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The Senate Commerce Committee approves pick for assistant secretary for aviation and international affairs.

Combined carload and intermodal shipments have grown 4 percent year-over-year through August.

The Boeing freighter will boost the South Korean airline’s cargo capacity on key transpacific routes feeding into the U.S. market.

Richard Ashooh tells a Senate subcommittee during a trade hearing that the process is “very cumbersome.”

Questions may be submitted by email during the live streamed listening session.

Shipping company says it will advise customers of “exact amount” of price increases closer to October.

Maersk and MSC also will void three sailings on two other joint services during China’s Golden Week.

Maersk report points to slowdown in the country’s trade growth.

Box volumes grew 2.1 percent year-over-year in July after a revised 3.3 percent increase the previous month.

Port has a new chairman of the board; logistics companies in the United States and Europe fill roles.

An October conference will be held by the multilateral Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems.

Dubai-controlled firm wins another round in ongoing fight with Djibouti over control of a container terminal.

A joint venture between three longtime project and heavy-lift cargo vessel operators has received the governmental approvals to get under way.

The legislation passed the House on Tuesday via suspension of the rules after passing the Senate by a unanimous consent procedure in July.

Storm is expected to be a hurricane when it makes landfall along the north-central Gulf Coast.

Union president calls for ratification of the six-year agreement, lauded as its best ever.

BIMCO and Kuehne + Nagel say tariff disputes are starting to take a toll on container shipping.

Grafton & Upton Railroad unloads wood pellets at its Massachusetts facility and represses broken pellets into whole ones before transferring them to trucks.

The European Commission is committed to review its quota system to import hormone-free beef into the trade bloc.

Proceeds will be used for “acquiring high-quality businesses.”