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VT Halter is building two LNG-powered box/ro-ro ships for the carrier’s Puerto Rico liner service.

Starting Nov. 14 vessels will depart from the origin port Shanghai instead of Hong Kong, and cease calling ports Noumea and Suva.

New port director Jon Slangerup shapes his team with latest appointments.

Sand and aggregates are leading commodities at N. California port.

A freighter flight will operate twice weekly from Milan, Italy, to Bogotá, Colombia, and from Bogotá to Amsterdam.

Cargo volumes have gone up for the Russian carrier when compared to the same period in 2013.

Cargo revenue for U.S. airline climbs 19.1% during the quarter.

Logistics services provider will spend $20 million to upgrade truck fleet.

The firms tried to air freight paint, acryllic, bullets and other banned substances.

The organization will give $110,000 to Red Cross/Red Crescent and Médecines Sans Frontières in an equal portions.

SoCal marine exchange says more vessels arriving at the ports in October.

The lack of a labor contract for West Coast longshoremen is contributing to West Coast port congestion, trade groups say.

The organization said worldwide volumes will increase through 2018.

Hunter Harrison said that despite a couple of meetings, a deal was never on the table.

The STB will require all Class I carriers to file weekly updates starting Oct. 22.

Dallas importer says inspection of protective equipment for medical workers is taking too long.

CKYHE plans to start operating in U.S. trades in the spring of 2015.

The integrator will increase rates by an average of 4.9%.

The integrator plans on hiring 50,000 seasonal workers.

The Hawaii shipping company will pay $1 million in penalties, but still faces other possible claims over a 2013 molasses spill.