The Chesterfield, Mo.-based transportation and shipping management software firm reached an agreement to acquire Seattle-based technology company Ajillus.

The French ocean carrier, which earlier this year acquired a majority of NOL, the parent company of ocean carrier APL, will consolidate the existing transpacific businesses of its ANL and US Lines brands between North America and Asia under the APL brand.

The London-based shipping research and consulting firm said carriers can’t cut costs fast enough in an industry where revenues may be $50 billion below what they were in 2014.

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association is suing the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration over the government’s mandated use of electronic logging devices, which it claims does not advance safety and is “arbitrary and capricious.”

Singapore-based global cargo transportation and logistics company APL Logistics Ltd. launched a joint venture with Arab Global Logistics LLC in Oman.

Although cargo throughput at the German port for the first six months of the year slipped 0.9 percent from the same period in 2015, seaport-hinterland traffic by rail rose 3.9 percent.

Crowley Maritime promotes new vice president of strategy, while Fleet Advantage expands the role of its chief technology officer and CEVA Logistics appoints country manager for Costa Rica.

The Berkshire Hathaway-owned Class I railroad recorded a $500 million distribution to its parent during second quarter 2016, half what it contributed the previous year, according to regulatory filings.

Shipment volumes were flat from the previous month, and expenditures were down just 0.6 percent, but both still remained well below 2015 levels, according to the latest Cass Freight Index Report.

As a result of the extended agreement, truckers will continue to have access to a common pool of chassis at the Port of Savannah.