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Merged railroads could benefit by a way to skirt congestion in Chicago and the boom in shale oil.

The ITC said these imports hurt domestic producers, while Commerce ruled they are subsidized by the Chinese government.

The trip will focus on U.S. export opportunities for both the healthcare and energy sectors in these two countries.

NRF asks union, employers to reinstate contract through November so arbitration provisions are in place.

Insurer says it is responding to an increase in rail traffic, especially crude oil and hazardous materials.

Maersk and MSC plan to start up global partnership on East-West trades in January.

As container shipping evolves, Drewry predicts survival of the leanest.

Former driver David R. Nelson admitted bribing employees at the Marine Corps Logistics Base in Albany, Ga.

   A story in Monday’s AS Daily about a vessel-sharing agreement between Crowley and Seaboard Marine for a service between the United States and Dominican Republic misidentified the port that will be […]

Puget Sound ports said cooperation plan is a response to the competitive pressures in the container industry.

A coalition seeks to close the ability of Maryland lawmakers to siphon money off the state’s transportation trust fund.

The special permit covers the statewide transport of medical waste related to Ebola treatments in Texas.

The Commerce Department noted increases in exports of capital and consumer goods, as well as petroleum.

TOTE is building two ships and will convert two more to operate on LNG.

Container Analytics with Ben Meyer    Earlier this year, the ocean liner industry was jolted as the three largest carriers, Maersk Line, Mediterranean Shipping Co., and CMA CGM, announced plans […]

   It is human nature, it seems, to ignore a potential problem—hoping it will go away—rather than dealing with it head on.    This is how most shippers are handling […]

   In this issue, American Shipper has introduced a new monthly column highlighting trends and developments in global liner carrier capacity.    Titled “Container Analytics,” the column will be written […]

Problems faced by trucking, other shipping industries foster inland transport changes.

   A recent decision that affirmed two decisions by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (Sompo Japan v. Norfolk Southern et al. and Nipponkoa Insurance […]

   Amazon and DHL are talking about using drones to deliver packages by air; Google and Tesla about driverless cars.    Some futurists are even hinting at crew-less ships.   […]

Agency says publishing OTI information itself will result in quicker delivery of notices, cut costs and improve presentation.

Shippers face a price jolt as regulations require ships to burn fuel with one-tenth as much sulfur close to shore.

Brazil ends cotton case, giving up its rights to countermeasures against U.S. trade.

Alternative sites will help keep cattle moving across the U.S./Mexico border, if APHIS officials can’t conduct inspections in Mexico.

New York City says lawsuits against other companies continue.

Sustainability Accounting Standards Board says standard metrics will help investors gauge risk.

Department of Justice says Japanese carrier will pay $67.7 million for its role in price-fixing conspiracy.

PacAvi Group of San Diego will start a new program to convert Airbus A320 and Airbus A321 passenger planes to freighters.

U.S. steel imports dropped 5 percent from July to 3.67 million net tons in August, according to the AIIS.

The company will provide a new line of trailer and self-powered truck units that use a next-generation refrigerant.

Containerships will add two more dual-fuel engine-technology container vessels to its short-sea fleet.

Companies hope to put gray pool in place by beginning of 2015.

Tote awarded a $324.6 million Title XI loan guarantee to help finance replacement ships for Sea Star Line.

FTR reported North American truck trailer orders of 23,135 units in August, a 27-percent increase over the previous month.

European Shippers Council tells FMC that Maersk-MSC alliance might damage world trade.

The natural gas boom is driving increased domestic chemical production and demand for new tank barges.

The Senate on Thursday voted to confirm Holleyman, who was nominated for the post in February.

The United States is proceeding with a labor-enforcement case against Guatemala under CAFTA-DR.

Chinese hackers have infiltrated systems of U.S. Transportation Command contractors at least 20 times in a single year, warned the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Area S.p.A. agreed to a civil penalty to settle charges that it sold U.S.-origin network monitoring equipment to Syria without authorization.

COSCO officials said the investment for new ships is needed to improve the competitiveness of its fleet.

FMC Commissioner William Doyle detailed revisions incorporated in a soon-to-be published proposed rule.

Speakers blame big ships, carrier exit from chassis business as contributing to port snarls.

Diversity of recent hires belies charges of discrimination, says ILA union and its employers.

BIS on Friday took additional steps to restrict trade with Russia.

Bipartisan bill proposes to increase size of STB from three to five members.

Congress is told while Jones Act carriers are experiencing the best of times, things are worse for U.S. carriers in international trade.

TPP members finished 10 days of meetings Wednesday in Hanoi, making what they claim to be “important progress across a range of issues.”

ITA released about $2.2 million across eight non-profit business organizations university programs to assist their export promotion programs.

Haven Energy’s proposal would move propane and butane to markets around the Pacific Rim.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker will lead a delegation of U.S. businesses on an economic fact-finding mission to the countries later this month.

USDA closed a loan guarantee to build a bio-refinery to produce jet fuel from solid waste.

With ILWU negotiations continuing, retailers stock up on holiday inventory.

‘Ocean Three’ agreements will unite the carriers on major East-West trades.

Steel shipments continued to drop in July, according to the American Institute for International Steel.

All shippers must be mindful of how these new alliances might impact their service agreements as they start planning for the 2015 negotiating season.

U.S. carriers operating in domestic cabotage trades under the protection of the Jones Act are undergoing an “extraordinary renaissance,” while that’s not so in the international trades.

