This story appears in the April 15 print edition of Transport Topics. Federal officials are cracking down on moving companies that try to evade regulations for household-goods movers, saying companies ...

Take a look around you. Perhaps you’re snacking on a banana, sipping some coffee, or sitting in front of your computer and taking a break from work to read this article. Most likely, those goods—as ...

Mohammad Shakibi-Nasab, the director-general of the Ports and Maritime Department of Bushehr province, said that five million tons of commodities were loaded and unloaded in Bushehr port during the ...

Bill Tigner, president of U.S. Shredder & Castings Group, based in Trussville, Ala., says if a yard is loading containers with equipment that produces less than desired tonnage or takes more than 30 ...

Transporting perishable goods like fresh produce, dairy, seafood, pharmaceuticals, or even flowers comes with unique challenges. Without proper temperature control, these sensitive items risk losing ...

Global container shipping rates have surged to records on a spike in restocking demand in the United States and Europe, container scarcity at export hubs, and changes in freight flows because of the ...

Advanced Steel Recovery, a Fontana, Calif.-based scrap recycling company, has been looking at ways to increase the amount of ferrous scrap exported via containers. Nathan Frankel, president of ASR, ...

Plastic containers are ending up in landfills and oceans all over the world as more countries stop accepting our recycled goods. This is adding up: The average American uses and throws away 110 pounds ...

BOSTON - Ninety percent of traded goods are shipped by sea and 10% contain what is called dangerous goods, according to the World Shipping Council. Dangerous goods or hazmat cargo can be anything from ...

SINGAPORE, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Global container shipping rates have surged to records on a spike in restocking demand in the United States and Europe, container scarcity at export hubs, and changes in ...