Operator switch gives renewed hope to Portland’s Terminal 6
Stakeholders say a contract with Harbor Industrial Services to manage the state’s only box terminal should herald a new era of stability and cargo
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Australian regulators force WiseTech to sell software vendor
The action is tied to WiseTech’s acquisition of E2open in 2025, which included software that Australia’s competition commission deemed gave WiseTech too much control
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Large scale EU customs control action shows most third-country e-commerce goods do not follow standards
Customs authorities are on the front line. Customs handle the huge and ever-increasing number of goods bought online and imported directly to consumers into
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Chipolbrok scales up heavy-lift multipurpose fleet with new ship orders
The move by the Chinese-Polish operator will help meet growing demand for wind and energy storage systems cargoes.
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North American rail container fleet fully outfitted with GPS devices
Intermodal marketing companies have long been at a disadvantage because rail-owned containers lacked the real-time tracking and tracing capabilities that are standard among private
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Asia-Europe ocean carriers add capacity as trade enters peak shipping period
Few blank sailings have been announced for January, and none this week, as shippers in Asia get their cargo on the water ahead of
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Cosco awards initial newbuilding deals as part of $7 billion fleet expansion
The deals for nine feeder container ships and four multipurpose and heavy-lift ships total about $490 million, according to Cosco and shipbrokers.
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Supply-demand imbalance puts ocean carriers on course for heavy losses
With vessel capacity outstripping volumes on the major trade lanes, analysts expect carriers to fall into the red as early as the first quarter,
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Tariffs, economic uncertainty weigh on pre-Lunar New Year trans-Pac volumes
Months of frontloading explain the sharp volume slowdown in the final months of 2025, and with consumer sentiment weak and long-term trade policies still
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UP-NS deal could benefit some shippers, while others face longer transits
While Union Pacific plans to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to make a combined railroad run smoothly, there are locations where service could
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