The OCEMA working group published recommendations for how and when shippers should submit SOLAS container weight verification data ahead of the July 1 implementation deadline.

The Obama visit to Cuba is part of a 16-month rapprochement that the administration hopes will ultimately lead to more bilateral trade with and political freedom in the island nation.

Rotterdam and other ports plan to challenge a European Union decision requiring seaports to pay a corporation tax beginning in 2017 on the basis that the ruling does not treat EU ports, especially those that receive government aid, equally.

The United States East Coast port handled 307,035 TEUs for the month, an 8 percent increase compared with February 2015.

Ocean carrier Evergreen Line is joining the Ocean3 Alliance’s Phoenician Express/BEX2 as a vessel provider, while COSCO began participating on the loop two weeks ago as a slot purchaser.

Tri-Union Seafoods, which sells Chicken of the Sea, and Bumble Bee estimate about 34,000 cases of canned tuna may be contaminated because of a production malfunction that resulted in meat not being properly cooked before being sent to stores.

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received seven ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.

Ocean carriers Maersk Line, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd, OOCL, MOL, APL and Emirates Shipping Line issued general rate increases.

XPO Logistics appoints independent director, while essDOCS names chief commercial officer.

United States truck trailer net orders totaled 21,300 units for the month, a 21 percent increase from January and 2 percent bump from February 2015.