The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will spend up to $70 million on a second environmental study and additional engineering work on a proposed freight rail tunnel connecting Jersey City with Brooklyn, or an improved barge service between the …

Three large ocean carrier associations filed a proposal with the International Maritime Organization to consider as it develops a comprehensive Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Strategy for maritime shipping.

Longtime freight transportation and logistics industry executive Tom Nightingale has taken over two 35-year-old Boston-area firms to form a new company, International Package Shipping.

Norwegian fertilizer manufacturer Yara International is planning to build a small, battery-powered containership with capacity for between 100 TEUs and 120 TEUs to move containers from fertilizer its factory to the nearby ocean ports of Brevik and Larvik.

The new online customs compliance system, developed by Cargonaut and tested by KLM Cargo, was designed to improve inbound and outbound air cargo flows and trucking customs compliance at the Netherlands airport.

South Korea’s debt clearing house, Korea Asset Management Corp. (KAMCO), will take over a mix of 20 container and bulk vessels on May 15 and lease them back to the ocean carriers, according to a report from Pulse News.

The two airfreight carriers will cooperate on aircraft capacity, block space and interline hub connectivity and cargo handling, according to Emirates SkyCargo.

The Hong Kong-based third party logistics provider has continued its European expansion by signing and agreement to purchase a majority stake in Tuvia Italia S.p.A. from Italian holding company Tuvia Group.

Deteriorating ocean carrier profitability, port slowdowns, bankruptcies and a reshaping of the major alliances all contribute to the volatility of the container shipping market, according to Maritime Director Michel Looten of Seabury Group.

A Miami court found that a forum selection clauses in an ocean bill of lading trumped arguments for a more convenient location for the litigation.