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DHL Global Forwarding said it will implement a new international airfreight inland fuel surcharge in response to rising trucking fuel costs.
The surcharge is set at 5 cents per kilogram, with a minimum charge of US$10, and applies to first- and last-mile trucking movements within the U.S. supporting international air cargo shipments.
The company said the adjustment reflects recent increases in fuel surcharges charged by its trucking partners and will be applied ...
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U.S. import volumes at major container ports are expected to post their first month-over-month increase in six months in January but remain below year-earlier levels until late spring, according to the latest Global Port Tracker report from the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.
January volume ...
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President Donald J. Trump on Jan. 28 designated Laura DiBella to serve as chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission.
DiBella was sworn in as a new commissioner about three weeks earlier; she was nominated by Trump Dec. 18 and confirmed by the Senate on Dec. 18 ...
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The Port of Long Beach plans to double its annual container capacity to 20 million TEUs by 2050 after posting a record year in 2025, CEO Noel Hacegaba said at his first State of the Port address, Jan. 15.
The port moved 9.88 million twenty-foot-equivalent units, ...
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U.S. retail sales posted strong growth in December, bringing 2025 holiday spending in line with forecasts for record results, according to the CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor.
Holiday sales from Nov. 1 through Dec. 31 rose 4.1 percent from a year earlier, near the upper end of the ...
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Small business confidence continued to climb in the third quarter, according to the latest Small Business Index from MetLife and U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
The third quarter index score of 72, up from 65.2 last quarter, was driven by improved views of both the national and ...
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President Trump on July 30 issued an executive order suspending commercial de minimis entries from all countries as of Aug. 29.
Trump said he is taking this action under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA, to prevent evasion of the “reciprocal” tariffs he imposed ...
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At 2025’s halfway point, it’s still anyone’s guess as to the impact new tariffs and government upheaval will have on the U.S. economy, admitted National Retail Federation Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz July 8.
“This year began with high expectations for the strength of the U.S. economy,” ...
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Trade moving through the Port of Long Beach declined 8.2 percent in May due to tariffs and retaliatory tariffs, but a temporary pause on those fees will likely trigger a cargo surge by late June.
Dockworkers and terminal operators processed 639,160 twenty-foot equivalent units, or TEUs ...
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Tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump have not yet led the U.S. into a recession, but worries over the economy are widespread and growing despite continued job and income gains, National Retail Federation Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz said May 7.
“The possibility of a U.S. recession ...
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