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The U.S. House introduced its 2015 Sugar Reform Act, which promises to reform the country’s 1930s-era sugar trade program.

The Transportation Department will add conditions to ensure the airline maintains its daily service in the Seattle market year-round.

Two brothers were sentenced Friday in federal court in New York to serve three years in prison for smuggling firearms from the United States to the Philippines.

Imports of U.S. steel dropped 18.5 percent to 3.58 million net tons between January and February, according to the American Institute for International Steel.

The industrial real estate developer has started construction on two logistics projects in Japan’s Osaka market.

OOCL launches new intra-Asia service, NYK establishes logistics subsidiary in Myanmar, Cavotec wins 10m euros in port equipment orders, and Braemar SA opens dedicated office in Turkey.

Volumes benefited from gains on East-West routes as well as regional and specialty brands, according to the French ocean carrier.

The German ocean carrier said its financial results were impacted by costs from merger with Chilean liner CSAV.

ConAgra and Lululemon said they expect shipment delays for several more months as a result of West Coast port congestion.

The new container service will connect ports in China, Taiwan and South Korea with Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Chile.

Carrier general rate increases seen as “increasingly arbitrary and stratospheric.”

Businesses large and small and across many sectors share their views on the massive West Coast port cargo delays.

Dissidents worry about future of the “last militant union in the U.S.”

TeamOne Logistics appoints CEO, while Menlo Logistics promotes director of transportation strategy.

Some cargo diverted from West Coast ports during recent congestion crisis will stay on eastern seaboard, according to area port directors.

Real time data needed for distributing, marketing, promotional and sales activities, according to the Global Shippers Alliance.

A bipartisan group of former Commerce Department secretaries urged Congress to pass Trade Promotion Authority, which expired back in July 2007.

The latest round of congestion mitigation at the port involves transferring of RTG cranes to Portsmouth terminal.

The railway attributed the increase primarily to strong volume growth in its intermodal and merchandise businesses, offset by a decline in coal.

ICE says suspect doctored export documents to deceive regulators.