Freightos, looking for an edge in the crowded field of tech-driven shipping start-ups, is buying a database of air cargo rates to fill a gap in its new online marketplace.

China's recent move to add the U.S. to a list of Zika-infected countries is worrying U.S. exporters, who fear they will be required to fumigate all containers destined for Chinese ports. The cost to fumigate a container ranges from between $100 and $200.

Hanjin Shipping has elected to file for court receivership, the first step towards what will be the largest container line bankruptcy in history - six times larger than the collapse of United States Lines three decades ago, the previous record holder.

Cargo Chief, a third-party logistics provider, has launched Tracks TMS, its web-based transportation-management system.

Following markedly slow growth of just 3.5 percent in 2015 due to decreased rental demand, the global leased container equipment operating fleet is forecast to increase by little more than 1 percent in 2016, according to the latest edition of the Container Leasing Industry Annual Report 2016, published by global shipping consultancy Drewry.

HAVI Group announced today it has combined nearly all of its global operating companies under one brand name, simply HAVI.

Omnitracs LLC, a provider of fleet-management technology for transportation and logistics companies, has launched a Critical Event Video setup.

The holiday season is a make or break scramble for retailers. Their offices are busy and everyone is in a high stress mode to make the season profitable. They invest in getting people in their stores or on their sites with attractive offers. Unfortunately, this omnichannel approach has given way to increase "out-of-stock" challenges.