FASA

Rather than focusing on building bigger ships and capturing market share, container lines should seek to become trusted advisors to shippers, accelerate the adoption of new technology, and use analytics to better manage their assets.

Crowley Logistics has been awarded a multi-year, $2.3 billion contract to provide transportation and related services supporting U.S. Department of Defense activities in the U.S. and Canada.

Representatives from the air cargo industry told House lawmakers Tuesday that the current method and number of data elements supplied to CBP’s Air Cargo Advance Screening program are sufficient.

The takeover will boost Samskip’s terminal, warehousing and haulage services in Norway, but is still subject to approval by Norway’s competition authorities.

The number of newbuild vessel orders placed during the first half of this year is less than half of the amount placed during the same period two years ago, according to recent data from ship valuation service VesselsValue.

Fueled by a 15 percent increase in income from railway operations and a record operating ratio, Class I railway Norfolk Southern’s earnings during the quarter shot up 23 percent to $497 million, according to the company’s most recent financial statements.

Association of American Railroads President and CEO Edward Hamberger called on the Surface Transportation Board to withdraw pending proposals he says are not consistent with the deregulatory goals outlined in the Staggers Rail Act of 1980.

Bremen-based shipping company Harren & Partner reached a deal with “K” Line, Tokyo to acquire SAL Heavy Lift on Thursday.

The air cargo industry is urging Capitol Hill lawmakers to keep up pressure on the Transportation Security Administration to expand its freight screening capabilities through the use of third-party explosive detection canine teams.