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April U.S. container imports increased 1.2 percent over March and 9.1 percent compared to the same month last year, surpassing 2.41 million TEUs for the second time in 2025, despite the current chaotic trade environment, according to Descartes Systems Group’s May Global Shipping Report.
Year-over-year, April volumes were 25.6 percent above April 2019, underscoring continued strength compared to both recent and pre-pandemic levels. Cumulative imports for the first four months of ...
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The U.S. freight market slowed in March after a robust February, but data for the first quarter of 2025 suggested a turnaround was underway, the American Trucking Associations said April 23 in a Transport Topics report.
Truck freight tonnage in March decreased 1.5 percent after rising ...
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TT Club, the international freight transport insurer, is raising awareness the increasing prevalence of credit fraud over the last 12 months.
Fraudulent strategies can be extremely lucrative for international criminals and the global supply chain is typically low-risk due to the remote nature of the actual ...
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C.H. Robinson has performed more than 3 million shipping tasks with its fleet of generative artificial intelligence agents, proprietary tech tools the global logistics provider has built to automate steps across the lifecycle of a shipment and reduce customers’ speed-to-market from hours to seconds.
“That’s 3 ...
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A Senate bill was reintroduced April 10 that would establish a “unified, federal response” to the rampant spread of cargo theft by criminals who often operate across state and international borders.
The Combating Organized Retail Crime Act, reintroduced by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) ...
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South Carolina Ports completed the US$55 million expansion project at Inland Port Greer on March 26, strengthening the port’s statewide intermodal capabilities and connectivity from the Port of Charleston to inland markets.
Upgrades include an expanded container yard to increase cargo capacity by 50 percent, 9,000 ...
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RoadOne IntermodaLogistics said April 8 it has made strategic hires in its senior leadership team, which it said is positioning itself for strategic growth.
The intermodal logistics provider made hires across key areas including finance, operations, warehousing, pricing, sales and marketing, to position itself for significant ...
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The Trump administration has nominated Derek Barrs to serve as Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator after acting administrator Adrienne Camire inexplicably disappeared from the agency’s top post, Transport Topics reports.
Barrs, a former Florida Highway Patrol chief with more than three decades of public safety ...
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Galveston Wharves staff and construction contractors have provided updates on five projects totaling US$77.5 million to expand and improve our West Port Cargo Complex.
Funding for the projects comes from a US$36 million state grant and port cash reserves, largely generated from our growing cruise business.
Here’s ...
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The World Trade Center New Orleans, or WTCNO hopes to utilize comprehensive analysis to optimize global commodity flows and maximize the economic benefits of the Lower Mississippi River region.
The Lower Mississippi River Commodity Analysis represents a collaborative effort between Louisiana’s five-deep draft ports along the ...
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