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Southern California ports plan continued cooperation to get containers moving.

FTR Associates predicts high long-haul truck rates as shippers try to rush goods to rest of country.

Important functions, initiatives at CBP, other agencies will be curtailed without appropriation bill.

Union reponds that ICTSI is blaming others for its own mistakes.

NYK completes first voyage of car transport service from Mexico, while Old Dominion expands in South Dakota and Finnair joins IAG’s Partner Plus.

ILWU, PMA agree to transform arbitration system, labor secretary says.

DB Schenker has picked a new Americas CEO and former Port of Portland marketing manager moves over to Oregon’s dairy commission.

U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez announced Friday night the dockworkers’ union and its employers reached agreement on a new five-year contract.

Changes include minimum insurance requirements for railroads and a fund financed by levies on crude oil shippers.

Virginia Port Authority lost $1 million in January, but is in the black for fiscal year.

January container volume at Charleston grew 18 percent

Cargo backlog could take one to two months to clear out.

Northern California port shut down briefly after disagreement over labor break time.

Carrier signs 20-year lease in advance of deploying new con-ro ships in the Puerto Rico trade.

Drewry says, however, additional capacity could keep rates in check.

Intermodal logistics provider buys 200 units on first year anniversary.

Partnerships have been reached between E2Open and its customers, Aljex and FourKites, and UNIT45 and Globe Tracker.

   A recent online story about cargo volume at Port Tampa Bay incorrectly stated that the public docks are owned by the city of Tampa. Port Tampa is an independent port district created by the state of Florida.

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