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The Atlanta, Ga.-based parcel giant said it expects to hire about 95,000 seasonal employees for the holiday season.

A new Dutch Customs declaration, VENUE, will help shippers more efficiently import and export their e-commerce traffic through Schiphol.

The Omani port, which is equipped to handle the ultra-large containerships that have been entering service on the Asia-Europe trade, saw container volumes jump 29 percent year-over-year for the first half of 2016 to 1.6 million TEUs.

HACTL Development Holdings Ltd. in Hong Kong has entered into an agreement with Liaoning Airport Management Group Co. to develop a regional air cargo hub at Shenyang Taoxian International Airport in northeast China.

The German freight forwarder’s new 30,960-square-foot facility, located in Laredo’s Killiam Industrial Park near the World Trade Bridge, will become a certified foreign trade zone in October.

Dachser appoints managing director of European logistics in Germany, while FourKites names senior VP of business development.

The South Carolina Ports Authority said it plans to break ground on the new intermodal facility in Dillon during the first quarter of 2017.

Third-party logistics providers like Expeditors International of Washington have traditionally benefitted from disruptions in direct shipper/carrier relationships, according to a recent client note from William Blair Equity Research.

Ed Greenberg, counsel for the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America, said the association, along with other groups, will submit a petition to the FMC on behalf of its members that feel they have been incorrectly assessed demurrage.

Guy Courtin, vice president of industry and solution strategy at GT Nexus, said shippers should think of visibility as a tool to monitor and connect all of their trading partners, whether product suppliers or transportation vendors.

The Panama Canal will not raise tolls, even though its primary competitor, the Suez Canal, decided it will slash fees by more than half.

The Federal Railroad Administration said it has released $25 million in grants for 23 rail improvements projects in 14 states and the District of Columbia.

Union workers with the French trade union CGT is joining with other labor groups to protest a bill it says contravenes conventions of the International Labour Organisation relating to collective bargaining, trade union rights, and layoffs.

Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Mario Cordero said in a speech to the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America that the industry should be better prepared for future liner carrier bankruptcies.

Major container ports in the United States handled 1.63 million TEUs in July, up 3.2 percent from June and 0.7 percent from July 2015, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

A counsel for the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association said the Federal Maritime Commission’s Bureau of Enforcement has been scrutinizing NVOs tendering co-loaded cargo for rate violations, but doesn’t have clarity as to why.

The container leasing company said as of Sept. 2, approximately 4.8 percent of its total owned and managed fleet, in terms of TEUs, was leased to the South Korean ocean carrier.

Nadeem Velani, current vice-president of investor relations at Canadian Pacific Railway, will replace Mark Erceg as chief financial officer on an interim basis, according to a statement from the company.

In addition, the South Carolina Ports Authority announced Monday its plans to develop a second inland port in Dillon, S.C. to support growth of intermodal container volumes and expand access to markets in neighboring states.

Watco Supply Chain Services has purchased BCM Logistics, a Clearfield, Utah-based provider of door-to-door intermodal services, for an undisclosed sum, according to a statement from the company.