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The UPS Worldwide Express package service has expanded its network to include 88 countries and territories.

Cargill appoints head of ocean transportation, while International Business Systems names Americas general manager and ClassNK picks new chairman.

Exports of goods and services from the United States decreased to $176.5 billion in January from $180.3 billion the month prior, according to data from the Commerce Department.

Candidates Hilary Clinton and Bernie Sanders agreed on the importance of infrastructure investment, but clashed over trade policy during Sunday night’s Democratic Primary debate.

Providing the verified gross mass of laden cargo containers is not a commercial matter, but regulatory matter, according to a letter sent to the United States Coast Guard by the World Shipping Council.

The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index and the Ningbo Containerized Freight Index, which measure spot pricing on various east-west trade lanes, both dropped again since last week.

The increase in freight tonnage over the next 30 years will require adding capacity to marine, highway, rail, air and pipeline modes, according to the United States Department of Transportation.

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has proposed a set of national prerequisite training standards for entry-level commercial truck operators seeking to obtain a commercial driver’s license (CDL).

The less-than-truckload division of FedEx Corp. said in a letter to the U.S. Surface Transportation Board a merger between Canadian Pacific Railway and Norfolk Southern Corp. would “lead to diminished service as well as higher shipping costs.”

The Air Forwarders Association wants the U.S. Department of Transportation to make cargo operations one of the criteria used when deciding which airlines will be granted flying rights to Cuba.

The U.S. Commerce Department this week preliminarily set antidumping duties on imports of certain cold-rolled steel flat products from Brazil, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Russia, and the United Kingdom.

Jennifer Hedrick will replace Bruce Carlton as executive director and MCI USA will provide association management services to National Industrial Transportation League.

Carload volumes dropped 10.1 percent in February, but intermodal shipments grew 12.9 percent compared with February 2015, according to data from the Association of American Railroads.

The French ocean carrier will become a slot purchaser on the jointly operated APL, MOL, NYK and Hanjin ASA service between Asia, Mexico, Colombia and Panama this week.

Net orders for North American Class 8 trucks in February dipped 2 percent from January, but were still down 43 percent from February 2015, according to preliminary data from freight forecaster FTR Transportation Intelligence.

The independent shipping agency opened a fully staffed agency office in Hamilton, Ontario on Tuesday to provide vessel owners and operators service at Canadian ports.

A total of 1,087 cargo thefts were reported in Mexico throughout 2015, a 73 percent increase from 2014.

The Russian port operator and stevedoring company handled 11.9 million metric tons of cargo in January, a 6 percent decline from January 2015.

The 2016 Great Lakes shipping season commenced operations March 2 and the locks at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. are scheduled to reopen March 25.

The French ocean carrier will deploy the mammoth 18,000-TEU CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin and five sister ships in the transpacific trade between Asia and the United States West Coast starting in May.