The legislation, which would extend federal highway and infrastructure spending until Nov. 20, now goes to the Senate for approval in advance of the Oct. 29 expiration of current funding.

Teamster President James P. Hoffa is scheduled to participate in a press conference at 10 a.m. Pacific Time and plans to walk the picket line with drivers at the ITS Marine Terminal in the Port of Long Beach today.

The German ocean carrier is expected to price shares at the bottom of its initial range of 23 euros to 29 euros per share, according to multiple media reports.

The Justice Department on Monday said Alexander Posobilov, Shavkat Abdullaev and Anastasia Diatlova were convicted of illegally exporting controlled microelectronics to Russia.

The United States imported 2.77 million net tons of steel in September, a month-over-month decline of 9.4 percent and a year-over-year drop of 29 percent.

A delegation from the port met in Tehran, Iran with various ministries, petrochemical organizations and private companies to discuss Iran’s ambitions in shipping and commerce and the role the Port of Antwerp could play in those objectives.

United Arab Shipping Co. has appointed Stuart Sandlin, formerly a vice president of sales at Hapag-Lloyd America, as president of its North American organization.

The Israeli ocean carrier is adding a call to Limassol, Cyprus to its ADX service, which currently operates between Israel, Slovenia, Italy and Albania.

The asset-light transportation and logistics service provider anticipates third quarter 2015 revenues will be between $490 million and $500 million, down from previous projections of $530 million to $555 million.

Iron ore shipments on the Great Lakes totaled 5.6 million tons in September, a year-over-year drop of 20.6 percent.