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The SCFI continued its downward trend this week, but rates to the U.S. West Coast and East Coast South America rose.

The agency’s Office of the Inspector General will perform an FAA audit in the wake of September’s facility fire.

H & M International Transportation and J. Cioffi Cargo Management have agreed to merge their trucking operations.

Spot availability showed a record increase, year-over-year.

The FMC said it reached compromise agreements with five NVOCCs, two unlicensed transport businesses and one vessel operator.

The Chicago-based property firm has acquired a 317,500-square-foot warehouse in Avenel.

The European Commission brought a non-compliance case against Romania.

The railroad wants to train 250 students each week in the new facility.

LUG has handled cargo at Frankfurt for Korean Air Cargo for the past 17 years.

Union leader says there is a need for more trained longshoremen and a 24-hour port.

The Teamsters continues drayge organizing drive and sees Hub settlement as game changer.

The Port of Americas remains virtually empty despite Puerto Rican investments.

Kenon would own five ventures, including 32 percent of ZIM, and be listed on the Tel Aviv and New York stock exchanges.

CSX says intermodal volumes in the thrid quarter were 5-percent higher.

World Direct Shipping will arrange a weekly container shuttle between Florida and Veracruz.

The carrier has spent $30 million on a new facility in Memphis.

The first MOL ship will stop in Philadelphia in December.

The carrier group will combine the NYE and SCE services as part of its winter program.

Commerce will issue an antidumping duty order from Mexico and a countervailing duty order on similar imports from Turkey.

A dispute settlement panel cited India’s ban was imposed without ‘sufficient scientific evidence.’