The Port of New Orleans has received the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s approval to participate in a cold treatment pilot program that allows for improved transit of time-sensitive imported fruits from South America.

The Athens-based containership charterer said it saw time charter revenues plunge “mainly due to reduced employment opportunities and time charter rates.”

The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed a $63,000 civil penalty against Gladwin Paint Co. of Arlington, Texas, for allegedly violating the federal hazardous materials regulations.

German ocean carrier Hapag-Lloyd will begin integrating its 118 services with United Arab Shipping Co.’s 45 loops in about eight weeks, and officials expect the integration to take until the end of the third quarter.

The seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index was down last month compared to the month prior, the same period last year, and year-to-date.

The Georgia Ports Authority saw containerized cargo volumes for the month jump 11.7 percent to 333,006 TEUs compared with April 2016.

German ocean carrier Hapag-Lloyd will begin integrating its 118 services with United Arab Shipping Co.’s 45 loops in about eight weeks, and officials expect the integration to take until the end of the third quarter.

The tug, which will be able to run entirely on liquified natural gas, will be constructed at Kanagawa Dockyard Co. and MOL expects to deploy it by April 2019, the Japanese ocean carrier said in a statement.

The pilot blockchain registry project aims to promote digitalization in Denmark’s maritime cluster, referred to as “Blue Denmark,” and to shed light on the long-term possibilities of digitalizing the entire ship registration process.

Increasingly high rents charged to chassis providers by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey could hurt the port’s overall competitiveness, says Dennis Daggett, executive vice president of the International Longshoremen’s Association.