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Temp-controlled air cargo shippers and others see measurable improvements in reliability, visibility and cold chain support.

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Amazon Sues Logistics Executive For Joining Target Corp.

Amazon said in the lawsuit filed this week that the former employee, Arthur Valdez, was in violation of a noncompetition agreement that he signed while working for the company.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Ocean Carriers Struggle With Box Weight Verification Systems

The rule’s aim is to help shipping lines plan stowage of containers to maximize vessel balance and stability.

The rule, to take effect July 1, will require that ocean carrier customers provide Verified Gross Mass (VGM) data for each container before vessel onloading. VGM equals the total weight of the container and its contents.

BNSF Railway Rolls Out Capital Expenditures For Texas, Illinois And Kansas

Plans call for more than 2,400 miles of track surfacing and/or undercutting work, the replacement of 55 miles of rail and more than 480,000 ties, as well as signal upgrades as part of BNSF's implementation of positive train control (PTC).

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Drayage Provider Total Transportation Services Files For Bankruptcy

The company said in a court filing that "downward pricing pressure from some of its major clients over the past year" along with mounting costs of litigation with independent drivers had proven more than it could manage.

Premium Transportation Services Inc., known locally as Total Transportation Services Inc. (TTSI), one of Southern California's largest port trucking companies, filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday in federal court in Delaware.

Ocean Ports & Carriers

Maersk Line To Boost Asia-To-Northern Europe Rates $400 Per TEU

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The increase would take rates up by 190 percent on the current level, which is widely seen as loss-making. The shipping company also aims to raise freight rates from Asia to ports in the Mediterranean by $500 TEU.

Danish shipping and oil group A. P. Moller-Maersk could split up into separate companies, its chairman said on Thursday after naming Soren Skou, the head of its container business, as chief executive.

Canadian Pacific Railway Files Proxy Statement In Proposed Norfolk Southern Merger

Canadian Pacific Railway has filed a statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission that the shareholders request that the board of directors engage in good faith discussions with them regarding the proposed merger.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Container Rates Fall To New Lows

An oversupply of massive new container ships serving the China-to-Europe routes has pushed smaller ships to the Atlantic Ocean and depressed rates between North America and Europe.

A slowdown in Chinese economic growth has hammered the global shipping industry, which exited the Great Recession to take advantage of low interest rates to buy new ships to handle a rising amount of coal, iron ore and consumer goods. But as China’s factories scale back and the economies of Europe and North America gear down, the amount of cargo traversing the oceans has slowed.

Norfolk Southern Service Connects Port Of Charleston To Charlotte Intermodal Facility

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The new, two-day Norfolk Southern service will operate five days per week connecting Charleston and Charlotte using existing dedicated intermodal trains.

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Ocean Ports & Carriers

Port Of Long Beach Delivers Highest Volume February in 105-Year History

Port of Long Beach

The port saw strong gains last month by moving 561,412 TEUs (20-foot equivalent units), a 35.9 percent increase over the same month last year.

The arrival of the biggest ship to visit North America, the 18,000-TEU CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin, catapulted the Port of Long Beach to its highest cargo volume for the month of February and extended cargo growth for an eighth consecutive month.

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