Pilot Freight Services names new chief executive officer and president, while the Port of Tacoma hires new director of engineering, and Americold hires executive vice president and chief commercial officer.
IMO to establish legal framework for safe operation of autonomous vessels
The International Maritime Organization has begun mapping out how existing international regulations should be applied to the field of self-driving ships and other autonomous maritime technologies.
CN pleads guilty to environmental offenses
The Montreal-based Class I railway has been ordered to pay a federal fine of $2.5 million Canadian (U.S. $1.9 million) and a provincial fine of C$125,000 in relation to a diesel fuel discharge on the North Saskatchewan River in April 2015.
Port of Los Angeles extends fruit terminal contract
The terminal operator SSA Pacific has handled Chilean fruit imports and exports at the Port of Los Angeles since 1988 and will now continue to do so for at least another five years, according the Southern California port.
Jacobs: XPO Logistics eyeing more M&A targets
The Greenwich, Conn.-based third-party logistics provider will focus on companies that will bolster its existing business lines, particularly in contract logistics, rather than adding new services, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
Report: COSCO diverts cargo from Port of L.A. to Long Beach
Chinese ocean carrier COSCO Shipping is choosing Long Beach over Los Angeles due to its “less stringent mitigation measures,” according to Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka.
De Blasio: NYC jobs plan to boost freight, logistics industries
The plan will provide 100,000 high-paying jobs across the city, with at least 20,000 going directly towards the industrial sector, according to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Seven dead after containership collides with U.S. Navy vessel off Japan
The ACX Crystal, a containership chartered by Japan’s NYK Line, collided with U.S. Navy destroyer USS Fitzgerald in the Philippine Sea early Saturday morning.
ICS calls on IMO to delay ballast water convention implementation
The International Chamber of Shipping is urging the United Nations’ International Maritime Organization to back a proposal that seeks to change the installation deadline for the Ballast Water Management Convention.
Trump’s changes to U.S.-Cuba relations roil industry
President Donald Trump’s announcement in Miami on Friday that he will roll back the Obama administration’s U.S.-Cuba trade policies has left many industry groups in a sour mood.