The technology provider, which operates a freight rate marketplace, conducted a myster shopper exercise that found most big forwarders still take days to quote rates.

The Northwest Seaport Alliance handled 3.6 million TEUs for the full year in 2016, a 2 percent increase from the previous year and the highest throughput for the ports since 2007, according to recent data from the port authority.

Meanwhile, Landstar System, Inc.’s board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.09 per share payable March 17, 2017 to stockholders of record at the close of business on Feb. 20, 2017.

T.J. England, the chief legal officer for Salt Lake City-based trucking carrier C.R. England, said it intends to immediately appeal the decision.

BlueWater Reporting has illustrated how ocean carrier alliances have taken over the Asia-Europe and transpacific trades over the years, as independent carriers have all but disappeared from these trades.

The Canadian labor union said its 800 members will be in a legal strike position as of Feb. 6 at 12:01 a.m. eastern time.

More than 100 U.S. retailers and trade groups have formed Americans for Affordable Prices, a coalition designed to convince lawmakers to abandon import tax proposals.

More than 100 U.S. retailers and trade groups have formed Americans for Affordable Prices, a coalition designed to convince lawmakers to abandon import tax proposals.

The temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics provider has acquired new buildings in Phoenix, Ariz. and Bethlehem, Pa., and plans to expand two others, adding a total of 21 million cubic feet of space to the company’s existing network.

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority has added new incentive criteria to its existing EcoAction program to include harbor due rate discounts for quieter vessels, making Canada the first country to offer a marine noise reduction incentive.