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AS SURE AS EARTHQUAKES SHAKE AND VOLCANOS erupt, what happened to thousands of manufacturers, distributors and retailers last fall will happen again. The only questions are, when, and how bad? […]

The port of Miami has seen a decrease in cargo from South America and an increase in cargo from Asia. However it is concluded that cargo from Venezuela has decreased the most compared to the other countries.

It may be the fastest-growing segment of import logistics. In Southern California and along the East Coast, big importers and third-party logistics providers are building transloading centers near seaports for [...]

Obesity, they say, is healthcare's new public enemy. But that warning is likely to go unheeded by Europe's four leading cargo gateways. The ungainly forms of London, Paris, Frankfurt and [...]

Construction of a 41-acre cargo terminal will soon begin at Port Everglades, which received approval from the Broward County Board of County Commissioners Jan. 13. The South Florida seaport is [...]

Executive director www.vaports.com The most pressing issue I see is the need to begin a dialogue on a long-term, national cargo policy. More specifically, I am talking about an educated [...]

Executive director www.portoflongview.com The breakbulk markets of 2007 will bring a continuation of 2006-type imports, particularly wind energy and power projects to the United States. Coupled with steel from Asia, [...]

Founding principal www.transystems.com The Asian cargo import tsunami continues to build with no rational North American intermodal strategy in sight. It threatens the fragile operating fabric of North American intermodal [...]

Twenty miles of trucks. And six stacktrains. That's what Ed DeNike will be looking at each time an 8,000-TEU container ship disgorges a full load of boxes at SSA Marine's [...]

Will airlines that are dividing up the world through a series of global passenger alliances do the same for cargo? The carriers that formed the 'Star Alliance' and, more recently. [...]

U.S. airports that expect to be serious cargo players are learning they must now accommodate more than just aircraft. Experts say that truck accessibility is becoming a key issue at [...]

The trucking industry is in turmoil. Interstates are jammed, slowing shipment of freight from ports of entry to market and within the U.S. Truck capacity is tight because so many [...]

Since the days of the Phoenicians, people in the business of moving cargo have looked for ways to do the work faster and more efficiently. Often, these efforts have been [...]

While cargo handled by Liege Airport in Belgium declined for the second quarter compared to 2012, tonnage did increase ever so slightly in July. For the quarter, Liege handled 138,073 [...]

Cargo tonnage surpassed 1 million for the first time in 2004-05, reached 1.8 million in 2005-06 and fell back to 1.3 million in 2006-07 with the decline in the sales [...]

The increase in air cargo handling by 8,000 metric ton at the Fort Worth Alliance Airport, in view of operations of FedEx Express flights to Asia, is discussed.

Traffic and capacity International scheduled services Percent change from same month previous year [GRAPHIC OMITTED] International freight Freight ton-kilometers Percent change by carrier, grouped by carriers' base of operations [GRAPHIC [...]

A trend to watch for: growing coordination of cargo moving between seaports and airports. With e-commerce leading to a surge in small package shipments, often of goods initially imported by [...]

The increase in intermodal cargoes has sown bewilderment among carriers, shippers and other industry players on how much more growth to expect. According to a study of the intermodal industry's potential, the current 7% annual growth may push the volume of intermodal shipments beyond the 11.5 million mark by the year 2000. However, capacity constraints and other problems are seen to restrain future growth rates, pegging these at 4% to 6%.

Cargo traffic at the Port of Montreal is predicted to increase moderately in 1993 if the North American economy improves as expected. The port has failed to register any growth in containerized and general cargo traffic in 1992, handling about 17.5 million tons, the same level as the previous year. Container shipments are estimated to reach 6 million tons for 1993.

Rate rises may push ports out of handling STATUTORY port authorities in England and Wales may decide to withdraw from cargo handling because of changes in the Government's rating system. [...]

Maryland sees no ready remedy for cargo decline THE Port of Baltimore is faced with a long road to recovery after successive years of cargo decline, with Maryland Port Administration [...]