Houthi rebels in Yemen warned they will resume drone and missile attacks on Red Sea shipping after Israel and the United States launched attacks on Iran.
A suit against FedEx for a refund of $36 in duties plus fees could expand to millions of plaintiffs if a judge certifies it as a class action in the wake of a Supreme Court decision deeming certain Trump tariffs unlawful.
A federal judge tossed out a lawsuit filed by the International Longshoremen’s Union alleging the Virginia Port Authority had interfered with the newly-signed union contract when it installed automated cranes at one of its container terminals.
U.S. ocean line Matson said its terminal joint venture shored up fourth quarter results as container volumes fell on weaker China traffic.
The Port of Long Beach recorded its second-busiest January ever despite the ongoing effects of the China-U.S. trade war and economic uncertainty.
Just weeks after returning, Maersk will again divert some voyages, including a U.S. service, away from the volatile Red Sea-Suez Canal route.
Ocean Network Express liner operator announces leadership transitions as founding CEO Jeremy Nixon steps down.
Port Houston logs largest January on record; Corpus Christi freight up 6.5% despite crude oil dip
Container gains at this eastern maritime hub led all Canadian ports in 2025.
The operator of a new airport in Mumbai, India, has started building a dedicated cargo facility for FedEx, which currently operates from a shared facility at the city’s legacy airport.
Lessor Air Transport Services Group has pulled the plug on its joint venture for passenger-to-freighter conversions because no airlines are adding modern narrowbody freighters under current market conditions.
A shipper has sued FedEx for repayment of tariffs collected on small parcels after the Supreme Court said the Trump administration was wrong to use emergency authority to impose the import fees.
Major importers are racing to recover tariff payments deemed unconstitutional while President Trump signals a fresh round of duties, keeping supply chains on edge.
DHL has decided to keep vaccines and other medical shipments within its air network instead of booking loads with commercial airlines to maintain cold chain integrity.
Panama on Monday reportedly took over operations of container terminals at the Panama Canal, ending decades-long control by China.
Maersk says it’s digging out from the record blizzard that shut down handling at its Port Newark-Elizabeth container terminal.
Xeneta: Iran tensions could delay Red Sea return While ocean carriers wrangle with too many ships and too little cargo, continuing weak rates on the Asia-U.S. trade route are starting to show up on other benchmark shipping lanes. “Average spot rates are down this week across all main fronthaul trades out of the Far East,” […]
Container terminals and supporting facilities were closed Monday as the Northeast U.S. was pounded by the biggest winter storm in a decade.
Trump could leverage fees on container imports to raise revenue after the Supreme Court declared his emergency tariffs illegal.
FedEx continues to show strong optimism that it will soon begin operating its fleet of MD-11 freighters despite no signs from regulators investigating the deadly UPS accident about when they’ll lift the aircraft’s flight ban.
The world’s fifth-largest ocean shipping line is testing real-time container visibility on 2 million containers.
Container rates continued to fall on Asia-U.S. trade lanes as shippers wait out the Lunar New Year holiday.
Logistec has agreed to acquire IPA Terminal in Altamira, Mexico, expanding its network into Latin America.
When it comes to e-commerce delivery, FedEx only wants longer-haul, heavy and high-value parcels because operating as a local courier for small packages isn’t profitable.
Norfolk Southern and CMA CGM are offering a new door-to-door intermodal service incorporating rail’s reach with truckload simplicity.
Unsettled trade policy and cautious importers were reflected in falling January container volumes at the Port of Los Angeles.
UPS has placed 22 unionized shipping stations on the chopping block, according to court documents discovered by FreightWaves.
AIT Worldwide Logistics traded hands again on Monday, with Greenbriar Equity Group buying a majority piece of the company.
Brandon Fried announced his retirement as head of the Airforwarders Association, effective at the end of the year.
Zim, Israel’s flag ocean carrier, confirmed it will be acquired by Hapag-Lloyd of Germany for $4.2 billion.
