The freight broker and third-party logistics provider spent a year developing the app, called Navisphere Carrier, replacing the company’s previous CHRWTrucks version.

However, over the past year, the prices for U.S. agricultural exports have slipped 2.6 percent, primarily due to the falling prices of nuts, wheat and corn.

The Japanese ocean carrier has restructured its existing U.S. East Coast to West Coast South America loop, bypassing the Panama Canal in favor of a routing through the Strait of Magellan at the southern tip of South America.

Import cargo volumes at the Southern California port grew 5 percent in July 2016 compared with the same 2015 period, but overall cargo volumes slipped 1.6 percent year-over-year due to an almost 12 percent drop in empty container shipments.

Industrial conglomerate Honeywell is reportedly in talks to purchase JDA Software, one of the largest developers of transportation management system and warehouse management system platforms.

Meanwhile, the A.P. Møller – Maersk conglomerate, which includes both Maersk Line and APM Terminals, reported second quarter profits of $118 million, 89 percent below the $1.09 billion in the second quarter of 2015.

The South Florida port and the Florida East Coast Railway educated business groups in Washington, D.C. Wednesday about South Florida’s potential as an export gateway.

Delegates from the International Longshore and Warehouse Union voted Thursday to have the union enter into discussions with representatives of the Pacific Maritime Association to discuss a contract extension.

The Brazilian aircraft manufacturer did not provide any additional details in terms of the number of positions or cost reduction targets, but the union representing Embraer’s workers said the company is looking to save $200 million with the program.

The Shanghai Shipping Exchange’s Shanghai Containerized Freight Index fell 6.8 percent since last week’s reading of 680.53 to a reading of 634.54.