The U.S. Justice Department said two shipping companies were ordered to pay a combined $2.7 million for illegally dumping oily wastes into the ocean.

The Georgia Ports Authority and the South Carolina Ports Authority signed an agreement in 2015 to develop the Jasper Ocean Terminal, which will be jointly owned and operated by both port authorities.

Sean Monahan, a 30-year supply chain practitioner and partner with A.T. Kearney, said that uncertainty on growth rates, trade flows, transportation rates, fuel costs, technology and other factors will make decisions hard for supply chain professionals.

The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index’s increases on the Shanghai to U.S. trades were partially offset by declines on the Shanghai to Europe/Mediterranean trades.

The U.S. International Trade Commission has started accepting comments on petitions seeking temporary duty suspensions and reductions in accordance with the 2016 American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act.

The Californian port said it is prospering despite Ports America and Terminal Investment Ltd. ending their operations at the Outer Harbor Terminal last year.

The global port terminal operator’s terminals in Singapore handled 30.59 million TEUs in 2016, while volumes at its other locations totaled 37.04 million TEUs.

The U.S. International Trade Commission has determined that Chinese-manufactured large residential washers harm domestic industry and has given the Commerce Department the green light to issue an antidumping duty order on these imports.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit denied the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association’s rehearing request against the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s mandate to electronically track commercial truck drivers.

The U.S. Department of Transportation is establishing a new advisory committee focused on automation research, development and regulation across several transportation modes, the department said in a statement.