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Chris Gillis Wednesday, July 10, 2013

USDA sharpens Lacey Act terms

   The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will publish an interim rule establishing the definitions of “common cultivar” and “common food crop” and seeks public […]

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Chris Gillis Monday, July 1, 2013

Momentum buys forwarder

   Momentum Transportation USA, an independent Landstar agency, has acquired Suncoast Ocean Lines, a freight forwarder and non-vessel-operating common carrier based in North Ft. Myers, Fla.    Financial terms of […]

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FreightWaves Staff Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Safer sourcing

Global shippers try to influence end to hazardous sweatshops in Bangladesh. By Jon Ross    On April 24, more than 1,000 workers sewing T-shirts, shorts and other clothing in a Bangladesh […]

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Chris Dupin Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Getting closer

   Damco, the forwarding and logistics services arm of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, has ambitious plans for growth over the next several years and a big agenda as it adapts […]

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Chris Dupin Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Naval rhinoplasty

   While Germanischer Lloyd (GL) noted “a complete hull design will without doubt achieve much more substantial fuel savings,” shipowners may be able to achieve significant fuel savings by changing […]

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Chris Dupin Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Thinking small

   Big ships have dominated the shipping news this year.    The first in a series of 20 18,000-TEU ships was scheduled to be delivered to Maersk Line at the […]

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FreightWaves Staff Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Failing to keep pace

U.S. transport policy slowly incorporates freight, but infrastructure upgrades lag. By Eric Kulisch    The recent collapse of the Interstate 5 bridge into the Skagit River north of Seattle focused attention once […]

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Chris Dupin Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Class action

   The roll-on/roll-off shipping companies that move cars, trucks and heavy equipment are facing a challenging year.    Reporting first quarter results in May, Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding, half-owner of Wallenius […]

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Chris Dupin Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Washed away?

Container carriers suffered in 2012, and the 2013 financial outlook appears just as bleak. By Chris Dupin    Is the container shipping industry’s tide of red ink ebbing?    2012 […]

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FreightWaves Staff Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Fix it fast

   The White House has committed to expediting the interagency approval process for transportation infrastructure projects that provide direct economic benefit beyond the city or state in which they are […]

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