Aligned with financial and supply chain document technology company essDOCS’s deal for eCertify earlier in 2017, the acquisition positions the paperless trade tech firm as one of the biggest eCertificate of Origin (eCO) providers globally.

The German ocean carrier is expecting to bring all of the refrigerated (reefer) units into service during October and November, a company spokesperson told American Shipper.

As the market changes its perception of global trade management (GTM) technology, look for vendors to consolidate to achieve scale and provide broader platforms.

An upsurge in the sale of new cars in Sweden is reflected in import figures for automobiles, according to the Port of Gothenburg.

The Omaha, Neb.-based Class I railway revealed it is redesigning its marketing and sales organization “to align with evolving customer needs.”

Leidos Innovations Corp. has won a cost-plus-award-free contract from NASA to provide pressurized cargo packing and unpacking for the International Space Station Program.

Due to potential safety issues in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, vessels are prohibited from “entering into, anchoring, loitering, or movement” within a safety zone in the Florida Keys for the next two weeks, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

On the export side, the five biggest ports on the U.S. West Coast handled 12,556 fewer outbound TEUs in July 2017 than in the same month a year earlier, a decline of 8.3 percent, according to the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association (PMSA).

The French ocean carrier recorded a net income of $219 million on revenues of $5.55 billion for the second quarter of 2017, with volumes rising 33.3 percent year-over-year.