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TNT’s China service joins Asia road network

Tropical eyes peak fees to Caribbean

Lines plan Asia/Oceania rate hike

APL seeks India/Americas peak surcharge

Maersk, Rickmers form U.S.-flag partnership

Moody’s downgrades MOL, NYK

MarAd reviewing cargo preference rules

SeaIntel: Other lines could offer daily product

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ESC: Maersk thinks like customers

Liner carrier APL has expanded the rotation and changed the name of a service connecting Central America and the West Coast of South America, according to American Shipper affiliate ComPair Data. The line’s service formerly known as PX2 has changed names to WCX now operates with three ships instead of one (with new partner Hamburg […]

  Nordana said it will reintroduce regular service into Libya.    The carrier said it operated the only regular direct roll-on/roll-off service from the U.S. Gulf and East coasts into Libya until unrest forced the temporary suspension of services in February.    The company said the lifting of sanctions and improved security in the region […]

UPS said it will spend about $200 million to expand its hub at the Cologne-Bonn Airport in Germany.

   The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and Australia’s Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism have reached a memorandum of understanding to continue research and development of clean, sustainable alternative aviation fuels.    “Air travel is global and we need international partners to develop these innovative new fuels,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said. “Our ultimate […]

   OOCL and Freightliner said Thursday they have renewed a 10-year strategic partnership to provide OOCL customers with U.K. intermodal services.    Under the new contract, OOCL has committed to increase capacity by 50 percent, with daily wagons being linked between the Freightliner terminal at the Port of Southampton to their strategic terminal networks at […]

   Politicians from European cities Brussels, Berlin, Budapest, Paris and Vienna plan to sign a charter on Friday to “step up the dialogue with the inland ports authorities and take the necessary decisions in view of tackling the growing challenges in terms of urban freight supply and distribution.”    The charter will be presented to […]

   U.S.-flag Great Lakes freighters carried 10.4 million tons of dry bulk cargo in August, 3.7 percent more than in August 2010.    Iron ore volume was 4.8 million tons, up 8 percent; limestone was 2.9 million tons, up almost 21 percent; and coal was 2.2 million tons, down 7.5 percent.    Through the end […]

  U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) awarded a $593,954 grant to PT Kereta Api Indonesia (PT KAI), Indonesia’s state-owned railroad, to develop a strategic plan and system recommendations for upgrading its rail signaling and telecommunications systems.    The grant will fund a technical assistance program that includes a review of existing rail transport corridors, […]

FAA, highway funding crisis averted

Associations urged Senate to promptly confirm Eric L. Hirschhorn as the Commerce Department’s undersecretary for export administration.