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Maersk Spot will offer shippers guaranteed equipment and space in exchange for a penalty if they don’t show up with promised cargo.

To avoid paying the proper import tax, Timothy Stanfield of Ready Made RC intentionally understated the value of lithium polymer batteries from China.

President Trump on Twitter Monday questioned whether the U.S. should continue protecting non-U.S. ships in or near the Strait of Hormuz.

Tonya Davis also pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Mississippi to making false statements.

Express carrier giant argues when it comes to compliance with the Export Administration Regulations that it’s “a transportation company, not a law enforcement agency.”

Unmanned electric truck will shuttle containers between DFDS logistics center and APM Terminal in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Respondents to the quarterly Manufacturers’ Outlook Survey listed attracting and retaining workers and trade uncertainties as their two biggest challenges.

Starting Sunday the electronic portal will be available to seek exclusions from Section 301 tariffs on $200 billion worth of goods from China.

The president authorized financial sanctions against Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and certain Revolutionary Guard officers in response to military tensions in the Persian Gulf.

Bonuses help attract officers in hard-to-fill locations, senior official says.

Poseidon Principles require banks to disclose the climate alignment of their shipping portfolios with IMO’s target of 50% reduction of GHG emissions by 2050.

Drewry says while the U.S.-China trade war is bad news for the transpacific container trade, it could result in more transport of intermediate goods.

Yang Ming said the new service is to cope with the “relocation and adjustment of cargo flow and supply chains” amid “rising global trade tensions.”

The International Maritime Organization said piracy incident warnings from a Regional Maritime Information Sharing Centre email account in Yemen aren’t legitimate.

Port authority chair is re-elected, COO is hired and promotions are announced.

Five Chinese firms added to the Commerce Department’s Entity List operate under myriad aliases, challenging U.S. export compliance managers.

Evergreen, Hapag-Lloyd, Yang Ming and COSCO all are said to be weighing new ship orders.

Chris Connor will succeed Kurt Nagle, the American Association of Port Authorities’ president and CEO since 1995.

The temperature-sensitive containers will be used to transport vaccines and other high-value biopharmaceutical shipments.

The commission voted 3-2 Thursday to deny an ILWU appeal of a permit that allows APM Terminals to test automated terminal equipment at Pier 400.