The Canaveral Port Authority recently received a $1.6 million port security grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

The International Chamber of Shipping is warning of new environmental regulations about to impact ship operators at more or less the same time.

St. Lawrence Seaway has reported that grain exports from the U.S. have made a comeback this year.

The Commerce agency published a notice regarding the effectiveness of its licensing procedures for Cuban agricultural commodity exports.

The U.S. Commerce Department reported that exports of goods and services in July increased from $196.2 billion in June.

Chinese reforms would allow foreign companies to establish shipping companies in Shanghai FTZ.

Deadly Ebola disease results in changed port rotations and additional charges for West Africa shippers.

Descartes sees continuing strong demand for its software.

North American large truck orders have had 19 months with year-over-year increases, FTR noted. August orders were the strongest for the month since 2005.

enVista opens new office in United Kingdom to provide freight bill auditing in Europe, Mideast, and Africa.

The U.S. Commerce Department released data for the first time linking exports to jobs.

Canada’s Pembina Pipeline plans new propane export terminal in Portland.

Container pricing on major East-West trade lanes drops by 6 percent.

   Judge Susan Wigenton wrote in her decision “the eradication of racial and gender-based discrimination is a purpose of the compact” between New York and New Jersey that created the […]

   The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 32 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.    The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from American General […]

   The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 32 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.    The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from BeyondVista Corp., […]

   The Port of Houston Authority said more steel moved across its docks in July than in any month since 2008.    For the month, steel volumes reached 844,000 tons.  […]

   Two New York state residents — Chenglan Hu, 52, and Hau Fei Zhang, 53 — pleaded guilty Wednesday to importing more than 100,000 counterfeit and hazardous children’s toys from […]

   The petitioners for this investigation are the American Sugar Coalition and its individual members. The product covered by this investigation is sugar derived from sugar cane or sugar beets.

   Steel shipments into the United States continued to grow in July, expanding by more than 6 percent from June and nearly 56 percent from a year earlier, according to […]

   A coalition of trucking groups, led by the American Trucking Associations, asked the U.S. Transportation Department to remove the scores produced by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Compliance, […]

   The U.S. Export-Import Bank has authorized a pair of direct loans to two wind power projects in Peru for the export of wind turbines manufactured in Hutchinson, Kan., and […]

   The import restrictions challenged by the United States in this dispute include an import licensing requirement and restrictive trade-related requirements imposed by Argentina.

The Danish container carrier said its customers were unprepared for the Russian counter-sanctions and it is working with these shippers’ origin offices to “find the best and most cost efficient […]

International customs officials at the World Customs Organization in Brussels have recently agreed on 234 changes to the global system that categorizes products that are imported and exported around the […]

   Econocaribe Consolidators of Miami has filed a complaint against another ocean transportation intermediary, Amoy International of City of Industry, Calif., at the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission, asking for reparations of […]

   Globe Tracker International has formed a strategic relationship with Total Soft Bank Ltd.    Globe Tracker, a Danish firm, specializes in global assets tracking, while Busan, South Korea-based Total […]

   A group of U.S. sugar users said Mexico should not be used as “scapegoat” for the fluctuations in U.S. sugar prices.     “Instead, the focus should be on reforming […]

   Minyan Marine is just one of two companies investigating the possibility of using articulated tug-barges to offer short-sea services for domestic shippers of containerized cargo in the United States.

   Protests targeting ZIM Line are expected in Tacoma and Seattle later this week in the wake of demonstrations that disrupted cargo operations at the Port of Oakland.    A […]

   Industry stakeholders, regulators and the general public are encouraged to take part in the forum, which will be held on Sept. 15 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at […]

   Recently formed Chit Chat offers classes in general logistics education, as well as detailed topics such as air export, ships and shipping, customs brokerage, and Incoterms.

   Sabahaddin Akman, owner of the Istanbul, Turkey-based firm Ozay Pharmaceuticals, pleaded guilty to charges of smuggling misbranded and adulterated cancer treatment drugs into the United States, said the U.S. […]

   Ask most American high school seniors what they plan to study in college, and you will likely get answers such as accounting, engineering, education and pre-med, to name a […]

   As of mid-August, there has been remarkably little information coming out of talks between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and Pacific Maritime Administration over a new contract to […]

U.S. dairy export growth is something for these shippers to smile about.    Dairy exports have increased rapidly in the past two decades, growing from $982 million in 1995 to […]

   This decision involves a shipment of clothing moving from China to Mexico that “went missing” along the way. (U.S. v. C.H. Robinson. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. No. 13-1168. […]

   Aluminerie Alouette expects to ship close to 500,000 metric tons of aluminum to U.S. ports including Oswego; Toledo, Ohio; and Detroit on barges owned by McKeil Marine over the […]

   Reefer container volumes are forecast by Drewry to rise by 20.5 million tons by 2018 — 16.5 million tons by organic growth and 4 million tons at the expense […]

   “DP World Vancouver is still experiencing an extremely high discharge volume of U.S. cargoes. This, combined with a Canadian cargo increase and rail car supply that does not meet […]

   Russia’s import ban in response to sanctions from the U.S. and Europe over the war in Ukraine will hurt companies that ship a variety of agriculture products, according to […]

   Moody’s put MOL’s Baa3 rating — the lowest of its investment grade ratings — under review on Monday after MOL reported earnings of 8.5 billion yen ($84 million) for […]

   CSAV said the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission have approved plans to merge CSAV’s container business with Hapag-Lloyd.    “This is part of the consultation process […]