Maritime

European Commission asks for input as it looks at block exemption.

Indonesian coal suppliers have increased their domestic coal production target by 4.5 percent from a previous 485 million tonnes to a massive 507 million tonnes in the current year. All the additional tonnage will be exported.

Commissioner Rebecca Dye will meet with interested parties in California and Florida in October.

Witnesses to appear before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation include the Federal Railroad Administration administrator.

Action that will be taken includes advance manifests for goods from China arriving in Canada and being trucked across the U.S. border.

The higher cost of domestic steel already is saddling car manufacturers with “hundreds of millions of dollars in new, unplanned cost.”

The state’s 25,000 port truck drivers “routinely face wage theft and illegal pay deductions while hauling goods for the world’s biggest brands,” the bill’s sponsor said.

China imposed a 25% import duty on US soybean imports in July and a domestic shortage of beans is now resulting in Chinese traders paying a higher price for Brazilian beans than what domestic crushers are paying, leading to speculation that China could again increase shipments from the US.

U.S. Wheat Associates did charge that practices in “clear violation” of a WTO agreement helped establish Turkey as the world’s leading flour exporter.

CEO retiring and COO moving up; aerospace logistics company filling newly created commercial role.

Project is designed to attract containers now drayed to off-dock rail yards.

The scrapping of sister passenger- and cargo-carrying vessels marked the end of an era.

Ocean shipping rates below cost of capital have been boon to customers, bane to companies. But the equation may flip.

Appropriation of $30 million will help streamline processes, increase visibility and improve risk assessment.

Hewlett-Packard export compliance officer expects a lot of public comments on the control of technologies essential to national security.

“Importers are getting hurt” by duties meant to punish China.

The scenario laid out by a leading energy economist is that the market needs a way to soften the blow of higher oil prices that would be spurred by the new environment rule.

CB Insights says while there has been a drop-off in funding this year, supply chain innovation is becoming a greater concern for businesses around the world.

A prolonged bear market for crude oil tankers have resulted in the deletion of triple the number of ships sold for scrap, compared to last year.

Maersk, MSC and CMA CGM are implementing fees they say will help cover costs to reduce sulphur emissions; the IMO announces it will not push back the deadline.