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Stirling Capital Investments has completed construction of a 76,800-square-foot facility expansion at the Southern California Logistics Centre, a 2,500-acre industrial and commercial complex in Victorville, Calif.

Outgoing Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood’s imprint on U.S. transportation goes far beyond cutting down on driving while texting and heralding high-speed rail.

Gov. Rick Scott’s Florida Families First Budget for fiscal year 2014 fully funds the Florida Department of Transportation’s Work Program $8.3 billion investments in port, highway, bridge and other transportation infrastructure improvements.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed 2013 percentage standards for four fuel categories that are part of the agency’s Renewable Fuel Standard program.

William P. Doyle, who was nominated by President Obama to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner, was recently ceremonially sworn in at the Federal Maritime Commission, following his official swear-in on Jan. 10.

Con-way Multimodal, a freight brokerage division of Con-way’s operating unit Menlo Worldwide Logistics, has named Corey Bingham as director of business development.

Teams of special agents and officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and other agencies have seized more than $13.6 million in fake NFL merchandise.

There is a seismic shift under way in global trade patterns as developing nations in Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas account for an increasing amount of fast-growing global trade.

Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., on Thursday said she wants a more “equitable” use of Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund dollars within a long-delayed bill key to authorizing port and inland waterway project.

Unlike in the U.S., foreign container lines can’t reposition empty containers at Canadian ports, and the result is additional rail and truck costs that often are passed to shippers.

The U.S. housing recovery bodes well for containerized imports of furniture and other home goods this year.

Trucking company Ryder System today reported its profit in the fourth quarter of 2012 was $53.8 million, rising 12 percent from $48.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2011.

UPS reported a net loss of $1.7 billion in the fourth quarter of 2012, falling $2.5 billion from a profit of $725 million in the fourth quarter of 2011.

The European Union closed an antitrust investigation into a German container feeder ship cooperative after its members agreed to abandon a compensation system for laying-up vessels and an information exchange scheme.

Container Corporation of India reported its net profit in the third fiscal quarter, which ended Dec. 31, 2012, was $43.8 million, down 2 percent from $44.6 million in the same quarter in 2011.

The U.S. Senate today approved the Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 2013, HR 219, which will fast-track aid to communities recovering from Hurricane Sandy and reduce recovery costs.

Logistics provider Globe Express Services has hired Steve Hankins, former Tyson Foods CFO, as executive vice president, CFO and chief information officer.

Freight forwarder FedEx Trade Networks, a subsidiary of FedEx, has opened its first office in Thailand, located in Bangkok.

Revenue Technology Services, a Plano, Texas-based transportation technology company, has launched CargoPriceOpt, a pricing decision support system for the cargo industry.

A courtroom showdown over truck driver hours-of-service rules is fast approaching, with a deadline for implementing new rules on how many hours truckers can spend behind the wheel not far behind.

Frank Peake, former president of Sea Star Line, was convicted of antitrust conspiracy for his role in price-fixing by carriers in the U.S. mainland-Puerto Rico trade between late 2005 and early 2008.

The Export-Import Bank of the United States has opened its new regional export finance center at the U.S. Export Assistance Center in downtown Detroit.

Ray LaHood, secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation since 2009, today announced that he will not serve a second term for President Obama’s Cabinet.

U.S. beef exports to Japan could increase 45 percent this year because of a change in Japanese regulations.

Effective Feb. 1, Japan will be easing its requirements for imports of U.S. beef.

The Internal Market Committee members of the European Parliament have approved a deal with the European Council that gives customs officials at EU borders better tools and clearer rules to confiscate...

Third-party logistics provider Port Jersey Logistics has appointed Al Hickey as director of operations.

The Surface Transportation Board has granted its permission for motor carriers to use co-op pools to acquire and share intermodal chassis.

Grupo Mexico has allocated $3.5 billion for its investment budget in 2013, which will be presented for the approval of the board of directors.

Transportation company TSD Logistics, which specializes in the tire and rubber industry, has named Robert Muir as CEO and president.

A federal judge refused to declare a mistrial in the antitrust conspiracy trial of former Sea Star Line CEO Frank Peake, accused of involvement in price-fixing by carriers betwee

Logistics provider Agility has opened a new warehouse in Melaka on the Malay Peninsula.