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Econocaribe has appointed John Kamada as manager of its U.S. West Coast region.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today proposed two new rules to implement the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, P.L. 111-353.

Surface transportation trade between the U.S. and its North American Free Trade Agreement partners, Canada and Mexico, jumped 7.6 percent year-over-year in October.

From labor battles to natural disasters, 2012 was filled with risk for shippers and the companies moving and managing their cargo. Here are the stories that defined the year.

The U.S. freight-related transportation industry and warehouse sector added 4,900 jobs in December from November.

Celadon Trucking Services has agreed to acquire Rock Leasing and Kelly Logistics.

United Airlines, the North American launch customer of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, has received its sixth 787-8 and initiated its first international route from Los Angeles to Tokyo.

Robert L. Johnson, founder and chairman of The RLJ Companies and chairman of RLJ Equity Partners, today announced the acquisition of regional trucking company R. Thompson Trucking, now RLJ Thompson Trucking.

California-based logistics technology company Trimble Navigation today acquired ALK Technologies, a privately owned Princeton, N.J.-based company that specializes in transportation tools.

Taiwan-based Evergreen Group today held a naming ceremony for the Ever Leader, Evergreen Line’s eighth L-type container ship...

Hapag-Lloyd has announced a new service to Cap Haitien, Haiti.

British port operator PD Ports has installed a new terminal operating system at Teesport’s container terminal.

The two largest container funds of Buss Global, a collection of transportation equipment investment funds, have sold about 275,000 containers for approximately $410 million to Seaborne Intermodal.

South Carolina-based less-than-truckload transportation company Southeastern Freight Lines today promoted Chris Reynolds from North Atlanta service center manager to director of safety and security.

The U.S. Senate has confirmed its Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation’s nominations of Michael P. Huerta as administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration and William P. Doyle...

DFDS, a short-sea transportation company in North Europe, has confirmed that its negotiations with the German shipyard P+S Werften concerning the construction of two roll-on, roll-off ships are ongoing.

The NATO Shipping Centre, which connects North Atlantic Treaty Organization naval forces with the merchant shipping community, has advised merchant vessels to remain vigilant in the gulfs of Oman and Aden and off the Somali coast.

Intermodal container lessor Textainer Group Holdings has acquired about 24,000 20-foot-equivalent units of standard dry freight containers from its managed fleet for approximately $32.6 million.

Fast food chain Jack in the Box is moving more of its freight via 53-foot containers on intermodal trains.

Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has signed a contract with Container Corporation of India to supply three Kalmar E-One2 rubber-tire gantry cranes to Concor’s Tuglakabad terminal in New Delhi.

Port Freeport in Texas has named Jeff Strader as its new chief financial officer.

Cudahy, Wis.-based logistics company Roadrunner Transportation Systems has announced that the underwriters for its recent public offering of common stock exercised in full their over-allotment option to purchase an additional...

West Coast container volumes in November declined 6 percent compared to November 2011, reflecting the impact the strike by office clerical workers in Los Angeles-Long Beach had on business at the ports.

Freight forwarding and logistics company Lynden International has opened a new service center at Edmonton International Airport in Alberta.

Class I railroad Canadian National Railway has completed the merger of the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Company into its Wisconsin Central subsidiary.

Halifax Port Authority in Nova Scotia will increase fees, effective March 1.

Europe’s manufacturing sector ended 2012 in a slump, with production levels and new orders decreasing further in December as demand from domestic and export markets remains low, according to business surveyor Markit Economics.

Ocean carrier U.S. Lines has improved cutoff times for its weekly PSW-1 service from Oakland, Calif., and Los Angeles to Australia and New Zealand, starting immediately.

Aprile Cool Solutions, Aprile’s SpA refrigerated container division, has merged with Easyfresh, a Valencia, Spain-based logistics company specializing in temperature controlled cargo, effective Jan. 1.