Cargo
Winter LNG Boom Creates Most Expensive Cargo Ships in History
Tug boats tow an LNG vessel in Geoje, South Korea, in February 2019. (SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg News)
An unprecedented shortage of liquefied natural gas tankers has made them the most expensive ships ever hired to ferry commodities.
January 11, 2021Rail Cargo Posts First Gain in Two Years as Consumer Goods Surge
CSX freight locomotives pull a train. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg News)
U.S. railroads are back, with freight volume posting the first quarterly gain in two years.
December 29, 2020Surprise Cargo Surge Could Surpass Last Year’s Holiday Period
SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg News
Freight carriers including container shippers and cargo airlines say global demand is building toward a seasonal peak that could outstrip last year’s as more consumers shop online to overcome coronavirus curbs.
November 16, 2020Shipping Industry Hit With Second Cyberattack in Week
(Qilai Shen/Bloomberg News)
The global shipping industry sustained a second cyberattack within a week that’s raising concern about disruptions to supply chains already straining to move goods heading into the usual peak season for consumer demand.
October 1, 2020Solving a $1B Problem with Cargo Image Capture
A picture is worth 1,000 words; in our industry, it’s worth countless dollars. How many times have you wished for eyes inside your trailer when you’re managing detention? How many times have you sent for a trailer, to find it’s still loaded? New cargo imaging technology tackles a $1B problem.
June 11, 2020Proposed Cargo Hub for N.Y. Town Faces More Delays
The CSX rail yard seen from Fremont Road in Manlius, N.Y., in June 2018. (Tim Knauss/Syracuse Media Group)
The Manlius town planning board this week urged “great caution” as town officials consider how a proposed rail-and-truck cargo hub near the CSX rail yard would affect traffic on Fremont and Kirkville roads.
February 14, 2020CVSA Seeks Solution to Allow Inspectors to Ticket Shippers for Cargo Securement Violations
A worker pushes a hydraulic hand pallet truck at a warehouse. The CVSA wants to put more of the onus on properly securing cargo on shippers. (Getty Images)
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance has asked U.S. and Canadian trucking regulators to explore a solution that would permit roadside inspectors to cite shippers — not just drivers and motor carriers — for cargo securement violations in sealed trailers and intermodal containers.
May 22, 2019Port of Baltimore Tops 10 Million Tons of Cargo for Third Straight Year
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News
The port of Baltimore had another historic year in 2018. The Maryland Port Administration’s public terminals handled 10.9 million tons of general cargo — more containers, cars, construction equipment and other cargo than ever before — surpassing 10 million tons for the third straight year, officials announced March 6.
March 7, 2019NTSB Takes Lead Investigating Crash of Amazon Air Cargo Plane
This image taken from video provided by KRIV FOX 26 shows the scene of a cargo plane crash on Feb. 23 in Trinity Bay, just north of Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico in Texas. (KRIV FOX 26 via AP)
A widebody cargo plane hauling packages for Amazon with three people aboard abruptly plunged out of the sky and slammed into a bay Feb. 23 as it was preparing to land in Houston.
February 27, 2019Port Tampa Bay Soon Will Welcome Largest Cargo Ships in Port History
CMA CGM ship that will be coming to Port Tampa Bay. (Port Tampa Bay)
The biggest containerships ever seen in Tampa Bay will begin making weekly calls at Port Tampa Bay from Asia starting in May, port officials announced Feb. 19.
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