Maritime

H & M International Transportation and J. Cioffi Cargo Management have agreed to merge their trucking operations.

The FMC said it reached compromise agreements with five NVOCCs, two unlicensed transport businesses and one vessel operator.

Union leader says there is a need for more trained longshoremen and a 24-hour port.

The Teamsters continues drayge organizing drive and sees Hub settlement as game changer.

Kenon would own five ventures, including 32 percent of ZIM, and be listed on the Tel Aviv and New York stock exchanges.

CSX says intermodal volumes in the thrid quarter were 5-percent higher.

Commerce will issue an antidumping duty order from Mexico and a countervailing duty order on similar imports from Turkey.

A dispute settlement panel cited India’s ban was imposed without ‘sufficient scientific evidence.’

The Korean container shipping company is disposing of its interest in terminals in Tacoma and Los Angeles.

The new terminal in Costa Rica will be able to handle 13,500-TEU ships.

Merged railroads could benefit by a way to skirt congestion in Chicago and the boom in shale oil.

More protests planned when liner carrier’s vessels arrive in Oakland and Tampa.

Crowley and Seaboard now have VSAs to the Dominican Republic as well as Panama and Costa Rica.

OOCL has outlined the increased cost of fuel for its services in the transatlantic trade.

A container freight analyst said that he expects rates to continue to slide into November.

The ITC said these imports hurt domestic producers, while Commerce ruled they are subsidized by the Chinese government.

The trip will focus on U.S. export opportunities for both the healthcare and energy sectors in these two countries.

NRF asks union, employers to reinstate contract through November so arbitration provisions are in place.

Shippers being forced to pay fees even though they are unable to pick-up cargo.

Insurer says it is responding to an increase in rail traffic, especially crude oil and hazardous materials.

Maersk and MSC plan to start up global partnership on East-West trades in January.

As container shipping evolves, Drewry predicts survival of the leanest.

The service is available for the airline’s Priority Parcel Service, ConfirmedFS and ExpediteFS customers.

Former driver David R. Nelson admitted bribing employees at the Marine Corps Logistics Base in Albany, Ga.

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Puget Sound ports said cooperation plan is a response to the competitive pressures in the container industry.

Loan guarantee to Cool Planet will help finish construction at the Port of Alexandria.

The European Commission approves the merger of banana giants, but Fyffes must release Maersk from exclusivity clause.

As the Jan. 1 deadline for lowering sulfur emissions approaches, water regulations could inhibit use of scrubbers.

The two companies will share space on a 960-TEU containership.

A coalition seeks to close the ability of Maryland lawmakers to siphon money off the state’s transportation trust fund.

CSAV, Hapag-Lloyd, Hamburg Süd, NYK file vessel-sharing agreement with FMC.

The special permit covers the statewide transport of medical waste related to Ebola treatments in Texas.

The Commerce Department noted increases in exports of capital and consumer goods, as well as petroleum.

TOTE is building two ships and will convert two more to operate on LNG.

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Agency says publishing OTI information itself will result in quicker delivery of notices, cut costs and improve presentation.

Demand for tank containers is up, but revenue per shipment has decreased due to competition.

TSA announces contract rate objectives for 2015-16, differentials for 20-foot and high-cube boxes.

Report says design specifications must deal with loading condtions.

Diego Aponte succeeds founder and father Gianluigi Aponte as president and chief executive officer.

Shippers face a price jolt as regulations require ships to burn fuel with one-tenth as much sulfur close to shore.

Israeli carrier says customers are important and it will ‘service them at the highest level in any situation.’

Brazil ends cotton case, giving up its rights to countermeasures against U.S. trade.

New monikers give terminals a common identity aligned with the GCT brand.

Philadelphia Regional Port Authority seeks expressions of interest in developing terminal along Delaware River.

Hapag-Lloyd says ships continue on, but agent says Suez Canal convoys disrupted by collision with Maersk ships.

