Industry advisors to the Commerce Department are calling on the government to get involved much sooner when contract talks between dockworkers and terminal operators diminish port productivity.

A group of Republican House lawmakers on Friday exercised a rarely used “discharge petition” to gather enough support to force a vote on the chamber floor to reauthorize the U.S. Export-Import Bank.

The legislation (HR 702) also includes a provision to increase funding for the 60 ships in the Maritime Security Program from $3 million to $5 million.

Federal Aviation Administration officials say they plan to back a proposed international ban on shipping potentially dangerous lithium ion batteries on passenger airlines, according to multiple media reports.

It was only after 2009 that Chinese exports to ASEAN countries really began to grow faster than with other countries, according to the maritime consultants, which suggests it takes a few years for benefits of FTA to “really kick-in.”

The Singapore-based ocean carrier will offer a fortnightly express service between Guam and Yokohama that will connect to services from around the world.

The Icelandic liner carrier dropped a call at Halmstad, Sweden on its Blue Line service, but added a call at the port has to its Gray Line service.

The Atlanta, Ga.-based shipping and logistics provider said the expansion will create earlier guaranteed delivery options for customers that previously had only end-of-day guaranteed delivery options.

Singapore-based real estate firm Global Logistic Properties will lease over 1 million square feet of warehouse space to three “leading retailers” in China, according to a statement from the company.

The forwarder introduced a daily cargo flight between the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport and the Detroit Metropolitan Airport, with a stop at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.