Transportation and trade management company Taggart International has acquired Freight Quest Logistics, an international freight consultancy company.

The South Coast Air Quality Management District proposed a tax on container shipments to fund incentives for further reducing ozone levels.

President Trump nominated Kevin K. McAleenan to permanently lead U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which is now pending Senate confirmation.

Kuehne + Nagel, a Swiss-based third-party logistics provider, and Grünenthal, an international research-based pharmaceutical company, agreed to a global partnership for land, air and seafreight.

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao said the Trump administration’s planned $1 trillion infrastructure initiative would include “energy, water and potentially broadband and veterans hospitals as well,” according to a report from Reuters.

SEKO Logistics names chief operating officer for Asia Pacific region, while enVista hires ocean category manager for Middle East and Africa.

The freight forwarding unit of European rail giant Deutsche Bahn AG saw earnings before interest and taxes increase 3.8 percent 410 million euros (U.S. $438.5 million) on revenues that slid 2.2 percent to 15.1 billion euros in 2016.

KLG Europe selected BluJay Solutions for end-to-end transportation management and customer visibility services.

Switzerland’s Federal Office for Civil Aviation gave the Swiss postal company permission to fly laboratory samples between two hospitals via drone starting in 2018.

The new generation freighters will be leased to AirBridgeCargo for use on one of their 38 routes between Asia, Europe and North America.