West Coast politicians and port executives warned that President Trump’s tariffs will have far-reaching consequences for the U.S. economy.
DHL Group is trimming some airline partners to reduce excess capacity in its air network as part of an effort to maintain growth in a turbulent market.
Newly revised legislation calls for a fleet of 250 U.S.-flag cargo vessels, and subsidies for American shipyards.
The cargo airline division of ocean shipping giant CMA CGM has more than doubled its small fleet with the acquisition of Air Belgium and the purchase of a large Boeing freighter.
UPS is downsizing its workforce as it pulls back from delivering packages for Amazon, its largest customer.
Container and breakbulk cargo flows in March rose in Houston and New Orleans, while demand for crude oil continued to fuel shipments through Corpus Christi, Texas.
As U.S. tariffs freeze China exports, blank sailings and shifting traffic are helping prop up trans-Pacific container rates.
DHL said it is resuming deliveries of B2C shipments over $800 after U.S. authorities relaxed rules that had increased red tape for processing medium-value shipments.
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union on Monday blasted President Trump’s trade war with China, saying tariffs will cause massive job losses and devastate working-class families.
An asset management company in Dubai has placed a large order to convert used Airbus A330 passenger aircraft to an all-cargo configuration for customers in the India market.
President Trump’s China trade embargo is projected to devastate containerized shipments moving through U.S. ports.
Global logistics company Ceva plans to purchase Borusan Tedarik, a 3PL in Turkey, for $400 million.
Global container traffic is forecast to fall 1% in 2025 due to U.S. tariffs and trade policies, analyst Drewry says, only the third decline in its forecast history.
F. Paul De Maria, chief negotiator for the United States Maritime Alliance in contract talks with the International Longshoremen’s Association, is the new CEO of the port employers’ group.
Container rates on key trans-Pacific routes have yet to feel the full effects of the Trump trade war choking off China imports.
UPS is expanding its precision logistics capabilities in the pharmaceutical and life sciences sectors with an agreement to purchase Andlauer Healthcare Group in Canada.
A proposed trilateral cargo partnership among Qatar Airways, IAG Group and Malaysia Airlines will extend each airline’s global reach, the carriers say.
Shares of Matson, the largest U.S.-flag shipping line, are collateral damage in President Donald Trump’s trade war.
Container shipping capacity on the Asia-U.S. trade route has sharply declined as carriers ramp up blank sailings.
China’s largest shipping line says it opposes a plan to charge its ships to dock at U.S. ports.
The air cargo industry could see revenues cut by billions of dollars and China-US air rates plunge by 30% or more when the Trump administration revokes duty-free treatment for small e-commerce shipments, according to one logistics expert’s scenario modeling.
DHL says it will pause accepting certain B2C shipments after U.S. authorities eliminated the informal entry process for shipments under $2,500, which has swamped the company’s ability to process formal entries.
Following opposition from shippers, the United States will phase in port fees scaled to a vessel’s tonnage, in an effort to blunt China’s dominance in global shipping.
Shippers and liner operators are struggling to adapt to drastic changes across the maritime supply chain.
FedEx has added another link to its deferred air cargo network with regularly scheduled all-cargo flights from Singapore to Alaska.
Record capacity and rising rates on some routes signal shifting dynamics in global container shipping, an analyst says.
Despite processing over 3 million tasks with generative AI, C.H. Robinson’s stock continues to face pressure amid a sluggish freight market and investor caution.
Hong Kong is suspending postal service for packages destined for the United States as the trade war between China and the U.S. heats up.
The Trump administration is considering a revision to proposed port fees for Chinese ships.
Tariffs on China imports by the Trump administration led to a collapse in trans-Pacific ocean freight bookings by U.S. importers.
DSV on Tuesday said it had fulfilled the final closing conditions for its acquisition of German logistics provider Schenker.
Another early peak container shipping season is on tap as Asia-Pacific trade is predicted to outpace a global economic slowdown.
