Containership orders break new record in 2025
COSCO and Hapag-Lloyd’s new orders last week have lifted the total number of containerships ordered in 2025 to a record 633 ships for 5.08m teu, according to ...
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Deep South Democrats back UP-NS rail merger
All politics is local – unless it’s transcontinental.Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern won the backing of Democratic congressmen from two Deep South st...
AD Ports Group intent to launch mandatory tender offer for Alexandria Container & Cargo Handling Company
AD Ports Group announced its intention to launch a cash Mandatory Tender Offer to acquire an additional stake in Alexandria Container & Cargo Handling Company, ...
Jacobs stepping down as XPO, GXO chair to focus on QXO
Brad Jacobs, who built freight transportation provider XPO which begat contract logistics provider GXO, is stepping down as chairman of the two companies.Jacobs...
Mosaic delivers Orderful’s strategy to remove EDI mapping
Electronic data interchange (EDI) platform Orderful announced Monday it has released its latest integration product, Mosaic, which leverages artificial intelli...
Borderlands Mexico: Customs overhaul may reshape cross-border manufacturing, expert says
Borderlands Mexico is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Customs overhaul may res...
Three Teamsters locals come together to set new deal with Sysco
Three separate West Coast Teamsters locals have teamed up to secure a new contract with food distributor Sysco in an unusual arrangement.The union announced thi...
Element Shipmanagement enters dry
Greek owner Element Shipmanagement has moved into the popular handysize segment, reshaping its once pure-play container strategy. The Piraeus-based outfit made ...
Union Pacific sets date for historic rail merger filing
Rail freight stakeholders can mark up their merger calendars.Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern plan to file their formal merger application with federal regula...
DOT advisors push massive freight tunnel, truck-parking projects
WASHINGTON — A panel of private-sector advisors to the U.S. Department of Transportation is recommending that DOT coordinate two major infrastructure proj...
V Group makes surprise boxship debut
Greek conglomerate V Group is making its first move into containership ownership, signing contracts for a pair of Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard (GWS) 1,930 teu ba...
China’s BYD plots marine push in tie-up with Corvus
China’s BYD, the world’s fourth largest car manufacturer, is looking at getting into marine.Subsidiary BYD Energy Storage has signed a memorandum of underst...