June 2026
Robert J. Harvey was sworn in June 1 as the newest commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission, filling a seat on the five-member agency that regulates the U.S. international ocean transportation system.
Harvey, of Florida, was nominated by President Donald Trump in September 2025 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 18. He will serve a term that expires June 30, 2029.
Before joining the FMC, Harvey served as president and ...
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Dirty tanker exports from the Americas reached a record 14.5 million barrels per day in May, according to BIMCO, as oil producers in the Western Hemisphere moved to offset supply disruptions caused by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
The May total surpassed the previous record of 13.8 million barrels ...
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At first glance, two major transportation stories this month appear to point in opposite directions.
FedEx has completed the spin-off of FedEx Freight, creating a standalone less-than-truckload carrier focused exclusively on the North American LTL market. At the same time, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are seeking regulatory approval to combine ...
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The Federal Maritime Commission has recovered US$1.9 million in civil penalties from Maersk A/S following allegations that the carrier improperly assessed detention charges against third parties that were not contractually bound by the terms of its bills of lading, service contracts or tariffs.
The FMC said May 26 that the settlement ...
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HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and BAR Technologies have signed a three-year memorandum of understanding aimed at accelerating the adoption of WindWings wind-assisted propulsion systems across newbuild commercial vessels.
Announced June 2 during Posidonia 2026, the agreement establishes a strategic partnership focused on integrating BAR Technologies' WindWings technology into vessel designs ...
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Federal authorities have arrested a California resident and chief executive of an Iranian technology company on charges he orchestrated a years-long scheme to acquire and ship U.S.-origin networking, security and encryption equipment to sanctioned Iranian nuclear and military entities.
The U.S. Department of Justice said Jamshid Ghomi, 63, a dual U.S.-Iranian ...
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C.H. Robinson has launched a new artificial intelligence tool designed to continuously assess, improve and operate customer supply chains, marking the latest step in the company’s effort to automate logistics management.
The company said its new “Lean AI Engineer” works alongside the “Lean AI Planner” introduced last year to create what ...
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FedEx Corp. has completed the spin-off of its less-than-truckload subsidiary, FedEx Freight, creating two independent publicly traded transportation companies and concluding one of the most closely watched restructurings in the North American freight sector.
FedEx Freight began trading June 1 on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol FDXF, ...
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The U.S. Department of Justice has appealed a Court of International Trade ruling requiring the federal government to issue broad refunds of tariffs collected under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), injecting new uncertainty into a repayment process that has already returned more than US$20 billion to importers.
The appeal ...
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Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern have cleared an initial regulatory hurdle in their proposed merger to create the nation’s first transcontinental freight railroad, after the Surface Transportation Board accepted the carriers’ revised application for consideration while simultaneously pausing proceedings pending additional information.
The railroads said May 28 that the STB’s decision ...
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