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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.

Tony Kingston is named president and CEO, and Jon Panzer, Jennifer Hamann and Gary Grosz have new roles.

Lars Jensen says while individual carriers and freight forwarders may be under threat, the industry is not.

Association representing the kitchen cabinet industry says it’s one of the “largest trade cases” filed against China.

A survey sponsored by the International Tank Container Organization found the top 10 operators and leasing companies dominated the industry.

The American Logistics Aid Network’s volunteers prepare to assist Alabama and Georgia communities struck by tornadoes as well as flood-ridden areas of Tennessee.

The deal, which is reportedly for an approximately $2.5 billion and also includes DCLI subsidiary Blume Global, is expected to close in the second quarter.

An e-bill of lading service using proven scalable technology can have easy ROI based on prime service revenue, faster delivery, time savings, removal of fraud risk and heightened security.

Agency said the Boeing 767-300 cargo plane’s pilots lost contact with air traffic control in Houston during the last 18 seconds before the Feb. 23 crash.

Witnesses gave a Senate committee recommendations on how to streamline the permitting process to expedite project delivery.

Opposition voiced by lawmakers and U.S.-flag vessel and shipyard interests to Puerto Rico’s proposed 10-year Jones Act waiver.

While the companies agree on how to tackle the low-sulfur fuel mandate, they are pursuing very different corporate strategies.

The rotation of the new service connects Turkey with Europe and Canada and will be served by eight 5,500-TEU ships.

Ministers from three member states of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership expressed support for the possibility of the U.S. rejoining the agreement.

Cargo undamaged by the early January fire cannot be discharged in the Bahamas and a containerized terminal berth in the vicinity may not have enough capacity.

The nation’s top food and drug regulator stepped up controls on e-cigarettes and unsafe medicines as well as advanced the Food Safety Modernization Act.

A National Association of Manufacturers survey, which coincided with a speech by Vice President Mike Pence, found concerns remain about infrastructure.

BlueWater Reporting’s database illustrates that blanked sailings between China and North America and North Europe drastically increased from 2018.

The Transportation Institute credits the Jones Act for the industry’s employment of nearly 650,000 Americans and contribution of $154 billion to the nation’s economy.

Jörg Sommer is named CEO of StreetScooter; Tammy Leurquin is hired as chief technology officer; and Casey Taylor is appointed as vice president of sales.

Nazak Nikakhtaris, assistant secretary for industry and analysis, also will perform “nonexclusive duties” of the agency’s undersecretary for industry and security post.

The Section 232 investigation begun Monday is in response to a petition filed in September by domestic producer Titanium Metals Corporation.

Trump administration says India failed to meet certain conditions to stay in program, while Turkey no longer needs preferential trade access to the U.S. market.

The North Carolina-based company also reported Tuesday its LTL revenue per hundredweight increased 9.6 quarter-to-date over 2018.

No injuries were reported from the Saturday incident in which the Safmarine Nokwanda struck the Tianjin, which was docked at the port.

Demand for container shipping in the transpacific was another major topic at TPM19.

The 25-year contract, which includes a facilities lease and equipment sublease, calls for a $238.7 million investment, including the operator putting $28 million toward the harbor deepening project.

The Swiss engineering group’s MoorMaster systems are scheduled to enter service in 2020.

E-commerce platforms and rapidly changing IT are challenging the agency’s regulatory oversight and systems to keep pace.

The State and Commerce departments work to release final rules to shift some firearms and related items from the U.S. Munitions List to the Commerce Control List.

CBP and COAC make strides to improve procedures for bonded cargo moves, but more work still needs to be done.

Competition will stimulate industry submissions of cutting-edge, nonintrusive technologies that detect opioids in small packages.

French carrier says CEVA acquisition will create $30 billion company offering door-to-door logistics.

The leaders of the Senate Finance Committee this week in a letter urged U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to maintain the current $800 de minimis level in forthcoming USMCA implementing […]

FMC kicks off industry innovation teams in an effort to develop “transparent and standardized language for detention and demurrage practices.”

The Spanish freight forwarder will be integrated into global forwarding division and technology platform following the approximately $48 million cash purchase.

CBP Commissioner McAleenan said the advisory committee’s Northern Triangle Working Group will tackle trade barriers in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador.

Tariffs have forced U.S.-based retailers to rethink the sourcing of their goods. “Our 2018 country of origin chart was 29 percent made in China. In 2019 the estimate is it’s […]

A facility expected to be finished in 2020 will move about 120,000 vehicles annually through the Tradepoint Atlantic terminal.

Shipping lines with direct service calls to the port and that do not transship within 250 nautical miles are eligible for the incentives.

Built at a cost of $1 billion, the Moín terminal will be used to move refrigerated cargo to Europe and Asia

The reduction, effective March 29, is the fourth one of 2019 announced by the Panama Canal Authority following low rainfall in December.

The Blockchain in Transport Alliance was founded in 2017 and currently has nearly 500 members in more than 25 countries.

Consulting firm says requirement to use low-sulfur fuel could raise costs by $10 billion for industry.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said he’s “not foolish enough” to think one trade negotiation with China will change all allegedly unfair commercial practices.

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao Wednesday voiced support of the federal government investing in infrastructure while also streamlining the permitting and approval process to speed up the delivery of road and […]

Simplification and improvement of capital structure will support long-term business plans, says the logistics and transportation company.

The Swiss company, which has been an acquisition target of Danish firm DVS, reported a drop in ocean freight volume last year.

The Food and Drug Administration has unveiled a plan to further enhance its safety oversight of imported foods through the Food Safety Modernization Act.

Witnesses gave the Senate Subcommittee on Transportation and Safety a variety of recommendations to improve intermodal infrastructure.

The Switzerland-based freight forwarder and logistics company reports both increased sales and profit for 2018.

The latest opposition stopped a proposal by 73 WTO members to end an impasse as the U.S. continues to voice its concerns about the functioning of the panel itself.

The service will be paired with APL’s Eagle Express X transpacific service.

The ship Kauai will be moving cargo to and from Hawaii while Matsonia undergoes repairs.