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Most industry representatives testified against tariffs proposed against the EU in retaliation for subsidies provided to Airbus.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection marks the 230th anniversary of the first customs processing of a ship in the new United States.

Escalations in trade tensions between the U.S. and China could discourage containership owners from ordering new ships.

Cargo activity through the Jacksonville, Fla., seaport had a nearly $31.1 billion economic impact on the region and state in 2018.

The State, Treasury and Commerce departments are ramping up to implement an Aug. 1 executive order from President Donald Trump that imposes a second round of sanctions against Russia.

Drewry says it expects a brief spike in transpacific freight rates to the U.S. West Coast following President Trumps threat to impose a new round of tariffs on imports from China.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said the U.S. plans to drop trade sanctions against Venezuela once embattled President Nicolás Maduro is out of office.

Goods like clothes and toys are on the proposed tariff list.

Ports are asking that Chinese-made container cranes be excluded from the list of products on which President Trump has threatened a 10 tariff.

Japan’s Cabinet on Aug. 2 approved a measure that will allow the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) to impose new licensing policies and procedures on exports and transfers of controlled items to South Korea.

The deal reached in Washington on Friday will allow the U.S. to nearly triple its beef exports to Europe.

The Energizing American Shipbuilding Act seeks to revive domestic shipbuilding and maritime industries.

Updated CPSC policies on stroller safety and refrigerator certificates are expected to be published in the Federal Register on Friday.

PSA International Pte Ltd said it has completed the acquisition of Halterm Container Terminal in Halifax, Nova Scotia, from a fund managed by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets.

Chinese billionaire Liu Zhongtian, former president of China Zhongwang Holdings Ltd., was indicted by federal court in Los Angeles for allegedly evading $1.8 billion antidumping and countervailing duties on aluminum shipments.

The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence is at the center of the country’s efforts to counter national security and terrorism financing threats.

GSC handles 12 percent of import containers in Oakland, but its leadership is concerned about plans to build a baseball stadium on port property,

Tariffs and USMCA were among the topics discussed during Tuesday night’s presidential debate.

A small business exporter highlighted the benefits she has reaped from de minimis exemptions during a Senate Finance Committee hearing Tuesday.

Jens Bjørn Andersen, chief executive officer, said the company was “very pleased with the strong results for the second quarter of 2019. Global transport markets are soft – especially within air freight, but DSV has managed to outgrow the market while still delivering market leading profitability.”

Shippers Transport Express, an affiliate of the stevedoring firm SSA Marine, has obtained a long-term lease on land it uses as a dray-off yard in the Port of Oakland.

Shipowner organizations are expressing concern about proposed modification of tolls at the Panama Canal on Jan. 1 and are asking for it be postponed until June 2020.

The working group laid out specific proposals in the areas of labor, the environment, enforcement and pharmaceuticals.

MTC Logistics broke ground July 24 for a 12 million-cubic-foot temperature-controlled distribution center in the Port of Mobile.

Nine participants from the e-commerce sector will provide Customs and Border Protection certain data elements in advance of shipments arriving in the U.S. during the yearlong pilot.

Only 16 days into the job as acting Customs and Border Protection commissioner, Mark Morgan admits that he’s still facing “a bit of learning curve,” but vowed that the agency will continue to work with the trade in a spirit of “transparency, communication and collaboration.”

Trade advisory committee tasked with proposing ways to improve economic conditions in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador will submit report at Aug. 21 meeting.

Among the Democrats voting against the bill were Reps. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, as well as House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman Earl Blumenauer of Oregon.

DP World (Dubai: DPW) said July 24 that it has reached agreement to create a $1.2 billion container port and industrial logistics port in East Java with the Indonesian conglomerate […]

The $320 million project will double the annual throughput of the Virginia International Gateway container terminal.

A Bureau of Industry and Security official broke the news during the CBP trade symposium this week.

The new officers will begin their duties Aug. 12.

The former CEO of Trailer Bridge disagrees with figures presented on the Jones Act.

Blockchain can help standardize supply chain processes while also ushering in much-needed transparency and visibility.

The San Francisco Conservation and Development Commission will use a new 199-page report to update its seaport plan.

Morocco expects to export 200 to 500 metric tons of fresh raspberries to the continental U.S. yearly.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is starting a voluntary pilot Aug. 22 to collect advance data related to e-commerce shipments with import values of less than the $800 de minimis.

Louis Sola joined the Federal Maritime Commission earlier this year with the goal of working with industry to tackle inefficiencies in the U.S. container supply chain.

TraPac says upgrades were needed to allow the Los Angeles terminal to handle 2.4 million TEUs by 2038.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau toured the Port of Montreal with European Council President Donald Tusk.

The $30 million Heartland Intermodal Gateway has generated little income.

To prepare for ultra-large containerships, the port revises the plan last updated in 1990.

While NWSA reported a record first half, June volumes were mixed — down for international containers but up for domestic traffic.

The new functionality will be available beginning July 27 and will allow the electronic consolidation of informal entry summaries to be processed in the express consignment environment.

Dockworkers will be trained to repair automated cargo-handling equipment they argued would take their jobs.

The congressional delegation trip caps off an active week on Capitol Hill regarding consideration of the new NAFTA.

