One lease extends the auto processor’s current lease at Blount Island Terminal, while the other provides 22.4 new acres of property at the Dames Point Marine Terminal.
Bonnie Reemsnyder and David Kooris are elected and Christopher Favreau and Kevin Boyer are hired.
An end to alliances also could result in fewer services calling only a limited number of ports.
Clothing retailer H&M, the first user of the product, wants to use its “size to be a force for good and enable scaling innovative solutions.”
The Senate Commerce Committee pressed witnesses on a variety of issues Wednesday during a hearing about surface transportation reauthorization.
“We should work collaboratively for … passage of a trade agreement that creates jobs, protects workers and consumers,” said Rep. Mike Thompson of California.
President Trump wants the federal government to weed out hundreds of no longer needed or inactive advisory committees from its roster.
Passage of USMCA in the United States must happen this year or wait for implementation in 2021.
The U.S. trade representative appeared before the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday on the first day of congressional hearings on the Trump administration’s trade agenda.
All crew members have been reported safe and were rescued by a passing bulk carrier.
The industry is at “a new crossroads,” according to the co-author of a state of logistics report titled “Cresting the Hill.”
Sailors’ Society also appoints a new director general and International Maritime Rescue Federation trustees are elected.
“The time to act is now,” reads a letter sent to the president and congressional leaders by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and more than 40 business and labor groups.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce officials on Monday said several factors indicate that the effort to secure U.S. approval of the pact recently has gained momentum.
After the investigation, FMCSA voided 223 active medical examiner certificates held by commercial drivers.
A shipyard in Port Arthur, Texas, received the most funding among the 28 shipyards with $1.36 million.
With expanded offerings, New York Shipping Exchange users now will be able to request binding contracts for multiple weeks at multiple ports.
The 23rd commandant of the Coast Guard said multilateral agreements and regional constructs have brought stability to other areas that have suffered from criminal activity.
Funding means “cross-border commerce critical to our economy is not impeded,” trade groups, chambers of commerce and companies said in a letter.
With a strong start to the year, the port says it is poised to overtake the Port of Long Beach as the nation’s second-largest container port.
