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U.S. Chamber says all states gain from WRDA passage.   The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is pushing Congress to pass a reauthorization of the Water Resources Development Act, a key legislative vehicle for outlining funding priorities related to marine transportation, coastal restoration, flood control, and environmental protection.       In the spring, the Senate passed a WRDA […]

   Transportation Costing Group, which provides profitability management tools for carriers, has banded together with transportation management firm TMW Systems to offer bundled service systems to truckload and less-than-truckload carriers.    Current TMW customers can now transfer their data into TCG’s cost analysis program, which will develop profitability data for loads. TCG can also now […]

   The renewal of lumber business to China is expected to boost cargo volumes at the Port of Virginia, which is already experiencing a boom in container growth this year.    The Chinese government two years ago banned all hardwood shipments via the ports of Virginia and Charleston, S.C., because of concerns about invasive pests. Officials […]

   The Port of Long Beach has posted a video update of its expansive Middle Harbor Redevelopment Project.    The project is designed to connect and modernize three existing terminals into a more efficient container gateway. In January 2012, OOCL inked a 40-year lease deal with the port, worth $4.6 billion. The terminal will be […]

   Lufthansa Cargo’s time-critical solutions firm time:matters has expanded its same-day shipment program to Amsterdam.    Amsterdam joins 140 German locations, Basel, Paris and Vienna as destinations in time:matters’ ick:kurier network. The multimodal solution will use Deutsche Bahn ICE service in order to get shipments from Frankfurt to Amsterdam in less than four hours.    […]

   The U.S. Surface Transportation Board has imposed new disclosure rules for interchange commitments, adopting a proposal put forth for comments in November.    The new rules help ensure that all affected users are apprised of interline agreements and that information regarding price differential of the agreements is provided. The sale prices will, however, remain […]

   Saying his outlook on the truckload industry remained “cautious,” Cowen and Co.’s Jason H. Seidl allowed that the new hours of service regulations still haven’t had the predicted impact on capacity and rates have not risen by much since the new rules were imposed in July.    “What we have found is that shippers […]

   Yusen Logistics (India) has established a new sales office in Jaipur, the capital of the state of Rajasthan, to capitalize on customer demand for services in north India.    Yusen will provide ocean forwarding via an inland container depot in Jaipur and rail services, air forwarding via airports in Delhi and Mumbia, and third […]

BB&T Capital Markets pointed out that August sales of 16 million vehicles, which has been predicted by J.D. Power & Associates, would represent the largest sales volume in a single month since November 2007.

   The European Commission today adopted the NAIADES II action program to create changes in the inland waterway structure that will allow for the greater flow of ocean freight throughout Europe.    The new policy will improve infrastructure quality through the Connecting Europe Facility, which also aims to integrate waterway transport into the supply chain. […]

   Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway, the U.S. offshoot of the Canadian railroad that has been in flux since the July derailment of train cars carrying crude oil led to one of the deadliest rail accidents in Canadian history, may soon be sold.    According to an Associated Press report, the railroad’s trustee has been […]

U.S. small businesses currently exporting to the European Union will have the opportunity to voice their concerns on existing EU trade barriers through a series of cross-country roundtables arranged by USTR and SBA.

   The U.S. Trade and Development Agency has awarded a grant for technical assistance to support the Colombian Ministry of Transport in its efforts to develop a plan to implement intelligent transportation systems (ITS).    The technical assistance will include an analysis of the applicability of various ITS technologies in Colombia, including the definition of […]

The French carrier said on Oct. 1 it will raise freight rates on dry and reefer containers moving from North Europe to the U.S. East and Gulf coasts, Canada and Mexico by $150 for 20-foot containers and $200 for 40-foot containers.

The alliance, announced in mid-2013 and due to take effect in the second quarter of 2014 pending regulatory approval, would formally link the three largest carriers – Maersk, MSC, and CMA CGM – on the three major east-west trades.

   In the last two weeks, BNSF has said it will have spent $625 million in capital improvements in three states during 2013.    The railroad added this figure to the already announced $460 million reserved for projects in Washington, North Dakota and Montana.    It had already announced a projected total of $4.3 billion in […]

   The Singapore-based NOL Group, parent of the liner carrier APL, on Monday said it has appointed Bruno Sidler to its board.    Sidler is the chief operating officer of market expansion services group DKSH Holding Ltd. He will join the NOL board on Sept. 16, the same day Olivier Lim steps down from the […]

   Members of the Caribbean Shipowners’ Association (CSO) plan to implement a peak season surcharge from Oct. 6 to Dec. 31.    The surcharge, $150 per TEU, will be applied southbound only to all CSO Caribbean basin service destinations.    “The PSS will allow exporters and importers to plan ahead and schedule cargo movements prior […]

   Thirty-five-year industry veteran John Batten has taken up the job of managing director at Coyne Airways, and he’s looking to expand the Coyne brand into new markets.    Batten came to the airline from Swissport, where he served as executive vice president of global cargo. He served for 25 years at TNT and worked […]

Retail import volume will grow to 1.48 million TEUs at the largest domestic ports in September, a 5.1-percent increase in activity over the same period last year, according to the most recently released Global Port Tracker.