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The Silicon Valley-based freight forwarder will charter its own freighter flight from Hong Kong to Los Angeles this weekend.

The Diesel Emission Reduction Act funds go toward helping Long Beach port tenants Stevedoring Services of America, Foss Maritime and Curtin Maritime retrofit equipment, according to the Southern California port.

Spot container rates from Shanghai to Europe, the Mediterranean and the United States all declined since last Friday, according to the Shanghai Shipping Exchange’s Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI).

The value of shipments into U.S. Foreign Trade Zones (FTZs) totaled more than $610 billion last year, down from $660 billion the previous year, according to the U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones Board’s annual report.

The world’s largest container carrier has appointed Omar Shamsie to serve as the new president of Maersk Line in North America, effective Dec. 1.

The World Container Index (WCI), a composite of container freight rates on eight major routes to/from the United States, Europe and Asia, is also down 16.2 percent from the equivalent period in 2016, according to Drewry.

Through the first nine months of 2017, the Maryland port handled over 8 million tons of general cargo at its public marine terminals, breaking last year’s record of 7.4 million tons during the same period.

The apparel retailer will exclusively sell its products on Amazon.com this holiday season, with additional pop-up sales that will feature Amazon tech, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.

A new facility dedicated to vehicle logistics has been opened in the city of Noviciado, not far from the Chilean capital of Santiago.

The country’s agricultural exports totaled $140.5 billion for fiscal year 2017, ending Sept. 30, an increase of $10.9 billion over the previous fiscal year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

The contract is for the m/v Naias, with the gross charter rate being $10,000 USD per day, for a period of about 15 months to up to 18 months, according to vessel lessor Diana Shipping.

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The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed two National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decisions that the International Longshore and Warehouse Union broke laws during job actions at Oregon’s Port of Portland.

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) will hold a public hearing related to the Coalition for Fair Port Practices petition at its Washington headquarters on Jan. 16-17.

The new terminal is the first phase of a multi-year project that will boost the North Florida port’s vehicle handling capacity by 25 percent, according to officials from the Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT).

Shippeo, which provides road transport visibility in Europe, closed a 10 million euro Series A round Thursday, which it will use to promote growth and platform development, the company said in a statement.

The German seaport handled 6.8 million TEUs and has seen a 87.8 percent increase in mega-vessels during the first nine months of 2017, despite dredging issues on the Elbe fairway.

Cloud-based e-commerce platform Shopify has integrated the rates and service offerings of parcel delivery company and logistics provider UPS in preparation for the upcoming holiday season.

Officials from the Florida Gulf Coast port and trade representatives from Ecuador met earlier this week to discuss the potential for increasing South American imports to Central and Southwest Florida markets.