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August 2025

Port Houston Terminals See Double-digit July

Port Houston said its public terminals saw double-digit growth, with July container volumes climbed 21 percent over July 2024 to 392,829 twenty-foot equivalent units, or TEUs. It was one of Port Houston’s strongest single-month performances, as throughout this year the port has continued to demonstrate strong growth, with year-to-date up 6 percent to 2.56 million TEUs, the fastest pace in the port history. Loaded imports surged 19 percent in July. Loaded exports, ... [+]

Supply Chain Leaders Find Fulfillment, Report

Supply chain professionals showed confidence in their fulfillment systems for 2025, said Deposco, the supply chain software provider, in its newly released Peak Season Confidence Report 2025: How 26 Percent of Leaders Plan to Outperform the Competition. The report said 84 percent of respondents expressed confidence in their fulfillment systems. It ... [+]

TOTE Services Adds State of Maine to NSMV Fleet

TOTE Services, Hanwha Philly Shipyard, Maine Maritime Academy and the U.S. Maritime Administration christened the third of five National Security Multi-Mission vessels (NSMVs), State of Maine, on Aug. 27. Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation and Labor Elaine Chao, served as the ship's sponsor, which is a special designation that bestows the ... [+]

Gilmore to Port NOLA Chief Engineering Officer

The Port of New Orleans has promoted Chris Gilmore to chief engineering officer, vice president of engineering and program management at Port NOLA. Gilmore was instrumental in advancing major infrastructure initiatives and has served as project leader for the Louisiana International Terminal (LIT), Port NOLA said. In his new role, he ... [+]

Russian, Ukrainian Grain Shipments Plunge 49%

Russian and Ukrainian grain shipments plunged a combined 49 percent year-over-year between January and August 2025, according to a report from BIMCO, the Danish shipping association. Both countries had a smaller export surplus following weaker grain harvests in the second half of 2024. “Overall, the combined production from both countries was ... [+]

DHL Halts Handling Postal Goods to US Customers

Deutsche Post and DHL Parcel Germany are no longer accepting and transporting parcels and postal items containing goods from business customers destined for the U.S., due to a Trump executive order suspending duty-free de minimis shipments. With the executive order "Suspending Duty-Free De Minimis Treatment for all Countries," Deutsche Post and ... [+]

Atlas Air, DSV Agree on Dedicated 777 Freighter

Atlas Air Inc., a subsidiary of Atlas Air Worldwide, the provider of outsourced aviation logistics, announced a new long-term agreement with DSV, to provide dedicated airfreight services for the airfreight forwarder and transport and logistics supplier. Under the agreement, Atlas Air will operate one of its newly delivered 777-200Fs exclusively on ... [+]

AAL Super B-Class ‘Antwerp’ Delivers in Dover

The AAL Antwerp has marked both its own and the wider AAL Shipping Super B-Class fleet’s maiden call in Dover with the successful delivery of a 330-tonne transformer and associated project cargo units. The components are to be used in the ongoing redevelopment of the Sellindge Substation, a key facility within ... [+]

CSX, BNSF Join NS-UP in Transcontinental Tie-up

CSX Corp. and BNSF said Aug. 22 they are introducing several direct, coast-to-coast intermodal services, following Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announcement July 29 to create a transcontinental railroad. Jacksonville, Florida based CSX and BNSF, based in Fort Worth, Texas, said their partnership will deliver “flexibility, efficiency and value for their ... [+]

Herrman Tapped as CFO for YMX Fast Expansion

YMX Logistics, a provider of integrated yard logistics, has appointed Chris Herrman as chief financial officer, with more than 25 years of executive financial leadership in transportation and energy. Herrman will oversee accounting budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting for YMX Logistics, whose services include gate management, spotting and shuttling services, trailer ... [+]