Freight Business Journal North America

Atlas Air, DSV Agree on Dedicated 777 Freighter Atlas Air Inc., a subsidiary of Atlas Air Worldwide, the provider of outsourced aviation logistics, announced a new long-term agreement with DSV, …

DHL Halts Handling Postal Goods to US Customers Deutsche Post and DHL Parcel Germany are no longer accepting and transporting parcels and postal items containing goods from business customers destined …

Russian, Ukrainian Grain Shipments Plunge 49% Russian and Ukrainian grain shipments plunged a combined 49 percent year-over-year between January and August 2025, according to a report from BIMCO, the Danish …

Gilmore to Port NOLA Chief Engineering Officer The Port of New Orleans has promoted Chris Gilmore to chief engineering officer, vice president of engineering and program management at Port NOLA. …

TOTE Services Adds State of Maine to NSMV Fleet TOTE Services, Hanwha Philly Shipyard, Maine Maritime Academy and the U.S. Maritime Administration christened the third of five National Security Multi-Mission …

Supply Chain Leaders Find Fulfillment, Report Supply chain professionals showed confidence in their fulfillment systems for 2025, said Deposco, the supply chain software provider, in its newly released Peak Season …

Port Houston Terminals See Double-digit July Port Houston said its public terminals saw double-digit growth, with July container volumes climbed 21 percent over July 2024 to 392,829 twenty-foot equivalent units, …

AAL Super B-Class ‘Antwerp’ Delivers in Dover The AAL Antwerp has marked both its own and the wider AAL Shipping Super B-Class fleet’s maiden call in Dover with the successful …

CSX, BNSF Join NS-UP in Transcontinental Tie-up CSX Corp. and BNSF said Aug. 22 they are introducing several direct, coast-to-coast intermodal services, following Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern announcement July …

CH Robinson Market Report Becomes Edge Report C.H. Robinson said it has relaunched its Freight Market Update as the C.H Robinson Edge Report, aimed at giving companies and decision-makers an …

July Imports Surge to 2.62M TEUs, Descartes Descartes’ August Global Shipping Report reported that July imports, at 2.62 million twenty-foot equivalent units, surged 18 percent over June and 2.6 percent …

Long Beach Commission Elects Colonna President Long Beach Harbor Commission Vice President Frank Colonna was elected president of the five-person board that oversees the Port of Long Beach. The board …

Port Milwaukee Named Great Lakes ‘Pacesetter’ U.S. Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. (GLS), an operating administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation, has awarded Port Milwaukee the Robert …

Herrman Tapped as CEO for YMX Fast Expansion YMX Logistics, a provider of integrated yard logistics, has appointed Chris Herrman as chief financial officer, with more than 25 years of …

Container Rates Decline Continues, Drewry Drewry’s World Container Index, or WCI, decreased 4 percent to US$2,250 per 40-foot container the week of Aug. 31. It was the 10th consecutive weekly …

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 …