Congress has long embraced free trade agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership, but the protectionist tone of the 2016 election campaign, specifically that of Republican front-runner Donald Trump and Democrat Sen. Bernie Sanders, could change that.

INTTRA appoints new CFO, while the Coalition for America’s Gateways and Trade Corridors elects officers and the Canadian government names board member to the Halifax Port Authority.

The Chatham, N.J.-based non-vessel-operating common carrier’s new office in Sofia, Bulgaria will provide less-than-container-load and full-container-load import and export services.

The company’s Hy-Weigh hydraulic jack system, designed to help shippers comply with new verified gross mass requirements, attaches to the four corners of a cargo container in order to weigh the box where it sits in just 10 minutes.

The French sea port handled 304,664 TEUs from January to March 2016 as container throughput grew 3 percent at terminals in Fos, but dropped 27 percent at Marseille facilities.

An American Shipper report released Tuesday found that nearly three-quarters of shippers and forwarders believe they will have containers held when the new verified gross mass mandate kicks in July 1.

The less-than-container-load service will receive freight in Shanghai, Dalian, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Ningbo, Qingdao, Shenzhen, Tianjin and Xiamen.

A report by Logistics Trends and Insights found that half of survey respondents see the entry of Amazon, Google and other marketplaces into the world of forwarding as an opportunity for forwarders, compared to only 33 percent who see it as a threat.

Most imports that must be cleared by the Food and Drug Administration will have to be filed next month in the new Automated Commercial Environment.

The South Florida port became the latest seaport to offer shippers the option of using scales at inbound gates to measure container weights on their behalf and relay the information to ocean carriers.