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OOCL has announced that the OOCL Belgium container ship, which had previously suffered propeller damage and was sent to a dry dock in Bremerhaven, Germany, has been repaired and is ready for deployment back into the Gateway Express 1 service.

The Port of Amsterdam has been officially corporatized as a limited liability company, of which the city of Amsterdam is the main shareholder.

The Port of Antwerp in Belgium has signed a collaboration agreement with the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo to strengthen trade relations with the country.

China’s government has vowed to build 42 transportation hubs by the end of 2015, with at least one in every province, autonomous region and municipality.

The seemingly endless debate over truck driver hours of service stretches back to the 1930s and includes five rulemakings and four final rules issued since 1995. Explore the history of today's 11/14-hour HOS rule.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in collaboration with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, has developed a program to certify processed eggs and egg products for export, providing new opportunities for U.S. food exporters.

Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of the Emirates airline, is set to increase its cargo capacity to Tokyo when Emirates launches a non-stop daily flight between Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and Haneda Airport in Japan.

The Export-Import Bank of the United States will participate in U.S. Global Business Solutions, a new interagency initiative to expand the reach of federal export assistance...

Cargo volumes at West Coast ports surged in February, creating a feeling of optimism that 2013 could turn out to be better than originally anticipated.

Virginia’s Gov. Bob McDonnell has reviewed and accepted the Virginia Port Authority board of commissioner’s decision to terminate the evaluation of the Public-Private Transportation Act proposals.

In response to the changing local and global economy and to overcome the “middle income trap,” the Thailand Board of Investment is revising its Investment Promotion Privileges and Strategies to promote...

The Port of Los Angeles’s 10-year Main Channel Deepening Project has been completed.

Dock workers at the Port of Lirquen in Chile are continuing to strike, according to Hapag-Lloyd.

Mexican motor carriers Transportes Mor SA de CV and Adriana De Leon Amaro did not successfully complete the U.S. Pre-Authorization Safety Audit, according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

CSAV said it will prepay a $245 million loan at a 46 percent discount in another move signaling the financial turnaround of the Chilean ocean carrier.

UPS and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California have entered into a non-prosecution agreement, allowing UPS to forfeit $40 million in payments that it received from illegal online pharmacies and to implement a compliance program.

United Arab Shipping Company will launch three trans-Pacific services from Asia to the U.S. Pacific Southwest and Pacific Northwest in cooperation with China Shipping Container Lines.

In 2012, the Port of Toronto handled 1.86 million metric tons of cargo, a 5 percent increase compared to 2011, according to the Toronto Port Authority.

Demetrios Marantis, acting U.S. trade representative, has sent three reports to President Obama and Congress detailing noteworthy accomplishments that the current administration has achieved in reducing or removing foreign government barriers to U.S. exports.

The board of directors of Compañía Sud Americana de Vapores has approved an investment plan of $570 million to acquire seven new container ships and to prepay $258 million of its debt.

The Greenbrier Companies today reported net earnings in the second quarter of fiscal year 2013, ending Feb. 28, 2013, totaled totaled $13.8 million, jumping 33 percent compared with $10.4 million in the previous quarter.

CEVA Investments has pulled its plan for an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange, Reuters reports.

Strikes and demonstrations by dockworkers at the Port of Hong Kong have now entered their second week and vessel queues are continuing to lengthen, forcing the diversion of large volumes of container traffic away from the world’s third-busiest container port.

NEWPORT, R.I. — Customs and Border Protection hopes a stopgap spending bill will clear the way for the agency to shift enough funds to minimize the impact of furloughs and other budget cuts under the sequestration, a top Customs official said.

DHL’s supply chain division in Japan will start construction work this month for its new Sagamihara Logistics Center in Sagamihara City in the Kanagawa Prefecture.

State-owned Container Corporation of India has launched a regular intermodal rail service between the Vallarpadam International Container Transshipment Terminal at Cochin Port and Bangalore, a southern hinterland destination, following an appeal by terminal operator DP World.

The number of foreign trade containers handled by the Port of Tokyo rose 2.2 percent in 2012 from a year earlier to a record high of 4.235 million 20-foot-equivalent units, according to preliminary figures released by the Tokyo metropolitan government.

The International Transport Workers’ Federation has condemned the temporary injunction that dismisses striking dock workers from Kwai Tsing Container Terminals in the Port of Hong Kong, citing it as a violation of global standards.

Ship operators worldwide face “significant” refinancing and default risks, driven by tight bank funding, industry overcapacity, depressed trading conditions, high operating costs and declining ship charter rates...

Hackett Associates and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics’ latest Global Port Tracker study predicted that container handling in Europe’s North Range ports will increase a “meager” 1 percent in 2013...

IAG Cargo will offer a full range of cargo services on its new passenger flights out of Colombo, Sri Lanka, starting April 15.

Mediterranean Shipping Co. will launch an Ipanema service between Asia and South America’s east coast, as a result of the termination of a slot charter agreement with CSAV.

U.S. Lines will increase rates for shipments from Asia to the U.S. West Coast, East Coast and Gulf Coast, as well as Canada’s west coast, starting May 1.

Golden State Foods has acquired a McDonald’s distribution center in Lebanon, Ill., from Gateway Distribution.

Geodis Wilson has appointed Santiago Jimeno as managing director of Colombia, effective immediately.

Norfolk Southern has appointed Tom W. Schnautz as assistant vice president of research and advanced technology.

A combination of market indicators and forward bookings are pointing toward the early stages of an upswing in cargo volume on trans-Pacific trade routes, justifying the latest round of rate increases that took effect on April 1...

CEVA Group’s revenue in 2012 was €7.2 billion (about US$9.3 billion), rising 4.8 percent from $8.9 billion in 2011, according to the supply chain management company’s preliminary unaudited data.

Mediterranean Shipping Co.’s sale of a 35 percent stake in its port operating arm Terminal Investments for just over $1.9 billion was good business for the Aponte family that owns the world’s second-largest ocean carrier. But it could turn out to be an even better deal for the purchaser, Global Infrastructure Partners.