A privately-funded rail freight bypass of outer western Sydney is opposed by the NSW and Australian governments. Operating between Glenfield and Newcastle, the bypass line is commercially viable when used for railing containers between a ...
Tags: rail freight, container terminal, Allocating rail capacity
Spot deals for Indonesian thermal coal were hard to come by as bids from both Indian and Chinese buyers are not firm due to rising freight rates, sources said Tuesday. "You can still sell coal to China, but prices are an issue," a ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, Mineral
May Design Series, organised by UBM Live Built Environment, will welcome back DX Freight after its debut last year. This year, DX Freight will host a display of 60 of the best products from the international show circuit in four ...
Tags: Dx Freight, May Design Series, UBM Live Built Environment
Inchcape Shipping Services supports offshore operations off the Southern Coast of Africa Thursday, Feb 13, 2014 Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world’s leading maritime services provider, has secured a further significant ...
Fuel ethanol traders have swamped the freight market with inquiries for westbound transatlantic rates as multi-year low prices in Rotterdam have prompted interest in exports to Brazil, where stocks could fall to razor-thin levels before the ...
Tags: Ethanol Exports, Chemicals
For more than 80 years, ATA has stood as the single most authoritative voice on behalf of the trucking industry — a tireless advocate for all motor carriers regardless of size, region or niche. ATA has evolved the way it has over that ...
Tags: trucking industry, communications team, Finance and Operations
Food and beverage giant PepsiCo has extended its contract with logistics, and freight forwarding firm Norbert Dentressangle in Belgium until 2020. Norbert Dentressangle was appointed by PepsiCo BeLux in 1998, for the storage and handling ...
FedEx Trade Networks said it has named Jack Muhs its new CEO. Muhs has worked at FedEx Corp. since 1984, the company said in a Feb. 10 statement. He previously was a senior vice president at FedEx Express, overseeing its U.S. export ...
Tags: FedEx, U.S.export business, forwarding solutions, Transport Topics
J&E Transport and Northstar Services, both in Pennsauken, N.J., said they have merged. Terms were not disclosed. Carrier J&E offers drayage, domestic warehousing and distribution services. Northstar has terminals at the ports of New York, ...
Tags: J&E, Northstar Service, Al Iannelli, steamship line
Two trades for mid-calorific value imported thermal coal for delivery to ports in South China were heard in the seaborne market during Friday's Asia trading session, supporting prices, said market sources. The Platts/Fenwei CFR South ...
Tags: thermal coal, Mineral
US for-hire truck tonnage fell 4.3% in January, but you can blame the weather. The American Trucking Associations said its tonnage index was still up 1.2% year-over-year. The softening from December was attributed to winter storms, and ...
Tags: Truck Tonnage
The US economy will be slightly stronger this year than last, but freight growth will weaken. That’s the prediction of industry forecaster FTR, which today held a Webinar entitled State of Freight: Trucking Outlook for an Uncertain ...
Tags: truck pricing, Transportation
Capesize iron ore freight rates fell across most routes Thursday, as charterers took advantage of a relatively quiet trading day to press rates down in the Pacific. Fixture activity in the Pacific slowed Thursday after a flurry of ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Limited Fixtures
Nigerian crudes for March loading have sold well with less than 10 cargoes unsold from the March program, because of healthy demand from Europe and India, although the remaining grades were struggling to sell, sources said Wednesday. More ...
Tags: Mineral, Nigerian Crudes
ntly in January this year amid high stockpiles at power plants and strong hydropower generation, medium to long-term outlook remains positive given India's reliance on imported coal, Macquarie Research said in a note Monday. India's ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, Mineral