The next round of federal port security grants from the United States Department of Homeland Security is now open to eligible parties, such as port authorities, marine terminal operators, and state and local government agencies.

The U.S. government has given permission to a small company to build a factory in Cuba, marking the first U.S. investment there since Fidel Castro nationalized American private property in 1959.

The Netherlands-based parcel carrier posted an operating income of 57 million euros on revenues of 1.9 billion euros for the fourth quarter of 2015.

Shipping and logistics services provider UPS upgraded its Flex Global View, a supply chain tool for freight forwarding customers.

Coal tonnage at the Great Lakes port fell more than 80 percent in 2015, compared to the prior year, which resulted from the Valley Power plant’s switch from coal to natural gas.

GENCO, a third party logistics services subsidiary of FedEx, plans to relocate its headquarters from the current Pittsburgh location at Papercraft Park to Cranberry, Pa.

Longtime airline veteran Alexander Arafa has been appointed head of global area management at Swiss WorldCargo.

The Russian cargo airline has started a twice-weekly freighter service to Africa with touchdowns in Libreville, Johannesburg and Niarobi.

The global container terminal operator has introduced an “Online Import Delivery Process” for its customers in the Port of Mumbai.

“A slowdown seems likely in the early days of SOLAS enforcement as the broader supply chain learns how to manage compliance” with the new verified gross mass reporting requirement, the credit agency said in a statement.