USA – Study "shows benefits of twin 33ft trailers"
NewsWidespread adoption of twin 33ft trailers "would make America’s roads safer and generate efficiencies that would benefit drivers, consumer...
FMC takes first step on demurrage
NewsThe US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has acknowldeged the complaint of the National Industrial Transportation League against container d...
Boxship scrappage at "all-time high"
NewsScrappage, however, is not keeping pace with entry of new tonnage, so oversupply is set to continue...
Competitive switching called for
NewsLeading US shipper associations have voiced their support for a proposal to increase access to competitive freight rail service...
US shippers on the rails
NewsThe National Industrial Transportation League has reiterated its demand for open access on US railroads...
People on the move
NewsLatest round-up of appointments known to WorldCargo News in the shipping, ports and related sectors...
NITL hits out at “OAKPASS”
NewsThe National Industrial Transportation League has come out strongly against a proposal by Oakland terminal operators for a peak hour gate fe...
NITL award for Mike Haverty
NewsThe US shippers' organisation will present the 2014 McCullough Award to Mike Haverty, Chairman Emeritus of Kansas City Southern...
CBP to launch box cargo residue test programme
NewsThe National Industrial Transportation League (NITL) reports that US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials are to institute a pilot ...
US FMC ports Inquiry – a cool response
NewsThree US trade bodies have advised the Federal Maritime Commission that while the Harbor Maintenance Tax ( may be one factor that has led to...
New US cargo residue rule
NewsThe National Industrial Transportation League (NITL) has warned that US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) intends to move forward with a r...
Shippers’ slow steaming misgivings
NewsThe US National Industrial Transportation League says that cost savings have not been passed on and supply chains have been compromised...
Court backs Los Angeles CTP
NewsThe port's Clean Truck Program has been cleared by the US District Court of California...
Call for “ethical” US transport system
NewsGil Carmichael, Founding Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Intermodal Transportation Institute (ITI) at the University of Denver, Co...
NITL refutes "anti-CAAP" charges
NewsThe National Industrial Transportation League (NITL) has refuted claims made by various environmental interest groups that it opposed the Po...