Cloud-based e-commerce platform Shopify has integrated the rates and service offerings of parcel delivery company and logistics provider UPS in preparation for the upcoming holiday season.

The budget, which was approved during a special Nov. 14 Port Commission meeting, indicates that the current solid financial performance of the Texas Gulf Coast port is expected to continue next year.

Terminals operated by COSCO Ports handled 7.4 million TEUs last month, up from 6.6 million TEUs in October 2016, according to company data.

Officials from the Florida Gulf Coast port and trade representatives from Ecuador met earlier this week to discuss the potential for increasing South American imports to Central and Southwest Florida markets.

The United Arab Emirates-based airline will utilize Boeing 777-200F freighters for the route and is the fourth carrier to offer cargo services to Miami in 2017, according to a report from Air Cargo News.

The less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier launched a new service center in Jackson, Tenn., allowing for direct coverage to all of Western Tennessee.

The Panama-flagged Kisogawa has a length of 1,112 feet and a beam of nearly 197 feet, according to “K” Line.

“We need to avoid, by all means, anything that allows someone to come between us and our customers,” Jochen Thewes, chief executive officer of the global logistics provider said in an interview with American Shipper.

A group of U.S.-based organizations sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Tuesday in support of maintaining trucking provisions in any new version of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).