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Thomas Sonntag is named managing director and Marcus Anvell is appointed area sales manager.

As the administration ratchets up Section 301 tariffs on China, it appears it is directing less attention to the overarching goal of balancing the trade relationship, a witness said.

Erin Wirth succeeds Clay Guthridge, who retired last week after serving 13 years as the Federal Maritime Commission’s chief administrative law judge.

Funds will be used to increase rail capacity and reduce truck traffic in downtown Halifax.

The shipping line says the move is in line with a decision to quit other voluntary discussion agreements in 2017.

“Heightened political risks to vessel security, complying with 2020 emissions rules and the growing number of fires on board bring challenges.”

The pilot program allows a limited number of drivers ages 18 to 21 to drive CMVs in interstate commerce if they possess the military equivalent of a CDL.

Nicola Caristo, Peter Lantin, Baba Devani and Jan Eskil Hollen have new assignments.

Effective Wednesday, the rule will amend the Export Administration Regulations’ aircraft, vessels and spacecraft license exception.

Hapag-Lloyd LIVE initially will equip all the company’s reefer containers with equipment to monitor temperature and other data.

After being detained for 19 months in Louisiana, the master of the Ridgeway Alexander Z is allowed to return to Russia.

Panelists at a University of North Florida roundtable event said technology can help companies remain flexible and agile as the political environment shifts.

The offering with AirBridgeCargo and CargoLogicAir is planned to go live later this summer, the Berlin-based air cargo booking platform announced Monday.

Demand not expected to increase because of the impact of higher tariffs on trade.

A 20-acre tract will be added to the lease holdings between the port and Horizon, which opened a 70,000-square-foot vehicle-processing building at Port Freeport in 2015.

In executive moves, a European commercial manager is appointed, new CEOs are tapped, a chief economist is hired and a CFO and CIO are named.

The action was taken after the Trump administration determined that India failed to provide the U.S. with fair market access.

No doubt these are unsettling and downright worrisome times, especially for those with global operations that conduct business with China and want to do the right thing. 

The exclusions on such products as oil pumps, forklifts, garage door openers and medical equipment will be retroactive to July 6 and extend through June 4, 2020.

There was a significant outcry among customs brokers at the southern border after President Trump tweeted last week that he plans to impose tariffs on all goods from Mexico to pressure the United States’ southern neighbor to curb illegal migration flows, one representative of brokers told American Shipper.