Logistics

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission in a Dec. 20 order said it will proceed with a proposed rule to exempt ocean container carriers from an essential terms publication requirement in...

Move over, Flexport. There is another player looking to make waves in the huge and messy business of freight logistics. Zencargo — a London startup that has built a platform...

Relationships with third-party logistics providers and freight forwarders have the potential to deliver value beyond the primary scope of work through data-driven optimization insights. But many enterprises have little to...

HOUSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rates for Aframax-class crude oil tankers leaving the U.S. Gulf Coast hit a record this week, according to three shipbrokers, reflecting strong demand in Europe and...

Image courtesy CGT By The Maritime Executive 12-20-2019 07:00:00 The weeks-long strikes over French President Emmanuel Macron's new pension reform plan have disrupted commerce across France, and labor actions at seaports...

Make no mistake, in the time-critical service industry, service failures could literally mean the difference in life and death. It could mean grounding an aircraft and the loss of up...

A strong storm that FreightWaves began reporting on earlier this week continues to spin over the northwestern U.S. heading into the weekend before Christmas. Truckers working through the final push...

The Taiwan Flour Millers’ Association purchased 104,600 tonnes of milling wheat to be sourced from the United States in a tender which closed on Thursday, European traders said. The wheat...

Freightos’ “State of Online Freight Sales 2019” report shows that more freight forwarders and ocean carriers are selling online, or at least trying to, but many are learning it takes...

Image: Jim Allen/FreightWaves Freight Futures contract to watch today: Spot National Futures Contract The spot National Trucking Freight Futures contract (FUT.VNU201912) continued to inch higher and settled at $1.518/mile, near all-time...