Roadrunner appoints COO, while A.N. Deringer names Los Angeles district manager.

Wan Hai, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), Interasia Lines (IAL) and Pacific International Lines (PIL) will commence a new liner service between China, Southeast Asia and the Indian Subcontinent next month.

The United States imported 36.34 million net tons of steel during the first 11 months of 2015, a 10.7% decline as falling oil prices and continued economic uncertainty abroad hindered U.S. steel consumption.

After announcing an integration partnership last week, both JDA and INTTRA separately told American Shipper more such arrangements are planned for this year.

XPO Logistics Chief Executive Officer Brad Jacobs told a conference in Atlanta that the 3PL won’t buy any companies in 2016 and will instead focus on digesting recent major acquisitions and reshaping its sales force.

An official for the canal told the SMC³ conference in Atlanta that the authority is targeting two to four services that currently use the Suez once its widened locks are opened in early second half 2016.

The Department of Transportation is required under a new law to track annual measures of how ports are performing in an effort to keep cargo flowing.

The proposed Safety Fitness Determination rule would update FMCSA’s safety fitness rating methodology by integrating on-road safety data from inspections, along with the results of carrier investigations and crash reports.

Vinalines will trim its share holdings in the ports of Haiphong and Saigon in Vietnam as well as sell stakes in others at the behest of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, according to local media reports.

United States truck trailer net orders totaled 25,500 units in December, a 35 percent decrease from November and 43 percent decline from the same period in 2014.