The measure is aimed at preventing coal from being handled at a bulk terminal planned at the former Oakland Army Base.

The Japanese ocean carrier became the latest steamship line to partner with e-commerce solutions provider INTTRA to provide verified gross mass data.

The Belgian port signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) last week with the Shahid Rajaee Port Authority, which controls the Port of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran.

Taiwan-based ocean carrier Evergreen Line has begun purchasing slots on CMA CGM’s PEX3 service, which connects Asia with the U.S. Gulf and East Coast as well as South Africa on a round-the-world routing.

The Chicago-based freight broker told American Shipper it targets deeper relationships with fewer brokers, eschewing transactional business for better relationships with retailers and carriers.

The Jacksonville, Fla.-based railway will construct a $270 million intermodal rail hub in Rocky Mount, N.C. in addition to launching a new intermodal rail service within the state between the Port of Wilmington and Charlotte.

Labor leaders and House Democrats told reporters Friday they would continue to lobby against a congressional vote on the sweeping 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership until after the presidential inauguration in January.

China International Marine Containers, the largest manufacturer of shipping containers worldwide, issued a profit warning to investors predicting a loss of 450 million yuan renminbi (U.S. $67.4 million) for the first six months of the year.

The International Trade Commission is scheduled to make its final injury determinations in the investigations of heavy-walled rectangular-welded cargo steel pipes and tubes from South Korea, Mexico and Turkey Aug. 29.

The intermodal and trucking provider saw second quarter net earnings tick up 1.9 percent year-over-year to $105 million on revenues that grew 5 percent to $1.62 billion.