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IAG Cargo names new chief executive, while Trans Global Projects Group hires chief executive officer of Natco Switzerland subsidiary.

House members question whether the Shipping Act should be revised, and also said there is a need to protect domestic tugboat and terminal companies.

Piracy concerns don’t get the headlines they once did, but it remains a problem for seafarers.

Appointment of McAleenan as CBP Commissioner will please a worried trade

Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. and state lawmakers have introduced legislation that would raise $52.4 billion in investment funding for transportation infrastructure over the next 10 years through a series of gas and diesel tax hikes.

The Norwegian Competition Authority has issued a decision blocking Icelandic ocean carrier Eimskip from purchasing asset-light shipping and logistics company Nor Lines due to a lack of sufficient competition in the transportation of frozen fish.

Wilh. Wilhelmsen ASA and Wallroll AB, joint owners of Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics, EUKOR Car Carriers and American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier, have created a new ownership structure to enhance efficiency and increase cooperation between affiliates.

BluJay, the new brand for merged supply chain software companies Kewill and LeanLogistics, has purchased a United Kingdom-based maker of mobile tracking and shipment notification solutions.

Hyundai Heavy Industries Group is pushing ahead with new investments, and plans to more than double its number of researchers in the wake of its official split into four separate companies.

Chain Business Insights released a new eBook this week intended to be a primer for supply chain professionals to understand blockchain’s applications in the industry.

The project will focus on improving Ethiopia’s Modjo Dry Port, which handles 95 percent of the landlocked country’s trade.

The 250 million euro (U.S. $266.3 million) contract to deepen and widen the access channel towards Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Mumbai, India was awarded to Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. and Jan De Nul.

Port terminal operator China Merchants Port Holdings Co. Ltd. saw 2016 earnings jump 14.3 percent to $5.49 billion Hong Kong (U.S. $706.5 million) compared with the previous year as container throughput grew 14.5 percent to 95.8 million TEUs.

The subsidiary will support cement majors and sister subsidiary Ronez Limited in the British Isles and northern Europe.

The iron ore transshipment and storage facility in Uruguay’s Nueva Palmira Free Zone can transship 10 million tons per year.

The airline’s new service to Phnom Penh, Cambodia took off Monday with an A330 freighter.

Bureau Veritas promotes senior executive vice president, while Greenville & Western Railway Co. appoints general manager and manager of mechanical and transloading, and Glander International Bunkering hires two new traders in Mumbai.

The European Shippers’ Council said some shipments from Europe to Asia have been delayed up to eight weeks.

Involvement in NCBFAA a family custom for current president

President Trump nominated Kevin K. McAleenan to permanently lead U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which is now pending Senate confirmation.