Freight News
The American Trucking Associations has released the latest edition of ATA American Trucking Trends 2017, the annual compendium of data about the trucking industry. Among the findings in this year’s Trends is that trucking industry revenues in 2016 were $676.2 billion.
“The information in Trends highlights exactly what I tell elected officials, regulators and key decision-makers every day: trucking is literally the driving force behind our great economy,” said ATA President and CEO Chris Spear. “Safe, reliable and ...
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Port Everglades is gaining a Northern European ocean-shipping route as the 2M Alliance begins service with Wednesday calls starting on August 16. The 2M Alliance is a vessel sharing agreement between Maersk and MSC.
The 2M Alliance "TA1/NEUATL1" new service rotation will be Antwerp, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, ...
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project44, a Chicago-based enterprise company bringing automation and visibility to the transportation and logistics space, and 3GTMS, a global provider of Tier 1 transportation management software (TMS), announced the launch of a comprehensive global integration that will provide real-time full lifecycle LTL and Volume automation ...
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), grew by 10.4% in the first-half of 2017 compared to the first-half of 2016. This was the strongest first half-year performance since air ...
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Seven companies located throughout Virginia are recipients of grant money from The Port of Virginia® Economic and Infrastructure Development Grant Program. That program is designed to encourage investment, reinvestment and job creation among companies in Virginia that are port users.
In fiscal year 2017, the seven ...
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With the first round of negotiations to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) beginning in Washington, America’s sweetener users urged negotiators to expand, not further restrict, trade in sugar.
“On behalf of America’s food and beverage companies that use sugar in the products they ...
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Virgin Atlantic has appointed Alliance Ground International (AGI) as its cargo handler in San Francisco to support its growing operations at the U.S West Coast airport.
The airline operates twice-daily services connecting London Heathrow and San Francisco and added another three direct flights a week from ...
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Werner Enterprises was named a Top 3PL and Cold Storage Provider by Food Logistics.
“Werner is proud to be named a Top 3PL and Cold Storage Provider,” said President and CEO Derek Leathers. “We remain committed to providing world-class logistics solutions to meet the diverse needs ...
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The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) welcomes the joint statement by Congressional and Administration leadership that drops the border adjustment tax from tax reform discussions.
“The border adjustment tax was a bad idea looking for a place to happen. Luckily it will not happen in ...
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The Canada–Ukraine Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA) came into effect on August 1, 2017. Products originating in Ukraine for importation into Canada and products originating in Canada for importation into Ukraine now receive preferential tariff treatment on the basis of the origin declaration.
Approximately 98% of Ukrainian ...
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