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Elected officials and industry leaders announced the growth Friday at events in Jacksonville and Tampa.

Details of the new deal will not be released until they are reviewed at a two-person meeting, but it will succeed the current agreement set to expire March 31.

The harbor commission delays a vote on permitting APM Terminals to automate its Pier 400 container terminal during a hearing that drew more than 2,000 people.

This C suite move follows news that Robert Biesterfeld will take the reins as CEO in May.

The Labor Department has determined that significant reductions in forced labor in Uzbekistan’s cotton sector have recently occurred.

Treasury continues to expose ways that shipping companies evade U.S. and U.N. sanctions to handle exports and imports for the North Korean government’s financial benefit.

Two industry leaders spoke Thursday about ways shippers can become more efficient and create positive relationships with carriers during an American Shipper webinar.

Valery Kosmachov is charged with facilitating illegal U.S. exports to Russia; Australian company manager David Levik will spend two years in jail for illegal exports to Iran.

Mike McClendon will lead Lineage Europe, and Tim Isik will direct cargo sales in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

The nine all-electric RTG cranes and three reach stackers are “the first part of $100 million to be invested in the first year” of a $500 million plan, GT USA […]

The South Korean shipping company will share the cost of installing scrubbers on its ships with the government and suppliers of equipment and fuel.

Members of the ATA and OOIDA had differing views of the article published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The shipping line carried a record number of containers and has entered into a cooperation agreement with Maersk and MSC on several trades it says will reduce costs.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Wednesday released a notice announcing Section 301 tariff exclusions for 33 additional product types.

The workforces of both companies will be integrated after the sale closes, which is expected in the coming weeks.

“What shippers most need to know — are desperate to know — is when their cargo is actually available for pickup,” FMC Commissioner Rebecca Dye said.

President Donald Trump on Dec. 21 ordered the regulatory changes, which will take effect April 1.

The ITS MARAD study found off-site staging areas with autonomous shuttles or virtual gates offer ports the best benefit-cost ratios.

The California Trucking Association is continuing to challenge a California Supreme Court decision that it says amounts to an “essential outright ban on independent contracting.”

Three women — an engineer, geologist and accountant — are tapped for new roles.

The ITF and WSC issue reports to support their competing views as European regulators weigh extending antitrust protection for vessel-sharing arrangements.

U.S. exporters should become aware of the potential far-reaching impacts of the latest OFAC sanctions against Russian shipyards.

The executive director of Washington state’s Port of Grays Harbor will be installed as chairman for a one-year term in October.

The report found the nation’s seaports’ contributions to the economy have increased since the previous nationwide report published in 2014.

Budget includes $1 trillion in DOT capital infrastructure improvements and hikes for trade enforcement operations and overall funding for the Office of the USTR.

A year after the launch of an electronic truck reservation system, truck turn times at the Virginia International Gateway terminal are down about 32 percent.

Industry leaders will address “Navigating a Carrier’s Market: Becoming a Shipper of Choice” at 2 p.m. EDT.

The $27 million transaction, which is expected to close in April, will help the Tennessee-based company expand its final-mile delivery services.

World Shipping Council CEO John Butler says breakthroughs will be needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The federal funding will help pay for the multiphase project, which will allow Conley Container Terminal to handle vessels up to 12,000 TEUs once completed.

Maersk, which has been reducing its holdings in Total over the past year, says it sold shares worth about $1 billion.

Rodolphe Saadé, CEO of CMA CGM, is expected to be elected as chairman of CEVA during annual meeting in April.

NFI Industries will use the acquisition of the Seattle-based firm to expand its non-asset intermodal services, especially in refrigerated transport.

“A stalwart leader within the American Association of Port Authorities” passed away Saturday following a battle with pancreatic cancer.

The Treasury Department agency has added four Russian individuals and six companies for their alleged involvement supporting attacks against Ukraine’s navy.

A World Shipping Council study outlines benefits of vessel-sharing agreements as European regulators study whether to extend antitrust protections past April 2020.

The acquisition of Poland’s largest container terminal is worth more than $1.1 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The 11,000-TEU Cape Sounio, operated by ZIM on a service offered by the 2M alliance, arrived Monday after transiting the Panama Canal.

U.S. tariff levels on China apparently will depend on how far China is willing to go in agreeing to Trump administration requests for trade enforcement and other priorities.

Drewry says container carriers may try to mitigate the rising cost of fuel by slowing ship speeds and relying more on feeder ships.

CBP will begin accessing liquidated damages against non-vessel-operating common carriers that fail to timely and completely file their Importer Security Filings.

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced the immediate availability of the “quick release” funds to help repair damaged roads in Tennessee and Ohio.

The German logistics services provider made the purchase to help establish its network in Canada.

Rates from Asia to the U.S. East Coast have fallen since the fourth quarter of 2018, and there are “several signs of slowing world trade.”

The ships will replace older ships and be used in the intra-Asia trade by Sealand, which operates feeder ships for Maersk.

Fuel pumping operations could begin Friday or Satuday, said France’s minister of ecology, but the maritime prefecture said there is a risk of coastal pollution from the spill.

U.K. Freight Transport Association doubles down on advice to members to plan for a worst-case scenario.

“The second wave of the U.S. shale revolution is coming,” says the International Energy Agency, which released its five-year forecast for world oil production Monday.

High winds were a contributing factor to the Wednesday morning incident in which about two dozen railcars fell from a trestle onto a river bed.

Customs and Border Protection puts 28-year agency veteran Donald Kusser in charge of the nation’s second-largest airport.

French container carrier increases ownership of Swiss logistics company after monthlong tender offer.

All four crew members of the Michelle Anne safely escaped Thursday, but a Coast Guard incident management team confirmed a oil sheen in the water.

