Deutsche Bahn’s freight rail operation will purchase 60 new locomotives from Siemens at a cost of about $250 million euros, and use the equipment in its European cross-border services.

Iron ore shipments increased over 21 percent in U.S. Great Lakes ports in July but had mixed results in Canadian ports, according to the Lake Carriers’ Association.

Peter Zuccarelli of Plano, Texas, conspired to illegally export U.S.-made radiation hardened integrated circuits to China and Russia for their respective space programs, according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Justice.

At least 32 rail cars from a CSX train carrying hazardous materials derailed early Wednesday, causing a petroleum fire and forcing the evacuation of a one-mile radius around the site, according to CSX officials.

The U.S. Maritime Administration beat its target date of Sept. 30 to remove 57 obsolete ships from its reserve fleet holding area in Suisan Bay, Calif.

Intermarine unveils various leadership changes, BDP International and Wen-Parker Logistics each name chief financial officer, and the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association’s executive committee appoints new executive director.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection will struggle to regulate an increased flow of e-commerce goods, but a plan is in the works, according to Acting CBP Commissioner Kevin McAleenan.

The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) is aiming to ensure a steady influx of young, up-and-coming supply chain professionals to its membership.

The trial, which begins in September with a heavy-duty, all-electric truck, is part of a statewide effort to determine the feasibility of zero-emission freight hauling.

The two positions are among nine that fall under the jurisdictional responsibility of the Senate Commerce Committee, with the others being in the departments of Commerce and Homeland Security, as well as the FCC.