The Port of Philadelphia saw container traffic dip 2 percent to 214,267 TEUs during the first six months of 2015 despite container loads increasing 4 percent on a tonnage basis, according to the most recent data from the regional port authority.

The acquisition of Docdata’s order fulfillment, returns logistics and online payment services will complement Ingram Micro’s existing business.

Containers without a verified weight will not be loaded onto container vessels from July 1, 2016, according to the U.K. Freight Transport Association.

Wilhelmsen Ships Service warned shippers and carriers that counterfeit products for reefer containers could contain a “dangerously unstable cocktail of gases.”

Group of 7 ministers meeting in Berlin Tuesday issued a declaration outlining specific actions to promote worker rights, improve working conditions and employ environmental protections in global supply chains.

Annualized turnover rates at large truckload fleets grew, while turnover at smaller fleets fell to its lowest level since the third quarter of 2013, according to the most recent figures from the American Trucking Associations.

The railway reiterated its full-year earnings per share guidance despite expectations that coal volumes could drop as much as 10 percent in 2015, leading to a $450 million impact on revenues.

Shipment volumes and expenditures both increased from the previous month as shippers prepared for the upcoming holiday season, but still lagged behind 2014 figures, according to the latest Cass Freight Index Report.

September marked the seventh straight month in which box volumes exceeded 210,000 TEUs as the mid-Atlantic port continued to receive a portion of cargoes shippers have diverted from West Coast gateways to avoid congestion issues.

Grains and oilseeds will be loaded on vessels for transport to inland and port terminal operator’s facilities on the St. Lawrence River and then to around the world.