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

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will launch a three-year trial program to determine whether or not young adjusts between 18 and 21 should be trusted to safely operate big rigs.

The Atlanta-based package delivery giant has streamlined its ground package network to speed up e-commerce deliveries from U.S. retailers to eastern Canada by a day.

The Government Accountability Office said U.S. Customs has not been able to collect the duties because it lacks the analytic capability and the system provides loopholes for cheaters.

The Greenwich, Conn.-based third-party logistics provider’s CEO Brad Jacobs is bullish on his company’s technology focus as it secures $1.6 billion in debt refinancing that will lower interest payments 12 percent over the next five years.

Representatives from the U.S. Embassy in Beijing met with the director general of China’s Inspection and Quarantine Ministry to gain more information about how shippers can comply with China’s requirement that shipments from the nation be mosquito-free.

Silicon Valley-based startup Trucker Path has moved from a Waze-type approach to trucker navigation to connecting loads with carriers via its marketplace app.

The New Zealand port is scheduled to receive its first 9,500-TEU vessel in October, following the completion of its dredging project, which deepened the port’s shipping channels to 14.5 meters inside the harbor entrance and 15.8 meters outside the harbor.

The cargo airline unveiled its new Madrid-Amsterdam service taking effect today, along with its new service from Frankfurt to London via Paris that’s scheduled to launch next week.