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When the Panama Canal’s third set of locks opens sometime in mid-2015, it won’t be the last time the Panama Canal Authority expands the canal, former administrator Alberto Aleman Zubieta says.

The ongoing dispute between Japan and China over an East China Sea island chain will continue to cast a shadow over the Japanese economy and trade outlook into next year, according to leading operators and analysts.

Retailers project a drop in containerized imports in November because of the eight-day clerical workers strike in Los Angeles-Long Beach, but volumes should be up 3.9 percent in December compared to the same month last year.

Global trading company Perdue Partners has acquired Atlanta-based logistics and less-than-truckload carrier Benton Express.

Terminal operators in Los Angeles-Long Beach late last week ran night and weekend gates to work off much the cargo that was backed up at the ports after an eight-day office clerical workers strike, so Monday was not as bad as some had feared.

Sinergy Cargo, the Italian member of the FPS network of freight forwarders, has opened a multimodal container and bulk cargo handling and storage center in Arquata Scrivia, Italy...

The U.S. Department of the Army has issued a notice that the Transportation Worker Identification Credential can no longer be used to authenticate users for access to Electronic Transportation Acquisition, effective Jan. 29, 2013.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection recently seized 35,712 imported holiday-themed rubber ducks, worth $18,522, at the Port of Los Angeles for containing too much phthalate...

The freight trucking industry in China has been increasing at 13.8 percent per year to about $59.3 billion in 2012, according to IBISWorld’s “Freight Trucking in China” report.

Total revenue of Indian Railways, operated by the Indian government’s Ministry of Railways, reached Rs. 78868.17 crore (approximately US $14.5 billion) from April 1 to Nov. 30...

India’s federal government has extended a 2 percent interest subsidy on pre- and post-shipment export credit for labor intensive sectors, including handicrafts, carpets, handlooms...

International Longshoremen’s Association President Harold Daggett won authorization from ILA delegates to call a strike if a bargaining impasse isn’t settled before the union’s contract expires Dec. 29.

India’s federal government has taken steps to meet demand for edible oils in the country, according to India's Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.

Supply chain management company Jaguar Freight Services has relocated its London-based European Center of Operational Excellence to the refurbished former Elizabeth Arden factory in Acton, London...

Hong Kong’s total port cargo volume in the third quarter was 69.4 million metric tons (about 76.5 million tons), a 2 percent decrease compared with the same period in 2011...

Grain terminal operators in the Pacific Northwest on Saturday agreed to enter mediation with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union next week in an attempt to avoid a strike or lockout.

Grain terminal operators and longshoremen early Saturday indicated that grain would keep moving when the current contract extension expires at 5 p.m.

In calendar 2012, the top 15 mainland China container ports increased their container volume 7.3 percent, reaching 147.3 million TEUs from 137.2 million TEUs in 2011.

The Teamsters Union recently argued in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Court that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s pilot program to open the border to Mexican trucks must be shut down...

Brazil’s government has launched a $26 billion public-private drive to modernize crowded ports, which have been eroding the country’s competitive edge as a major commodities exporter, Reuters recently reported.

The International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance will meet on Monday to resume contract negotiations amid growing concern about a Maine-to-Texas dock strike to start in 2013.

U.S. shippers could get some holiday cheer if Congress passes legislation by the end of the year that would suspend tariffs on materials and products not available domestically.

Freight rail system Florida East Coast Railway has acquired 200 new 53-foot containers to expand its domestic business and replace older trailers.

European spply chain management company Norbert Dentressangle has acquired part of the warehousing and general cargo freight forwarding activities of Belgium-based maritime logistics company Nova Natie.

The U.S. has asked the World Trade Organization to establish a dispute settlement panel to examine Argentina’s import restrictions on all U.S. goods.

Freight forwarding and logistics company Lynden International recently named Sergio Lotero as business development manager for Latin America, and Roark Beckstead as business development director in Los Angeles.

Seasonally adjusted trucking employment increased 3.6 percent year-over-year in November, according to data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Clean Energy Fuels has finished the first stage of America’s Natural Gas Highway, a network of LNG truck fueling stations to support long-haul, heavy-duty goods movement along major interstate corridors...

A new Los Angeles ordinance amending the city’s building code will streamline the permitting process for future Port of Los Angeles construction projects.

The South Atlantic and Gulf Coast District of the International Longshoremen’s Association have donated $250,000 to ILA’s Hurricane Sandy Fund.

The 2012 U.S. corn crop is high quality and improves upon last year’s good marks across a range of test factors, despite the worst drought in decades this year...