INTTRA appoints president for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region; and SEKO Logistics names VP of its home delivery business.

The Canadian port said it is looking into creating a breakbulk and bulk import/export terminal on Kaien Island, following the loss of breakbulk and general cargo capacity in 2007 when it converted the Fairview Terminal into a container terminal.

The Omani port, which is equipped to handle the ultra-large containerships that have been entering service on the Asia-Europe trade, saw container volumes jump 29 percent year-over-year for the first half of 2016 to 1.6 million TEUs.

Industrial logistics real estate developer Global Logistic Properties will acquire an initial $700 million portfolio with an additional $400 million portfolio to be acquired in phases upon completion and full lease-up, the company said in a statement.

The mid-Atlantic port handled 235,511 TEUs of containerized cargo for the month, an increase of 7 percent from August 2015 and the busiest month in the port’s history, the Virginia Port Authority said in a statement.

The Atlanta, Ga.-based parcel giant said it expects to hire about 95,000 seasonal employees for the holiday season.

The new Copenhagen-based company LinerGrid said it uses advanced mathematical simulations to provide container lines with information in order to make decisions.

Global port terminal operator APM Terminals, a subsidiary of Danish shipping conglomerate AS Moller Maersk, will invest $40 million in cranes at the Pier 400 facility in the Port of Los Angeles in an effort to prepare for ultra-large containerships.

The United States is challenging China in the World Trade Organization over what it views as excessive “market price support” for rice, wheat and corn production.

The U.S. Commerce Department said it has released $1.3 million in MDCP grants to five non-profit industry groups to help their member companies find export opportunities.