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CSX Intermodal Vice President Dean Piacente explained how the Jacksonville, Fla.-based railroad came to suffer through the well-known service interruptions that plagued it during in the weeks and months leading up to Hurricane Irma.

Steve Felder, the head of Maersk Line’s Indian Subcontinent operations, tells the Economic Times the Danish container carrier wants to provide more than just port-to-port services in India.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that more than 22,000 barrels of oil and chemicals have spilled across Texas and the Gulf due to damages from Hurricane Harvey, according to report from Reuters news service.

The Dubai-based port terminal operator entered into deals to acquire Maritime World LLC, the 100 percent owner of Dubai Maritime City, for $180 million and 100 percent of Drydocks World LLC by means of a capital injection of $225 million.

With the opening of CSX’s new rail terminal in Pittsburgh earlier this month, the Port of Virginia is now able to offer rail service to Western Pennsylvania and Northwest Ohio.

The Commerce Department has initiated an investigation into alleged dumping of U.S. titanium sponge imports from Japan and Kazakhstan, and whether those imports from Kazakhstan are receiving unfair subsidies.

Representatives from London Maritime and Hong Kong Maritime & Port Board met last week to sign an agreement for increased shipping services between the two regions.

Unico Logistics agreed to lease one Panamax bulk carrier from Athens-based shipowner at a gross charter rate of $11,900 per day, minus a 5 percent commission to third parties, for a minimum of nine months.

Young Living Essential Oils, based in Lehi, Utah, pleaded guilty in a federal court Monday to charges that it violated U.S. regulations when it illegally handled shipments of rosewood and spikenard oils.