A new study acknowledged that Portland’s geography as a river port and marine industry consolidation pose challenges to the recovery of weekly transpacific container service.

Haropa, which operates the French ports of Le Havre and Rouen, posted an over 15 percent increase in container traffic for 2017 and a 6 percent boost in overall seaborne trade for the year compared to 2016.

The port handled 2.84 million TEUs in 2017, a 7 percent increase compared to 2016.

The U.S. aluminum production industry said it wants the administration to move quickly on findings of its 232 investigation into alleged dumping by countries providing subsidies to state-owned producers.

The administration has recently been turning its renegotiation focus toward areas where prospects for progress appear the strongest at this point, including energy, John Murphy, U.S. Chamber senior vice president for international policy said.

The Canadian port handled 24.1 million metric tons of cargo in 2017, beating 2016 figures by 28 percent and exceeding the previous record high of 23 million metric tons that was set in 2013.

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The Commerce Department has set preliminary countervailing duties on imports of uncoated groundwood paper from Canada, which is commonly used for printing newspapers.

Port of Cleveland President and CEO William Friedman testified Jan. 10 before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works as part of a hearing regarding America’s water infrastructure needs and challenges.

As a result of its recent investigations, the Commerce Department has set antidumping duty rates on carbon and alloy steel wire rod imports from South Africa and the Ukraine.