Freight Business Journal North America

Demand Surges for CH Robinson’s ACE Import Tool Global logistics service provider C.H. Robinson reported a surge in demand for its ACE Import Intelligence tool, a proprietary self-serve compliance platform …

Brazil Brewer Uses Descartes Routing Solution Descartes Systems Group, a provider of on-demand, software-as-a-service logistics solutions, said Brazil’s Grupo Petrópolis is using its routing and fleet management solution to enhance …

Blue Water Switches Port Operations Fuel to HVO Blue Water, in its efforts to reduce the company’s CO2 emissions, has introduced HVO, or hydrotreated vegetable oil diesel, as fuel for …

Thyssenkrupp Halts Green Hydrogen Projects Thyssenkrupp Nucera said its U.S. projects unit is abandoning those projected seen as no longer feasible due to tax and spending changes initiated by U.S. …

Bek Succeeds Thomsen as Blue Water CEO Thomas Bek, a 29-year veteran of Blue Water, is succeeding CEO Søren Nørgaard Thomsen, who is leaving the transport and logistics group after …

DOT Grants Advance Port of Coos Bay’s PCIP The Oregon Port of Coos Bay has executed two major federal grant agreements with the U.S. Department of Transportation, a pivotal milestone …

GE Appliances to Invest $3B in US Operations Haier-owned GE Appliances said Aug. 13 that it plans to invest more than US$3 billion over five years in its U.S. operations …

Hapag-Lloyd Sees 1H Growth in Volatile Market At its midway point in is financial year, shipping line Hapag-Lloyd saw significantly increased transport in a volatile shipping market characterized by chaotic …

Louisiana Ports to Collaborate on Strategy The five deepwater Louisiana ports of Lower Mississippi River, or LMR, have entered into an agreement to develop a collaborative marketing strategy. The Port …

Hanseatic Global Terminals Launches Latam HQ Hanseatic Global Terminals said it has launched Hanseatic Global Terminals Latin America, the brand’s first-ever regional expansion and a significant step in the company’s …

Georgia Ports Container Trade up 8.6% in FY 2025 The Georgia Ports Authority’s fiscal year 2025 was its second-busiest year on record, with container volume reaching 5.7 million twenty-foot-equivalent units, …

US Grain Exports Grow 9% Despite China Tariffs U.S. seaborne grain shipments improved 9 percent in the first half of 2025, despite retaliatory tariffs that caused U.S. grain exports to …

UP, NS to Create US Transcontinental Railroad Union Pacific Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. on July 39 announced an agreement to create the first U.S. transcontinental railroad, connecting more than …

Rusovich Named C. Alvin Bertel Award Winner The World Trade Center New Orleans has named Gregory Rusovich, CEO of Transoceanic Development, as the recipient of the 2025 C. Alvin Bertel …

BIFA Weighs in on Heathrow Airport Expansion British International Freight Association Director General Steve Parker, while echoing BIFA’s support for Heathrow Airport’s long overdue expansion, has called for the UK …

PermaCold Builds Cold Storage Near Brunswick Georgia Ports broke ground in July on a new PermaCold Logistics 216,000 square-foot cold storage facility near Brunswick, adding 30,000 pallet positions. The building …

Port of Palm Beach Takes Expansion for Granite The Port of Palm Beach has signed a new lease agreement with Thalle Construction Co. and SAB Solutions that will increase inbound …

Brazil Brewer Uses Descartes Routing Solution Descartes Systems Group, a provider of on-demand, software-as-a-service logistics solutions, said Brazil’s Grupo Petrópolis is using its routing and fleet management solution to enhance …

Demand Surges for CH Robinson’s ACE Import Tool Global logistics service provider C.H. Robinson reported a surge in demand for its ACE Import Intelligence tool, a proprietary self-serve compliance platform …

CH Robinson’s Q2 Earnings Beat Forecasts C.H. Robinson reported a better-than-expected second quarter net income of US$152.5 million, exceeding analyst consensus estimates. Adjusted income from operations increased to US$220 million …

Drewry Index Sees Container Rates Stabilize Drewry’s World Container Index, or WCI, declined 1 percent to US$2,499 per 40-foot container the week of July 31, and continued to stabilize after …

Warehouse Space to Tighten, ITS Logistics ITS Logistics, the asset-based North American third-party logistics provider, said its second quarter U.S. Distribution and Fulfillment Index, powered by Cresa, sees a tightening …

ICHCA Analysis Focuses on Fatalities Risks The International Cargo Handling Coordination Association, or ICHCA, has conducted an analysis of nearly 500 incidents involving shore workers over the last 25 years, …

Transpacific Rates Continue to Slide, Xeneta Market average spot rates from the Far East to U.S. West Coast increased 10 percent by mid-month but steadily declined to US$2,264 per 40-foot …

