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The International Maritime Organization’s new verified gross mass regulations go into effect on Friday, July 1, is your company ready?

PARIS Optimal Transport Planning, a technology division of Hutchinson Ports (UK), created Boxreload, a platform allowing trucking companies and third parties in the U.K. to post loads online, which can only be viewed by “pre-selected and trusted partners.”

The U.S. Commerce and Energy departments have started an industry advisory group, along with their counterparts in Mexico, to make recommendations to strengthen cross-border trade and investment in the energy sector.

The Shanghai Shipping Exchange’s Shanghai Containerized Freight Index surged 36.7 percent since last week’s reading to a reading of 752.65, with rates on the Shanghai to Northwest Europe trade jumping 77.4 percent to $1,206 per TEU.

The container terminal operator reached an agreement with joint venture partner Aarhus Service Holding for the purchase of the remaining 40 percent of the existing APM Terminals-Aarhus terminal.

The independent containership owner and manager purchased the vessels for $195.6 million.

Mallory Alexander appoints VP of global business development, while Coastal Cargo Co. names VP of sales.

Some logistics providers remain skeptical about how well it will work for ports to weigh containers and transmit the data to carriers on behalf of shippers.

The Arab ocean carrier’s shareholders would own 28 percent of the combined company, while the existing shareholders of Hapag-Lloyd would own 72 percent of the new company.

Over 50 percent of respondents said their business would be impacted by a vote for the United Kingdom to leave the EU, but just 18.4 percent had a plan in place in the event of a Brexit, according to a recent survey conducted by Logistics Manager.

The United Kingdom will now have to sign new trade treaties with everyone, without the bargaining power of the European Union, which will lead to higher duties, and therefore, increased costs for shippers, Xeneta CEO Patrik Berglund said.

The supervisory board of Deutsche Post DHL Group has appointed Melanie Kreis to succeed Lawrence A. Rosen as chief financial officer of the German mail and logistics conglomerate.

The privately-held ERP software company entered a strategic partnership with and invested $25 million in cloud-native predictive and prescriptive analytics provider Predictix back in January.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative released a report Wednesday, which showed that sub-Saharan Africa’s non-oil exports to the United States have dramatically increased since the implementation of the African Growth and Opportunity Act in 2000.

The Mahwah, N.J.-based global airfreight forwarder and supply chain solutions provider will launch its newest regional office in the United Kingdom July 1.

The airline launched a new service from Madrid to Shanghai, and its winter 2016 schedule will offer 10 flights per week from London Heathrow to the Chinese city, an increase of three flights per week compared to its winter 2015 schedule.

Terminals and carriers rush to clarify how shippers can meet the International Maritime Organization’s requirement scheduled to go into effect tomorrow, in which shippers must provide the verified gross mass of containers before they are loaded on ships.

Industry leader Maersk Line, along with MSC and 13 other container lines, might not be subject to further penalties stemming from a five-year European Commission probe, according to a report from Reuters news service.

The Ocean Carrier Equipment Management Association said that a key benefit of the terminal weighing approach is that shippers will not be required to perform any additional actions in order to provide the verified gross mass of containers.

The Oakland, Calif. City Council passed an ordinance to ban the storage and handling of coal and coke at bulk terminals in the city, representing the latest blow to Terminal Logistics Solutions’ plan for a dry bulk terminal to handle coal and other goods.