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DHS concurred with the four recommendations made by the congressional watchdog agency.

Agency will not comment on new publication date until review is finalized.

Plastic containers, polyester yarn, steel pet cages and lawn care equipment are among the goods excluded.

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden’s (D-Oregon) new bill would require the railroads to supply information on crude volumes to emergency responders, and it would mandate that the railroads share crude-by-rail data annually.

The U.S. is projecting a tripling of the annual duty-free exports of beef to the European Union over the next seven years.

Seaspan says high demand for containerships has shielded it from the U.S.-China trade war.

FMC Commissioner Rebecca Dye is scheduled to deliver her demurrage and detention recommendations to her fellow commissioners on Sept. 3.

PACCAR agreed to a $1.7 million settlement from the U.S. Treasury Department that its European subsidiary, DAT Trucks, illegally engaged in the sale 63 trucks to Iran between 2013 and 2015.

Hapag-Lloyd says it outlook for the second half of 2019 is unchanged even if it has to deal with more trade restrictions.

Chinese port throughput volumes (all cargoes) for the first half of 2019 are up 7.3 percent compared to the first half of last year, according to the latest official Chinese data. First half 2019 foreign cargo volumes through China rose 2.5 percent compared to the prior corresponding period. And box throughput rose 5.1 percent. Read on to find out more!

The U.S. will engage with the IMF to eliminate the cited unfair advantage created by the alleged devaluation of China’s currency.

Most industry representatives testified against tariffs proposed against the EU in retaliation for subsidies provided to Airbus.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection marks the 230th anniversary of the first customs processing of a ship in the new United States.

Escalations in trade tensions between the U.S. and China could discourage containership owners from ordering new ships.

Cargo activity through the Jacksonville, Fla., seaport had a nearly $31.1 billion economic impact on the region and state in 2018.

The State, Treasury and Commerce departments are ramping up to implement an Aug. 1 executive order from President Donald Trump that imposes a second round of sanctions against Russia.

Drewry says it expects a brief spike in transpacific freight rates to the U.S. West Coast following President Trumps threat to impose a new round of tariffs on imports from China.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said the U.S. plans to drop trade sanctions against Venezuela once embattled President Nicolás Maduro is out of office.

Goods like clothes and toys are on the proposed tariff list.

Ports are asking that Chinese-made container cranes be excluded from the list of products on which President Trump has threatened a 10 tariff.