Transair, a small all-cargo operator in Hawaii, is preparing to restart business after a serious accident in 2021 and a failed FAA attempt to pull its operating certificate.
The Port of Seattle is appealing a decision by the City Council to permit a housing development it says threatens trucking and port operations.
The Port of Los Angeles saw imports modestly climb in March as frontloading and tariffs cloud the gateway’s H2 outlook.
Ship operators will have to pay a carbon tax on emissions beginning in 2028, but at a lower threshold than first proposed.
Fraud Watch examines potential increases in customs fraud whistleblowers.
President Trump signed an executive order moving his shipbuilding initiative ahead, and calling for a review of how the Pentagon orders military vessels.
Trans-Pacific container rates moved ahead as trade shockwaves fueled a race to get ahead of the latest tariff announcements.
The United States is threatening to take reciprocal action against nations that agree to a global carbon tax on ocean shipping.
The United States won’t charge the full range of port fees on Chinese ships calling U.S. ports and won’t stack those charges.
Low-value shipments from China to the United States are expected to plunge in May when their eligibility for duty-free status ends and new tariffs of 104% are applied to e-commerce orders.
DHL said a major new investment will help double revenue for health care logistics by 2030 while FedEx says its technology enhancements are bringing in a surge of new health care customers.
Governments are meeting this week on global fees for cargo ship emissions.
U.S. safety investigators are calling for airlines to inspect Boeing 757s for faulty latches that could prevent evacuation slides from deploying after an accident involving FedEx.
Amazon has restructured its air network to accommodate the need for fewer short-haul package flights and a new clientele of shippers with heavy freight.
The Trump administration is reshaping global trade, and the effects are being felt in the ocean and air freight sectors.
Container traffic at the busiest U.S. import gateway is expected to drop by 10% in the second half of the year.
The Trump administration is ratcheting up regulation of e-commerce shipments from China by removing a pathway for duty-free, expedited entry that critics say has been exploited by drug gangs and counterfeiters to smuggle illegal products into the U.S.
Ocean carrier CMA CGM continues to invest in air cargo. The latest moves include the acquisition of troubled Air Belgium and its logistics subsidiary launching a China-U.S. air charter service.
Trans-Pacific container rates to the United States were narrowly mixed in the latest Freightos index.
BlackRock Chairman Larry Fink says container shipping infrastructure is as critical to the future global economy as data centers and power grids.
A UPS modernization project will require its Portland, Oregon, package hub to temporarily close for more than a year, putting some jobs at risk.
Representatives of ocean carriers and shipbuilding interests testified at a hearing on proposed port fees on Chinese ships.
Gulf Coast ports’ February cargo volumes declined in Houston but rose in New Orleans and Corpus Christi, Texas.
Germany’s DHL Group is acquiring U.S.-based CryoPDP to boost its health care logistics business.
Wallenius Wilhelmsen announced a contract renewal and extension that combined are worth more than $2 billion.
A new tool for calculating import fees for international online orders aims to differentiate UPS from other parcel carriers.
Regulators in China will review the sale of port operations linked to the Panama Canal to a consortium led by a U.S. investor.
Canada’s WestJet is backing out of the cargo business after two years because of a difficult competitive environment.
The Port of Savannah, Georgia, marked the busiest February on record with volume of almost a half-million TEUs.
Uncertainty over President Trump’s plans for more tariffs punctuated a week that saw trans-Pacific container rates fall more than 20% below 2024 lows.
Fight China’s shipping practices and revive U.S. shipbuilding, commenters tell the U.S. trade representative, but don’t punish domestic industry in the global market.
Maersk subsidiary APM Terminals has signed a 33-year lease with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the longest in port history.
Port fees on Chinese ships are aimed at boosting U.S. shipbuilding but could have follow-on effects for intermodal traffic, too.
A top-secret group chat of U.S. officials discussing details of attacks aimed at reopening Red Sea shipping inadvertently included a journalist.
