JOC Group, Inc.

Record container traffic between Hamburg and the US combined with increasing imports from China to nudge throughput at Europe's third-largest port back into the black.

The customs pre-arrival security and safety program is being implemented in three steps, starting with ocean and inland waterway carriers in June.

The railroad is tackling one of the major pain points at the Atlanta-area terminal after congestion had gotten so bad in recent years that fleets would pay drivers extra just to go into the facility.

The apparent lifeline comes after port officials announced in April that container service at Portland would end in October due to growing financial losses and the inability to find a third-party operator to take over Terminal 6.

US shippers are playing a direct role in keeping the for-hire truck market soft as they tactically shift freight to in-house fleets, according to Cass Freight Index.

The roughly 1.7 million square feet of cross-dock capacity that has come online over the past two years is a mark of volume growth and the deepening of supply chains through Norfolk's terminals, writes Journal of Commerce Executive Editor Mark Szakonyi.

While the current US freight recession for trucking volumes is rather middling compared to recessions over the last five decades, the severity of the rate decline has been the sharpest and recovery isn't likely until 2025, writes economist Jason Miller.

Local industry observers and carrier executives expect Asian import flows into India to remain buoyant, aided by growing demand for raw materials and semi-finished products needed to support domestic industrial production lines.

The union representing Canada's West Coast longshore foremen say they are holding off a strike vote while a mediation process takes place with maritime employers.

The declines in the carrier's first-quarter net profit and revenue came despite an almost 12% jump in its container volumes to 5.6 million TEUs.