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The Coast Guard captain of the Port of St. Louis has restricted traffic on the upper Mississippi River following high water.

The Federal Maritime Commission has published proposed rules that would represent the first substantive revision of regulations for forwarders and non-vessel-operating common carriers since the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998.

Ocean carriers deploying new mega-ships are undermining freight rates on the Asia-Europe trade, and the cascading of vessels is putting pressure on other lanes, according to Hanjin Shipping’s top container shipping executive.

The Australian Trade Commission will open an office in Yangon, Myanmar, on June 6.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has opened its final three Centers of Excellence and Expertise in Miami, San Francisco and Atlanta.

China’s factory activity deteriorated for the first time in seven months in May as both domestic and external demand softened, a private survey showed, adding to concerns that the world’s second-largest economy is losing momentum.

Hapag-Lloyd will increase rates for dry, refrigerated, flat rack and open top containers on its trade from the Indian subcontinent to the U.S. and Canada, effective July 1.

Crowley Maritime’s Caribbean logistics group is offering weekly less-than-containerload services to and from San Juan and several Central American countries.

OOCL will boost rates on its trans-Atlantic trade, beginning July 1.

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has received an order to deliver two diesel electric Kalmar straddle carriers to Port Otago, a container handling operator in New Zealand.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has published a notice in the Federal Register stating that any domestic producer who is entitled to file a claim under the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000...

Liebherr Container Cranes has received an order from Terminales Portuarios Euroandinos in Paita, Peru...

The National Industrial Transportation League has proposed a change to rules governing U.S. railroad that, if promulgated by the U.S. Surface Transportation Board, would establish new standards by which shippers who are served by a single Class I carrier could qualify for competitive switching of their freight to a second carrier if certain criteria are met.

Coregistics, a packaging supply chain services company, has acquired substantially all of the assets of Cano Packaging...

The Port of Jacksonville’s channel-deepening project will cost $733 million, according to a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers analysis.

The Port of Klaipėda in Lithuania has completed the dredging of its channel after one year of work.

A Department of Transportation study on the ramifications of allowing heavier and bigger trucks won’t likely end the decades-long debate over the issue, but it could provide Congress with a more definitive roadmap.

The world’s airlines will post a collective profit of $12.7 billion this year, 20 percent higher than an earlier forecast of $10.6 billion in March, as cheaper fuel and cost savings offset sluggish global economic growth, the International Air Transport Association said.

PSA International has acquired a stake in Fujian Jiangyin International Container Terminal (FJCT) in the Port of Fuzhou, China, becoming the second biggest shareholder in the terminal after Fuzhou Port Group.

South Africa’s trade deficit widened to R15.02 billion (about US$1.49 billion) in April, as imports expanded faster than exports.

Allcargo Logistics, India’s leading international freight forwarder and port-based logistics provider, said its consolidated net profit in fiscal year 2012-13 was Rs. 169.7 crore (approximately $30 million), slipping 40 percent from $50.3 million in the previous fiscal year.

The United States has begun an investigation under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 into Ukraine’s intellectual property rights regime.

A $1.2 million joint industry project focused on the use of liquefied natural gas on Canada’s west coast is aiming to identify and address barriers for LNG as a marine fuel in Canada.

UPS Freight today announced a general rate increase of 5.9 percent for non-contractual shipments in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Lineage Logistics, the world’s second-largest cold storage company, has added another space to its portfolio, acquiring the real estate and assets of a facility in University Park, Ill. Financial terms of the transaction weren not disclosed.

Mediterranean Shipping Co. has announced several rate increases for cargo from Asia.

Hapag-Lloyd will increase rates from East Asia (excluding Japan) and the Persian Gulf.

In a decision that could prove beneficial to U.S. exporters of beef and beef products, delegates at this year’s general session of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) recognized the United States as having a negligible risk for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, or “mad cow disease”).

U.S. and Canadian officials released the first-ever joint United States-Canada Border Infrastructure Investment Plan.

Etihad Cargo and Atlas Air Worldwide are partnering on a new round-the-world freighter service.

Shippers reluctant to jump into intermodal rail transport have a major incentive to test the waters: relatively low intermodal rates with few signs on the horizon for aggressive hikes.

Deutsche Afrika-Linien is joining the fortnightly Africa-Indian subcontinent service of affiliated carrier United Africa Feeder Lines.

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood yesterday announced the members of the National Freight Advisory Committee, a panel that will provide recommendations regarding the country’s freight transportation system.

Guinea-Bissau deposited with the secretary general of the World Customs Organization its instrument of accession to the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System.