Kuehne Holdings names president and Matchback Systems appoints IT VP, while Kuebix and CSX pick VPs of engineering.

The 2016 Great Lakes shipping season commenced operations March 2 and the locks at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. are scheduled to reopen March 25.

The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation is scheduled to hold a vote today on President Obama’s nomination of acting administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration T.F. Scott Darling III.

The Australia arm of global freight forwarder Yusen Logistics purchased Hitech Asia Pacific to diversify its supply chain offerings and gain access to high-profile customers like Canon, Siemens, General Electric, and Philips.

Meanwhile, shares of CSX saw a bump this week on rumors that Canadian Pacific in January made an offer to purchase the U.S. Class I railway amid its highly public, and thus far unsuccessful, takeover attempt of Norfolk Southern.

Operations management at the number four U.S. railroad will now be run out of two distinct regions as part of a cost-saving initiative designed to stem profit declines.

Compliance systems provider Exis Technologies is marketing a web portal it developed for container carriers to help inform alliance partners of each other’s respective hazmat restrictions when booking cargo.

The non-vessel operator will devan cargo, store it in warehouses and ship to customers throughout Ireland.

National Foreign Trade Council President Bill Reinsch issued a response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture making public its final rule to repeal U.S. country-of-origin labeling requirements for beef, chicken and pork.

Delmas, which was acquired by the CMA CGM Group in 2006, officially began operating under the CMA CGM name yesterday.