The aerospace and maritime engineering company signed a deal Wednesday with Google to further develop its intelligent awareness systems for self-driving ocean vessels.
Report: Container segment likely to see mixed results during peak season
Large demand increases in the United States will likely be offset by lowered demand and dwindling fiscal confidence in Europe, according to a recent analysis from Patrik Berglund, CEO of ocean freight rate benchmarking and intelligence platform Xeneta.
Executive Moves: Norfolk Southern, Port of Oakland and ECSA
Norfolk Southern appoints chief information officer; Oakland Mayor Libby Schaff re-nominates two Port of Oakland board of port commissioners; and the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) names new secretary general in Brussels.
ATA urges U.S. negotiators to keep Mexican cross-border truck program in NAFTA
American Trucking Associations (ATA) Chief Economist and Senior Vice President Robert Costello says the United States needs to maintain the Mexican cross-border truck program because it generates trucking jobs and helps ease congestion.
Distribution consultant to use LLamasoft tools
Fortna, which handles distribution optimization and implementation for brands like ASICS, will use LLamasoft’s supply chain design tool as its core technology, the company said in a statement.
Greenbriar orders signal ‘strong start’ to its FY2018
The Oregon-based freight railcar manufacturer announced its fourth quarter railcar orders, which are valued at $200 million, and additional orders at the beginning of the company’s 2018 fiscal year.
BC grocery store wine sales spill into WTO
The United States says it wants Canadian province British Columbia to stop discriminating against imported wine through its regulation of allowing only provincial wine to be sold on regular grocery store shelves.
CenterPoint sells 21-building portfolio in Chicago area
The Oak Brook, Ill.-based industrial real estate development and management firm said the disposition consisted of about 2.4 million square feet and 110 acres of land.
XPO to offer interactive last-mile technology
Greenwich, Conn.-based global third-party provider XPO Logistics aims to help consumers manage retail home deliveries via online tools, the company said in a statement Monday.
Economist: Global trade outlook good, but demographics, U.S. policy present challenges
In all likelihood, the most fundamental factor that will affect current projections for worldwide economic growth is demographics, Jock O’Connell, an economist with Beacon Economics, told attendees at the AAPA annual conference in Long Beach, Calif.