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The renaming of COSCO Pacific, the port terminal operator division of the former COSCO Group, to COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited follows the company’s decision to rebrand its bulk shipping operations earlier this month.

Jett McCandless, the chief executive officer of transportation consulting firm CarrierDirect, will be replaced by current Managing Director Peter Rentschler as he transitions to a full time position with data exchange startup project44.

Forwarders Nippon Express and Globaltransol, as well as produce shipper ACX Global, will submit verified gross mass data through CargoSmart’s platform to comply with upcoming International Maritime Organization regulations.

A bill to change the way tariffs are set at 11 state-owned ports is progressing, while another aiming to overhaul the entire operational structure of Indian ports is languishing.

The Port of Los Angeles set a container throughput record in May as cargo volumes continue their strong growth in 2016.

Fragmentation in the transportation management system market persists because there’s still so much of the market, across verticals and sizes, that is not using a system, according to an executive at TMS provider Cloud Logistics.

The South Carolina Ports Authority expects a modest increase in container volumes for the new fiscal year that begins July 1.

A recent study by Ohio State University evaluated which supply chain execution systems were most critical and also which ones lent themselves most easily to getting funding for implementation.

A recent report authored by eight U.S. governors and two Canadian premiers sees untapped potential for moving container and roll-on/roll-off cargo in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway.