Trucking industry facing ‘horrible’ rates, tariffs, Werner CEO says
SAN ANTONIO — At the WEX OTR Summit, Derek Leathers, chairman and CEO of Werner Enterprises, warned of tight capacity and higher operating costs in the tr...
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Nearly one-third of EV charging attempts fail, report finds
A newly released report by ChargerHelp! shows that while 64% of Americans now live within two miles of an electric vehicle charging station, nearly one-third of...
Drop for rail freight in latest week
U.S. rail traffic showed one of its biggest single-week dips compared to 2024 for the week ending Sept. 6, with volume down 2.4% compared to the same week a yea...
Boluda buys Boskalis towage arm in Australia and Papua New Guinea for $640m
Spanish towage giant Boluda has struck a $640m deal to acquire Royal Boskalis’ harbour towage and salvage business in Australia and Papua New Guinea, cementin...
Maritime CEO Forum Singapore: Inefficiencies created by politics drive dry bulk
The closing session of last week’s Maritime CEO Forum, held at the historic Fullerton Hotel in Singapore, turned its focus to the outlook for the dry bulk tra...
Cincinnati airport adds facility for non-express cargo
Shippers of non-express, general cargo have a new outlet for moving their goods on passenger or freighter aircraft with the opening on Wednesday of an 80,000 sq...
Trade war? Savannah containers near record volume
The Port of Savannah handled 534,037 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) in August, a 9% increase year-on-year, and the third highest volume in its hi...
Garuda Indonesia Cargo joins WebCargo by Freightos
Freightos Limited (NASDAQ: CRGO) announced that Garuda Indonesia Cargo has joined WebCargo by Freightos, offering freight forwarders real-time digital eBooking....
Asia-West Coast container rates plummet; demand seen waning through year-end
Container rates on the eastbound trans-Pacific continued their plunge as ocean lines increase blank sailings amid weak demand that’s expected to persist throu...
Japan’s big six ports see July volume dip 0.4%
According to Japan International Freight Forwarders Association (JIFFA), Japan’s six largest ports handled 1.16 million TEUs of oceangoing containers in July,...
Freight expected to roll on during shutdown
WASHINGTON — In the event the federal government shuts down at midnight Tuesday, freight supply chains, in the short term, should be largely unaffected. ...
Port of Savannah container volumes rise 9% in August
The Port of Savannah handled 534,037 TEUs in August, up 44,000 TEUs or 9% year-over-year. It was the third-busiest month in Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) histor...