A total of 1.75 million tons of cargo were transported by U.S.-flag Great Lakes freighters during the month, a 112 percent increase from March 2015.

Kansas City Southern Railway Co. will invest about $20 million in 2016 in construction and improvements along its mainline, which transits through Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas and northwest Louisiana.

The ocean carrier opened a new joint-venture agency in Uruguay and will inaugurate new agencies in Brazil and Argentina.

SAL appoints manager of Singapore office, while Union Pacific appoints cyber-security expert to board and Johanson Transportation Service announces promotions.

The cargo airline unveiled its QR Cargo application, which is available for both Android and iOS devices and gives customers detailed visibility into the status of their shipments.

Taiwanese ocean carrier Wan Hai had the highest on-time performance score out of the top 20 ocean carriers during the month at 82.9 percent, according to Denmark-based consulting firm SeaIntel Maritime Analysis’ Global Liner Performance report.

The Memphis, Tenn.-based parcel carrier and logistics provider will use the proceeds to help finance its planned 4.4 billion euro purchase of Dutch delivery company TNT Express NV.

Rate management software provider Freightos surveyed more than 90 forwarders on their perspectives on customer service and technology adoption.

Taiwanese ocean carrier Evergreen Line has joined the Ocean 3 Alliance’s Phoenician Express Service/BEX2 loop between the Far East and the Mediterranean.

Commercial practices for certifying the weight of ocean containers can be developed in a straight forward way, with few exceptions, according to officials from trade groups that bear ultimate responsibility for enforcement of the IMO rule.