Netherlands-based container supplier CARU Containers purchased Chinese container trader Fine Link for an undisclosed sum March 1.

Mayor Ras Baraka sent a letter to Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez and several other federal agencies complaining that too few minorities and women are being hired for dockworker positions at Port of Newark and Port Elizabeth in New Jersey.

The Florida legislature has bumped up port funding this year to $153 million and opened the door for greater amounts in the future.

Price indexes for U.S. imports and exports dropped 0.3 percent and 0.4 percent month-over-month, respectively, according to the United States Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Supply chain solutions company VersaCold Logistics Services entered into an agreement to acquire Coastal Pacific Xpress for an undisclosed sum.

The BNSF Site Certification program is designed to accelerate development of land along the railroad’s network and increase its customer base.

A Taiwan National Airborne Service Corps helicopter crashed after dropping members of the country’s Environmental Protection Agency on to the grounded TS Taipei to evaluate any potential environmental risks, according to local media reports.

To defend against new strategies and niche value offerings, operators should leverage their specific expertise and develop flexible capabilities that address changing shipper needs, according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers’s Strategy& team.

The non-vessel operating common carrier unveiled its new direct import service from London to New York, along with a new less-than-container-load export service to Russia that will be offered from all 21 U.S.-based container freight stations.

Ocean carriers Maersk Line, MSC, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd and OOCL issued general rate increases.