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The port operator took delivery of three super post-Panamax quay cranes for its Terminal D at Laem Chabang Port.

The logistics provider will have 95 vehicles upgraded with reduced emissions technology and driver safety systems in place by the end of January.

Domestic truckload pricing jumped 6.2 percent for the month compared to December 2016, the ninth consecutive month of year-over-year gains, according the latest Cass Truckload Linehaul Index.

The Port Authority of Strasbourg and HAROA will work together in four areas of interest, which include rail, river and sea, innovation, and promotional capabilities.

Chairman of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., expressed strong support for the Jones Act Wednesday during a Capitol Hill hearing.

The predictive trade index is designed to help the market understand the direction of ocean freight and airfreight trade growth.

The board of commissioners of the U.S. Gulf Coast port agreed to award up to $300,000 to AECOM Technical Services LLC to evaluate a 675-acre piece of land for a second container facility, New Orleans City Business reported.

General rate increases from Asia to the U.S. East Coast gathered traction this week, with the Shanghai-New York trade strengthening by 18 percent from last week to reach $2,869 per FEU, Drewry reported.

The Class I railway revealed that for 2018, it is planning to invest between C$1.35 billion and C$1.5 billion in capital programs, and is expecting mid-single-digit revenues growth.

Net earnings totaled $552 million for the quarter, a sharp increase from $130.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2016, thanks to U.S. tax reform, which resulted in a $488 million reduction to deferred tax liability.

The Scandinavian port said one reason for the downturn was a long-running labor dispute between the Swedish Dockworkers’ Union and terminal operator APM Terminals.

Norfolk Southern CEO Jim Squires told reporters at a rail conference outside Chicago Thursday that the railroad is working towards a more “stable, resilient network” for 2018, according to a report from Reuters news service.

Pasha Automotive Services began offering port-processing services to Toyota Motor Manufacturing de Baja California (TMMBC) out of the Port of San Diego earlier this month.

The Texas-based rail logistics provider will utilize blockchain technology in a new cloud-based platform titled RAILChain.

The New Super 1 will sail between Japan, Hong Kong, China, Singapore and Vietnam, utilizing four vessels and a total rotation time of 28 days round.

The interim measures, developed from working groups with participation from airport stakeholders, aim to address factors that contributed to issues like ground equipment failures that occurred during a recent storm.

Despite efforts to eradicate hosting of IP-infringing products, Alibaba subsidiary Taobao remains a continuing focus.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is finding itself increasingly in the mix as a regulatory agency for exports as well as imports, according to Megan Montgomery, executive vice president of the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America.

A Government Accountability Office report released Wednesday revealed that U.S. Customs and Border Protection airport officials have not verified licenses for some radiological imports and its processes do not ensure all of those shipments are identified.

The International Narcotics Trafficking Emergency Response by Detecting Incoming Contraband with Technology (INTERDICT) Act requires U.S. Customs and Border Protection to increase the number of chemical screening devices available to officers.