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The Waterfront Commission policing organized crime and hiring at the Port of New York and New Jersey wants the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case that could decide its fate. (WSJ)
Americans are spending more on hotels, travel and other services as an economic recovery picks up steam. (WSJ)
China has sharply increased its imports of oil from Iran and Venezuela in a challenge to the Biden administration. (WSJ)
China is restricting the use of Tesla vehicles by military staff and employees of key state-owned companies over national security concerns. (WSJ)
Amazon is hiring 1,500 people in Saudi Arabia this year, as pandemic-fed demand for online services rises there. (WSJ)
Meal-delivery companies including DoorDash and GrubHub are signing grocery-delivery agreements with more supermarkets. (WSJ)
Kay Jewelers parent Signet Jewelers is looking for $200 million in cost savings, including efficiencies in its supply chain. (WSJ)
Drug makers say the effort to manufacture Covid-19 vaccines is disrupting supplies for other medicines in the U.S. (Financial Times)
Nissan Motor suspended production at three North American plants because of a lack of semiconductors. (Nikkei Asia)
India’s containerized trade expanded 13.2% in the fourth quarter, including a 36.3% jump in imports. (The Sentinel)
CMA CGM is preparing to order up to 20 new container ships that would run on conventional fuel and be outfitted with scrubbers. (TradeWinds)
Greek shipowner Chartworld Shipping ordered four 13,000-container ships from China’s New Times Shipbuilding. (Lloyd’s List)
Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering is seeking to develop fuel cells for ships. (Splash 247)
A regulatory action will allow South Carolina’s Port of Charleston to begin container operations at its Leatherman Terminal. (Journal of Commerce)
ACT Research says the availability of truck drivers has tightened to a three-year low. (DC Velocity)
Developer Panattoni won permission to build a logistics park including 1.9 million square feet of warehouse and distribution space in Kent, in the southeast U.K. (Logistics Manager)
General Mills is placing a large distribution center north of Racine, Wis. (Journal Times)
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