Maersk and IBM said they intend to work with a network of shippers, freight forwarders, ocean carriers, ports and customs authorities to build the new global trade digitization solution, which is expected to go into production later this year.

The container terminal operator is ordering 20 rubber tired gantry cranes and five post-Panamax quay cranes capable of servicing up to 13,000-TEU vessels for its Manila International Container Terminal.

Eric Johnson, Research Director and IT Editor of American Shipper, has analyzed the concepts of “sentient supply chains” and “plug-and-play supply chains.”

After talks between the Class I railway and hedge fund Mantle Ridge to install outgoing Canadian Pacific Chief Executive E. Hunter Harrison seemed to stall out in the past few weeks, negotiators may be nearing a deal, according to Bloomberg.

The shipping research and consulting firm said container carriers have a “golden opportunity to smooth out the capacity peaks in the coming years” by deferring the delivery of the ships they have on order, but probably won’t take full advantage of it.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is still accepting applications from local private sector and government organizations, such as port authorities, that are willing to pay a fee for new or expanded services at ports of entry.

The largest port on the U.S. East Coast handled 517,668 TEUs of containerized cargo in January 2017, a new monthly record, according to the most recent figures from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

AsepTrans, the only aseptic international standards organization (ISO) tank operator in the world, will double Odyssey’s ISO tank fleet of intermodal ISO tanks and ISO tank chassis.

UPS hires director of global affairs, while the Association of American Railroads names new press secretary.

The rebranding has stemmed from Kewill’s acquisition of cloud-based TMS provider LeanLogistics last year and focuses the company on joint global trade networks and associated tools.