The U.S. maritime regulator said the group will work to identify burdensome, unnecessary and outdated directives, and recommend how they should be remedied.

During the month, Mexico was the top market for U.S. pork and lamb exports in terms of volume and value, while Japan was the leading market for U.S. beef exports.

Rail operator H&S Container Line is launching a second trip between the Port of Antwerp and the Rhine-Ruhr-Main region in Germany.

Tom Cook, managing director of Blue Tiger International, discussed the types of contingency plans supply chain executives should be creating in order to manage potential supply chain disruptions.

The South Carolina Ports Authority broke ground on Inland Port Dillon, which is slated to open in early 2018.

The mid-Atlantic port saw monthly container throughput slip 0.2 percent to 220,726 TEUs compared with the previous February, while overall cargo tonnage grew 3.3 percent year-over-year to 1.71 million tons.

The terminal operator signed an addendum to the original concession agreement with the Port of Gothenburg on Sweden’s west coast to invest an additional SEK 250 million through 2024 at the port.

Orient Overseas (International) Ltd. Chairman C.C. Tung said 2016 saw some of the most difficult markets and an overhang of capacity.

The chemical industry is projected to see increased costs due to excess inventories, larger capital expenditures, and higher operating costs, according to a study performed for the American Chemistry Council by PricewaterhouseCoopers.

The Port of Oakland handled less container volumes in February compared to a year earlier due to inclement weather and the Lunar New Year, which began Jan. 28 this year.