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Menlo Worldwide Forwarding opens Santos office

Port of Jacksonville reopens after capsized barge blocks channel

Port Everglades drops customs inspection fee

COSCO adds South Pacific connections

Eimskip Holding to split into transportation and investment companies

Greybox sees widening container imbalances

Report: ôPrestigeö spill will impact Spain for 10 years

Kiribati joins IMO

SEKO Worldwide opens London office

U.S. House approves $7.1 billion Coast Guard authorization

NYK expects higher half-year profit

EC to hold oral hearings on conference antitrust regulation

A.P. Moller-Maersk first to gain group-wide C-TPAT validation

Hanjin Shipping’s net profit up 168% in first nine months

Dockers may boycott ships to protest against EU port liberalization

Horizon Lines names Urbania CFO

FedEx initiates Hong Kong/Paris service

Montreal Convention for aviation enters into force

U.S. official calls UN resolution to lift Cuba embargo ômisguidedö

ExpeditorsÆ 3rd-quarter earnings up 6% despite poor August

European government orders L-3 truck-mounted screening system

EU imposes $4-billion retaliation duties on imports from U.S.

Lykes joins U.S./Oceania carrier groups

Another carrier leaves U.S./West Africa discussion agreement

FMC chairman Blust meets COSCO CEO Wei in Beijing

ICC warns of potential “environmental disaster” due to Asian tanker attacks

Depressed U.S./Venezuela trade kicks Seaboard into the red

Hamburg Sud sets up Asian headquarters in Hong Kong

OTAL switches U.K. headquarters

Asia/West Coast South America carriers increase rates

Expeditors reports 6% increase in 3rd-quarter earnings despite poor August

GeoLogistics appoints Ranchon CEO of its French subsidiary

MOL adopts double-hull fuel tanks for VLCCs

LanChile Cargo picks GF-X for electronic bookings

Lufthansa Cargo makes changes in sales, marketing staff

UP successful in Overnite spinoff

Vexure names Martinez sales director for TRT Carriers

USDA: Wood-packaging treatment rules set for April or May

U.S. to reopen trade with Serbia

Pindar Systems names Roache CEO

U.S. Customs to extend operating hours at Otay Mesa

MOL strengthens ethical compliance system

China Shipping Development’s half-year profit up 76%

U.S. competition penalty pushes Odfjell into 3rd-quarter loss

Bossclip joint venture launches U.S. Gulf service to Brazil

Survey: Industry unprepared for Bioterrorism Act deadline

U.K. agency voids permission to dismantle MarAd vessels

Trade prospects expected to boost container industry

Lufthansa drops surcharge on conventional booking methods

Volga-Dnepr Group names Yap Far East marketing director

DOT’s RSPA clarifies final rule for handling hazmat cargo

Browning: U.S. companies well positioned for advance manifest rules

U.S. Customs reschedules COAC meeting

Kuehne & Nagel opens Italian logistics center

NYK Logistics (Americas) names Perdue, Charlton executive VPs

Patrick Stevedores to use all-robot straddle carriers in Brisbane

A.P. Moller names new post-Panamax ship

Safmarine opens offices in Argentina, Uruguay

Europe/West Africa carriers implement Nigerian tax surcharge

Tung rejects “ill-conceived” shipping regulations from developed countries

Third-quarter net profit up 39% at COSCO affiliate

International Asset Systems handles container depot data for P&O Nedlloyd

IMB warns of dangers from pirate attacks against small tankers

Simpson takes controls at express carrier group

U.S. awards grant to develop intermodal container network in China

RailAmerica to unload overseas operations

U.S.-flag Great Lakes carriersÆ iron ore prospects remain dismal

Bonner promotes “smart seals” for C-TPAT program

Advance manifest rules still await sign off

USDA proposes new category for regions infected with BSE

USTR seeks comment for annual foreign trade barriers report

Congo gains AGOA eligibility

Top cargo security advisor McGowan leaves DHS

Canadian project cargo forwarders merge

FMC reviews 7 OTI applications, revokes 3 licenses

Asia/Europe carriers confirm four-step rate increases next year

Tropical Shipping report lower profit, rates

U.S. international air freight traffic down for sixth consecutive month

Yantian terminal tests secure container program

New World Alliance considers suspending Pacific loop

Swiss WorldCargo takes space on Polar AirÆs Asia, U.S. freighters

USDA seeks comments on proposed origin rules for meat, produce

Steel coalition calls for elimination of tariffs

EC issues guidelines on state aid to European shipping

MarAd sets new deadline for comments on Maersk Line MSP transfer

Wilh. Wilhelmsen suffers loss on Eukor venture

Yang Ming extends intra-Asia link to Japan

Far Eastern Freight Conference adds St. Petersburg winter charge

BIMCO concerned over IMO’s double-hull bulk carrier proposal

Marad removes another ship from James River Fleet

Rogue vessel escapes from Gambian control

Pacer International sees dip in 3rd-quarter earnings

Sens. Collins, Lieberman call for better container tracking

New in-bond procedures slow trade in Miami

California fires effect freight transportation

Panalpina names Gulisano executive VP North America

Savi, E.J. Brooks, RAE introduce container sensor system

Delmas, WAL cooperate in Europe/West Africa trade

Lloyd Triestino to join CMA CGM’s U.S./Med service

Higher freight rates help CP Ships report record 3rd-quarter profit