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USDA closed a loan guarantee to build a bio-refinery to produce jet fuel from solid waste.

With ILWU negotiations continuing, retailers stock up on holiday inventory.

Drewry says companies are eager to acquire, refinancie port assets while interest rates are low.

The vessel carrier will have 14,000-TEU ships in fleet by 2018.

‘Ocean Three’ agreements will unite the carriers on major East-West trades.

Ben Meyer analyzes nominal weekly capacity for major east-west trades, pre-G6 and present.

U.S.-flag freighters transported 11 million tons of cargo in August, according to the Lake Carriers’ Association.

Steel shipments continued to drop in July, according to the American Institute for International Steel.

An EPA grant will be used to imporve Los Angeles Harbor’s air quality.

Seaspan has entered into contracts for four 10,000-TEU ships.

Air France will cut back its full freighter fleet by 2016.

Maersk plans to implement a GRI on cargo from the Far East.

Logistadive will allow North American users to search for their optimal carrier.

AirBridgeCargo Airlines will add a freighter routing between Basel and Moscow.

The Federal Aviation Administration could fine the carrier for an improper repair.

All shippers must be mindful of how these new alliances might impact their service agreements as they start planning for the 2015 negotiating season.

Online freight marketplace uShip makes push into LTL spot rate market.

U.S. carriers operating in domestic cabotage trades under the protection of the Jones Act are undergoing an “extraordinary renaissance,” while that’s not so in the international trades.

OTM, which also encompasses its sister global trade management module, has been eagerly awaited by the transportation and trade community.

Dysfunction in the World Trade Organization threatens to stall critically important momentum to expand and facilitate global trade.