Freight Business Journal North America

CH Robinson Moves AI Across Global Forwarding C.H. Robinson has extended its artificial-intelligence tools into ocean shipping, airfreight and customs brokerage, automating portions of freight quoting, booking and document processing. …

Bulker Supply to Outpace Demand, BIMCO The dry bulk shipping market is expected to weaken in 2027 as accelerating vessel deliveries outpace demand growth under either of BIMCO’s two Strait …

Trailer Bridge Names Caribbean Vet Gittens CEO Trailer Bridge appointed Charles Gittens chief executive officer, effective Nov. 2. Gittens brings more than 30 years of transportation and logistics experience, including …

Galveston Chief Rees Elected TPA President Rodger Rees, Galveston Wharves port director and CEO, was elected president of the Texas Ports Association for a two-year term. Rees, who has served …

Port Tampa Bay Channel Project Advances The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began geotechnical investigations supporting a proposed four-foot deepening of Port Tampa Bay’s federal navigation channel. The work involves …

GEODIS Gains Poland Defense Certification GEODIS has obtained certification in Poland permitting it to expand international forwarding services involving strategically sensitive and dual-use goods. The Internal Compliance Programme certificate, known …

Herschel Automates Parcel, LTL Shipping Herschel Parts has consolidated parcel and less-than-truckload shipping within an enterprise resource planning-integrated system, eliminating about 10 hours of weekly manual data entry. The agricultural …

Pelicargo Adds Qatar Airways Booking Access Pelicargo has integrated its digital airfreight procurement platform with Qatar Airways Cargo, giving U.S. freight forwarders access to the carrier’s rates, capacity and booking …

Qatar Expands US, Europe Freighters Network Qatar Airways Cargo is expanding its Boeing 777 freighter network with new or restored services involving New York, Dallas/Fort Worth, Copenhagen and Warsaw. The …

Delta Cargo Opens CargoWise Booking Access Delta Cargo has connected its global network to CargoWise, allowing freight forwarders to obtain schedules, rates and available capacity and manage bookings without leaving …

WiseTech Outlook Flags Rising Asia Trade Risk Ocean freight capacity and reliability risks are increasing on major Asia trade lanes, according to WiseTech Global’s October Ocean Freight Risk Outlook. WiseTech …

Coos Bay Lands $204.8 Million Rail Grant The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay has been selected to receive $204.8 million in federal funding for rail improvements supporting its proposed …

China Widens Shipbuilding Lead, BIMCO Says China’s shipyards captured nearly three-quarters of global vessel contracting during the year ended Sept. 1, further extending the country’s lead while raising questions about …

LNG Lifts Port of Corpus Christi Tonnage Port of Corpus Christi customers moved a record 162.7 million tons of cargo through the Corpus Christi Ship Channel during the first nine …

Congestion Supports Freight Rate Floor Persistent port congestion and higher fuel costs could prevent freight rates from returning to earlier levels as peak-season demand begins to ease, according to Freightos. …

EU SAF Mandate Exposes Import Reliance The European Union’s expanding sustainable aviation fuel mandate is exposing a reliance on imported feedstocks, raising questions about supply security and the development of …

BIMCO Tags Ship-efficiency Retrofit Barriers BIMCO has adopted a contractual framework intended to make it easier for shipowners and charterers to agree on investments in energy-saving equipment during a time …

Project Cargo Demand Lifts Toepfer MPP indexes Strong demand for multipurpose vessels capable of carrying project cargo pushed Toepfer Transport’s principal charter indexes higher in October, with reported fixtures in …

Suez Return Could Pressure Charter Markets The container shipping industry’s return to the Suez Canal could weaken time-charter markets and eventually place additional pressure on freight rates as carriers absorb …

Global Container Reliability Falls to 27%, Xeneta Global container shipping schedule reliability declined for a fourth consecutive month in September, falling 2 percentage points to 27 percent, according to Xeneta. …

AMS Barging Adds Felicitas to Tanker Fleet Dutch inland shipping company AMS Barging has added the 9,000-cubic-meter tanker Felicitas to its European fleet. The 135-meter vessel was christened in Rotterdam …

DHL Names Schneider to Lead Investor Relations DHL Group said Robert Schneider will become executive vice president of investor relations April 1, succeeding Martin Ziegenbalg, who plans to retire in …

Tight Truck Capacity Causes Intermodal Shift Tightening U.S. truckload capacity is pushing more freight into intermodal and LTL networks as shippers seek alternatives to rising trucking costs, according to C.H. …

Suez Experiment Approaches Its Litmus Test The Suez experiment is approaching its litmus test. After more than two years of trial voyages, security assessments and cautious rerouting, container lines are …

CH Robinson to Buy RXO; Investors Question Deal C.H. Robinson plans to migrate RXO’s overlapping truckload and less-than-truckload operations onto its Navisphere platform and apply the productivity model behind its …

