The French Mediterranean port handled 60.9 million tons of cargo during the first nine months of 2015, a year-over-year increase of 4 percent.

U.S.-flag vessels on the Great Lakes carried 9.8 million tons of cargo in September, a year-over-year drop of 8 percent.

The donation program enables private and government entities to address efficiency problems at local ports of entry that U.S. Customs doesn’t have sufficient funds for through normal appropriations.

USCIB names new director of customs and trade facilitation, while Coastal Cargo Group picks general manager for New Orleans office.

Meanwhile, a Navy tugboat is en route to the last known location of the ill-fated cargo vessel near Crooked Island, Bahamas carrying equipment to search for the sunken remains of the El Faro, including the voyage data recorder.

The ocean carrier’s decision to withdraw its joint Great Sea service operated with 2M Alliance partner Maersk Line is due to low demand out of Asia, according to Mediterranean Shipping Co.

Container terminals at global top-12 cargo gateways are not even using half of their quay crane capacity, so they can’t truly be considered congested, according to CTI port export Andy Lane.

The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia, Bahri, posted net profits of 510.3 million riyals for the quarter ending Sept. 30, 2015 and 1.25 billion riyals for the first nine months of 2015.

The 1st Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a five-year sentence for Frank Peake, the former president of Sea Star Line.

Bill Reinsch, an outspoken proponent of free trade, has announced that he will retire as head of the National Foreign Trade Council in April 2016.