Meanwhile, the Georgia Ports Authority approved $4.27 million in funding for the Savannah Multimodal Connector, a $140 million inland rail facility scheduled for completion in 2020, and $15.5 million to increase auto handling capacity in Brunswick.

The outbound cross-border eCommerce distribution center is scheduled to be built by April 2017 in Narita, Japan.

A group of 31 truck drivers filed a complaint against a half dozen container terminals or shipping lines at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, claiming they were denied access to terminals during Teamster-led strikes.

The logistics company has partnered with Delta Drone to use tiny aircraft inside warehouses for inventory assistance.

The U.S. subsidiary of Puteaux, France-based third-party provider Bolloré Logistics has opened a new office in Charleston, S.C. that will focus on east-west ocean trade between the Carolina’s region, North Europe and Asia.

The Oklahoma river port handled 213,717 tons of cargo in 111 barges during October 2016, a 30.1 percent jump from 164,171 tons in 90 barges the previous month, according to the City of Tulsa–Rogers County Port Authority.

The deal, which involves Hanjin’s Asia-U.S. assets, does not include Hanjin’s five, 6,500-TEU containerships or Hanjin’s 54 percent stake in Total Terminals International at the Port of Long Beach, according to several media reports.

President-elect Donald Trump announced a series of immediate actions he plans to take to increase jobs and wages for workers, including the withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement.

Officials from the American Association of Railroads and American Short Line and Regional Rail Association told the RailTrends 2016 conference in New York federal regulators should hold off on any new rulemakings until the new administration takes over.

The Port of Montréal, located along the St. Lawrence River, launched its new container terminal Friday, boosting the port’s handling capacity by 450,000 TEUs.