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A Hapag-Lloyd containership struck a Gold Star Line vessel on Monday while berthing in Karachi.

The Senate confirmed Kevin McAleenan to serve as commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection by a vote of 77-19 on Monday.

Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., asked U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to back an elimination of the catfish inspection program before the World Trade Organization’s consultation stage ends April 28.

President Donald Trump has shifted Ann Begeman out of the acting chair role at the Surface Transportation Board to become chair.

The Green Bay, Wis.-based national trucking company completed its conversion to a company-owned and managed chassis fleet by buying over 15,000 intermodal container chassis over the last four years.

Trade associations from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to the National Retail Federation and even the International Monetary Fund have joined the chorus of voices warning against the imposition of widespread tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.

The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned five Russian entities and 19 people in an effort to punish those allegedly involved in interfering in recent U.S. elections or causing cyber attacks that targeted financial and infrastructure systems.

The interim final rule from the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) set forth the guidelines that entities and individuals should follow in requesting product exclusions from U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum imports scheduled to take effect Friday.

The acquisition of Peruvian logistics provider Cosmos Agencia Maritima (CAM) extends DP World’s reach in Latin America and continues the firm’s diversification into third-party logistics offerings.

Now by far the largest truckload carrier in the United States, Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings has made its first acquisition since its merger in fall 2017, purchasing Richmond, Va.-based Abilene Motor Express for an undisclosed sum.

Canada requested that the World Trade Organization (WTO) form a dispute panel to adjudicate its challenge over U.S. antidumping and countervailing duties on Canadian softwood lumber, a Canadian government spokesperson confirmed Friday.

The parcel and express carrier has begun to expand its U.S. market presence by offering a new delivery program that caters to urban e-commerce retailers and shoppers.

The port terminal operator subsidiary of conglomerate C.K. Hutchison Holdings Co. posted an annual container throughput of 84.7 million TEUs last year, 4 percent more than in 2016, and expects “modest growth in global trade in 2018.”

The U.S. Department of Agriculture and its counterpart in the South Korean government have reached an agreement on how to minimize the trade impacts when future cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) are detected in the United States.

According to the members of the 2M Alliance vessel sharing agreement, Maersk Line and MSC, a reduction in the number of port calls in its services connecting Asia with Europe will give the carriers more buffer time to adjust to weather or other delays.

Olso, Norway-based feeder specialist MPC Container Ships has agreed to acquire five vessels from Simatech ranging in size from 1,201 TEUs to 1,440 TEUs and another 1,350-TEU vessel for a total purchase price of $48.5 million in cash.

The nearly 800 workers of Air Express International (AEI), a U.S. subsidiary of DHL Global Forwarding and Deutche Post-DHL of Bonn, Germany, have overwhelmingly approved a new national contract.

By handling of more than 87,000 Ford vehicles in 2017, the Port of Portland, Ore., maintained its top position for West Coast auto exports.

European over-the-road transportation provider Freightex has been folded into Coyote Logistics, as parent UPS expands its services across the continent.

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 22 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.