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Several ocean carriers issued general rate increases on various trades, while members of the Caribbean Shipowners Association adopted a voluntary guideline for a bunker surcharge reduction.

Automatic Identification System (AIS) vessel tracking service MarineTraffic has begun supplying geographical positioning data to the Equasis project, according to a statement from the company.

Transportation and logistics companies contributed an estimated 23,000 of the total 292,000 jobs added in the United States during month of December, according to the Department of Labor.

Import cargo volumes at the nation’s major retail container ports in November grew 6 percent from last year, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report from the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

Network Global Logistics names CEO, while Röhlig appoints senior advisor.

Ocean carrier capacity contracted in the three major east-west trades during the fourth quarter of 2015 after an almost non-existent summer peak shipping season caused by slowing global trade and an economic recession in China.

Highway carriers will finally face penalties for non-compliance with advanced filing regulations that first went into effect in 2010, following similar mandates for ocean and air.

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 19 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.

Canaveral Port Authority commissioners on Friday unanimously picked Capt. John W. Murray, currently president and chief executive officer of Hapag-Lloyd USA, as the port’s next leader.