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   The global on-demand shipping and logistics software developer CargoSmart has signed an agreement with the Nippon Automated Cargo and Port Consolidated System (NACCS Center) to enable ocean carriers and non-vessel operating common carriers to comply with Japan Customs’ newly enacted Advance Filing Rules.    Japan’s legislature enacted the new advanced filing rules in March […]

by Cheryl Garcia, regional vice president, Global Transportation Relationship Management, U.S. Bank Freight Payment    December is traditionally a time to reflect back while looking forward. Politics and the economy dominated the headlines in 2012, both in the U.S. and abroad. As we weigh in on 2012, what are the top transportation industry issues for […]

   The global supply chain information technology company Data2Logistics has moved into a new corporate headquarters in its home city of Fort Myers, Fla., the company said Tuesday.    Data2Logistics provides transportation management, carrier negotiations, request for proposal management, inbound routing, networking analysis, and pooled purchasing systems, along with freight bill auditing and payment services.    Aside […]

   The leading German container shipping companies Hapag-Lloyd and Hamburg Süd said this morning that they are discussing a possible merger.    If accomplished, the combined companies would be the fourth largest container shipping company in the world with more than 1 million TEUs in capacity.    The only larger liner companies would be Maersk, […]

   The United States and Canada on Friday released progress reports listing steps the two governments have taken in their one-year-old effort to make the norther border more efficient and simplify regulations.    Many of the accomplishments under the Beyond the Border and Regulatory Cooperation Council initiatives have been widely publicized as they occur, but the […]

USMX has said it wants to cap royalty payments “and use the excess, not as savings for employers but to help pay for other benefits for ILA workers,” while ILA President Harold Daggett has vowed to keep the cap unchanged.

The ocean carriers have once again slowed their joint weekly service between Asia and the east and west coasts of North America. Roundtrip voyage time on the loop has increased from 112 days to 119 days, or 17 weeks.

Robert E. Sanchez, the 3PL’s current president and COO, will assume the role of executive chairman on Jan. 1, as a transition to replace retiring Chairman and CEO Gregory T. Swienton, who is stepping down.

CEVA Logistics will sell its Pallecon business, an intermediate bulk container (IBC) services provider with operating divisions in Europe and Asia-Pacific, to Brambles Ltd. of Australia for $177 million.

   The Florida East Coast Railway in October launched a new two-day intermodal service from Nashville, Tenn., to Miami designed to reduce trucking challenges into South Florida.    It is the latest in a series of new investments and business initiatives to attract more shippers with customers in the Florida market, as well as those importing […]

   Non-vessel-operating common carrier Vanguard Logistics Services has started servicing Yangon, Myanmar.    Vanguard Myanmar, opened with partner Global Consolidators Ltd., has a dedicated Vanguard staff to oversee all aspects of sales, customer service and port operations. Employees at this location coordinate weekly less-than-containerload services from more than 90 origins globally through Singapore to Asia World Terminal in […]

   President Obama on Friday signed legislation that grants Russia permanent normal trade relations (PNTR).    The 2012 Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law and Accountability Act will allow the United States to apply the World Trade Organization agreement to Russia, offering new trade opportunities for U.S. businesses and allowing […]

   A New Jersey man on Friday was arrested for illegally trafficking in narwhal tusks and associated money laundering crimes, the Justice Department said.    On Nov. 14, a federal grand jury sitting in Bangor, Maine, returned an indictment that was partially unsealed Friday upon the arrest of Andrew L. Zarauskas of Union, N.J. The […]