output generate the type of heavy industrial freight handled by Daseke through its network of subsidiary trucking companies.

The freight boom that began absorbing truck capacity in September still has legs.

Hopes are are high among trade participants; shippers would be delighted if a long-term deal is struck, as it would support supply-chain certainty.

Quayside productivity is weaker on mega-ships, compared with midsize vessels, according to analysis of aggregated 2017 performance data from a selection of the world’s largest container ports.

The merger will create a European-wide transportation company with 18 services.

Six months after the merger process started, UASC was integrated with German carrier Hapag-Lloyd.

Independent container lines increased their combined market share as well as their total volume of imports in the third quarter.

The Port of Oakland Commission on Thursday is scheduled to take its second and final vote on the CenterPoint agreement.

A time slot booking system has been launched at Hamburg as the port tries to smooth out the spikes caused by increasing mega-ship calls.

The cash infusion surpassed the company’s initial goal of raising $165 million.

Local shipping sources in JNPT told JOC.com that some vessels have been stranded at berth or at anchorage.

CMA CGM is the latest carrier to post strong operating results as it announces an adjustment of its top leadership.

ZIM's profitability turnaround continues as rising rates and volume in the peak season drive up its steadily improving financial results.

Despite its draught restrictions, the Port of Hamburg delivered Europe-leading reliability through the peak August to October period.

A partnership announced Tuesday giving Bolloré Logistics’ customers access to a business-to-business e-commerce website reflects the interest of logistics providers in the sector.

Hamburg's HHLA is the latest Europe port to post a strong increase in container throughput with 2017 shaping up as a good year.

False logs are an "epidemic," and shippers are vulnerable, speakers tell the JOC Inland Distribution Conference. The latest federal data back them up.

“The future is at hand.”

DHL has reported its eighth consecutive quarter of growth as time-definite shipments drive up revenue and volume.

International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance officials have been exploring a long-term extension for more than two years.

A survey of shippers and logistics service providers (LSPs) shows broad agreement truck capacity is getting tighter, but the LSPs expect rates to rise higher next year than shippers anticipate. Electronic logging devices may be a reason.

A jury convicted a general foreman and member of the International Longshoremen’s Association at the Port of New York and New Jersey of fraudulently collecting a salary of nearly $500,000 while infrequently going to work.

E-commerce is accelerating, underpinning an uptick in global trade and US economic growth, XPO's Jacobs said.