Could rising plastic exports create competition for empty containers?

Chief Executive Officer Ted Fick resigned earlier this month amid a Washington State Auditor’s Office investigation into an alleged $4.7 million in potentially illegal payouts to port employees.

The container lines were fined a total of 2.39 million Chinese yuan renminbi (U.S. $347,212) for failing to record or recording inaccurate data on their freight rates.

The French ocean carrier will buy space on a service between North Europe and the West Coast of North America, as well as on a service between Japan and California.

American Shipper’s sister publication, the Adam Smith Project, wrote Monday about the dangers of recalibrating trade statistics to suit policy initiatives.

Michael J. Ward and Clarence W. Gooden, chief executive officer and president of CSX, respectively, will retire from the company May 31, 2017, the Jacksonville, Fla.-based Class I railroad said in a statement.

The joint venture will consolidate and expand bulk cargo handling services of both companies in the U.S. Southeast and Gulf region.

News broke on the planned logistics center on the heals of the announcement that the 18,300-TEU Margrethe Maersk, docked at the Cai Mep International Terminal Monday, the largest ship to ever frequent Vietnam.

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 16 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.

The International Longshoremen’s Association is calling for a shutdown of ports along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts, and a march in Washington.