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The new platform makes it easier for warehouse users to find facilities for rent or sale on port property.

The industrial real estate development and management firm sold a 174,400-square-foot facility within the DuPage Business Center in western Chicago, Ill. to Simpson Manufacturing Company.

Port Corpus Christi lines up 2016 commission officers, while Polymer Logistics names sales VP and HMI/Gulf Marine appoint new CEO.

The Northern California port says there is ample capacity to absorb cargo business at other Oakland terminals after a “unilateral” decision to depart by the joint operators of Outer Harbor Terminal LLC.

The Northern California port says there is ample capacity to absorb cargo business at other Oakland terminals after a “unilateral” decision to depart by the joint operators of Outer Harbor Terminal LLC.

European terminal operators say they want implementation guidelines for the new IMO rules requiring shippers to provide the verified gross mass of containers that “do not create competitive distortions between member states.”

XPO Logistics Chief Executive Officer Brad Jacobs told a conference in Atlanta that the 3PL won’t buy any companies in 2016 and will instead focus on digesting recent major acquisitions and reshaping its sales force.

An official for the canal told the SMC³ conference in Atlanta that the authority is targeting two to four services that currently use the Suez once its widened locks are opened in early second half 2016.

After announcing an integration partnership last week, both JDA and INTTRA separately told American Shipper more such arrangements are planned for this year.

Although the Federal Railroad Administration doesn’t have the authority to block railroad mergers, Administrator Sarah Feinberg told the Wall Street Journal there are “significant safety hurdles” to any merger involving a major U.S. railway.

Wan Hai, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), Interasia Lines (IAL) and Pacific International Lines (PIL) will commence a new liner service between China, Southeast Asia and the Indian Subcontinent next month.

The Jacksonville, Fla.-based Class I railroad said it is consolidating its operations administration from 10 to 9 divisions and closing administrative offices at Huntington, W.Va. in response to the slow down in coal business.

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings will acquire privately held Southern Air Holdings, a longtime air cargo services provider, for $110 million.

Non-vessel-operating common carrier Vanguard Logistics Services has acquired South African firm ILA, adding offices in Durban, Johannesburg and Cape Town to its network.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will lead a trade mission of agricultural exporters to Chile and Peru on March 14-18, with the goal to expand business with those two South American markets.

U.S. Customs officers stationed on the Mexican side of the border near San Diego, Calif. will check agriculture products moving by truck under a new cargo pre-inspection pilot program.

Hindered by the slowdown of global and domestic economies, the South Korean port handled approximately 19.45 million TEUs in 2015, 50,000 short of its throughput goal for the year.

The United States imported 36.34 million net tons of steel during the first 11 months of 2015, a 10.7% decline as falling oil prices and continued economic uncertainty abroad hindered U.S. steel consumption.

The shipping carrier entered into an agreement with Groupe CAT to acquire its 50 percent shares in CAT-WWL, making Wallenius Wilhelmsen full owner of the finished vehicles services joint venture.

A total of 87.2 million tons of cargo was transported by U.S.-flag Great Lakes freighters in 2015, a 3.3 percent decline from 2014.