"The Port of Los Angeles ranks as the nation鈥檚 No. 1 container port,鈥 Gene Seroka emphasizes. In the annual State of the Port address, the executive director detailed his vision for the port regarding economic growth and environmental actions.聽
January 18, 2024shipping News Updates
US Calls Houthi Shipping Threat an 鈥楢ll Hands on Deck鈥 Issue
The U.S. launched a new strike against the Yemen-based Houthis on Jan. 16, hitting anti-ship missiles in the third assault on the Iranian-backed group in recent days, the U.S. military said.
January 16, 2024Amazon Business Tops 2023 Global Freight List
Amazon's extensive 3PL operation landed it atop this year's TT Top 50 Global Freight Companies list.
November 3, 2023Strike Halts All Shipping on St. Lawrence Seaway
MINNEAPOLIS 鈥 A strike has shut down all shipping on the St. Lawrence Seaway, interrupting exports of grain and other goods from Canada and the U.S. via the Great Lakes to the rest of the world.
October 26, 2023Port of Long Beach鈥檚 Hacegaba Sees Better Days Ahead in 2024
LONG BEACH, Calif 鈥斅燩ort of Long Beach Chief Operating Officer Noel Hacegaba said the port is down nearly 27% year-to-date compared with 2022, but he believes business is turning around.聽
September 14, 2023Transportation Stakeholders See Slow Growth in 2024
LONG BEACH, Calif. 鈥 Shippers and transportation companies hope that the fall peak season pushes the industry out of the freight recession, an IANA Intermodal Expo panelist said Sept. 12.
September 13, 2023Panama Canal Says Shipping Congestion Will Last Into 2024
The operator of the Panama Canal said there鈥檚 no immediate prospect of relief from the drought that鈥檚 reduced water levels and snarled shipping and global supply chains.
September 12, 2023Revived Amazon Service for Sellers Competes With UPS, FedEx
Amazon has restarted a shipping service it paused in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic and that competes with carriers such as FedEx and UPS.
August 18, 2023Amazon Imposing Fee on Sellers Who Do Their Own Shipping
Amazon.com Inc. is imposing a new fee on merchants who don鈥檛 use the company鈥檚 logistics services, a change many of these sellers consider coercive and surprising.
August 16, 2023Midwest Rivers鈥 Falling Water Levels Raise Shipping Concerns
Water levels on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers are falling for a second straight year, raising the prospect of shipping problems along the all-important U.S. freight routes.
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