Although some shippers are hesitant on using foreign trade zones (FTZs) due to compliance burdens, the benefits of FTZs may be worth the effort.

Positive infrastructure change for the good of the airline industry seems to be an uphill battle, but air traffic control company NATS argued if the United Kingdom’s air infrastructure is not upgraded soon, airline delays will skyrocket.

Air Transport Services Group subsidiary Airborne Maintenance and Engineering Services has purchased Tampa, Fla.-based PEMCO World Air Services for an undisclosed amount, the company said in a statement.

The newly created entity will be led by Martin Klepper, a senior partner in the Energy and Infrastructure Project Group at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP.

The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index stood at a reading of 951.66 on Dec. 30, increasing 15.5 percent from a week prior.

The Northwest Seaport Alliance, which comprises the ports of Seattle and Tacoma, Wash., handled a total of 336,381 TEUS for the month, a 20.2 percent increase from the same 2015 period and a new monthly record, according to figures from the port author…

U.S. gross domestic product increased 3.5 percent in the third quarter of 2016, according to the “third” estimate from the Department of Commerce, up from previous estimates of 3.2 percent and 2.9 percent.

The Washington state port has submitted a Concept Development Plan application to the City of Vancouver for the redevelopment of its Terminal 1 facility on the Columbia River.

The international shipping organization said 2017 will be another die-hard year of competition and it projects the container shipping segment to see a net fleet growth of around 3.1 percent in 2017 compared with an estimated 1.1 percent in 2016.

A source told American Shipper that Korea Line’s parent company, Samra Midas Group (SM Group), will create a separate company called SM Lines that will operate the liner business between the Far East and United States.