Trade associations on both sides of the Atlantic urged duty-free treatment for footwear and other steps to make it easier to sell shoes between the United States and the European Union.

Ports covered by the Global Port Tracker report handled 1.44 million TEUs in April, up 9.1 percent from March but down 4.6 percent from April 2015, according to the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

The Suez Canal Authority has begun granting a 65 percent discount on tolls for all containerships sailing from East Coast North America ports south of Norfolk to Asian ports and 45 percent reduction from Port of Norfolk and north.

Choi Eun-young, former head of South Korean ocean carrier Hanjin Shipping, was summoned by prosecutors Wednesday over suspicions of insider trading.

The Jones Act requires waterborne cargo between two points in the United States to be transported on vessels that are American built, owned and crewed.

Getting importers and brokers to let go of the legacy CBP trade processing system and start filing in ACE has been a challenge, but in recent months ACE adoption has taken off.

General Motors Global Customs Director Amy Martin discussed how tackling projects in a way that stretches beyond compliance got her greater attention for duty reduction initiatives.

Shipyards will sell $7.3 billion in assets and the government has created a $9.5 billion fund to support lenders to shipyards and shipping companies.

The Dubai-based port terminal operator has been granted a 50-year concession for the development of a new multi-purpose port facility in Posorja, Ecuador, 65 kilometers from Guayaquil.

The CSAV executive, Mauricio Javier Garrido Garcia (Garrido), is accused of participating in the conspiracy from as early as 2000 until at least September 2012.