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CV duties determination of biodiesel   The Department of Commerce determines that countervailable (CV) subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of biodiesel from the Republic of Argentina. CV subsidies determination of hardwood plywood The Department of Commerce determines that countervailable (CV) subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of certain hardwood plywood […]

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.

The United Arab Emirates-based airline will utilize Boeing 777-200F freighters for the route and is the fourth carrier to offer cargo services to Miami in 2017, according to a report from Air Cargo News.

The less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier launched a new service center in Jackson, Tenn., allowing for direct coverage to all of Western Tennessee.

The Panama-flagged Kisogawa has a length of 1,112 feet and a beam of nearly 197 feet, according to “K” Line.

Dispute Settlement Body meeting The WTO Secretariat has circulated a list of items proposed for the next meeting, including the surveillance of implementation of recommendations adopted by the DBS. President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa The President’s Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa will meet Nov 29 to deliberate on analysis of […]

“We need to avoid, by all means, anything that allows someone to come between us and our customers,” Jochen Thewes, chief executive officer of the global logistics provider said in an interview with American Shipper.

Many truckers remain unaware that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will start requiring automated in-bond filings in late November.

The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier gave the United Kingdom a hard deadline of two weeks to come to an agreement on financial commitments in the sixth round of Brexit negotiations.

While trade volumes are expected to continue increasing through the rest of the year, the World Trade Organization (WTO) forecasts that the pace of this growth will be slower than at the start of 2017.

A group of U.S.-based organizations sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Tuesday in support of maintaining trucking provisions in any new version of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

The Commerce Department has affirmatively determined that imports of hardwood plywood products from China are being dumped on the U.S. market, as well as receiving countervailable subsidies from the Chinese government.

The Outages Working Group within CBP’s Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) says uniform guidelines must be established for handling disruptions within the agency’s Automated Commercial Environment (ACE).