Reading & Northern Railroad appoints forest products VP, while ICC Logistics Services names CCO and the Long Beach Harbor Commission picks directors.

The Commerce Department has determined that imports of certain hot-rolled steel flat products from Australia, Brazil, Japan, South Korea, the Netherlands, Turkey, and the United Kingdom are being dumped on the U.S. market.

The United States sentenced two German shipping companies, which operated the vessel BBC Magellan, for attempting to hide an oily bilge dumping scheme.

The Omani port received four new post-Panamax quay cranes from Shanghai-based equipment manufacturer ZPMC.

Groups representing shippers and other businesses say they want to avoid a repeat of the disruptions and slowdowns at West Coast ports that contributed to severe cargo congestion during the 2014-2015 talks.

Third-party logistics provider Arvato SCM Solutions will provide distribution and value-added services at its new facility in Gennep, the Netherlands.

Maritime Administrator Paul Jaenichen, Sr. told the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation he sees the United States moving from “amber” to “red” on the national security scale if additional ships are lost.

New rules from the Office of Foreign Assets Control and Bureau of Industry and Security make it easier for importers, exporters, transportation providers and banks to conduct commercial transactions with Cubans.

XPO Logistics has been awarded a contract to manage frozen food retailer Iceland Foods’s supply chain and a reverse logistics contract by Aldi, a discount supermarket chain based in Germany.

Many voters in this year’s presidential campaign see trade as the enemy preventing prosperity, while many United States businesses see trade as creating new opportunities, according to recent exit polls and a CEO survey conducted by Business Roundtable.