Barges will aimed at servicing customers in the Asia-Pacific region.

Drewry says spot freight rates between Europe and North America helped by high utilization.

ILWU says its members were threatened outside terminals by hostile demonstrators.

Both of the carrier’s new drayage sites are located near major railheads.

Starting Oct. 1, the carrier will increase its scheduled flights from Moscow to Tokyo.

Alternative sites will help keep cattle moving across the U.S./Mexico border, if APHIS officials can’t conduct inspections in Mexico.

New York City says lawsuits against other companies continue.

Sustainability Accounting Standards Board says standard metrics will help investors gauge risk.

Department of Justice says Japanese carrier will pay $67.7 million for its role in price-fixing conspiracy.

The company said this investment will allow it to ‘grow with the market.’

U.S. steel imports dropped 5 percent from July to 3.67 million net tons in August, according to the AIIS.

Containerships will add two more dual-fuel engine-technology container vessels to its short-sea fleet.

With 90 percent of fire contained, terminals reopened Tuesday evening.

Companies hope to put gray pool in place by beginning of 2015.

Slot exchanges will allow each carrier to expand their scope of service.

Service providers detail intermodal issues at the annual IANA conference.

The terminal will provide container drayage services over the Port of Wilmington and rail ramps at Charlotte.

The FMC agreement would allow two ports to discuss congestion issues.

Tote awarded a $324.6 million Title XI loan guarantee to help finance replacement ships for Sea Star Line.

FTR reported North American truck trailer orders of 23,135 units in August, a 27-percent increase over the previous month.

The service provides up-to-date information on nearly 35,000 point-to-point connections worldwide.

European Shippers Council tells FMC that Maersk-MSC alliance might damage world trade.

MSC provides details on 2M, CMA CGM provides details on Ocean Three.

Long Beach executive says larger ships will cascade to smaller ports.

The natural gas boom is driving increased domestic chemical production and demand for new tank barges.

Danish company sells U.S. dollar bonds for the first time.

The Senate on Thursday voted to confirm Holleyman, who was nominated for the post in February.

The United States is proceeding with a labor-enforcement case against Guatemala under CAFTA-DR.

Chinese hackers have infiltrated systems of U.S. Transportation Command contractors at least 20 times in a single year, warned the Senate Armed Services Committee.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has set Greenville Yard terminal to be its fourth ExpressRail terminal.

The Port of Cleveland and Spliethoff Group plan to add a second monthly vessel to the Cleveland-Europe Express.

Rates fall after a “pretty good summer” for liner carriers.

The Washington state port helped load scrap metal into a ship for export on behalf of PNW Metal Recycling.

Companies sign agreement for five ships to service between the East Coast and Gulf Coast, and Central America.

Area S.p.A. agreed to a civil penalty to settle charges that it sold U.S.-origin network monitoring equipment to Syria without authorization.

COSCO officials said the investment for new ships is needed to improve the competitiveness of its fleet.

FMC Commissioner William Doyle detailed revisions incorporated in a soon-to-be published proposed rule.

Speakers blame big ships, carrier exit from chassis business as contributing to port snarls.

Heavy weather and other challenges mean roadway will not be raised until the summer of 2016.

Express cold chain product now available to Scandinavia.

Drewry says Asia-U.S. West Coast spot rates could fall as volumes slacken, capacity grows.

The merger, once fully approved, will create the world’s fourth largest container shipping company.

Diversity of recent hires belies charges of discrimination, says ILA union and its employers.

BIS on Friday took additional steps to restrict trade with Russia.

After a three-year idle, the first trucks carrying export boxes will roll through the terminal gate Monday.

Forwarder will increase size of its logistics subsidiary in Hong Kong.

Bipartisan bill proposes to increase size of STB from three to five members.

Congress is told while Jones Act carriers are experiencing the best of times, things are worse for U.S. carriers in international trade.