Rail, EV Trucks Reshape Long Beach Inland Moves A combination of short-haul rail and zero-emission drayage is emerging at the Port of Long Beach as an alternative model for moving …

Maersk Pioneers US Deep-Sea Ethanol Bunkering Maersk has completed what it says is the first ship-to-ship commercial ethanol bunkering of a deep-sea container vessel in the U.S., testing another potential …

GEODIS Expands Europe Electric Truck Fleet GEODIS has ordered 110 electric heavy-duty trucks as it expands both its battery-electric fleet and charging network in France. The 44-ton trucks, supplied by …

Galveston Leases 30 Acres for LNG Bunkering The Galveston Wharves Board of Trustees has approved a lease and development agreement with Power LNG LLC for a liquefied natural gas production, …

BIMCO Adopts Contract Framework for Retrofits BIMCO has adopted a new contractual framework designed to encourage investment in energy-saving technologies by addressing how shipowners and charterers share the costs and …

AI Stokes Cyberattacks, Expands Attack Surface Booz Allen Hamilton is warning that artificial intelligence is accelerating cyberattacks while allowing intruders to increasingly exploit legitimate identities, software and business processes to …

AI Drives Global Trade to Defy Tariffs, Conflict Global trade is proving more resilient to tariffs and geopolitical disruption than expected, with the artificial intelligence investment boom emerging as a …

ClassNK Certifies Accelleron Emissions Tools Accelleron has received ClassNK certification for two digital tools used to monitor vessel engine efficiency and manage emissions reporting, with the systems collectively deployed aboard …

ATS International Services Promotes Thomassen ATS International Services has named Jay Thomassen vice president and general manager, expanding his responsibilities across the company’s commercial and operational functions. Thomassen previously served …

ONE Restructure Expands Asia-Africa Network Ocean Network Express will consolidate its Asia-Pacific and African regional management effective April 1, 2027, extending a broader restructuring begun this year as the container …

GT USA Expands Port Canaveral Cargo Terminal GT USA will expand its cargo terminal at Port Canaveral by 10 acres under a new lease agreement designed to increase the Florida …

GEODIS to Buy Deret Logistics’ French Operation GEODIS has reached an agreement to acquire portions of French logistics provider Deret Group, adding 28 logistics sites and 13 transport agencies as …

Dangerous Cargoes Largely Undeclared, IATA Undeclared dangerous goods accounted for 81 percent of dangerous-goods incidents reported to the International Air Transport Association during the first half of 2025, as growing …

US-China Dry Bulk Shipments Double, BIMCO U.S. dry bulk shipments to China more than doubled during the first nine months of 2026 as grain volumes recovered from last year’s trade-related …

US, China Tag $60B in Potential Tariff Relief The U.S. and China have recommended about US$60 billion in two-way trade for potential preferential tariff treatment under a new bilateral framework, …

Dachser Acquires Scottish Partner Drummond Dachser is acquiring longtime Scottish partner Drummond Distribution, giving the German logistics provider its first company-owned locations in Scotland and expanding its European groupage network. …

Awery Adds AI Data Query to Air Cargo Platform Awery Aviation Software has launched a beta tool allowing air cargo companies to query operational data stored in its enterprise resource …

Agentic AI Moves into Logistics Operations, DHL Artificial intelligence is beginning to move beyond analyzing logistics operations toward systems capable of independently planning and acting across supply chains, according to …

Box Fleet Growth to Outpace Demand, BIMCO Container shipping is heading toward renewed supply pressure in 2027 as accelerating vessel deliveries outpace demand growth, with a return to normal Suez …

Low-Value E-Commerce Enters New Customs Era A global retreat from duty-free treatment of low-value e-commerce shipments is pushing billions of parcels toward more conventional customs processes, increasing data, duty collection …

Volatile 2027 Forces Shippers to Rethink Tender Ocean freight procurement teams are rethinking the annual tender as volatile rates, unpredictable surcharges and inconsistent carrier performance make it increasingly difficult to …

Turkish Airlines Orders Boeing 737 MAX Aircraft Turkish Airlines has finalized an order with Boeing for as many as 150 737 MAX aircraft as the carrier continues a major expansion …

Transito Combines Sea, Inland Freight on Rhine Dutch chartering company Transito has launched a service combining sea freight and inland shipping under a single contract as low water on the …

‘K’ Line Takes Delivery of Petronas LNG Carrier Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. (“K” Line) has taken delivery of the 174,000-cubic-meter LNG carrier Puteri Kelantan, the third in a series of …

GEODIS Opens Philippines Forwarding Office GEODIS has opened its first company-owned freight forwarding office in the Philippines, replacing an agent model as the logistics provider expands its presence in a …