Norfolk Southern’s new rail route offers a faster option for importers and exporters with intermodal cargo interested in utilizing the Port of Charleston, according to a statement from the South Carolina Ports Authority.

Port of Halifax will remain Atlantic Container Line’s largest port of call in North America and its gateway for Canadian cargo and freight bound for the United States Midwest, the ocean carrier said in a statement.

Weight tickets submitted by roll-on/roll-off carrier Farrell Lines to support their billing invoices were “recreated” by Damco employees, which constituted a failure to comply with the terms of a contract with the United States Transportation Command.

Shipment volumes and expenditures both bounced back in February, climbing 8.3 percent and 6.3 percent, respectively, from the previous month, according to the latest Cass Freight Index Report.

The United States Department of Agriculture said 34 agricultural exporters and trade association representatives will join Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on a trade mission March 14-18 to Peru and Chile.

The Washington-based National Foreign Trade Council has appointed Rufus Yerxa as its new president, effective May 9.

The Kenyan port’s new container terminal boosted its container handling capacity by 50 percent.

The privately owned port terminal operator did not release specific statistics underlying throughput growth across its network.

As part of the UPS Temperature True Cryo service, biomedical parcels holding samples and specimens can be packed in special tanks that keeps items in a deep freeze for up to 10 days.

The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index has posted continuous declines since the start of 2016, while the World Container Index has fallen 62 percent in the past year and is currently down 60 percent from its five-year average.