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The former employee was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to repay $4.68 million in restitution

The U.S. Transportation Department on Friday released a regulatory package to enhance the safety crude oil and ethanol shipped by rail.

With a large reefer capacity, the new ships are destined primarily for the South American trade lanes.

American Trucking Associations wants electronic speed limiters on all large trucks to be set at no higher than 65 mph.

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 36 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.

The $5.9-billion deal includes KTR’s real estate assets and operating platform.

XVELA, a unit of Navis, aims to help carriers and port terminals work together.

   Channel Construction chartered a barge on three occasions to Northland Services between 2010 and 2012. Northland used it as a platform to generate electricity and refrigeration of fish products. […]

   When the World Customs Organization set out to establish the SAFE Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, it handpicked […]

Customs organization ready to assist members with implementing WTO agreement.

Inland port, logistics park, highway and freight rail to be co-located outside Muscat.

Container Analytics with Ben Meyer    Much has been written in recent months about the congestion issues at U.S. West Coast ports. Contentious labor negotiations between the International Longshore and […]

Some cargo diverted from West Coast ports during recent congestion crisis will stay.

Marine terminals sees congestion as precursor to challenges from Panama Canal.

   The changes taking place in the container-shipping industry are structural, not cyclical, said Ron Widdows, ex-chairman of the World Shipping Council and former chief executive officer of Neptune Orient […]

Shippers seek to better link transportation and compliance with their sourcing processes.

   The logistics staff that you hire today for your business, whether you’re a shipper, transportation intermediary or freight carrier, will mostly come from the millennial generation.     While it’s […]

The Shanghai Shipping Exchange shows spot rates to Europe at low of $399 per TEU.

Transportation Intermediaries Association says truck safety scores on FMCSA website have led to misuse in lawsuits.

Squamish dock was used to handle forest products, steel.

The Transportation Intermediaries Association and United Fresh Produce Association have released a new joint broker-shipper contract for transportation.

UTi Worldwide appoints co-presidents for forwarding, while the Port of New Orleans welcomes new commissioner.

Southern California container terminals clear backlog in wake of tentative ILWU contract.

While the Jones Act is seen as a pillar by many industry and government officials, it’s under heavy attack by some legislators and interests.

The average financial loss of these crimes was 205,625 euros (about $220,000), the trade group said.

The Commerce Department has concluded there’s both dumping and subsidization of these imports from China.

Cargolux will provide Oman Air with access to its Boeing 747 freighters, while Oman Air will offer Cargolux belly hold space on its passenger aircraft.

Austrian 3PL cargo-partner group expands in the United States, while TNT opens new hub in Sydney, Australia.

Nebraska Sen. Deb Fischer says labor impasse sent “ripples through the U.S. economy.”

Port says volumes are increasing and vessels are reaching Oakland off-schedule and in bunches after delays at congested Southern California ports.

Port terminal manager now has terminal operations in Castellon, Barcelona and Valencia on Spain’s Mediterranean coast.

Forty ultra-large containerships have been ordered since January and more are expected from Maersk and COSCO.

Earnings for the quarter increased year-over-year despite negative changes in currency relations, according to the third party logistics provider’s latest financial statements.

Georgia Ports Authority said its terminal handled 27.8 percent more containers in March, 2015 than in the previous year.

Overall first quarter cargo volumes rose 5.9 percent to 51 million tons at the port.

Logistics company deemed SITTAM a “non-core” business, selling it to a subsidiary of Gruppo PIR.

The systems will be installed in a dozen ships currently under construction in Japan.

MatchBack Systems names VP of commercial development, while Florida Department of Transportation appoints a state freight and transportation administrator and Port Metro Vancouver adds new board member.

Speaking to U.S. footwear and apparel importers, the FMC Chairman expounded on the commission’s decision to release a report on detention, demurrage and free time earlier this week.

APL will operate a US-flag string independent of its G6 partners.

The International Civil Aviation Organization developed the prototype risk information repository in response to recommendations from the UN’s High-level Safety Conference in February.

New resources help company grow fleet for perishables.

Developed in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy, PlugPower Inc. and CharlatteAmerica, the zero emissions ground support equipment is the first of its kind.

The German ocean carrier joined the Shenzhen Port Green Convention, an agreement to voluntarily reduce emissions in the region by using low-sulfur fuel in port.

The index’s 7.4 reading “reflects a softening in capacity utilization due to the Hours of Service suspension and fluctuating diesel prices,” according to industry analyst FTR.

CaroTrans introduces direct LCL service from New York to Helsinki, Port of Duluth-Superior welcomes the first ocean vessel of 2015 season, and Yusen Logistics improves electronics logistics facility.

Schenker AG names new head of contract logistics, while Abu Dhabi Terminals appoints CCO.

Fees are having “negative impact” on the fair, efficient and reliable movement of ocean cargo, according to a new report from the Federal Maritime Commission.

Port of New York and New Jersey terminals have seen additional containers from “extra loaders.”

The U.S. Surface Transportation Board approved a joint proposal by Anacostia Rail Holdings’ Louisville & Indiana Railroad and CSX to upgrade the rail line.

