Four sailors are feared dead and one is missing after a fire on a car carrier in the Pacific Ocean. (WSJ)
Apple Inc. lowered its first-quarter sales target, blaming slowing electronics sales in China. (WSJ)
Fracking companies are pumping less oil and gas than many had projected. (WSJ)
Airports in the U.S. and elsewhere have been slow to adopt technologies to counter drones. (WSJ)
State-owned Qatar Airways acquired a 5% stake in China Southern Airlines. (WSJ)
Laundry detergent brands are using lighter packaging to help reduce shipping costs for online retailers like Amazon.com. (Associated Press)
China will restrict imports of scrap steel and aluminum starting July 1. (Reuters)
Adobe Analytics says buy online, pickup-in-store spending increased 47% over the holidays from the year before. (CNN)
FedEx Corp. dropped its plan to begin freighter flights to Cuba. (Bloomberg)
GT Nexus founder Kurt Cavano says new tariffs on Chinese products have only accelerated a pullback in apparel sourcing from China. (Sourcing Journal)
China plans to build 150 logistics hubs by 2025. (Supply Chain Dive)
Ocean carriers are starting to implement fuel surcharges tied to impending restrictions on sulfur emissions. (Splash 247)
Cosco Shipping Ports Ltd. is taking a 4.3% stake in Chinese port operator Beibu Gulf Port Co. Ltd. (Port Technology)
Taiwan-based Evergreen Marine Corp. ordered four feeder container ships from Jiangnan Shipyard in China. (Lloyd’s List)
UK Commercial Property REIT Ltd. bought five Midlands-area warehouses from Clipstone Logistics REIT for $107.6 million. (Logistics Manager)
Former Otto founder Anthony Levandowski started a company aimed at automating commercial trucks. (Commercial Carrier Journal)
Average U.S. truck driver wages rose nearly 10% last year. (Journal of Commerce)
Debris from a freight train hit a commuter train in Denmark, killing six people. (BBC)
Danish freight forwarder DSV A/S is spending $152 million to expand logistics facilities at its Copenhagen headquarters. (Air Cargo World)
Toys and televisions are washing up on the Dutch coast after rough seas knocked dozens of containers off a freighter. (Dutch News)
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