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Niche carriers either greatly overperform or dramatically underperform the top 16 carriers.

Private equity firm Transplace management to buy company as shippers increasingly demand not just technology, but also realizing the value of that technology.

The three Hamburg terminals posted an 11.8 percent increase in traffic to 3.4 million TEU.

The number of top global carriers has fallen since 2014.

Debt-stricken carriers Yang Ming and HMM have used government support and the improving market conditions to raise revenue, cut costs, and pare down debts.

Shippers want faster door-to-door service from less-than-truckload carriers.

Deutsche Post DHL posted its strongest ever second quarter result.

The $14.6 billion logistics and transportation provider accelerated growth at asset and non-asset operations alike in the second quarter, including its LTL division.

DSV booked record earnings in the second quarter.

A steady increase in freight volumes and e-commerce demand is fueling an expansion of LTL networks, with YRC Freight planning eight distribution centers.

The most reliable carrier in the quarter was Wan Hai.

The double-digit second-quarter volume and revenue growth will come as good news to OOCL’s prospective new owner, China Cosco Shipping Holdings.

After six consecutive years of losses, the shipping industry headed for return to profits this year and next.

“We expect contractual rates to begin to improve over the next few quarters.”

PIL has declined to speculate on the attractiveness of the mid-sized carrier as a takeover target.

The majority of ships deployed on Asia-Europe by the end of 2018 will be greater than 18,000 TEU, which will have implications for rate levels and ports.

When it comes to poultry, the Port of Savannah has plenty to crow about.

Increased second-quarter US industrial activity, consumer confidence primes freight market, pressures rates.

Pacific Northwest ports believe the true competitive edge will come from faster cargo velocity at the terminals.

As freight volumes surge, truckload rates are rising faster than 3PLs such as C.H. Robinson Worldwide can adjust pricing.

Europe’s leading ocean container hub handled 6.7 million TEU in the first six months of 2016.

Consolidated net profit came in at 29.9 million francs against 21.8 million francs last time.

“The info is wrong.”

Hutchison said it continues to be impacted by ongoing structural consolidation within the container shipping industry and a consequent rationalization of services.

If the ban takes effect, US exporters of these commodities will lose access to the destination where they shipped 77.8 percent of their products last year.

Clean-air update would result in estimated $7 billion to $14 billion in extra costs in Los Angeles-Long Beach while expanding even further the ports' leading emissions reductions among US ports.

Pacific International Lines' traffic in US imports from Asia rose 67 percent year over year in the second quarter.

Trade disputes are driving US exporters of dried distillers grains (DDGs) to overhaul their supply chains.

XPO Logistics expects a healthy increase in revenue in the second quarter from the first quarter and a year ago, as freight demand in the US picks up.

Total throughput increased 2.8 percent to 111.4 million metric tons.

Air freight soared by 18 percent.

Higher second-quarter freight demand drove up costs faster than contract rates for J.B. Hunt Transport Services, squeezing the $6.6 billion company's profits.

US cotton exporters are anticipating another strong year after containerized cotton exports rose 3.7 percent last year.

The first consignment of US beef to be imported by China in 14 years is just days away from arriving in the country.

“There aren’t many other takeover candidates left on the shelf.”

A combined Cosco-OOCL carrier will further reduce the options for shippers that have been cut drastically by a wave of consolidation in the past year.

The deal maintains the Hong Kong carrier’s brand and marks a new chapter in the ongoing industry consolidation.

The $113 million acquisition of Interstate Distributor will give Heartland greater "depth" in important truck lanes and a roster of experienced drivers.

“We see lots of changes in terms of networks and ports of call and there is some impact on rates.”

The addition of The Steelman Companies follows mergers with Big Freight Systems and Schilli Companies, pushing Daseke revenue closer to $1 billion.