A former general manager at Timber Creek Resources in Newton, Wis., pleaded guilty and was sentenced this week for criminal violations of U.S. Plant Protection Act regulations that govern the use of wood packaging material in international trade.

An energy services company and liquified gas carrier have agreed to jointly develop an ethylene marine export terminal at the Port of Houston, while the Port of Gulfport in Mississippi will become home to a compressed gas liquids (CGL) production plant.

The Office of the Revenue Commissioners, the Irish government agency responsible for customs, excise and taxation, said the illegally imported cigarettes arrived in containerized shipments from Vietnam and China via Rotterdam.

Danish contractor Explicit will monitor sulfur emission from ships by sampling exhaust plumes from vessels in waters around Denmark.

Major retail container ports in the United States can expect two of the busiest months ever for imports in July and August, according to the latest monthly Global Port Tracker report by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

Beginning in August, late or missing shipments during a one-month period will be subject to a fine of 3 percent of their value as part of a new policy to raise revenues.

Rickmers Trust Management Ptd. Ltd. was given the go-ahead to sell its remaining nine vessels to Navios Partners Containers and Navios Partners Containers Finance.

Under the partnership, Banco Santander will provide supply chain finance services to companies operating on Tradeshift’s platform.

Alpenglow Rail LLC, which is backed by private equity firm Stonecourt Capital, completed its acquisition of VIP Rail LLC, a short-line railroad located in Sarnia, Ontario’s chemical valley.

After an unusual drop in orders for May, Class 8 heavy-duty truck orders were up 7 percent over the previous month and 38 percent over June of last year, according to freight transportation analyst firm FTR.