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Claudio Bozzo has been appointed to global chief operating officer of liner carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co.

Drewry says falling energy prices likely to spur more spending by U.S. consumers.

Port of Anchorage says improvements will make the port more resistant to earthquakes.

Holland, a less-than-truckload carrier subsidiary of YRC Worldwide, plans to hire as many as 500 military veterans to accommodate its expansion efforts.

The U.S. Transportation Department said truck drivers, starting Dec. 18, will no longer need to file reports for their pre- and post-trip equipment inspections.

The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security said it will include a new statement to exporters on all validated licenses, effective Dec. 8.

Ingersoll-Rand will acquire the European manufacturer of truck and trailer refrigeration equipment for $123.48 million.

Old Dominion Freight Line has completed a 40% expansion of its Chattanooga facility and nearly doubled the size of its Portland, Ore. service center.

The Port of Everett said work will begin this month to strengthen its South Terminal, used for roll-on/roll-off cargo operations.

CEVA Logistics has expanded operations in Singapore with the opening of a new warehouse at Jalan Buroh.

Freight forwarder UTi Worldwide has appointed Edward G. Feitzinger as chief executive officer, effective immediately.

The U.S. Commerce and Energy departments are planning a business development mission to China in April focused on energy trade.

SeaIntel analysis finds vessels delayed an average of 3.4 days into Los Angeles and Long Beach, as well as the next port of call.

Shippers are feeling squeezed by port capacity problems and unreliable liner service.

Two 1,000-TEU ships will start service from Shanghai this week.

Non-vessel-operating common carrier CaroTrans has added container freight stations at Cincinnati and Indianapolis.

Senator also complains about the cost of food aid preference laws.

The NRF’s monthly monitor of container activity shows seasonal slowdown, but annual growth.

France ordered to compensate pirates becasue of two day delay in bringing them before judge.

FMC says TSA members have pledged to postpone congestion surcharges, but $1,000 GRI still looms.

During October, the port handled 306,805 shipping containers, surpassing the previous monthly record of 306,051 containers handled in August 2013.

Maersk says its East-West shipping network will be monitored through a joint coordination center.

The monthly ocean service will use multi-purpose ships and handle both breakbulk and containerized cargo.

CenterPoint Properties has acquired more than 400,000 square feet and 31 acres across two properties at the Port of Seattle.

The Transpacific Stabilization Agreement is recommending its 15 ocean carrier members implement a general rate increase on Dec. 15.

But the carrier will continue to servce customers by chartering space from APL.

The Israeli carrier is focused on improving customer service and strenghtening services.

A movie theater owner in the heartland has been affected by port congestion.

Transfennica, a subsidiary of the Dutch Spliethoff Group, will end its ‘Motorways of the Sea’ roll-on/roll-off service.

The U.S. Commerce Department plans to boost the ranks of its foreign commercial service officers.

Chief negotiators for West Coast longshoremen and employers are expected to begin talking again.

The ocean carriers say no major changes are planned until after the end of first quarter of 2015.

The deal allows C.H. Robinson to consolidate its position as the biggest freight brokerage, with CEO John Wiehoff pointing to Freightquote’s strength in e-commerce.

The intermodal rail yard will handle both international and domestic containers.

The national office of the International Longshoremen’s Association said a trustee will take temporary control of the port’s labor union.

The vessel owner’s latest purchase is on charter to the Shipping Corporation of India.

The newspaper said the ILWU’s half-speed work tactics are hurting innocent businesses, calls for union contract with the PMA.

MSC has shuttled its planned imposition of a port congestion surcharge on the West Coast.

Ocean carriers are postponing congestion surcharges proposed in reaction to the ongoing ILWU and PMA labor discussions impacting West Coast ports.

U.S. steel imports rose 12.7% in October, month-over-month, to 4.4 million net tons, driven by volume increases from Brazil, South Korea and Turkey.

The Commerce Department this week has determined that automobile and light truck tires from China are subsidized by the Chinese government.

CMA CGM believes there are synerigies with another short sea operator it owns, McAndrews.

The fourth annual increase in a row is needed to offset rising operating costs and investments, the container carrier said.

A Drewry report found that U.S. terminals need to use infrastructure better and that ending the PMA’s negotiation with the union won’t fix congestion issues.

The ESC said surcharges imposed by ocean carriers due to port congestion on the West Coast are unacceptable.

