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During the month, Japan and South Korea continued to be top performers for beef exports from the United States, driven by strong demand for chilled beef.

The newly established Drone Advisory Committee, which includes stakeholders from the aviation and unmanned aircraft industry, will meet at least three times a year to discuss the safe integration of drones into U.S. airspace, the FAA said in a statement.

CoLoadX, an internet platform to enable forwarders to price effectively and allow non-vessel-operating common carriers to expand their sales scope, went live this week.

The International Maritime Organization’s Ballast Water Management Convention now has enough vessel tonnage to bring the treaty into force, thanks to Finland signing onto the treaty.

Industry leaders meeting at a conference in Brussels Wednesday said the European Union’s new Unified Customs Code must still be tweaked to reflect modern ways of business and communication.

The online less-than-truckload (LTL) freight exchange FreightorGator has begun dynamically linking freight rates from LTL carrier YRC to users of its platform.

Third-party logistics provider Kuehne + Nagel said it will use a transportation management system from Transporeon to handle execution and visibility for its truckload and less-than-truckload shipments in Europe.

TruckerLine, which provides truckers an ability to manage their careers and recruiters a searchable driver database, now has over 20,000 Class-A drivers.

The Commerce Department has preliminarily determined that U.S. imports of carbon and alloy cut-to-length plate steel from China unfairly receive government subsidies.

The logistics software provider reported a net income of $5.8 million on revenues of $50.5 million for its fiscal second quarter, year-over-year increases of 14 percent and 12 percent, respectively.