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Ian Mulcahy, business agent for ILA Local 1657, expected that talks between his local and the Maritime Employers Association would begin next year after a deal is reached by CUPE and its employers.

The test pilot will begin as early as the middle of next week in San Francisco, allowing customers to purchase goods from online retailers and have them delivered hours later.

Before the storm hit, the Philadelphia facility had been test-running up to 175,000 barrels per day, Delta’s production goal. The airline hopes to bring its jet fuel refinery back to full operation in a few weeks.

The State Department has provided funding to Customs and Border Protection to train 13 Libyan defense and customs officials on border security techniques, especially to control flows of dangerous weapons.

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   U.S. Customs officers in Laredo, Texas, recently seized a shipment of 7,800 counterfeit Audemars Piguet watches with a retail value of $83 million, the agency said.    It is the second significant seizure involving the same trademark in less than six months.    Import specialists identified the shipment, which arrived by an express delivery truck, […]

   The Georgia Ports Authority on Friday deployed its first four electrified rubber-tired gantry cranes (ERTG), making it the first North American port operation to introduce this cleaner and more efficient equipment.    The new technology reduces fuel consumption by an estimated 95 percent, GPA said.    “This project is the latest in a series of GPA […]

   Global trade stagnated below pre-economic crisis levels through August, according to the International Transport Forum’s December Global Trade and Transport Statistics Brief, released Friday.    The briefing indicated total ocean trade remained lower than pre-crisis levels in the European Union and United States (at -2 percent and -10 percent, respectively), according to the ITF’s […]

   NYK on Friday said it will merge its subsidiary companies NYK-Hinode Line Ltd. and NYK Global Bulk Corp.    Hinode has been in business for more than a century and transports a variety of cargo, such as plant and heavy equipment, while NGB is one of the world’s largest specialists in handy-size bulk carriers. […]

   C.H. Robinson’s senior vice president Jim Butts will retire, effective Dec. 31.    Butts started working at the Eden Prairie, Minn.-based logistics company in 1978. He has been senior vice president since December 2007. His previous positions at C. H. Robinson include manager at both the Chicago South and Detroit offices.

“If a new labor agreement is not reached and a port shutdown occurs, we respectfully ask you to be prepared to immediately put into place measures,” the organization told the president. 

   The U.S. Export-Import Bank approved a $1.03 billion loan to GLOBALFOUNDRIES to finance the export of American-made semiconductor manufacturing equipment to Germany.    The transaction, which is Ex-Im Bank’s third with GLOBALFOUNDRIES and its related entities, will support about 9,700 jobs, according to Commerce and Labor department data.    Four American exporters from California, […]

   The Port of New Orleans has elected Joe Toomy to serve as chairman.    He succeeds Commissioner Valerie Cahill, whose term as chairman expired. Cahill will continue to serve on the board as a commissioner. The board also elected Commissioners Dan Packer to vice chairman and Greg Rusovich to secretary-treasurer.    A 24-year veteran […]

   The Duluth Seaway Port Authority has appointed Jeff Borling to director of industrial/economic development, effective Jan. 1.    Borling has spent most of his career in economic development. He joins the port after nearly seven years with APEX (Area Partnership for Economic Expansion), helping drive regional investment and job growth.    Since 2010, he […]

   A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer, his girlfriend and two of their associates pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court for their participation in multi-year bribery and human smuggling activities along the U.S./Mexico border, the U.S. Justice Department announced.    Former CBP officer Juan Carlos Guerrero, 39, of Mission, Texas, pleaded guilty before […]

   Saddle Creek Logistics Services, a Lakeland, Fla.-based third party logistics firm, has appointed Amy Barnes to director of business development.    In this role, she will oversee the development of new customer relationships and help generate organic growth with existing accounts. She will be based in Winston-Salem, N.C.    Before joining Saddle Creek, Barnes […]