Bill Mongelluzzo, Senior Editor | Feb 13, 2017 3:53PM EST Non-vessel-operating common carriers are handling more and more Asian imports to the United States, now nearly 43 percent compared with 29 percent a decade ago, as even the largest container lines are unable to satisfy the needs of their regular customers during periods of peak
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Hanjin Shipping Starts Unloading as U.S. Exporters Scramble for Space Foundering shipping line expects more long-stranded vessels in California while cargo terminal closes door on outbound containers By: ERICA E. PHILLIPS TWSJ As bankrupt Hanjin Shipping Co. unwinds its cargo operations, with the first of its stranded U.S.-bound vessels off-loading containers in Long Beach on Monday,
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By Emma DumainPosted at 12:32 p.m. on June 18 Updated 3:22 p.m. | The House narrowly passed Trade Promotion Authority Thursday — the first step of many to resurrect President Barack Obama’s trade agenda after his own party torpedoed a combined bill last week. The chamber voted 218-208 on TPA, which will give him the latitude to
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Some companies are shifting production to domestic sites, but controlling costs takes some work By: TARUN SHUKLA June 2, 2015 11:36 p.m. ET Coming home isn’t easy. Ranir LLC learned that lesson all too well. The company, based in Grand Rapids, Mich., has long used factories overseas to make many of the dental-care products it
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WASHINGTON | BY LUCIA MUTIKANI (Reuters) – New orders for U.S. factory goods recorded their biggest increase in eight months in March, boosted by demand for transportation equipment, but the underlying trend remained weak against the backdrop of a strong dollar. The report on Monday from the Commerce Department was the latest indication that the
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