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   The global third-party logistics provider Dachser has implemented the contract and rate management tools of the cloud-based solutions provider CargoSphere.    “After a nine-month (request for proposal) process, including a trial with roughly 100 worldwide users, we were particularly impressed with (CargoSphere’s Smart Upload and Diagnostics Solution) and the depth of CargoSphere’s rate management […]

   The United States needs a larger U.S.-flag fleet to support national security requirements and boost the economy, and that requires adopting policies to help expand international cargo opportunities for domestic vessel operators, Acting Maritime Administrator Paul “Chip” Jaenichen said Tuesday during a symposium at Department of Transportation headquarters in Washington to gather industry input […]

   The governors of New York and New Jersey have created a panel to “review the operations and procedures of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.”

   The Federal Emergency Management Agency is urging families and businesses to prepare for the 2014 hurricane season — which starts June 1 — ahead of Hurricane Preparedness Week at the end of May.    FEMA recommends that individuals and families have a communication plan as well as an emergency kit ready to go. Tips […]

   The U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday reported that the country’s exports of goods and services in March increased to $193.9 billion from $190 billion in February.    Record exports in services were led by royalties and license fees and other private services. In March, U.S. businesses boosted exports to Canada, South Korea and the […]

   The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced a change to the regulations for the Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops (TASC) program that it says expands the range of projects that can be funded under the program.    The TASC program provides funding to U.S. organizations for projects to address trade barriers that prohibit or […]

   Calling the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight 370 an “unprecedented tragedy,” Tony Tyler announced that IATA would be putting together a task force to look into the flight’s disappearance.

   Condolences and remembrances continued to pour in Monday for former House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman James Oberstar, who died unexpectedly over the weekend. The Minnesota congressman carved out a four-decade career in the House of Representatives as an expert on transportation policy, first as an aide and then as a lawmaker. He was the […]

   Three weeks after starting tests at the first of six research sites for unmanned aircraft systems, the Federal Aviation Administration has begun operations at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

   AmeraMex International, a Chico, Calif.-based provider of heavy equipment to logistics companies and stevedores, infrastructure construction firms, commercial farmers and mining companies, entered into a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Niger’s Ministry of Transportation to provide trucks for the Vehicle Renewal of Public Transport Project.    Under the terms of the agreement, three Ministry […]

   Non-vessel-operating common carrier Shipco Transport has started a new direct less-than-containerload service from Los Angeles to San Jose, Costa Rica, in conjunction with WorldWide Alliance partner PCS.    This marks Shipco’s seventh direct LCL service from the United States to Central America.    With a 16-day transit from Los Angeles to the PCS San […]

   Swiss freight forwarder Kuehne + Nagel has opened a container freight station (CFS) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.    It’s the second-largest facility of its type in Phnom Penh that offers radio-frequency scanning of shipments.    K+N said the new 3,000-square-meter facility is located on National Road 4, and is in close proximity to most […]

   Third-party logistics services provider Norbert Dentressangle will purchase the logistics assets of MGF, a subsidiary of the G7 Group, consisting of nine warehouses in France.    With a combined storage area of 174,000 square meters, the warehouses are located mainly between Paris in northern France and the urban areas of Lyon, Toulouse and Marseille. […]

   The global container terminal operator PSA International has won a bid to build the fourth container terminal at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNP) complex outside of Mumbai.    The 30-year concession will see Singapore-based PSA develop and operate the Bharat Mumbai Container Terminal (BMCT), which is designed to have 2,000 meters of quay and […]

   Applied Weather Technology has launched a new voyage calculator that lets customers calculate the distance, speed loss and cost of a voyage from one port to another, the company announced Tuesday.    “Ship brokers and charterers need voyage time and distance estimates to project costs, but simply using great circle distances can give unrealistic […]

   Chinese authorities have rescinded a 6.5-year import suspension of poultry from Virginia, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s office. 

   The Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (TSA) is recommending a freight rate increase of $700 per 40-foot container on July 1 for “protein shipments” –refrigerated meat such as beef, pork and chicken — moving to Asia.    The 15 container shipping lines in the TSA say they are looking forward to a stronger 2014 for U.S. beef, […]

   The U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division on Monday reached an agreement with Penske Truck Leasing Co. resolving claims that the company violated the 1994 Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) by failing to reemploy and then terminating U.S. Air Force reservist William Mann after his return from required military training with […]

   The Trucking Conditions Index from analyst FTR rose steeply in March, “reflecting the extremely tight capacity in the truckload sector.”    The index rose more than a point, to 8.69, with FTR projecting that capacity will stay tight for the remainder of 2014.    “There is a possibility for some relief of the tight […]

   Bay & Bay Transportation of Rosemount, Minn., has acquired J&C Trucking of Baldwin, Wis.    Terms of the deal were not disclosed.    Bay & Bay said the purchase will expand its tank division by 50 percent. J&C was formerly Bay & Bay’s main competitor in the Minnesota-Wisconsin market for hauling dry bulk commodities […]