Trump to Suspend De Minimis Exception Aug. 29 President Trump on July 30 issued an executive order suspending commercial de minimis entries from all countries as of Aug. 29. Trump …

ONE Advances Ship Recycling Policy, Joins SRTI Ocean Network Express, or ONE, has advanced its green strategy by implementing a ship recycling policy and joining the Ship Recycling Transparency Initiative, …

Ship Recycling to Double to 16,000 Ships, BIMCO Global ship recycling could double to 16,000 ships, totaling more than 700 million deadweight tonnes over the next 10 years, said Niels …

Oregon to Invest $100 Million in Coos Bay’s PCIP The Oregon Legislature on June 30 approved a landmark US$100 million investment in the Pacific Coast Intermodal Port, or PCIP, a …

Davies Turner, MGF Partner on Canada Services UK freight and logistics provider Davies Turner has signed a partnership agreement with Manitoulin Global Forwarding, or MGF, the Canadian transportation specialist. Davies …

IATA Certifies FedEx’s Pharma Quality Program FedEx Corp. said the International Air Transport Association, or IATA recognized the integrated giant’s Global Healthcare Quality Program with the CEIV Pharma Corporate Certification. …

GEODIS Names Ritchey to Lead Americas Region GEODIS said it has appointed Laura Ritchey as president and CEO of the global transport and logistics provider Americas region. She succeeds Mike …

DHL Global Forwarding Promotes Young to CEO DHL Global Forwarding said Michael Young will assume the role CEO for the U.S. Aug. 1, replacing Robert Reiter, who will exit the …

US Policies Yield ‘Anxiety and Confusion,’ NRF At 2025’s halfway point, it’s still anyone’s guess as to the impact new tariffs and government upheaval will have on the U.S. economy, …

ITS Starts Long Beach Pier G Terminal Expansion International Transportation Service broke ground July 11 on a US$365 million terminal expansion project at the Port of Long Beach, aimed at …

US Ports Import Rebound to Be Short-lived, NRF Though import cargo at major U.S. container ports were poised to rebound in July following a double-digit late spring plunge, a late …

Long Beach Blames Tariffs for 8.2% May Cargo Dip Trade moving through the Port of Long Beach declined 8.2 percent in May due to tariffs and retaliatory tariffs, but a …

Maersk Introduces New Dual-fuel Vessel Class Ocean logistics giant A.P. Moller – Maersk named the first vessel in a series of 17,480 TEU vessels equipped with dual-fuel methanol propulsion, at …

GEODIS Expands Mexico Nearshoring Operations GEODIS has opened an office in Guadalajara, Jalisco, to support the growth of the global logistics provider’s growing nearshoring freight forwarding business in Mexico. The …

DHL Hikes International Small Package Rates Parcel service giant DHL said it will “moderately increase” prices for private customer parcels and small packages sent abroad, effective July 1. DHL said …

ONE Adds Sixth Ammonia-Methanol-ready Vessel Ocean Network Express held a naming ceremony for the ONE Singapore, the sixth vessel in a series of 20 ammonia/methanol ready container vessels at the …

Americold Teams with DP World, CPKC in Canada Americold Realty Trust, a provider of temperature-controlled logistics, real estate and value-added services, said May 29 it has begun work on its …

Port Milwaukee: Great Lakes Demonstrate Value Benefitting from a major U.S. policy change, Port Milwaukee held an event June 16 to spotlight the vital role the Great Lakes maritime industry …

OECD Lowers 2025-26 Global, US Forecast Global economic prospects are weakening, with substantial barriers to trade, tighter financial conditions, diminishing confidence and heightened policy uncertainty projected to have adverse impacts …

DOT Proposal Would Slash Trucking Regulations The U.S. Department of Transportation has proposed slashing or amending about two dozen federal trucking regulations — major and minor — that the agency …

Freedom Intermodal, NOPB Expand at Port NOLA The New Orleans Public Belt Railroad, or NOPB, said it has strengthened its partnership with Freedom International Tank Services, a full-service, logistics provider …

Consumers ‘Seeing Way Through’ Tariffs, NRF U.S. Census Bureau data released June 17 showed continued growth in core retail sales – which exclude autos, gas and restaurants – in May …

Tariffs Topple LA Port Volume, FY 2025-26 Budget The Port of Los Angeles blamed the impacts of tariffs on imports and exports, as its May volume fell 5 percent to …

Atlas Air Sustainability Report Shows Progress Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings released its sixth Sustainability Report 2024 May 22, highlighting the initiatives and programs that are helping move the company forward …

DP World to Invest $760 Million in Port of Caucedo DP World said May 15 it will invest US$760 million to expand the Dominican Republic Port of Caucedo, which it …

Fednav CEO Paul Pathy Elected BIMCO President BIMCO, the world’s largest shipping association, elected Fednav President and CEO Paul Pathy as the organization’s 47th president at its May 14 general …