UPS says a Teamster lawsuit seeking to stop it from offering a large buyout package to parcel drivers is without merit and should be dismissed by a district court.
Hapag-Lloyd said it is in advanced negotiations to acquire the Israeli flag carrier.
A fee on foreign-built vessels is the linchpin to help fund President Trump’s plan to revive U.S. shipbuilding.
The head of DP World resigned Friday after his links to convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were revealed by a U.S. Congressman.
A closely-watched container price index fell for the fifth consecutive week as lower freight on benchmark ocean routes pressured global rates.
FedEx management on Thursday explained the rationale for their new investment in InPost, a fast-rising European parcel carrier.
FedEx unveiled its four-year growth strategy on Thursday, setting a goal of 14% profit growth by 2029.
A major Canadian pension fund has halted investment with DP World after the Dubai company’s CEO emerged as an associate of deceased American sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
A Hong Kong port terminal operator has threatened legal action after its Panama port contracts were cancelled.
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines said a new executive team will succeed Takeshi Hashimoto as leadership of the Japan-based container carrier.
Muted demand marks the trans-Pacific container market post-Lunar New Year as ocean freight rates are easing earlier than usual.
Hapag-Lloyd container volumes increased on robust trade growth but diverted voyages away from the Red Sea hurt average freight rates.
Despite a decline in China trade traffic, the Port of New York-New Jersey saw loaded containers increase in 2025.
A new Toyota processing center at the Port of Jacksonville is expected to boost vehicle volume by 6%.
FedEx has partnered with three investment companies to buy European parcel carrier InPost and take it private, with both sides leveraging complimentary strengths in last-mile delivery and global distribution.
Sun Country Airlines generated record cargo revenue last quarter as its Amazon flying business took off.
The world’s largest asset manager could back an effort by the world’s biggest container line to buy the busiest container terminal at the leading U.S. East Coast port.
ShipTime Canada is expanding its last-mile virtual delivery network with the acquisition of on-demand warehouse platform Warehowz.
Overcapacity and global trade headwinds sent Maersk to a Q4 pre-tax loss on container volumes that improved by 8%.
FedEx has filed plans with local planning authorities for the addition of another major parcel sorting building at its super hub at Memphis airport in Tennessee.
The Chinese company operating ports at the Panama Canal has filed for arbitration after a high court voided its contracts.
One of the biggest ocean container shipping partnerships said it will return to the Red Sea-Suez Canal trade route with help from naval forces.
Falling prices for containers moving from Asia to the United States could be one indicator that truck rates and tender rejections will soon continue to move up.
Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers have finally finalized language on a new labor contract. It’s been a long, difficult process.
Ocean Network Express posted a net loss of $88 million in the third fiscal quarter on weaker container traffic and rates.
Maersk Air Cargo is giving up on Boeing 767 freighters for trans-Pacific service and cutting ties with partner airline Amerijet as it transitions to the use of larger, more economical 777 jets.
The Hong Kong company that operates ports at the Panama Canal will have to relinquish control after a court ruling.
Port Houston posted record container and truck volumes in 2025, while Port of Corpus Christi saw modest overall declines in cargo traffic.
Florida native Laura DiBella becomes the third woman to lead the U.S. maritime regulator.
DHL Global Forwarding is taking a creative approach with a truck-air service that aims to give shippers a reliable, cost-effective alternative to ocean and air transport.
CMA CGM forms a joint venture to manage 10 global marine terminals, including two in the United States.
Container rates on a key U.S. route are dropping earlier than expected, suggesting retailer caution caused by trade war uncertainty.
UPS is continuing to cut down Amazon volumes and consolidate package sorting centers in a bid to improve efficiency and shipment yields.
American Eagle Outfitters is closing down Quiet Logistics and Office Depot is cutting its logistics service subsidiary Veyer, demonstrating that sidelight businesses can be distractions from core retail execution.
UPS has accelerated the retirement of its MD-11 freighter fleet because they will likely require extensive repairs to make them airworthy following a fatal crash and there are newer planes in the delivery pipeline.