Combining the tanker fleets would result in larger and stronger business, says Milaha.

The two agreements announced Friday will allow U.S. producers to export slaughter cattle to Mexico and expand pork shipments to Peru.

Approximately 4,000 barrels of fuel oil spilled into the Bolivar Roads Precautionary Area waterway, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.

COSCO, Wan Hai and PIL will all take slots on the new loop connecting South Korea, China, Taiwan and Singapore with the United Arab Emirates.

As part of the settlement, the four Texas companies and Chinese manufacture will pay a total of $560,000 in civil penalties.

Transportation, Commerce and State departments will review comments alleging sudsidies for Emirates Airline, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways

MOL shuffles senior management with commercial chief, VP appointments, while Finnair appoints VP of global sales.

Lower bunker prices are a temporary windfall that won’t last, according to predictions from Boston Consulting Group.

Rates from Shanghai to the U.S. West and East Coast, however, have risen in the wake of recent GRIs.

LNG exports should be carried in American vessels, says the ranking member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure’s Subcommittee on the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

Heavy ice and lack of icebreaking resources from both the U.S. and Canada are to blame for the decline, according to the Lake Carriers’ Association.

The California port hopes the new facility will attract some first-port inbound calls from Asia.

The facility is part of a two-part construction project to provide a large rail interchange at the west end of the Texas port’s inner harbor area.

The so-called “flora container,” developed by Unit45, allows plants and flowers to be transported by multimodal rail.

CSX names treasurer, while Shipco Transport appoints a new Chicago general manager.

Virginia port officials have ordered more equipment, and hired new mechanics and managers to help recover from congestion crisis.

“It’s a recipe for disaster if we continue to do nothing,” Port of Tacoma Chief Operating Officer Don Esterbrook told port comissioners.

At least four separate thefts have occurred at airports in Brazil since February, according to FreightWatch International.

An important figure in the evolution of U.S. transportation industries, Daniel J. Kerrigan retired from ACL in 1987.

App has a range of other functions and is available from the Apple App Store and Google Play.

Containership charterer also expects delivery of an additional vessel this month.

Airfreight tonnage increased more than 12% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2015 at Shanghai Pudong Int’l Airport Cargo Terminal Co., Ltd.

The federal agency said India met its ICAO safety standards and has now received a Category 1 rating.

Company emphasizes collaboration through tabletop simuation game.

Alleged hazardous materials shipments were offered for air transport without proper paperwork and package labels.

DB Schenker Rail UK wins coal contract from Drax Power Station, CMA CGM opens intermodal corridor from Port of Libreville, Woodland Media moves to larger warehouse facility, and Swissport Brussels […]

Ports are still jammed with import cargo waiting to be loaded on trucks and trains, according to the Global Port Tracker report from the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

International Container Services Inc. will seek other customers for Portland, Oregon container terminal, but says “strong-arm” tactics by ILWU must end.

Combined companies will a have fleet of 70 dry bulkers.

Car volumes increase 38.8% percent in February of 2015 compared with 2014 levels.

The over 2 million TEUs handled by APMT in fiscal 2014 accounted for 45% of total container volume at Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Mumbai, India.

The airline attributed the Q1 2015 growth to new destinations and improved connectivity with its hub in Moscow, Russia.

The agency alleges Optisource offered three undeclared hazmat shipments to UPS for air transport to Puerto Rico and Canada.

American Airlines Cargo adds three European cities to summer schedule and CenterPoint Properties acquires 27-building portfolio in Houston.

Union Pacific has named new VP of HR and TRIOSE appointed a new EVP.

The French ocean carrier says Kingston will be major transhipment hub after the expanded Panama Canal opens next year.

Regulators need to tell alliance cross traders “enough is enough,” says Lidinsky.

Return of carriers is a signal West Coast port slowdown is fading, according to the Northern California port.

German carrier’s departure follows decision by Hanjin to leave the port earlier this year.

MEDGULF service will call at Houston.

Manager did not comply with stricter California regulations, according to the International Transport Intermediaries Club.

The Lake Oswego, Ore.-based railroad transportation equipment supplier had profits $50.4 million on revenues of $630 million for the quarter ended Feb. 28.

The Japanese ocean carrier said its new China Straits Express loop will commence April 27 from Qingdao.

Swiss WorldCargo increases its services via parent Swiss International Air Lines’ summer flights, Con-way Multimodal Expands in Bentonville, while Inchcape Shipping Services opens new office Mozambique.

Hub Group names chief information officer, while senior executives were appointed at Overseas Cargo, Atlas Logistics, and A.N. Deringer.

The poor performance underscored the importance of the tentative labor agreement with the ILWU, according to the consulting firm SeaIntel.

The truckload and less-than-truckload transport company will give Montreal-based Dicom cross-border capabilities between the U.S. and Canada.

The U.S. Justice Department said AMA United Group, Malak Neseem Swares Boulos, and Amged Kamel Yonan Tawdraus pleaded guilty to Arms Export Control Act violations.

U.S. steel exports slipped to less than 900,000 net tons in February, after being above 1 million net tons last November.

The Great Lakes waterway is hoping for a repeat of 2014’s strong volumes.