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Striking drivers and warehouse workers from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach delivered a petition calling on L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti to aid in their goal of getting companies to classify drivers as employees and not independent contractors.

The ACX Crystal, which collided with U.S. Navy destroyer USS Fitzgerald June 17, killing seven sailors, was being controlled by a computerized navigation system at the time of the collision, according to a preliminary investigation.

Despite a split vote among the four commissioners currently making up the Federal Maritime Commission, a discussion agreement between the Port of New York and New Jersey and OCEMA will take effect June 25.

Rep. Alan Lowenthal, D-Calf., who co-chairs the PORTS Caucus, has introduced legislation that would create a dedicated revenue source to improve the country’s freight infrastructure.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has suspended all imports of fresh beef from Brazil, citing concerns about the safety of these products.

Spot container rates from Shanghai to the U.S. East Coast and U.S. West Coast both declined since last Friday, according to the latest figures from the Shanghai Shipping Exchange’s Shanghai Containerized Freight Index.

The Southern California ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach say they’ve set July 19 as the release date for the draft version of their 2017 update to the Clean Air Action Plan, which was first adopted in 2006.

United Arab Emirates-based developer and terminal operator Abu Dhabi Ports has signed an agreement to take over operations and infrastructure development at the Port of Fujairah, allowing for berth deepening and crane installment starting in 2018.

Third-party logistics providers and retail companies are helping to keep Mexico’s trucking industry afloat, according to Armstrong & Associates’ report “Trucking in Mexico: Navigating the Opportunity.”