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The Honolulu-based shipping company agreed to pay $511 million for both of the Kanaloa Class vessels from General Dynamics NASSCO.

The Food and Drug Administration has remodeled its website that deals with the importation of regulated goods.

SEKO Logistics named Michael Christensen president of SaaS and CPO of International Supply Chain Solutions to lead a new business unit focusing on the third-party logistics provider’s service-as-a-software technology solutions.

The ocean carrier alliance will skip the Oct. 11 voyage on its North Pacific 3 (NP3) service between Asia and the Pacific Northwest in response to “expected low demand in October,” member OOCL said in a statement.

The Icelandic shipping company reported net earnings of 8.8 million euros on revenues of 126.1 million euros for the second quarter of 2016.

The Houston, Texas-based third-party logistics provider moved into a new 34,000-square-foot warehouse and office complex adjacent to the London Heathrow Airport in an effort to enhance its UK market presence.

Fleets that purchased optional systems and aerodynamic features for new trucks are averaging more than 7.5 miles per gallon, according to the North American Council for Freight Efficiency.

The voyage data recorder from the U.S.-flag cargo ship that sank Oct. 1, 2015 near the Bahamas was in good condition and revealed bridge audio, weather data and navigational data.

Members of the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission voted in favor of requesting additional information from the four shipping companies planning to create the Ocean Alliance.

The South Korean ocean carrier submitted a financial improvement plan to the state-run Korea Development Bank Thursday, but did not reveal details on the plan.

CDPQ Infra has signed an agreement to acquire the aerial structure leading to Central Station in Montreal from Canadian National Railway and use the station as an intermodal hub for its REM public transportation network.

Under a new five-year agreement, Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings will provide FedEx Express with five 747-400 freighter aircraft during peak flying season, which generally takes place in December but can occur earlier in the year.

The International Air Cargo Association is looking for a new secretary general after Doug Brittin notified the board that he plans to leave in December.

The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals will honor J.B. Hunt, Henry Ford and Malcom McLean for their pioneering leadership in the supply chain arena.

Major freight railroads in the United States employed 152,718 workers as of the middle of July 2016, up 0.19 percent from the previous month but down 10.71 percent year-over-year, according to data from the Surface Transportation Board.

The Jacksonville, Fla.-based Class I railway will place more, longer trains, as well as run them faster, on its tracks between Seymour and Butlerville, Ind., the company said in a statement.

Evergreen Line and “K” Line will be joining the Asia-ISC dedicated PMX loop, which will soon be changing its ports of call, while the two carriers will also launch the PIX/PM2 loop, in conjunction with COSCO, PIL and Wan Hai.

The Atlanta, Ga.-based parcel giant launched a $300 million expansion that will increase the size of its Centennial package facility in Louisville, Ky. to 838,000 square feet and nearly double the current sorting capacity to 85,000 packages an hour.

Parts manufacturer Delphi Automotive has joined forces with Mobileye, a developer of computer vision systems focused on the automotive industry, to develop a fully automated driving solution by 2019, according to a joint statement from the companies.

Shanghai Pudong Int’l Airport Cargo Terminal, the largest airfreight handling services provider at Shanghai Airport, in the first seven months of 2016 saw volumes grow 2 percent to 919,461 metric tons compared with the same 2015 period.