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Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings and consulting firm Maine Pointe name vice presidents.

The National Transportation Safety Board will still seek to locate the TOTE Maritime Puerto Rico ship and recover the “black box” voyage data recorder.

The U.S. Coast Guard and ship operator TOTE Maritime have scheduled press conferences for this afternoon to announce any new information on last week’s disappearance of the Florida-Puerto Rico cargo vessel.

Investment bank Stifel Nicolaus upgraded its rating of FedEx Corp.’s stock to “buy” Monday, causing share value on Tuesday to increase over 1 percent from the previous day’s closing price.

The Japanese ocean liner carriers and three executives at the companies allegedly conspired to fixed prices on roll-on/roll-off cargo, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

The U.S. Department of Transportation on Tuesday released $5 million in emergency relief funds to South Carolina to repair storm-damaged roads and bridges.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, who arrived in Cuba on Tuesday, will co-chair a regulatory dialogue with government officials from the long-embargoed Caribbean nation.

The tech startup’s freight procurement marketplace previously only included capacity from ocean carriers, but the company has successfully pilot tested air cargo procurement as well.

Turkon Line’s Med-USA loop will add NileDutch to the Mediterranean portion of the string and add a call at Tangier to the port rotation.

The internet of things solutions provider ORBCOMM will use WAM’s installed based of shipping lines and produce companies to add reefer container tracking to similar capabilities for other equipment types.

The trucking industry will need to hire 890,000 new drivers, an average of 89,000 per year, in order to keep pace with demand, according to a new report from the American Trucking Associations.

The logistics provider launched a new rail connection between Germany and the Netherlands Wednesday.

The less-than-truckload provider added an outbound LTL service from Toronto, Ontario and appointed John Geertsema as General Manager for Canada.

The Cincinnati, Ohio-based transportation and logistics firm opened an office in Daytona Beach, Fla. last week.

Kewill and Polaris Transportation make chief executive changes, while C.H. Robinson appoints Europe, Asia trade route development directors.

President Obama has taken a full-court press approach to promoting the benefits of the now finalized Trans-Pacific Partnership with the goal to win over the American public.

After completing the long-awaited Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement on Monday, the Obama administration now faces its next challenge: promoting the trade pact to Congress and voters.

Just prior to announcing the board of TNT Express had approved its sale to FedEx, the company issued an investor alert warning shareholders that third quarter 2015 profits would be “materially lower” than in the third quarter of 2014.

A massive influx of refugees fleeing the war in Syria has resulted in increased wait times at border crossings and reduced volumes for trucking carriers, according to the International Air Cargo Association.

Ocean carriers NYK and “K” Line will split their joint MET/Jaseco-5 service into two loops, while NYK will separately terminate its PHX2 string and adjust its PHX1 service.