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Damco, the freight forwarding arm of A.P.

Exports of U.S. pork totaled 169,547 metric tons, valued at $480.1 million in July, an increase of 16 percent in volume and 24 percent in value over July 2010.

Maersk Line has a new direct weekly service from Latin America to the Black Sea. Called Ecumed, the service links Ecuador with Spain, Turkey and the Black Sea, using eight 2,500-TEU vessels.

The Obama administration in late September filed an unfair trade complaint with the World Trade Organization against China’s anti-dumping and countervailing duties imposed on U.S.

Liner carrier CSAV says its board of directors will inject $1.2 billion into the company, and split the liner shipping business from a subsidiary that is involved in the marine service sector.

Exports of U.S. beef in July set a new value record of $513.1 million on volume of 120,424 metric tons.

After a brief, recession-driven pause in growth in 2009, global perishable refrigerated trade expanded 3 percent in 2010, and is expected to increase at that level for the next few years, according to

To U.S. farmers, the free trade agreements negotiated with South Korea, Colombia and Panama several years ago have been something like a bumper crop cruelly out of reach, unable to be harvested.

The Georgia Ports Authority approved a $4.75 million project that will expand the Port of Savannah’s capacity for refrigerated container storage by 45 percent.

Apollo Freight, a specialist in perishables logistics, has begun construction on a 16,000-square-foot refrigerated center adjacent to Los Angeles International Airport.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture in September held its first agricultural trade mission to Vietnam in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

The Dublin Airport Authority signed a deal with U.S.-based Lynxs Group to establish a major air freight hub at Ireland’s Shannon Airport.

Some in the perishables industry already are talking about lawsuits as the Food and Drug Administration rolls out new fees for inspections of some imported foods.

The refrigerated warehouse industry, like the rest of the cold chain, came through the recession without the dramatic drops in business seen in the rest of the global economy, and recovered lost busin

Worldwide refrigerated trade is expected to grow at an unexciting but steady 3 percent annually for the next few years, but Ocean World Lines is thinking much bigger: The non-vessel-operating common c

During the latest round of negotiations for the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership in Chicago last month, U.S.

Weber Logistics has a new contract with German candy maker Storck to distribute more than a million cases of such popular brands as Riesen, Werthers, Mamba, Merci and Toffifay to its customers and con

The U.S. Meat Export Federation has published guidelines for managing and expediting the export of red meat products to Mexico.

Just how successful has PierPass been at the Port of Los Angeles-Long Beach?

The Cass Freight Index for U.S.

The Transportation Security Administration will not meet its Dec. 31 deadline to screen all cargo on international passenger flights, the agency told industry stakeholders.

A big shift of manufacturing from China to the U.S. and other parts of North America will create up to 3 million U.S. jobs in coming years, says a study from Boston Consulting Group.

Toyota is telling its parts suppliers in Japan to cut prices or face being replaced by overseas competitors as the yen’s value appreciates,

Port Hueneme, a small port 60 miles northwest of Los Angeles, is scheduled for some changes in its top executives, the number of vessel calls each week and the type of vessels that call the port.

Bananas are the world’s most traded fruit.

Consumers in every part of the globe must be following the old adage “an apple a day keeps the doctor away.”

The Panama Canal Authority ordered 14 new tugboats in anticipation of more vessel traffic when the canal completes its

Rick Calhoun sees the inland waterways infrastructure crisis from the perspective of both shipper and carrier.

Federal regulators are due to issue a final rule on changes in truck driver hours at the end of this month, but opponents say the Obama administration should let the clock run out.

The Republican-controlled House is speeding toward a conflict with the Department of Transportation that could scuttle changes to trucker hours of service rules.

The National Retail Federation forecasts a 2.8 percent increase in holiday sales, and said

A European Union scheme compelling all airlines to pay for carbon emissions on flights to and from the 27-nation bloc from next January is legal, the EU’s highest court said in a preliminary opi

The Canadian government said it will “vigorously defend” its trade policies and infrastructure investments against any of the findings of a Federal Maritime Commission study looking into t

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood cleared a $196.5 million grant for Michigan to spend on track upgrades, the first part of a nearly $350 million federal investment in a east-west track segment now

Two of the world’s largest candy makers say they will work together to sweeten their supply chains and reduce their carbon footprint in North America.

The Federal Maritime Commission, jumping into a dispute over the shift of imported containers from the United States to Canada, voted Wednesday to launch an inquiry over whether the U.S.

The CEOs of most logistics providers are bullish about the financial prospects of their companies over the next one and three-year periods and are most optimistic about business in Asia, according to

President Obama sent Congress long-pending free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama on Monday afternoon.

Cargo shipped through the Panama Canal increased by 7.1 percent in the fiscal year 2011 ended Sept. 30, to set a record of 322.1 million Panama Canal/Universal Measurement System tons.

The Institute of Supply Management’s closely watched manufacturing index defied downbeat expectations on Monday by growing one percentage point in September to its highest level since June, sign