News & Highlights

• Ocean carriers seek clarity on D&D billing to truckers under new FMC rules

  April 18th 2024

  The World Shipping Council said the Federal Maritime Commission’s new rule on detention and demurrage is creating “substantial confusion and uncer (read more)

• Shippers putting ‘greater-than-expected pressure’ on freight rates: Knight-Swift

  April 18th 2024

  Knight-Swift and rival J.B. Hunt both say shippers are pushing hard for lower truckload and intermodal rates in service contracts as freight demand re (read more)

• Penske AI tool aims to help shippers manage, benchmark private fleets

  April 18th 2024

  A machine learning-based platform will access data on more than 400,000 vehicles to help shippers evaluate the performance and cost of in-house trucki (read more)

• Rotterdam edges rival Antwerp in long-awaited return to volume growth

  April 18th 2024

  Rotterdam attributed its first quarter gains to recovering Asia imports in March and a jump in feeder traffic between the port and the Mediterranean l (read more)

• WSC urges EU to enhance focus on shipping decarbonization after June elections

  April 18th 2024

  The World Shipping Council said in a new report it wants Brussels to design policy frameworks “that facilitate the essential role of shipping in a g (read more)