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The shipping consultants Drewry predicts carriers should be able to return “solid if unspectacular results”in 2020.

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission is required by the 2015 Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Improvements Act to annually adjust its civil penalty amounts in line with inflation.

The Containerization & Intermodal Institute, EROAD and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock announce board appointments.

The Port of Monroe says its efforts to increase international business has been stymied by the Detroit office of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

The transport of cargo from China to Europe by sea is likely to remain more important than Eurasian railway routes, says the CEO of the German forwarder DACHSER.

2018 high-water mark for container volumes makes it ever tougher for 2019 to come out on top.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the Iranian metals industry generates billions of dollars for the regime, contributing to its nuclear weapons program.

Buttigieg proposal part of candidate’s $1 trillion infrastructure plan.

New Platts indices offer bird’s-eye view of rough IMO 2020 transition for dry bulk.

All the latest ocean news including imports and Iran plus what is Chinese Year and how does it work in shipping?

A bipartisan group of U.S. House and Senate lawmakers see export controls as a means to punish those Chinese officials and companies involved in human rights abuses in western China and Hong Kong.

Road, rail, port environmental permits to be completed in two years.

Companies from Amazon to Zulily agree to help Customs and Border Protection figure out how to identify and target high-risk shipments.

Lunar New Year marks traditional ocean shipping slowdown, but U.S.-China trade tiff means extra slack.

Experts say reversal of penalty related to U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control won’t hinder its broader enforcement activities.

Despite all the mergers and all the alliances, ocean container rates are still lower than they were seven years ago.

California is proposing to require more ships, including tankers and roll-on, roll-off vessels to use shore power when docked.