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The U.S. government has signed off on a plan by Crowley Maritime to transfer perishable cargo from Central America to the Miami International Airport for onward delivery to customers in Europe.

Maersk Container Industry received a $55 million order to manufacturer 4,000 new reefer containers for Antwerp-based shipping company Seatrade Reefer Chartering.

LEMAN, a Denmark-based third-party logistics services provider that specializes in pharmaceuticals, will open a new branch office in Charlotte, N.C. on Nov. 1.

Historically low ocean freight rates have caused carriers to implement cost-cutting measures that have reduced reliability, meaning shippers need to be more flexible in how they procure capacity.

The SaaS transportation management software provider will use project44’s less-than-truckload APIs to enable synchronous transactions and speed TMS implementation timeframes.

Investments in new projects are slowing, and Neil Davidson, senior analyst in Drewry’s ports and terminals practice, warned that a sudden rebound in demand could be a problem.

Volga-Dnepr Group names senior VP of sales and marketing, while Synergy appoints VP of enterprise solutions.

Truckload pricing dipped another 3.5 percent for the month compared to September 2015, the seventh consecutive month of year-over-year declines, according to the latest Cass Truckload Linehaul Index.

Although the decline was less severe than the previous 20-month average, intermodal pricing in September 2016 dropped for 21st straight month compared with the prior year period, according to the latest Cass Intermodal Price Index.

The Swiss-based third-party logistics provider posted net profits of CFH 177 million for the third quarter of 2016 and CHF 533 million for the first nine months of the year.