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The Spanish shipping company commenced a new service between the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands.

U.S.-flag vessel operator American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier (ARC) has appointed Eric P. Ebeling to president and chief executive officer.

Without an extension past the original Dec. 31, 2015 deadline for implementation of Positive Train Control, shippers say the resulting “large-scale service disruption would be dire.”

Chinese leader Xi Jinping, whose agenda in the U.S. includes commercial issues, Wednesday met with CEOs from Boeing, Apple and Cisco in Seattle on his way to visit President Obama in Washington, D.C. on Friday.

The global shipping industry has reduced total carbon dioxide emissions by more than 10 percent since 2007, according to the International Chamber of Shipping.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection discovered more than $6 million worth of cocaine hidden in cases of Costa Rican pumpkins and squash at the Port of Philadelphia last week.

Athens-based containership owner and chartering company Danaos Corp. partnered with its CEO in acquiring three ships at “attractive discounts to their market values.”

Three waterfront properties are available for development as the port eyes both conventional cargo and shale oil and gas.

U.S. lawmakers and industry advocates need to do more to address a “critical” shortage of skilled truck technicians and mechanics, according to Bill Graves, CEO of American Trucking Associations.

The Malaysian port posted record throughput volumes for the month of August.

Preliminary figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines revealed member airlines moved 5.29 million freight ton kilometers of cargo in August on international scheduled services, a year-over-year drop of 0.3 percent.

The global supply chain services and solutions provider opened a new contract logistics facility in Irapuato, Mexico to support client growth in the automotive and high-tech electronics industries.

The supply chain management and logistics provider will manage Continental’s 21,000-square-meter warehouse at Central Park, Rugby, receiving, storing and transporting around three million tires each year.

Clinton County Port Authority appoints new executive director, while Port Freeport names business development director.

Tensions related to John Walsh’s leadership style and disparaging remarks about people opposed to plans for growing cargo and a freight-rail connection led the Port Canaveral Commission to seek his removal.

A lawsuit from Canadian National Railway accuses a former employee of sharing confidential client information with rival railroad Canadian Pacific, according to multiple media reports.

The Danish shipping conglomerate has also begun a program to buy back $1 billion in company shares over the next year.

Norfolk Southern will change up its senior management with the Oct. 1 retirement of longtime chairman Charles W. “Wick” Moorman.

The 60 percent drop in oil prices in the past year has hurt some sectors of the U.S. economy and tamped down growth, according to Thom Albrecht, transportation analyst at BB&T Capital Markets.

The promise comes after one environmental advocacy group criticized the method of disposal for a former Horizon Lines vessel, the Horizon Trader.