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CBP Unit to Ensure Coastal Vessels Adhere to Jones Act

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has created a national division for enforcing maritime cabotage laws.

Amazon, UK Team to Test Drone Delivery of Packages Weighing Up to Five Pounds

Amazon has partnered with the UK government to explore making the delivery of parcels by small drones a reality.

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ASF Intermodal Opens New Drayage Terminal in Baltimore

ASF Intermodal has opened an intermodal drayage terminal in Baltimore, its first in Maryland and 14th overall.

Airfreight Industry Continues to Record Dismal Figures

Echoing the mid-year reports from several other aviation groups, Airports Council International (ACI) said air cargo tonnage was flat for the first five months of 2016, rising just 0.6 percent in May, year-over-year, and 0.2 percent, y-o-y, over the period of January to May 2015. Passenger traffic, however, was a different story, increasing by 4.6 percent, y-o-y in May.

In E-Commerce, Who Pays for 'Free' Shipping?

In the world of e-commerce, "free" shipping isn't really free. The question is, who pays for it?

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Trans-Pacific Trade May See 18,000-TEU Vessels One Day

Big 18,000-TEU vessels may be coming to U.S. ports after all.

A New Plan for Fixing the U.S. Transportation System

What stands in the way of a solution to the nation's crumbling, outdated and inadequate transportation infrastructure?

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Implementing New Ocean Container Weight Rule Went 'Fairly Smoothly'

Forget playing the blame game, the fraught implementation of container weighing rules came down to the fact that the container shipping industry has no single trusted information source.

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FedEx First to Get Right to Conduct U.S.-Cuba Cargo Flights

As the thaw continues between the United States and Cuba, the U.S. Department of Transportation has granted FedEx the rights to operate a five-times-weekly freighter service between Miami and the city of Matanzas.

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How to Optimize Collaborative Shipping Procurement

With more than 100,000 freight carriers operating in North America, sophisticated shippers long ago realized the only way to successfully and efficiently procure transportation was by hosting regular bidding events.

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Is Dry Bulk Shipping Headed for a Breakdown?

For those in dry bulk shipping, the market since the beginning of 2014 has been the worst downturn since the mid-eighties. Access to finance and liquidity will likely continue to be a pressing corporate issue for ship owners until the markets recover, and the longer this takes the worse the situation will get.

FastFetch North America Changes Name to NextGen DC Systems

FastFetch North America has changed its name to NextGen DC Systems LLC.

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