The Federal Maritime Commission is investigating whether ocean carriers are restricting truckers’ and shippers’ choice of chassis providers.
A chilling video by Yemen’s Houthi militia seemed to threaten more violence against Red Sea shipping if the U.S. attacks Iran.
Alaska Airlines says it needs to update its transportation services agreement with Amazon because the current cargo flying isn’t profitable.
Ocean container rates out of Asia fell by double-digits in the latest week following Chinese New Year.
The first operational group at Alaska Airlines to completely sync up with Hawaiian Airlines is cargo, paving the way for growth opportunities in international markets.
Container ports and railroads along the upper Atlantic seaboard are taking safety measures ahead of the storm that could bring heavy snow to key logistics corridors.
Underscoring maritime’s global importance, top U.S. port’s CEO was invited to the 2026 World Economic Forum in Davos to discuss trade and supply chains.
The Port of Los Angeles saw its third-best year for container volume despite months of challenging trade headwinds and economic uncertainty.
Saudi Arabia’s newest airline, Riyadh Air, says it is now able to provide cargo service for the first time.
A major ocean container line reversed its decision to return to the Red Sea just weeks after resuming scheduled sailings through the troubled trade route.
Ocean container shipping holds its collective breath as Trump threatens new EU tariffs over Greenland purchase.
The Port of Long Beach, half of the busiest U.S. container gateway, is laying plans to double throughput to 20 million containers by 2050.
A harbor pilot died while disembarking from a cargo vessel on Florida’s northern Gulf coast.
A return of major liners to the Red Sea could return massive capacity to shipping and further pressure rates in an uneven market, an analyst says.
The National Transportation Safety Board said Boeing knew of previous failures in a structural component that broke on a UPS MD-11 freighter in November, causing a fatal crash.
Maersk is returning to the Red Sea for the first time since Houthi rebels began attacking shipping in 2023.
The Port of Oakland saw container volumes finish narrowly down in 2025 amid uneven trade conditions.
Trans-Pacific shipping rates have been increasing since mid-December, rising by approximately 5% in the last week.
Canada’s Port Saint John and DP World completed the eastern maritime hub’s $178 million West Side Modernization Project.
Iran protests could signal a positive change for shipping as Maersk makes another successful voyage on the contested Red Sea-Suez Canal shipping route.
Amazon will maintain, and grow, its cargo business with Sun Country Airlines even after the airline merges with Allegiant.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has approved construction of the Sparrows Point Container Terminal project backed by Mediterranean Shipping Co.
Global container demand grew 7.2% y/y in November, except in North America, where it fell 3.9%.
The Port of Portland has re-opened Terminal 6 under private management in a move to give new life to the troubled facility.
Container rates on the eastbound trans-Pacific are climbing, but several factors are likely to weigh on a rebound.
Longtime FMC veteran Mary Thien Hoang is leaving the maritime regulator for the private sector.
Regional airline Air Cargo Carriers has paid a settlement to resolve charges it defrauded the U.S. Postal Service by fudging time stamps to hide late deliveries.
The Port of Oakland saw agricultural and refrigerated exports post November gains while overall volumes were seasonally weaker.
E-commerce fulfillment provider Stord has acquired one its rivals from Ceva Logistics as it races to gain scale in the logistics sector.
The Maduro regime left Venezeula’s busiest port “in shambles,” as an international port services consortium seeks to reclaim its concession there.
Rising trans-Pacific ocean freight rates are expected to climb further as demand picks up in anticipation of the Lunar New Year holiday.
An import terminal project will expand cement capacity at the Port of Morehead City, N.C., by 500%.
Maersk has promoted its Asia Pacific chief and former Schenker executive to lead its North America business.
Israel-based Zim said it is evaluating multiple acquisition proposals reported to include Maersk, MSC and Hapag-Lloyd but has ruled out a buyout by its CEO.
The Asia-U.S. container market continued its Q4 volatility, with climbing West Coast rates offset by a dip in East Coast prices.
