The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed a $63,750 civil penalty against J&J Tech Group of Miami for allegedly violating federal hazardous materials transportation by stuffing “hundreds” of lithium batteries into luggage.

“Eagle GO. Guaranteed” service, which is designed to protect shippers from having containers “rolled” to the next voyage, is expanding from four to 29 Asian origin ports.

Deployed capacity from Asia to the Mediterranean has increased over the year, and according to Drewry, there is unlikely to be any let up.

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 29 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.

The U.S. Commerce Department outlined remedy options in line with Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, including blanket tariffs for all countries and direct quotas.

The Taiwanese ocean carrier will charter 10, 11,000-TEU ships and purchase 10, 2,800-TEU ships to replace outgoing vessels in its current fleet over the course of the next few years.

Port Newark Container Terminal is entering a new phase of construction that will boost its annual handling capacity to over 2 million TEUs by 2019 in anticipation for incraesed volumes.

The U.S. Commerce Department outlined remedy options in line with Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, including blanket tariffs for all countries and direct quotas.

Although overall cargo tonnage through the port inched up a modest 1.7 percent in 2017 from a year prior, container tonnage rose 10.9 percent.

Short-line and regional railroad operator Genesee & Wyoming has entered into a strategic partnership with short-haul and drayage trucking platform provider Cargomatic.