Global Freight

2022 saw an eastern shift in container shipping within the United States, while airfreight volumes dipped across North America.

In efforts to improve the supply chain system, U.S. port operators are utilizing advancements in infrastructure and technology to accommodate bigger ships and manage more cargo.

Despite enduring a cooldown in international trade, most of the world’s largest transportation and logistics providers continued to grow their ­businesses in 2022.

On Oct. 30, Georgia Ports Authority CEO Griff Lynch highlighted expansion projects that will allow the Port of Brunswick to surpass Baltimore as the nation’s top port for automobile shipping as early as 2026.

A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, the maritime shipping giant that has been diversifying into land transportation, is betting that driverless trucks will help make deliveries more reliable.

UPS Inc. is set to hire more than 30,000 additional drivers for peak season, a mix of package car drivers, commercial driver license drivers and seasonal support drivers.

The maritime industry will join the European Union's Emissions Trading System in January, meaning big ships will start paying for carbon emissions.

DHL Express started shipping this week from Miami to Argentina, as part of its cargo hauling expansion from South Florida to Latin America.

The dawn of artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT may revolutionize the way data can be used to ferret out risks and opportunities in the $32 trillion global trading system.

On Aug. 19, the largest containership to ever visit Maryland sailed into the Port of Baltimore.