FASA

TOTE Maritime has 14 days to respond to the motion to dismiss a request for exoneration or limitation of liability in the sinking of the ill-fated cargo ship, which sank in Hurricane Joaquin killing 33 seafarers.

The airfreight carrier will add three new routes on its Latin America network that are expected to be particularly beneficial to pharmaceutical shippers.

The Japanese transportation company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, NYK Automotive Logistics (China) Co. Ltd., established a new vehicle processing center in Shanghai.

Intermodal operator Shuttlewise, in cooperation with Novatrans, will commence a rail shuttle between Rotterdam, Netherlands and Dourges, France, which will initially run five times a week.

CBP deputy commissioner receives White House’s Presidential Rank Award, while Dayton Freight makes promotions at Dayton, Ohio operation.

The forwarder last Wednesday opened its Asia Pacific Innovation Center in Singapore, which showcases futuristic technologies DHL says will transform logistics operations.

The Lake Oswego, Ore.-based railroad transportation equipment manufacturer received new orders for approximately 1,800 rail car units valued at nearly $170 million since Sept. 1, 2015, the beginning of the company’s fiscal year.

Atlantic Container Line’s newest container and roll-on/roll-off vessel, the largest of its kind, will depart Dec. 18 from the Port of Hamburg on its maiden commercial voyage across the Atlantic.

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 13 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association said the new rule requiring electronic logging devices is “the most outrageous intrusion into the rights of professional truckers imaginable and will do nothing at all to improve highway safety.”