Freight News
Rand Logistics, Inc. has introduced its newest Canadian self-unloading vessel, the M/V Manitoulin, into service. The new vessel has the largest carrying capacity of any existing river class self-unloader and is anticipated to be the most efficient vessel of its class on the Great Lakes.
The new addition increases the size of Rand's fleet to 16, including 10 Canadian flagged and 6 U.S. flagged vessels, and supports recent new long-term contracts, ...
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Thorco Shipping has acquired five large modern tweendeckers. The acquisition is a part of Thorco’s strategy to keep their fleet young and modern to maintain their strong position as a market leader regarding the quality and size of the fleet.
Thorco Shipping holds one of the ...
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Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, along with state and local elected officials, announced on December 3 a new 30-year contract between the Maryland Department of Transportation’s Maryland Port Administration and the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore’s top roll on/roll off customer, global shipping and logistics ...
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released data for global air freight markets showing that air cargo volumes measured by freight tonne kilometers rose just 0.5% in October compared to a year ago. Year-over-year expansion fell back from September’s faster growth rate, and total ...
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The gloomy outlook for the dry bulk shipping market continues to afflict shipowners and the market is not expected to return to profitability before 2017, according to the Dry Bulk Forecaster report published by global shipping consultancy Drewry.
Ship owners continue to struggle to recover their ...
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NVOCC and freight consolidator CaroTrans has announced a new, direct, biweekly LCL export service between Miami and Manaus, Brazil where container volumes have grown considerably the last 10 years. The first sailing occurred November 29th.
Miami serves as a strategic consolidations hub for freight originating from ...
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News hailing from December 3: Congress has passed a long-term reauthorization of the Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank and surface transportation bill.
Groups, such as the Washington Council on International Trade (WCIT) and its members – farmers, manufacturers, retailers and service providers from across Washington state – celebrate ...
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CEVA Logistics has appointed Oriol Bartol to the position of Director Contract Logistics for Iberia. He will also join the company’s Board of Directors in Iberia.
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Kerry Logistics Network Limited, a leading logistics service provider in Asia, has been presented with the International Award at the DHL/SCMP Hong Kong Business Awards 2015.
A dazzling award ceremony attended by senior executives and dignitaries was held in Hong Kong on Dec. 3 to jointly ...
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Axalta Coating Systems, a global coatings company, is using Amber Road’s Export On-Demand solution. Amber Road offers a leading provider of global trade management (GTM) solutions
Axalta develops, manufactures and sells a wide selection of performance and transportation coatings to more than 120,000 customers in 130 countries. ...
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