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Rickmers Holding names Baron as director and adviser

Boeing financing company looks to exit market

DHL Danzas’ Cargo 2000 system is approved

Swift buys large Mexican carrier

Maryland officials assess cause of truck crash

Admiralty lawyer Sam Delich dies in San Francisco

EU, seven other countries prepare to retaliate against U.S. dumping act

WTO warns U.S. against protectionism, security burden on trade

U.S. agriculture officials go back to Japan to attempt re-opening of beef exports

Trade help denied to Louisiana crawfish producers, Mississippi fisheries co-op

U.S. Department of Agriculture rules on imports of Eucalyptus wood chip

Kom International picks Taliaferro as president and CEO

U.S. Maritime Administration approves deepwater LNG port

European Parliament votes on criminal sanctions against pollution from ships

IMO seeks better cooperation with European Commission

CKYH alliance speeds up AWE-3 all-water Asia/U.S. loop

U.S. Lines sets up in-house agency

Freightgate offers on-line airline schedule access

U.S. inland waterways users board meeting set for Feb. 19

U.S. trade deficit in goods narrows as exports rise

World Food Program asks for $11 million to feed Sudanese refugees

U.S. International Trade Commission ends case against Canadian kosher chicken

Exel acquires European company Pharma Logistics

FMC to review 16 license applications from intermediaries

PSA’s international terminals record 35% growth

International Shipping Agency seeks reparations from Puerto Rico Ports Authority

Israel to sell 49-percent state share in Zim

First U.S. Lines ship arrives at Long Beach

Weak dollar prompts higher currency charge in Canada/Europe trade

U.K. coastguard agency sets Jan. 31 deadline for security plans

OSG files statement to raise up to $500 million

U.S. Coast Guard prepares for dry cargo residue discharge actions on Great Lakes

U.S. starts free trade agreement negotiations with Dominican Republic

ITC starts second annual wool articles monitoring report

IBS Logistics picks G-Log software to manage China services

U.S. Commerce department calculates Canadian softwood lumber subsidy at 13 percent

U.S. Agriculture department opens trade offices in Beijing and Manila

GIPSA raises fees for certain product tests to cover operations costs

U.S. Agriculture department denies trade help to Texas-based rice producers

U.S. bans civet imports

L.A./Long Beach vessel traffic recovers from 2002 dip

Port of Le Havre sees 15% jump in box traffic

U.S. Army Corps approves Columbia River channel deepening

HHLA handled 4 million TEUs in 2003

Seattle elects port officers for 2004

NITL, intermediaries tell FMC: Allow NVO contracts

FMC appoints Larson general counsel

U.S. Court of Appeals extends physical scope of Oil Pollution Act

“K” Line opens office in Changchun, China

UPS appoints Flick as president of UPS Europe

Comment period for mandatory SNAP+ extended

USTR chief steps up calls to reinvigorate global trade talks in 2004

FAO urges stronger safety measures to protect global meat trade

Sears Logistics Services signs distribution pact with Exel

U.S. Agriculture Department approves trade help for Alabama shrimpers, denies Florida petition

U.S. Agriculture Department completes draft pest risk for citrus import from Peru

Sandler & Travis consulting group adds VP for global development

Velocity Express Names Hendrickson COO

GeoLogistics names Leivici as CEO of its Americas unit

Kuehne & Nagle adds supply chain capability

Boston container volume up 8.6% in 2003, led by exports

CKYH alliance to add 14th transpacific West Coast link

Hanjin orders five 6,500-TEU ships for Asia-Europe

Americas West Coast carriers expand AmPac service

Cathay Pacific may double freighter fleet by 2007

Bush administration sets goals for Iraqi transportation system

U.S. manufacturing inventories down as orders remain slow

U.S. Treasury Department warns against cooperating with Arab boycott

Iraqis plan first trade fair since overthrow of regime

U.S. International Trade Commission tackles Chinese wooden bedroom furniture

Millers’ association to step-up lobbying for food-aid programs

Jones named chairman of cargo security group

DFDS gets “A license” in China

Alameda Corridor board expands role to other freight projects

Napoleon box terminal opens in New Orleans

Sharjah ports’ box traffic up 15% in 2003

Alabama port loses intermodal director

China Shipping Container Lines to become limited-liability company

CKYH alliance cancels transpacific sailings after Chinese New Year

Maersk Sealand considers Pacific capacity cuts after Chinese New Year

MarAd approves scrapping of U.S.-flag containership

U.S.-flag Great Lakes carriers implement ship security program

FedEx adds S. Korea flights, extends drop-off times

Pacer International files equity issue statement

Vexure promotes Liantonio to senior vice president

Trade associations issue ‘Big Bang’ white paper on textile quotas

U.S. soybean shippers worry about rust outbreaks from trade

U.S. commission to determine harm from imports to domestic shrimpers

U.S. Department of Agriculture rejects California olive growers’ trade assistance request

U.S. imposes dumping, subsidy duties on concrete steel wire imports

Exel opens office in Argentina

Singapore throughput rises 8% to 18.1 million TEUs

Marseilles-Fos reports 3% box traffic gain

MarAd-backed report finds “no suitable” e-seal for container standard

IMO names Sekimizu, Sainlos as division directors

U.S./Venezuela/Brazil carriers restate space-charter pact

U.S. picks firms to study anti-missile defenses for airliners

TMM found in contempt of court in KCS dispute

Railroad receives $233 Million loan for infrastructure upgrades in North Central States

Canadian National names Waite for intermodal post