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The U.S. Commerce Department plans to boost the ranks of its foreign commercial service officers.

More companies have joined the ocean carrier consortium promoting strict enforcement of new vessel-emission regime.

Chief negotiators for West Coast longshoremen and employers are expected to begin talking again.

Six congressmen have repeated the call for the Surface Transportation Board to keep track of the coal shipments of Class I railroads.

UTi Worldwide will work with Beijing Changjiu Logistics Co., Ltd., to handle logistics requirements of automakers and part suppliers in China’s automotive market.

When taking on infrastructure upgrades, allocating revenue for debt repayment is the largest obstacle developed economies must overcome, according to a new report by Fitch Ratings.

Cargo Community Network will implement e-commerce services and help Kenya Airways achieve Cargo2000 certification.

The ocean carriers say no major changes are planned until after the end of first quarter of 2015.

The deal allows C.H. Robinson to consolidate its position as the biggest freight brokerage, with CEO John Wiehoff pointing to Freightquote’s strength in e-commerce.

The intermodal rail yard will handle both international and domestic containers.

The United States filed an appeal with the World Trade Organization on the trade body’s recent decision to oppose certain U.S. country of origin labeling requirements.

Carriers will face $100,000 fines if new volume minimums imposed to make sure grain freight moves efficiently are not achieved.

The World Trade Organization on Thursday approved the full implementation of the Trade Facilitation Agreement.

The national office of the International Longshoremen’s Association said a trustee will take temporary control of the port’s labor union.

The air cargo carrier has added freighter flights to Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi due to projected export tonnage increases.

The German 3PL said it overpaid for air freight because of price-fixing.

The vessel owner’s latest purchase is on charter to the Shipping Corporation of India.

The newspaper said the ILWU’s half-speed work tactics are hurting innocent businesses, calls for union contract with the PMA.

MSC has shuttled its planned imposition of a port congestion surcharge on the West Coast.

Ocean carriers are postponing congestion surcharges proposed in reaction to the ongoing ILWU and PMA labor discussions impacting West Coast ports.