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Greybox to manage box fleet for U.S. Lines’ planned venture

Antwerp terminal orders 10 post-Panamax container cranes

Port state control body Paris MOU to issue warning letters to non-security-compliant ships

Phoenix opens office in Ningbo, China

International Paper appoints Matrics to provide RFID tags

TradeCard adds electronic customs declaration service

Port of Portland terminal exceeds 1995 container record

WTSA carriers plan to increase refrigerated cargo rates

Atlas tries to stave off creditors, moves toward bankruptcy

USTDA awards $540,015 grant for Kazakhstan air-traffic study

ITC recommends quotas for Chinese ductile iron waterworks fittings

CSX World Terminals begins operations at Yantai, China

State Department updates country list for longshore work

Hamburg Sud takes Ellerman’s German agency activities in-house

U.S.-EU negotiate on parallel tracks to liberalize aviation

U.S. international aid agency strengthens alliance with Foods Resource Bank

EC competition official leaves half-way through conference antitrust review

Geest North Sea, X-Press Containers cooperate in intra-Europe trade

Europe/West Africa carriers raise rates

EUROPE/WEST AFRICA CARRIERS RAISE RATES

Exel signs logistics contract with Marks & Spencer, Desmonds

U.S. Lines to start Pacific service Dec. 29

Airports Council International elects Boserup chairman

Betenia to direct Lufthansa Cargo sales in U.S., Canada

Van Tine starts work as acting DOT deputy secretary

Inland waterways interest question Academy of Sciences findings

USTR eyes harmonizing tariffs, liberalizing origin rules for NAFTA

IMRA opposes proposed U.S.-Canada softwood lumber deal

FDA offers small firms food import, facility registration guides

Exel appoints Thompson, Bowers to Transportation Services

D.F. Young adds Luludis as IT VP

Perry Ellis International picks NTE software

DHS beefs up research on agro-terrorism

OOCL orders another two 8,000-TEU ships

COSCO welcomes U.S./China maritime agreement

U.S./India carriers add Indian call at Mundra

Europe/South America, WITASS lines plan three rate hikes for 2004

Frontline sells $580 million notes to refinance tanker fleet

Horizon Lines adds 900 reefer containers

Shanghai to surpass 11-million-TEU traffic in 2003

Port of Tacoma invests for expected “steady growth”

U.S.-flag lines prepare for major military equipment moves to Iraq

MarAd asks for fresh proposals for vessel disposal

Airports Council assembly refuses to bail out airlines

GeoLogistics names Blaufuss to direct air freight for 3 regions

Yellow Roadway Corp. is born

ICC wants government leaders to jumpstart Doha round

African businesses support adoption of “AGOA III”

Mali to take advantage of AGOA for textile shipments to U.S.

Ex-Im Bank backs $69 million loan for Gulfstream’s Saudi jet deal

FMC reviews 4 OTI applications, revokes 10 licenses

Textile importers run into common visa problem at end of year

Wolfe named to head Port of Olympia

U.S. port officials concerned over $179-million security grants

APL’s average rates show decline since summer

APL ships join U.S. weather pilot program

Wincanton reshuffles board of directors

Three crewmen still missing after Dutch ship capsizes in Albany

IMO elects Diaz-Monclus chairman

IATA: Air transport ôpowerful factorö for AfricaÆs development

Bush administration keeps pressure on China’s WTO commitments

Steel is trade issue in Canada, too

Consumer group urges Canada not to sign softwood lumber deal

UTi reports higher third quarter profits, revenues

OSHA extends comment period for vertical tandem lift rules

First ship calls at CSX World Terminals’ Caucedo facility

“K” Line to expand fleet to 500 ships

Maersk Sealand adds features to booking system

Zim orders reefer containers

Rickmers-Linie America appoints Nagel CEO

New multi-purpose ship for Rickmers-Linie

UTi reports higher profits, revenues for August-October

European Commission welcomes IMO tanker decision

BLE moves under Teamsters umbrella

Edison to head CN’s BC Rail integration

Transportation journalist Bilanow dies

House passes bill delaying origin labeling for meats, produce

Commerce to continue monitoring steel imports

Exel tests RFID tags for Selfridges

Panama Canal Authority fiscal year sees improved tonnage, revenue

Carriers raise Mediterranean/U.S. rates

TACA in new attempt to raise westbound rates

Hutchison’s Busan terminal fully recovered from typhoon

Eurogate handles 10.5 million TEUs in 2003

U.S., China sign new maritime agreement

IMO adopts fast-track single-hull tanker phase-out

Coast Guard cites loss of containers from ship near Cuba

U.S. salvage group sets industry safety standards

U.S. Customs Orders Truck Transponders for FAST Border Program

Ex-Im Bank approves $500 million to support Iraqi Trade Bank

USDA denies trade help to California garlic producers

Labor, human rights groups to protest CAFTA

Exel names Moebel CEO for the Americas

Exel signs two U.K. logistics contracts

Management Dynamics opens Atlanta office

Tibbett & Britten names van der Maarel to direct European sales

Port of Savannah container berth project moves forward

Cashon joins Ceres Terminals as sales and marketing VP

Tasman Orient enhances Asia/Oceania services

MOL sees container supply/demand balance until 2006