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After two years of record profits, a continued softening of demand and increased competition will put forwarding margins under pressure in the first half + Read More

Shippers, carriers in no rush to negotiate annual trans-Pacific contracts

2022-12-27

Contract rates will be lower this year, shippers, carriers, and analysts agree, but no one knows yet just how much lower reduced demand will + Read More

ONE acquiring US West Coast terminals from constituent lines

2022-12-27

The acquisition of a majority share of three terminals in Los Angeles and Oakland will allow Ocean Network Express to better coordinate vessel operations + Read More

Stakeholders say US cargo flow would be undermined by proposed FMC billing rule

2022-12-24

At the core of the concerns expressed by carriers and terminal operators are what they say are the limits the FMC’s proposed rule on + Read More

South China barge, trucking costs to rise on pre-Lunar New Year disruption

2022-12-23

Carriers are suspending feeder services between Hong Kong and Shenzhen and second-tier ports in southern China from mid-January due to COVID-19 quarantine rules for + Read More

EU ETS rule will spur global emissions effort: shipper group

2022-12-23

The cap-and-trade emissions cutting system being implemented in Europe will have a “positive influence” on decarbonization agreements at an international level, according to the + Read More

Saudi Arabia aims to quadruple containerized trade by 2030

2022-12-23

With strong economic and population growth and freight related to so-called giga projects expected to boost demand, officials in Saudi Arabia are making big + Read More

ILA can sue carriers over Leatherman terminal calls: NLRB

2022-12-22

The International Longshoremen’s Association won a victory related to a dispute at the Port of Charleston as federal labor regulators say a lawsuit aimed + Read More

New warehouse tenants boost NY-NJ’s streak as busiest US port

2022-12-22