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Cheng Lie Navigation, CMA CGM’s intra-Asia carrier, will launch a new intra-Asia service this month from Ningbo, China; Shanghai; and Xiamen, China, to Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia.

The Los Angeles Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Association, which represents licensed U.S. customs brokers, freight forwarders and non-vessel-operating common carriers and firms in Southern California...

Barranquilla Container Terminal in the Port of Barranquilla, Colombia, has chosen Tideworks Technology’s terminal operating system to manage its operations.

Americold, which offers temperature-controlling warehousing and logistics services for the food industry, has appointed Fred Boehler executive vice president and chief operating officer.

Emirates Shipping Line today announced a general rate increase on its trade route from the Far East and Southeast Asia to the Middle East, effective March 15.

Zhang Yuangzhong, a lawyer in Beijing, is leading a shareholders’ revolt against China Cosco Holdings, a subsidiary of Cosco Group, in order to get rid of Wei Jiafu, the maritime group’s chairman.

PortVision, a Web-based service for the maritime industry, today launched the PortVision CONNECT initiative, which includes a $500,000 commitment to fund the development and implementation of Web-based solutions ...

Roy Schleicher, Jacksonville Port Authority’s CEO, and Alix Celestin, director general of Autorite Portuair Nationale (National Port Authority), which oversees 11 public ports in Haiti, have signed a memorandum of understanding.

Pennsylvania’s Gov. Tom Corbett recently announced his plan to inject $1.8 billion of additional funding into the state’s transportation system, as part of his statewide budget address.

During a recent European Union General Affairs Council meeting in Brussels, Vytautas Leskevicius, Lithuania’s vice minister of foreign affairs, advocated for the implementation of the EU-Ukraine free trade agreement prior to its ratification.

Haier America, a division of Haier Group that specializes in appliances and consumer electronics, has chosen third-party logistics provider Kenco to manage Haier’s three main U.S. distribution centers in Keasbey, N.J....

The European Union’s Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health today endorsed two new measures authorizing the imports of beef from Japan.

Hapag-Lloyd has announced changes in port rotation for its WAS and WAN services between the U.S. West Coast and Australasia.

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority’s board of directors has re-elected Craig Neeser as chair for another two-year term, beginning March 1.

Behind the headlines trumpeting the major North American railroads' robust profits, there are plenty of moving parts.

Fesco Transportation Group’s ocean carrier saw its deep-sea container traffic grow 14.1 percent in 2012 compared to 2011, driven by expansion of its liner network in its domestic Russian market and international routes.

The major North American railroads will spend slightly more to expand their networks in 2013, but the share of revenue to be spent on capital projects appears to be slipping.

The United States Postal Service today announced that it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays, starting the week of Aug. 5., although it will continue to deliver packages on Saturdays.

Private equity company Eberhart Capital has agreed to acquire Omaha, Neb.-based refrigerated truckload carrier Poling Transportation, now Poling Express, in a stock and cash transaction.

Millard Refrigerated Services, a refrigerated warehousing and distribution services company, has expanded its distribution center in Attalla, Ala., following the signing of a multiyear contract with a U.S. food manufacturer.

North American intermodal company Celtic International has hired Steven Golich as president.

Peel Ports in the U.K. has invested in a larger vessel for its Manchester Ship Canal container service.

Lafayette, Ind.-based trailer manufacturer Wabash National reported net income in the fourth quarter of 2012 was $80.2 million, compared with $7.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2011.

Eden Prairie, Minn.-based third-party logistics provider C.H. Robinson reported income in the fourth quarter of 2012 was $256.39 million, jumping 134 percent from $109.21 million in the fourth quarter of 2011.

India’s Ministry of Railways has formulated final draft policy on “Rail Terminals at Private Ports,” which is now open for suggestions and comments from zonal railways and prospective investors until Feb. 10.

Eleven companies have responded to a request for formal expressions of interest in building and operating a new container terminal at India’s Port of Ennore.

South Korea saw exports surge by 11.8 percent year-on-year in January following a 5.7 contraction in December, but seasonal factors distorted what was really a disappointing month, according to one analyst.

A strike over working conditions has paralyzed cargo movements to and from Vallarpadam International Container Transshipment Terminal, a DP World facility in India’s southeastern port of Cochin.

UPS has deployed 100 fully electric commercial vehicles that will be delivering packages in California.

Supply chain company CEVA Logistics has appointed Jaap Bruining as its new head of operations for China. He will be located in Shanghai.

London-based International Airlines Group, the merged British Airways-Iberia carrier, reported cargo traffic in 431 million-metric-ton kilometers of cargo in January, falling 7.7 percent from 467 million-metric-ton kilometers of cargo in January 2012.

German ocean carrier Hapag-Lloyd has announced that it will offer two new services, the North China India Service and the Central China India Service, starting in March.

Canadian National Railway today announced a 2013 plan to invest about C$1.9 billion (about US$1.9 billion) to upgrade and maintain its railway network and enhance and expand the business.

U.S. Representatives Janice Hahn, D-Calif., and Ted Poe, R-Texas, will receive the American Association of Port Authorities’ “Port Persons of the Year” award during the association’s annual spring conference...

Maersk Line’s Emma Maersk, which took on water while transiting the Suez Canal on Friday, Feb. 1, faces a lengthy period out of service.