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U.S. Customs Targets Mislabeled Food Imports

This operation is part of a continued effort to interrupt what CBP calls “an extensive network of purposely mislabeled and high-risk agriculture products coming from Hong Kong, China, India and Saudi Arabia.”

Boxes of frozen fillets of catfish of the genus Pangasius -- called basa, swai or sutchi -- that were imported into the United States from Vietnam falsely labeled as sole to avoid anti-dumping duties.

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Hapag-Lloyd Agrees To Port of Shenzhen Air Quality Program

Hapag-Lloyd has voluntarily undertaken only to use fuel with a sulfur content of less than 0.5 percent while its ships are docked at the terminal.

The companies at stake are Hapag-Lloyd, Hanjin, Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM), MOL, NYK, ‘K’ Line, Yang Ming, and UASC, along with Hamburg Sud which has a series of agreements with UASC.

Import Cargo Grows As West Coast Ports Recover

National Retail Federation (NRF)

Ports covered by Global Port Tracker handled 1.2 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units in February, the latest month for which after-the-fact numbers are available and historically the slowest month of the year.

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Washington State Ports Stand To Gain On Portland’s Woes

The demise of Hanjin’s and Hapag Lloyd’s Portland ship calls means that in most cases their customers will shift their cargo to the ports of Tacoma and Seattle.

FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2015 file photo, the Space Needle towers in the background beyond a container ship anchored in Elliott Bay near downtown Seattle.

Port Of Portland Loses Container Business; Will Puget Sound Push Carrier Rates?

Although German-based Hapag-Lloyd has not made an official announcement that it will no longer call on Terminal 6, the company’s current schedule contains no calls for the port in the near future.

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Greece Decides To Sell Port Of Piraeus To Chinese Firm

Deputy Prime Minister Yannis Dragasakis told China's official Xinhua news agency that Athens will sell its majority stake in the port of Piraeus within weeks.

File photo of Greece's Piraeus Port.

Three Asian Container Lines Unveil Latin America Service

Hyundai Merchant Marine (HHM), Hanjin Shipping and Yang Ming Marine Transportation Corp. are due to start the West Latin Express (WLX) service on July 11, which will be operated with 10 vessels of 5,500 TEUs.

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Chinese Slowdown Drives Dry Bulk Shipping Rates To All-Time Low

Day rates have plunged as China's slowdown reduced its iron ore imports while the market is flooded with brand new vessels entering the market.

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Egypt Invests $6 B In Global Logistics Center For Grain

The logistics center will be located on 3,350 square kilometers of land in Damietta in the Delta area and is expected to handle 65 million tons of grain and basic food commodities trade per year.

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Thai Slave 'Chained Like A Dog' On Fishing Vessel

International Transport Workers' Federation

An International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) delegation has boarded industrial fishing vessels landing their catch in Songkhla port, Southern Thailand last week, as part of an investigation into labor rights abuses.

This isn't the first time the fishing industry in Southeast Asia has been accused of worker abuse, with these 11 Burmese migrants were rescued in this file photo from June of 2012.

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How Will Panama Canal Expansion Impact The Cold Chain?

Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA)

While there’s little doubt transshipment activity through Panama will grow strongly once the expansion is completed, not everyone in the temperature-controlled logistics industry believes the subsequent shifts in trade patterns will bring new business.

This is an artist's impression of the Panama Canal Expansion on completion.

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West Coast Port Slowdown Gives Glimpse Into Future Shipping Rates; What To Do About It

Chainalytics (now part of NTT Data)

Lessons from the West Coast port slowdown caused by a labor dispute.

Loaded container trucks line-up at a gate at the Port of Seattle, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, in Seattle.

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