The Coronavirus pandemic has intensified pressure on forwarders to quickly adapt to meet shipper demands amid a turbulent air cargo sector. Cargoguide Managing Director Jorre Cobelens explains how online rate management platforms can offer a fast and effective way of enhancing productivity and save money.

Det Norske Veritas (DNV), the Norwegian maritime class society, has issued a report outlining renewable energy strategies for European ports that has implications for U.S. ports.

The City of Long Beach is nearing a decision on adopting a power authority model that could reduce utility rates for residents and support new investment and jobs in renewable energy that accelerate the Port of Long Beach’s Clean Air Action Plan for zero emissions.

Transportation critically depends upon the Global Positioning System (GPS) in a wide variety of fundamental ways, according to the US Department of Transportation's (DOT) Acting Deputy Secretary. There is hardly a department mission area that is not underpinned by GPS.

Harbor trucker Andres “Andy” Garcia, owner of import drayage company GSC Logistics, died on June 24th.

In a wide-ranging briefing to Northern California customs brokers and freight forwarders, Peter Friedmann, executive director of the Agriculture Transportation Coalition (AgTC) warned that a collaborative effort by ports exporters, forwarders, brokers and longshore labor is essential to stem the loss of West Coast container business to East and Gulf Coast ports.

Three new ship to shore container cranes, built by Shanghai-based ZPMC, will arrive at the Port of Oakland later this year and will enhance the ability of SSA’s Oakland International Container Terminal to handle 19,000 TEU ships and larger.

It’s time to remove a century old restriction that hurts US shipping commerce - let foreign built ships transport goods between US Ports

The Port of Long Beach is looking at ways to win back customers recently lost to East and Gulf Coast ports and to respond to issues raised in a Pacific Merchant Shipping Association (PMSA) report, according to Noel Hacegaba, deputy executive director for port operations.

The Port of Long Beach’s new bridge replacing the old Gerald Desmond is scheduled to be open for truck and commuter traffic by mid-August, according to a Port of Long Beach official.