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

   The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received eight license applications and changes for review.     The FMC received a non-vessel-operating common carrier license application from Titan International Shipping, Coral Springs, Fla. […]

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

   The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received eight license applications and changes for review.    The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from Chartwell Navigation, Belle Mead, N.J. […]

FMC reviews 8 OTI license applications

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

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

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

The GAO said the Defense Department remains hamstrung by container management inefficiencies, which result in exuberant detention fees.

The Department of Transportation has secured a new air services agreement, which will be implemented in 2016.

Container carriers are announcing West Coast port congestion charges of $1,000 per FEU

The Los Angeles Basin Pool has added 2,300 chassis through increased emphasis on repairs and shifting assets from other locations.

The French shipping company is reportedly in talks to buy a European feeder line.

A dozen containerships are anchored outside the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

Port executives say mediation ‘has become a critical and necessary tool’ in the West Coast labor negotiaitons.

Teamster-supported strikers end labor action in Southern California,

The ILWU and ILA will likely have concurrent contract negotiations, making cargo diversion difficult, an NRF official said.

No rapid conclusion is expected in labor contract talks that have been ongoing for six months.

After suspending plans, MSC says it will begin surcharge related to West Coast port congestion next week.

Chassis providers and their customers have agreed to implement a shared-equipment model to improve productivity at marine terminals.

A G6 Asia-U.S.-Europe pendulum service will turn around in New York.

Company is handling fewer containers, but says the average freight rate has improved.

A snapshot of chassis activity in L.A.-Long Beach port district underscores problems truckers have finding equipment to move containers.

The CSL is a compilation of nine different ‘screening lists’ from the Commerce, State and Treasury departments.

Port truck drivers continue their strike against five companies, seeking recognition as employees.

Longshoremen in ‘safety stand down’ after death of worker in Benicia.

The acquisition still needs approval from China and the Ukraine.

The port authority’s board approved an additional $2.42 million for the Truck Replacement Program, which started in 2010.

Bridges is the company’s senior vice president of strategic planning.

This service helps facilitate the export of citrus fruits and apples from the East Mediterranean to the Black Sea.

Coal shipments transported on U.S.-flag Great Lakes vessels reached 3 million tons in October, an increase of 9% compared to a year ago.

The department awarded funds to more than 60 U.S. agricultural organizations to help expand the export of their products abroad.

The integrator’s supply-chain division will open six new facilities in Asia by 2020.

The memorandum will consider options for using up to $1 billion to finance the sale of U.S. clean energy exports to India.

The current chassis provisioning model is not sustainable, so competitors plan to reach agreement on sharing equipment.

The terminal group meets with FMC, shipper groups and explains efforts to extend terminal hours.

Carriers back down from immediate activation of charges linked to West Coast labor issues.

The Obama administration is monitoring the contract negotiations, while shippers groups are asking for presidential intervention.

‘It could take years for our agriculture to recover lost foreign markets,’ say 61 agriculture groups.

Drivers for Pacer and Harbor Rail Transport join a strike by drivers seeking recognition as employees.

The Port of Los Angeles attributes a decline in exports to the strong dollar and weak overseas demand.

The container transportation contract will be managed through Crowley’s Carib Energy subsidiary.

Yusen Logistics (Vietnam) Co. Ltd. has added a new warehouse in Hai Phong City, northern Vietnam.

Stifel wrap-up of Northwestern transportation summit also focuses on how e-commerce infrastructure could help last-mile trucking companies.

Export-Import Bank Chairman Fred P. Hochberg is visiting India this week to promote American-made exports.

Norfolk Southern has acquired a 282.55-mile section of track between Sunbury, Pa. and Schenectady, N.Y., from the Delaware & Hudson Railway Co.

Liner carriers in the transpacific say they will begin to impose a $1,000-per-FEU surcharge on Monday.

Drivers said they are striking QTS, LACA Express, and WinWin Logistics Monday and will add other drayage companies,

The agency reported gains in total rail traffic during the first week of November.

LCL-oriented NVO says labor negotiations exacerbating existing causes of West Coast port congestion.

Drivers, Teamsters and TTSI to talk in meeting brokered by Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti.

Carriers are set to charge $1,000 per FEU, also poised to start charging on intermodal door deliveries this week.

The congressmen urge a labor settlement between the ILWU and the PMA, while shippers start petition to the White House.

This is the fourth of expansion of Hanson’s Chicago consolidation center in seven years, and the third since completing a similar buildout in 2013.

The two countries today reached an agreement that paves the way for full implementation of the World Trade Organization’s Trade Facilitation Agreement.