The National Transportation Safety Board said proper risk assessment by the state of Maryland could have averted the collapse of Baltimore’s Key Bridge that killed six road workers in 2024.
Cosco Shipping Holdings, China’s largest container carrier, saw heady improvement in revenue and profit in 2024.
The Port of Seattle says a controversial plan to rezone part of downtown for residential development will chip away at the city’s industrial base.
FedEx has switched from downsizing to incrementally growing its air cargo fleet by ordering large 777 freighters and postponing plans to retire older MD-11 jets.
Ocean container rates on trans-Pacific routes to the U.S. continued to decline in the latest survey from Freightos.
The Port of Long Beach saw double-digit gains in overall container volumes in February.
Red Sea diversions hit liner operator Hapag-Lloyd’s profits despite higher revenues in 2024.
The leading U.S. container gateway saw overall volume climb in February.
Fresh off a year of recovery and stabilization, chassis manufacturers are counting on upgraded technology and revitalized fleets to maneuver through challenges in 2025.
China has halted imports of liquefied natural gas from the U.S. as the global trade war intensifies.
Canadian ports on both coasts are grappling with extended dwell times, according to forwarder DHL’s March ports update.
Several small or midsize airlines that operate freighter aircraft are giving up on cargo flying to focus on business-to-business passenger flying and subleasing aircraft because of limited business opportunities.
Wan Hai Lines, one of the Big Three Taiwanese container carriers, saw record revenue and profit in 2024.
Evergreen Marine Corp., the world’s seventh-largest box carrier, saw revenue and profits climb in 2024.
Yang Ming Transport Corp. said the Red Sea crisis and emerging Asian markets helped profit soar by nearly $2 billion in 2024.
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is welcoming assistance from Elon Musk’s DOGE team to help address perceived mismanagement by partner agencies and the Postal Service Commission.
Container terminal operator DP World reported record revenue in 2024 but weaker overall profit.
Operational expansions and a strategic move to leverage earnings against the trans-Pacific spot market helped Zim to massive profits in 2024.
The parent of Orient Overseas Container Line said 2024 earnings grew on higher revenue from supply chain disruptions that pushed up ocean rates.
The arrival of the Höegh Aurora, the world’s largest car carrier, marked a new era for Port Freeport, Texas.
The Federal Maritime Commission wants to know whether foreign countries and their shipping companies are causing supply chain constraints around the world.
Tariff fears will continue to drive higher volumes of containerized imports this spring, according to the National Retail Federation’s Global Port Tracker.
The latest Drewry World Container Index finds ocean container rates down from pandemic highs but still above pre-pandemic levels.
Air France-KLM is substituting two A350 passenger jets for freighter aircraft on its Airbus orderbook because it can get the passenger planes sooner.
Shippers and carriers watch and wait as Trump trade policy whipsaws supply chain strategies.
The International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance signed a new six-year master contract covering U.S. Eastern Seaboard and Gulf Coast ports.
Global Crossing Airlines has a diverse customer base, including sports teams, rock bands like AC/DC and the parcel shipping giant DHL Express.
The barrage of policy changes in the early days of the Trump administration is making logistics professionals nervous about the risk of recession and a contraction in air cargo demand.
SmartLynx Airlines is retreating from the cargo market after losing a contract with DHL Express and will focus on charter operations for passenger airlines.
An oil tanker operating as a U.S. military support vessel was on fire off the coast of England Monday after it was hit by a Portuguese-flagged container ship.
While manufacturers initially sought tariff relief by relocating production to Southeast Asia, trade compliance experts say these “tariff-friendly” locations are increasingly vulnerable to reciprocal tariffs.
The logistics arm of the U.S. military wants to buy 10 cargo vessels to shore up its aging fleet of ships.
The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey saw continued strong container volumes in January.
A major U.S. shipyard has deployed 3D printing to create a key systems component during the construction of a new aircraft carrier.
