The United States Coast Guard is scheduled to meet with the Federal Maritime Commission on Feb. 18 to hear shipper concerns about the new verified gross mass requirement enacted by the International Maritime Organization.

The companies have integrated their freight industry API platform and third-party load tracking software integrate to provide project44 customers with real-time status capability.

The key objective of the two-week National Transportation Safety Board mission in April will be to locate the voyage data recorder or “black box” dislodged from the TOTE Maritime general cargo vessel when it sank Oct. 1 during Hurricane Joaquin.

The cargo segment of American Airlines released its new redesigned tracking functionalities on its website, which will improve shipment visibility for customers, the airline said.

The container terminal operator posted a cargo throughout of 61.7 million TEUs at its container terminals in 2015, a 2.4 percent increase from 2014 on a like-for-like basis.

The company’s board elected current CEO David Abney to succeed the retiring Scott Davis as chairman and appointed William Johnson to the newly created position of lead independent director.

Carload traffic dropped 16.6 percent in January, but intermodal traffic grew 3.4 percent compared with January 2015, according to data from the Association of American Railroads.

The newly awarded patent outlines an “autonomous delivery platform” equipped with a compartmentalized “package securing subsystem” similar to lockers that the package recipient would open via keypad or using a credit card.

The short line and regional freight railroad owner and operator Genesee & Wyoming saw net income fall 13.7 percent year-over-year in 2015 to $225 million.

C.H. Robinson appoints Asia VPs, while Lineage Logistics picks transportation VP and the Port of Houston reappoints commissioner.