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Emirates leases Atlas jumbo jet

Hearing to focus on rail line for transport of nuclear waste

Bush administration ends GSP benefits for 10 countries

FAO: Animal diseases affect one-third of global meat exports

U.S., Morocco wrap up free-trade agreement

USDA bans Holstein cross steers, spayed heifers from Mexico

USDA to bring karnal bunt import rules in line with domestic rules

Non-fumigated Unshu orange imports allowed in non-producing states

Matson raises bunker surcharge

P&O Nedlloyd to exit joint North Europe/East Mediterranean service

Regional Container Lines’ profits suffer

Maersk Sealand adds seal attachment point to containers

Salvors say Spain’s ‘place of refuge’ decree is ‘self-defeating’

TNT, FedEx add routes to European cities

Norfolk Southern adds bulk transfer facility

U.S. Xpress names Wardeberg COO

EU starts imposing duties on imports from U.S.

Problems in the Americas hit Tibbett & Britten’s profits

Transplace appoints Abernathy to manage sales and marketing

Tibbett & Britten expands Carrefour contract

FMC petition questions “character” of Apparel Logistics

CaroTrans expands South African service

FIATA schedules first congress in Africa

Yantian terminal in customs reform pilot in China

Strout named deputy CEO at port of Seattle

Amador named terminal director at Port of Olympia

Chemical tanker explodes off Virginia’s coast

Europe/South America West Coast rate increase confirmed

Maersk Sealand, Hamburg Sud cooperate between North Europe/Turkey

Frontline nets $443 million for 2003

International Paper inks long-term shipping deal with NYK

CMA CGM introduces Europe/Caribbean ship

Environmental report for obsolete U.S.-flag ships for scrapping

Senate gives highway projects temporary reprieve

Canadian National, labor group agree on contract

New highway expected to support more Sino-Soviet trade

Exel’s profit down 12%

White House lifts some sanctions on Libya

Houston halts Bayport construction pending court ruling

FMC posts notice of discrimination complaint

NASSCO announces senior management promotions

APL’s CEO reports cargo rollovers, strong volumes

Europe/Caribbean conference revises rate increase upwards

Europe/Brazil carriers raise rates

Norasia targets Asia/Mediterranean trade with one more link

COSCO’s listed subsidiary joins Singapore exchange index

HUAL car-carrier makes first call at Jacksonville

CORRECTION A.P. Moller-Maersk out of U.S./Brazil discussion agreement

U.S. company locates aircraft conversion program in Asia

U.S. chemical shipper pays $647,500 fine to illegal exports

FMC denies Bi-State petition alleging NY-NJ truck detentions

Xiamen terminal adds two quay cranes

San Diego port picks security vendor

A.P. Moller tightens links with China

TACA lines reaffirm westbound rate increases

Mississippi River opens after salvors move ôLee IIIö

High tanker rates lift Teekay’s profits

MISC sees 83-percent rise in 4th-quarter profit

Supreme Court will hear Jones Act case

MOL joins APL’s Singapore/India service

Crowley Liner Services promotes Clapp, Brown

Senator Lines appoints agent for Finland

Lufthansa tweaks rates

Warehouse operators push for solution to reduce demurrage charges

House Transportation Committee weighs in on 2005 budget

Rep. Hunter turns up heat on Commerce Department’s export controls

Accord Express goes live on GTN portal

WFP: Food aid shipments for starving North Korea still short

UPS upgrades customs brokerage services

Alexander International merges with Mallory Distribution

Report: China Shipping plans IPO

COSCO charters five 8,500-TEU ships

CP Ships completes $200-million debt issue

Wallenius Wilhelmsen names new president of Americas region

MOL expands fleet of product tankers

Mississippi still blocked; divers recover body from ‘Lee III’

U.S.-EU talks on liberalized aviation pact stall

Tucker Co. names Tucker CEO

WTO allows EU to take retaliatory measures against U.S.

EU bans U.S. poultry imports

State Department, USAID crack down on overseas taxes on aid

U.S. soybean shippers applaud China’s final safety certification

WFP worries about food-aid deliveries in Haiti

GAO: Inland chemical plants are also targets

Customs prepares ABI for Chile, Singapore FTA claims

FMC reviews 14 OTI applications, revokes 15 licenses

Puyallup Tribe will move casino to open up Tacoma port site

Asia/Americas carriers skip Long Beach to avoid 24-hour rule

Spectacular turnaround at NOL

U.S. Lines goes weekly in transpacific

Maersk, Safmarine quit U.S./Brazil discussion agreement

COSCO joins Yang Ming’s Asia/eastern Mediterranean service

U.S., Mexico reaffirm expansion of FAST program, border cooperation

Drop in oil prices skews foreign trade zone production data

Ridge lays out homeland priorities

NIT League to hold spring policy forum March 22-23

Shipper pleads guilty for violating ‘Buy America’ policy

U.S. hard red spring wheat shipments increase to China

U.S. import entry denial lifted for El Salvador textile shipper

FCS Import2000 ready to interface with Canada’s manifest system