The government watchdog agency found that U.S. Customs and Border Protection expanded its reimbursable services and donations acceptance programs over the last year.

Pennsylvania-headquartered 3PL has grown operations from Atlanta to Southern California and wants to accelerate growth.

A CEO is named for Europe, and a vice president for labor relations is appointed.

The 430-acre Logistics Center Hudson, located northeast of downtown Denver, is part of BNSF Railway’s $65 million investment in Colorado this year.

The Grimaldi Group ship was carrying about 2,200 tons of heavy fuel oil when it sank Tuesday in the Bay of Biscay.

The bills introduced by Rep. Xochitl Torres Small, D-N.M., and Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., focus on bolstering CBP staffing.

The Florida Ports Caucus met Tuesday to discuss the priorities and needs of the state’s ports.

Corporate compliance programs must protect against costly violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

Task force agents conducted a weeklong enforcement blitz and found counterfeit Xanax pills, botox, transceiver network modules, e-cigarettes, Rolex watches and iPhones.

The Government Accountability Office said the Small Business Administration can take steps to improve oversight of its State Trade Expansion Program grants to states.

France’s Maritime Prefect of the Atlantic reportedly said Wednesday the sunken Grimaldi Group-owned ConRo ship was carrying 365 containers and more than 2,000 vehicles.

Lower labor costs make other countries alluring, but China’s transport infrastructure and container services make it hard to beat.

Appointments also announced by ClassNK, OmniTRAX, Transflo, Symphony RetailAI, Wallenius Wilhelmsen Solutions and Grote Industries.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer testified before the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday during a hearing on World Trade Organization reform.

The legislation introduced Tuesday by a bipartisan group would reauthorize the act through 2024 at current funding levels.

Half a million dollars in fines assessed to importers for more than 10,000 engine imports that failed to meet federal emissions standards.

The oil, developed by GoodFuels and derived from used cooking oil and forest residues, does not contain sulfur oxide or require engine modifications.

Virginia-based flooring supplier haunted by 2015 missteps from investigation of defective, formaldehyde-tainted flooring imports from China.

All 27 people on the ConRo vessel owned and operated by the Italian Grimaldi Group abandoned ship early Monday morning and were rescued by the Royal Navy frigate HMS Argyll.

The Kaimana Hila, the sister ship to the Daniel K. Inouye, is expected to enter service in late April.

The Agriculture Transportation Coalition says replacing marine terminal with ballpark would be a step backward and limit potential export growth.

The cocaine shipment from Colombia is the second largest seized at the Port of New York and New Jersey in 25 years.

The executive committee of the AFL-CIO’s Transportation Trades Department set an agenda Monday that also eyed rail safety and combating commercial driver fatigue.

BP Marine says it conducted comprehensive testing of the new fuel that will comply with the IMO regulation that goes into effect next year.

The Bureau of Industry and Security is looking at export controls of technologies expected to facilitate development of the country’s future space policy.

The agency has extended the comment period for its “21st Century Customs Framework” initiative through April 11.

Container volume growth will not outstrip global GDP to the same degree as in the past because many commodities once shipped in bulk already have shifted to containers.

People involved in negotiations gave a ringing endorsement of the pact’s labor and environmental provisions, a hot topic as Congress expects to consider the deal soon.

Huarong Energy, formerly known as Rongsheng Heavy Industries, which was China’s largest privately owned shipbuilder, sold the assets to the bond holder for HK$1.

E-commerce giant Alibaba says it will deepen collaboration with the parcel delivery company STO Express

The NCBFAA responded with alarm to Customs and Border Protection’s March 16 mandate to use the new “create/update importer identity form.”

Korea Development Bank will transfer its Daewoo stocks to a subholding company to be established by Hyundai Heavy in return for equity stake in the company.

Republican Sen. Mike Lee’s Open America’s Water Act would open U.S. domestic waterborne commerce to “qualified,” non-U.S.-flag vessel operators.

Stevedoring company says the investment by Blackstone Infrastructure Partners is “growth oriented.”

Africa continues to deal with challenges that keep its share in world container port throughput at around 4 percent, but the continent has more potential than perhaps anywhere else in […]

Purchase will add a cloud-based terminal operating system for small container and mixed cargo terminals.

There are worries that the U.S. may be seen as an unreliable source of commodities such as soybeans.

Seven of the blanked sailings are on Asia-WCNA loops, while the other three are on Asia-ECNA loops.

The group reported a 1.8 percent growth in revenue in 2018, but the decline in EBIT was attributed to 502 million euros spent on restructuring the PeP division.

Michael Khouri, who has served as acting FMC chairman since January 2017, was officially named chairman by President Trump on Thursday.

House lawmakers reintroduce legislation requiring trucks over 10,000 pounds to have protective guards on all sides, which the association says offer no safety benefit.

The time to hire for the agency currently takes about 300 days, with less than 3 percent of applicants successfully completing the hiring process.

The YM Warranty and YM Wellspring are planned for the Pacific North West Coast Loop 3 and Mediterranean Service-2 lanes.

The project, which is set to double the capacity of the largest container port on Sweden’s east coast, is expected to be completed by the fall of 2020.

Members of the trade community presented several ideas on Thursday for reforming the World Trade Organization as the U.S. continues to work with the EU and Japan on ways to […]

Of the nation’s top five container ports, Savannah’s TEU volumes grew the most in 2018, while L.A. saw the smallest uptick.

Company plans to improve profits by canceling uneconomical charters and “reducing market-exposed fleets.”

The Senate Subcommittee on Economics and Security’s inaugural hearing Thursday focused on the impact of China’s economic practices on intellectual property and standards setting.