News
July 3, 2018
In March, Russian President Vladimir Putin called for a ten-fold increase in Northern Sea Route traffic by 2025, amounting to an annual rate of 80M tons.
July 2, 2018
Commissioners for the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles have approved measures to ensure new trucks just entering drayage service meet the cleanest engine standards, a step designed to accelerate the reduction of harmful air emissions from trucks.
July 2, 2018
One-third of respondents said the hours-of-service (HOS) requirement made it harder to retain drivers, and more than two-thirds said ELDs do not improve driver satisfaction.
July 2, 2018
Nearly two-thirds of procurement professionals believe regulations have increased risks to their businesses over the last three months, according to a survey of 600 professionals in the U.S. and U.K. conducted by Dun & Bradstreet.
July 2, 2018
COSCO Shipping Holdings has received the ‘all clear’ from the Chinese anti-trust body for its proposed USD 6.3 billion takeover of Orient Overseas Container Lines (OOCL).
July 2, 2018
Manila-based International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) has received government approval to service mega vessels at its largest port concession in the Americas.
June 27, 2018
Fearful of losing its status as a key trading port for the UK post-Brexit, the Dutch gateway of Rotterdam is planning trials on UK shipments this year to discover possible choke points.
June 27, 2018
The American Institute for International Steel (AIIS) and two of its member companies, SIM-TEX, LP, of Waller, Texas, and KURT ORBAN PARTNERS, LLC, of Burlingame, California, filed suit today in the United States Court of International Trade in New York City challenging the constitutionality of the statute under which President Trump imposed a 25% tariff on imported steel.
June 26, 2018
The theme of this year’s AIIB meeting is innovation and collaboration in mobilising finance for infrastructure. The issue is extremely relevant for India, whose infrastructural requirements are too large to be financed by the public sector.
June 26, 2018
Trump signaled he may take a less confrontational path toward curbing Chinese investments in sensitive American technologies.