The Memphis, Tenn.-based integrator’s subsidiaries – FedEx Express, FedEx Ground and FedEx Freight – will increase shipping rates Jan. 2, 2017.

A session at the EFT North America Logistics CIO Forum, to be led by American Shipper IT Editor Eric Johnson, will look at the API versus EDI question of system-to-system communication.

The Lonsdale Consortium, which comprises the Future Fund, QIC, Global Infrastructure Partners and OMERS, agreed to pay $9.7 billion Australian (U.S. $7.3 billion) to acquire a long-term lease to operate Australia’s largest container port.

The National Retail Federation, along with a coalition of 120 retail, manufacturing and agriculture groups, sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker asking her to continue to work towards a swift resolution for shippers.

The pilots of cargo plane operator Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings told the company they have “serious concerns” with the way a proposed contract with online retailer Amazon is currently being handled.

The Northwest Seaport Alliance, consisting of the ports of Seattle and Tacoma, handled 313,811 TEUs in August, a 0.6 percent increase from August 2015.

Philly Teixeira, who was hired last week as INTTRA’s new president for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, most recently served as a key account manager for Maersk Line.

The Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based trucking company has appointed Hugh Ekberg as group president and chief operating officer.

The international express parcel carrier opened the Jakarta Gateway 530 at Indonesia’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport.

Gulftainer USA leased a 40,000-square-foot warehouse from Port Canaveral near its new container terminal that opened in June 2015.