Second executive of Casey’s Seafood in Newport News, Va., faces five years in jail and a fine for his role in falsely representing foreign crabmeat as U.S. product.

Eric Hirschhorn, BIS chief during the Obama administration, said interactions with industry when reforming export control regulations are vital and warned the agency needs more resources to carry out its […]

Critics of the proposed location for an Oakland Athletics baseball stadium point to a study that says the Howard Terminal site will be needed for cargo.

A multilateral steel group mandate was not renewed in Japan, says the deputy director of the National Economic Council during a think tank discussion Wednesday.

“Rest assured our commitment to achieving our financial targets is unwavering and has never been stronger,” says CFO Rob Knight.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has proposed delaying two provisions in its entry-level driver training rule until February 2022.

Sherrod Brown and Ron Wyden urge Customs and Border Protection to issue a withhold release order to prevent such imports from entering U.S. commerce.

Tiny landlocked kingdom on the eastern edge of the Himalayas moves aggregate via the Brahmaputra River.

Hapag-Lloyd, Yang Ming, Ocean Network Express, COSCO and OOCL will begin service in October.

Calls for the Trump administration to impose trade sanctions against Turkey for its recent purchase of a Russian-made surface-to-air missile system are becoming louder from Capitol Hill.

The Federal Maritime Commission will monitor the transparency of bunker-adjustment factor formulas as the IMO low-sulfur fuel mandate looms, Chairman Michael Khouri said.

A record number of Mexican-made vehicles cross the borders to be sold in North American and Asian markets.

A House subcommittee told Tuesday CBP fentanyl seizures thus far in FY19 equal all of FY18.

Second-quarter net profit totaled CA$724 million compared with CA$436 million in the second quarter of 2018.

The World Trade Organization Appellate Body finds against prior U.S. CV duties on China.

Plastic waste originated in the U.S. and Canada, says the Ministry of Environment.

“The present economic backdrop is one of the most puzzling I have experienced in my career,” says CEO James M. Foote.

The tunnel “enables vehicles traveling on one side of a one-way frontage road to make a U-turn onto the opposite frontage road without stopping at a traffic signal.”

The $1.2 billion expansion could nearly double capacity at the country’s busiest seaport.

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers introduced legislation that would require congressional approval to remove Huawei from the Commerce Department’s Entity List.

An attempt to illegally ship a U.S.-made drill to Iran nets a $300,000 civil penalty and an export denial from the Bureau of Industry and Security.

The president’s executive order sets the stage for higher domestic content requirements for federal procurements and a threshold for iron and steel products.

How to read the Class I railroads’ second-quarter earnings reports and what questions to ask.

Laredo Mayor Pete Saenz highlights improvements being made to the World Trade Bridge at the Texas-Mexico border.

Ship arrested after record cocaine bust is released after $10 million in cash and $40 million surety bond are posted.

“The certainty that comes from having USMCA in place will allow us to continue to invest in manufacturing in the United States with confidence,” says General Motors CEO Mary Barra.

After 38% growth in 2018, the company says it is optimistic about continued expansion.

Canada’s freight forwarders are working with the Canada Border Services Agency to test the processes for the country’s new paperless export reporting system, which is scheduled to become the only […]

German logistics company Dachser says Ireland-based Johnston will be fully integrated into its network by September.

The president opted instead to direct the establishment of a working group to examine the U.S. nuclear fuel supply.

Shipping lines and ports operators have committed to help establish the Global Shipping Business Network.

The port is cautious about the outlook for trade as peak season for containerized cargo approaches.

The Port of New Orleans has reopened, although the remnants of Hurricane Barry are producing drenching rains.

Middle East-India-Africa Express (MIAX) is scheduled to start operations in October.

Louisiana Rep. Clay Higgins introduced legislation to reauthorize and enhance the functionality of the CBP’s Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism Program.

During the first half of 2019, the International Maritime Bureau said 62 seafarers were taken hostage by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea.

June 2018 was the busiest month in the port’s 108-year history.

Trade experts tackled the bilateral trade war, which has lasted for more than a year, during a panel discussion Wednesday.

Issues for carriers involved in U.S. drug trafficking or other criminal investigations outlined.

The fake Edison Professional speakers, with a manufacturer’s suggested retail value of $253,572, originated in China and will be destroyed.

Kari-Pekka Laaksonen formerly led Containerships.

Largest marine terminal in North America gets another vote of approval for new cargo-handling equipment at Pier 400.

Transatlantic carrier will make Southampton its U.K. call instead of Liverpool.

The American Logistics Aid Network is rallying its freight logistics and transportation service provider members to assist with the potential devastating aftermath of Tropical Storm Barry.

The port handled a record 2.4 million TEUs of containerized cargo in the 12 months ending June 30, an 8.8% increase over the prior fiscal year.

The nation’s largest container port handled 764,777 TEUs in June and 9.7 million TEUs in the last fiscal year.

The Waterways Council wants lawmakers to legislate a cost-share split for inland waterways infrastructure projects that’s 25% nonfederal funds and 75% federal monies.

Latest incident comes after U.K. arrests ship carrying Iranian crude oil.

The action could result in trade remedies, including tariffs, if the U.S. finds that France is engaging in unfair commercial practices.

Planned for this fall, submission of the report will follow an April presidential memorandum requiring the departments of Commerce and Homeland Security to send a report focusing on the extent […]