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According to the 2017 “UPS Pulse of the Online Shopper” report, 97 percent of online shoppers are buying on U.S. marketplaces and 47 percent made purchases from international retailers.

U.S. and Canadian shipments in the Great Lakes dropped 5.4 percent in May 2017 compared to the same period a year ago, according to data from the Lake Carriers’ Association.

The technology provider, which has championed the adoption of application programming interfaces (APIs) in multimodal freight, has unveiled a real-time, automated quoting solution for “tweener” less-than-truckload shipments.

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission has received 12 ocean transportation intermediary license applications and changes for review.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) appoints chairman of board of governors, while SeaCube and Kuebix both name new chief executive officers, and BIMCO elects president.

The Pacific Northwest port, along with the City of Burien, Wash., and real estate company Panattoni Development, broke ground Tuesday on a 26.2-acre site that will house two industrial airfreight warehouses.

The Northwest Seaport Alliance, which comprises the seaports of Seattle and Tacoma, has approved a $52 million purchase of four container cranes, plus an additional $2.9 million in terminal improvements.

Terminals operated by the Georgia Ports Authority handled 350,104 TEUs in May 2017, an 11.68 percent increase from the same month last year.

The country’s “supportive” relationship with Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood has caused six Middle Eastern countries to restrict airspace and ban trade and border crossing to and from Qatar.