The World Trade Organization on Wednesday announced the expansion of the Information Technology Agreement (ITA), which promises to phase out hundreds of tariffs on information technology exports worldwide.

The French Mediterranean port launched Neptune Port, a fully-automated information system developed over the course of three years that is designed to simplify administrative procedures for vessels that call the port.

The Mid-Atlantic seaport received the first breakbulk shipment of Chilean winter fruit to arrive in the United States for the sixth consecutive season.

The Customs reauthorization, which passed in the House of Representatives last week, has stalled in the Senate due to a dispute over a last-minute rider regarding how to tax Internet sales that has stirred up strong opposition.

Delmas, which was acquired by the CMA CGM Group in 2006, will officially operate under the CMA CGM name effective March 1, 2016.

Israel’s Ministry of Environmental Protection (MoEP) has imposed a fine of $600,000 on the Mediterranean seaport for marine pollution infractions.

Shipment volumes and expenditures both slowed from the previous month and the same 2014 period, but were still “stronger than expected,” according to the latest Cass Freight Index Report.

A potential proxy fight is looming as the two companies trade counter arguments about whether Canadian Pacific’s latest offer to takeover the Norfolk, Va.-based Class I railway would win U.S. government approval.

TOTE Maritime has 14 days to respond to the motion to dismiss a request for exoneration or limitation of liability in the sinking of the ill-fated cargo ship, which sank in Hurricane Joaquin killing 33 seafarers.

The airfreight carrier will add three new routes on its Latin America network that are expected to be particularly beneficial to pharmaceutical shippers.