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August 2025

Port Milwaukee Named Great Lakes ‘Pacesetter’

U.S. Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. (GLS), an operating administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation, has awarded Port Milwaukee the Robert J. Lewis Pacesetter Award for the 16th time. The award recognizes ports in the Great Lakes and along the St. Lawrence Seaway whose activities increased international tonnage. Port Milwaukee in 2024 increased international tonnage through the Seaway by 70 percent, shipping more than 324,000 tonnes of international freight. ... [+]

Long Beach Commission Elects Colonna President

Long Beach Harbor Commission Vice President Frank Colonna was elected president of the five-person board that oversees the Port of Long Beach. The board also selected Steven Neal as vice president and Sharon L. Weissman as secretary. Commissioners on every July select a president and two board members to serve one-year ... [+]

July Imports Surge to 2.62M TEUs, Descartes

Descartes’ August Global Shipping Report reported that July imports, at 2.62 million twenty-foot equivalent units, surged 18 percent over June and 2.6 percent higher year-over-year The import total, according to Descartes Datamyne, its global trade intelligence platform, was just 555 TEUs from the monthly record. Imports from China surged 44.4 percent month-over-month ... [+]

CH Robinson Market Report Becomes Edge Report

C.H. Robinson said it has relaunched its Freight Market Update as the C.H Robinson Edge Report, aimed at giving companies and decision-makers an edge in a fast-changing world economy where supply chains can make or break business success. The Eden Prairie, Minnesota-based company called the monthly Freight Market Update “an indispensable ... [+]

Container Rates Decline Continues, Drewry

Drewry's World Container Index, or WCI, decreased 4 percent to US$2,250 per 40-foot container the week of Aug. 31. It was the 10th consecutive weekly decline and continued to stabilize after a volatile period. The unpredictability began, Drewry said, after U.S. tariffs were announced in April, which caused rates to surge ... [+]

Thyssenkrupp Halts Green Hydrogen Projects

Thyssenkrupp Nucera said its U.S. projects unit is abandoning those projected seen as no longer feasible due to tax and spending changes initiated by U.S. President Donald Trump. Global demand for green hydrogen had stalled amid concern among clean-tech players over what Trump's policies would mean for the industry. But Thyssenkrupp ... [+]

Blue Water Switches Port Operations Fuel to HVO

Blue Water, in its efforts to reduce the company's CO2 emissions, has introduced HVO, or hydrotreated vegetable oil diesel, as fuel for port activities in Esbjerg, Aarus and Lindø, Denmark. The shipping line said its switch to HVO diesel will reduce emissions by up to 90 percent compared to traditional diesel. ... [+]

Brazil Brewer Uses Descartes Routing Solution

Descartes Systems Group, a provider of on-demand, software-as-a-service logistics solutions, said Brazil’s Grupo Petrópolis is using its routing and fleet management solution to enhance its nationwide beverage distribution operations using about 2,900 vehicles. The Descartes solution helped beermaker Grupo Petrópolis achieve a 98 percent on-time delivery rate while reducing overtime hours ... [+]

Demand Surges for CH Robinson’s ACE Import Tool

Global logistics service provider C.H. Robinson reported a surge in demand for its ACE Import Intelligence tool, a proprietary self-serve compliance platform that gives importers greater visibility and control over their customs data. Originally developed three years ago with foresight into evolving trade conditions, the Automated Commercial Environment tool, or ACE, ... [+]

Louisiana Ports to Collaborate on Strategy

The five deepwater Louisiana ports of Lower Mississippi River, or LMR, have entered into an agreement to develop a collaborative marketing strategy. The Port of Greater Baton Rouge, Port of South Louisiana, Port of New Orleans, St. Bernard Port, Harbor and Terminal District, and Louisiana Gateway Port created the collaboration  to ... [+]

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