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The U.S. intermodal industry saw international container shipments declined 5.2 percent in the first three months of 2008 -- the largest quarterly decline in international activity in nine years. About 1.9 million ISO containers were transported in the first quarter, according to the Intermodal Association of America. IANA said domestic container ...
The U.S. government plans to deliver up to 500,000 metric tons of food aid over 12 months to North Korea, starting in June. An experts meeting will be convened in Pyongyang in the near future to work out operational matters and commence detailed implementation of the program, said the U.S. Agency for International Development, in a May 16 statement. r...
The U.S. Agency for International Development said it has three ships loaded with more than 6,820 tons of food aid en route to Haiti that should arrive on or about June 4. The shipments comprise corn/soy blend, lentils, vegetable oil and soy fortified bulgur wheat. USAID estimates that one ton of food aid should feed about 2,000 people for one day. ...
The Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) board of the Transported Asset Protection Association said its chairman of three years, Thorsten Neumann, has relinquished his post due to other work commitments. Neumann will remain an association member, representing Motorola, TAPA EMEA said. David Reid, vice chairman, has assumed the role of acting chairman...
European multimodal container operator Samskip has added Greece to its network of countries it serves by road and rail. To support its new offering the company has appointed Greek forwarder Carel Ltd. to be its agent in the country and launched rail shuttle services linking Mannheim in Germany and Rotterdam in the Netherlands with Athens and Thessalon...
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell is scheduled to receive bids today from several consortia to operate the Pennsylvania Turnpike under a long-term concession, and plans to announce a winner on Monday. But that's not the end of the story. The idea has been mired in controversy ever since he proposed it more than a year ago to generate more than $1.7 billion...
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia sentenced Edward Chua, former owner of exporting companies EMMCCO and ECCO, both of Montebello, Calif., on May 14 to 37 months in prison in connection with his involvement in a $10 million scheme to defraud the U.S. Export-Import Bank. In addition to his prison sentence, Chua was placed on 36 months...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has proposed rules to allow commercial imports of tomatoes from the Souss-Massa region of Morocco to the United States. The USDA agency, APHIS, said the tomatoes would have to be produced under certain conditions at both the production site and packinghouse to ensure they'...
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