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The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 20 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.

   The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 20 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.    The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from Amarine Shipping, Compton, Calif. (Myung Shin Chang, chief executive officer); Bar Global Logistics, San Leandro, Calif. (Lilibeth O. Arroyo, president); JTL Logistics USA, China, Calif. (Jingyan “Joy” Tang, […]

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 20 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.

   The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 20 license applications and changes for review.    The FMC received non-vessel-operating common carrier license applications from Alibaba Global Shipping, Oakland, Calif. (Gary Sachs, chief financial officer); HSHK Corp., Staten Island, N.Y. (Hanan W. Seif, president); Inter-Trade Liner Shipping Co., San Pedro, Calif. (Kyung H. Oh, director); […]

Individuals knowing of any reason why an applicant should not receive an OTI license or amendment are urged to contact the FMC’s Office of Transportation Intermediaries.

Individuals knowing of any reason why an applicant should not receive an OTI license or amendment are urged to contact the Office of Transportation Intermediaries.

   The International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association will take a break from negotiations on Monday and Tuesday.

Cantwell    Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., a long-time advocate for freight investment, plans to sponsor a bill that would support greater development of freight infrastructure as part of a long-term renewal of surface transportation programs. She also reiterated her support for a dedicated funding source for freight projects, which have typically been subject to limited […]

   “This is a very important operation because it involved the first movement of the gates from the special dock where they were unloaded to the lower chamber of the new locks,” said Panama Canal Authority Administrator Jorge L. Quijano.

   BNSF and Red River Valley and Western Railroad last week agreed that they will create a train shuttle service to James Valley Grain’s proposed facility in Verona, N.D.    Construction of the facility, which is reported to be a $30 million investment, had been waiting on the deal between the two carriers.    “While […]

   CMA CGM said that through its Greenmodal Transport subsidiary it has acquired a 15.5-percent stake in a company building an intermodal terminal in Marseille.    Other partners in the project in the Mourepiane intermodal terminal are the Grand Port Maritime de Marseille (GPMM), which owns 29 percent; the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Marseille […]

   Fay joins INTTRA after serving as senior managing director and global head of commodities and currencies for Newedge Group, a multi-asset brokerage and clearing services firm, where he also served as a member of its executive committee.

   Obama said deferring maintenance and enhancements is a drag on the economy, noting that construction will create jobs now, and future growth will come from companies that take advantage of efficient transportation and hire more.

   The index, which will be compiled through information submitted by forwarders, will initially focus on key air cargo trading lanes out of Hong Kong. The founders have been working toward an index like this for a decade.

   A BNSF official said that the Surface Transportation Board’s order to increase grain shipments might encourage customers to “seek regulatory intervention.” This, he said, will pit regions and commodities against one another.

   The cargo discharged this week includes 12 nacelle cooling units and 14 generators destined for the wind farm near New Salem, N.D. The components are loaded on trucks and driven to the wind farm.

   A federal grand jury in San Francisco has indicted FedEx Corporation and two subsidiaries with conspiracy to traffic in controlled substances and mis-branded prescription drugs because of its role in distributing controlled substances and prescription drugs for illegal Internet pharmacies.    “We will plead not guilty. We will defend against this attack on the […]

   Canada’s Algoma Central Corp. said Algoma Harvester, the second in a fleet of six new bulk ships equipped with exhaust gas scrubbers that it is building for use on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway, was christened in Hamilton, Ontario, on Thursday.    The ships will move products primarily for agricultural, and iron […]

   TOTE said a dual-fuel, slow-speed engine for the first of its new “Marlin Class” ships was delivered to General Dynamics’ NASSCO’s shipyard in San Diego. TOTE is building two of the new ships for the U.S. mainland-Puerto Rico trade. The ships can burn natural gas as well liquid fuel. The company said cryogenic tanks […]

   “Labor relations remain strained to date,” the analyst said. “Such frequent, low-level disputes will negatively affect the effectiveness of conflict-resolution mechanisms relating to the canal.”