Port News

USACE Awards $124 Million Dredging Contract (Marine Log)

Keeping Up With the Jones Act (Freightwaves)

Steamship/Pilot

CMA CGM Pledges Not to Use North Sea Route (Maritime Exec)

More Peak Season Carrier Gloom as Container Rates Continue to Fall (Loadstar)

Zim Turns a Profit in 2nd Quarter (Freightwaves)

New 7,000HP McAllister Tug Arrives in Charleston (Workboat)

Union to Battle Maersk on Seafarer’s Rights (Shipping Watch)

Truck/Rail

Georgia Verdict Against Steel Hauler May Be the Biggest Ever (Freightwaves)

Logistics/Supply Chain

US Companies on China: Breaking Up is Hard To Do (WSJ)

Commerce

Tension Between Trump, World Leaders Take Spotlight at G-7 Summit (WSJ)

US and Japan Have Reached a Trade Deal in Principle (WSJ)

Manufacturers Want to Quit China for Vietnam (WSJ)

KP Components Expanding Operations in Pickens County Operations (SC Commerce)

Other

Navy Researchers Unlock Secrets Behind Barnicle Stickiness (Maritime Exec)