Ship operators push ahead with slew of new MPV, car carrier orders
Breakbulk carriers are investing in tonnage to help address an aging fleet profile, though the ordering is being done with “discipline” to maintain a balanced fleet.
Breakbulk carriers are investing in tonnage to help address an aging fleet profile, though the ordering is being done with “discipline” to maintain a balanced fleet.
The agreement with Constellation Energy will support other parts of the company’s operations in the state, including its stores.
Companies are urging the Trump administration to protect additional imports from proposed Section 301 levies due to a lack of domestic availability.
The planned 4,500-acre Barstow International Gateway will feature transload warehouses and manage intermodal shipments.
Cabinet officials will report to the president within six months about trade negotiations to address imports of commercial aircraft, jet engines and parts.
After representing clerical workers in Southern California for decades, the ILWU Office Clerical Unit has successfully organized the terminal operator’s clerical workers in Utah as it launches a move to inland locations.
The restructuring injects new capital into the Ohio-based company just as the prolonged freight recession is ending and pricing power has swung back toward carriers.
The deals will strengthen the automakers’ sources of supply for memory and storage for use in next-generation vehicles.
But as the US-Iran ceasefire collapses, ocean carriers are on alert for any hostile response from the Tehran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen.
As it becomes a standalone company, the largest US LTL provider seeks to leapfrog legacy technologies that are focused more on packages and parcels.