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Coast Guard suffers first combat death since Vietnam

Fuel prices trigger Lufthansa cargo surcharge increase

Kinko’s gets FedEx identity

China deals with SARS cases

Truck drivers protest fuel prices, wages in California

Railroad supporter to retire from House

Bush administration commits $100,000 in aid to North Korea

Importers liable for container delays under proposed maritime law

Kuehne & Nagel raises first-quarter net income 33%

Ingersoll-Rand gives more parts distribution to APL Logistics

House subcommittee considers speeding up Coast Guard’s Deepwater

Long Beach studies plan to penalize terminals for truck pollution

U.S.-China maritime agreement takes effect

MOL adds 12 new post-Panamax ships to fleet

Marfret joins new Europe/Canada loop

UPS first quarter profit soars

DHL receives EU grant for German air logistics center

Grain shippers praise efforts to modernize U.S. inland river systems

EU OKs UK aid for short-sea shipping

U.S., China attempt to cool down textile trade dispute

Sandler to give keynote at NIT League’s free-trade logistics seminar

White House lifts many commercial sanctions against Libya

Truck strike over fuel surcharges threatens L.A., Long Beach ports

EC ready to act on conference reform without industry proposals

Wan Hai lifts net income, expands

CMA CGM, MSC ready first 8,100-TEU ships for China/California service

More carriers add transpacific capacity

CMA CGM launches 2nd Asia/East Mediterranean link

MOL to take U.S. Gulf/Caribbean and inter-American slots from Lykes

China to ease stance on U.S. export end-use checks

Fish and Wildlife seeks to expand inspections to 3 American cities

Commerce considers monitoring copper scrap exports

U.S, EU sign container security agreement

Stubkjaer notes growing regulatory burden in liner shipping

Caradonna ponders illogical Pacific prices

Senator Lines reports $40 million profit for 2003

Jo Tankers pleads guilty to parcel tanker price fixing

Torm reports 223% share increase at AGM

CMA CGM names Rodolphe Saade as ranking vice president

House sub-panel postpones Syracuse rail safety hearing

Agricultural trade relations warm between U.S., China

U.S. soybean shippers want adequate protections against rust

N.J. shipper pays $422,000 fine for export violations

USAID adds 30,000 metric tons of food aid to Sudan relief effort

USDA deems France and Spain free from hog disease

USDA denies trade help to Kentucky freshwater prawn producers

USDA issues test exemption for Australia/New Zealand cattle imports

Commerce amends Export Administration Regulations

Energy company proposes new LNG terminal in Texas

House committee approves $8 billion for Coast Guard

Horizon Lines’ Raymond backs funding for short sea shipping

BIMCO reports growing vessel compliance with ISPS code

Appellate court says COGSA limitation applies during cargo restowage

U.S.-flag Great Lakes carriers score better on March cargo volumes

MarAd approves U.S.-flag vessel transfer to Canadian registry

Dedicated FAST lane opens at Champlain checkpoint

USDA official: NAFTA a boon to U.S. agriculture shippers

BMW signs with TNT Logistics N.A. to ship finished parts in U.S.

Fish and Wildlife steps up controls on imported beluga sturgeon

GTS names Wainright VP operations

Los Angeles inbound box traffic up 14% in March

Asian shipowners predict 12-15% transpacific growth

CLARIFICATION: P&O Nedlloyd not a party to FABC sale

China Southern adds new Japan route

New York DOT seeks input on policy for off-peak delivery times

New EU labeling rules spooks American food shippers

Hi-Tech Forwarder Network to hold conference April 26-30

APM to build new terminal in Virginia by 2007

U.S. Coast Guard launches security assistance program

U.K. government blocks Dibden Bay container terminal

MEBA Pension Trust completes sale of FABC to P&O Nedlloyd

CP Ships joins U.S. port security group

Royal P&O Nedlloyd names Robbie CFO

Kirby buys stake in container barge company Osprey Line

Seafreight takes Florida/Barbados slots from Crowley

Cargo 2000 gets new leadership

USTDA awards $542,249 grant for Uganda airport study

U.S. Commerce: Chinese televisions dumped on U.S. market

Manugistics partners with IBM

Schlausch named head of air and sea forwarding at ABX

P&O Nedlloyd completes IPO

Med Shipping enters Mediterranean/Canada trade Med Shipping enters Mediterranean/Canada trade

Maersk Sealand to add Asia/North Europe capacity

Wan Hai studies launch of second Pacific loop

Trailer Bridge again delays publication of 2003 results

MTSNAC meeting scheduled for May 3-4 in Chicago

Two China/Australia container services to start

MarAd extends deadline for MSP product tanker proposals

Wheat shippers chastise BNSF for rate shifts

U.S. exports outpace imports in February

FCC rules strengthen RFID in freight environment

U.S. countervailing, antidumping probes for Canadian live swine

Manugistics names Strata VP

SSA starts construction of Texas City marine terminal

Hapag-Lloyd’s liner business doubles operating profit

Delta continues to hemorrhage cash

DHL, U.S. labor union agree on job protection

Canadian National gets STB go-ahead for rail acquisitions

STB raises administrative fees

U.S. lumber industry praises WTO panel report