The e-commerce giant will open its fourth fulfillment facility in Baltimore’s Sparrow Point industrial complex, the third facility within Baltimore city limits, Amazon announced Tuesday.

The Sugar Policy Modernization Act, which was proposed simultaneously this week in both the House and Senate, would require the sugar industry to pay back any taxpayer dollars they receive when they forfeit on government loans.

The Houston-based tank barge operator performed better than expected during the quarter as several tailwinds more than offset the negative impacts from hurricanes, according to president and chief executive officer David Grebinski.

Japan was the leading market for U.S. beef exports in terms of volumes and value during the month, despite its recent duty rate increase on imports of frozen U.S. beef.

Florida’s leading perishables seaport also welcomed the first shipment of Colombian Hass avocados into the United States on Monday.

The French ocean carrier reveled its nine future 22,000-TEU containerships, all of which are slated for delivery in 2020, will be equipped with engines that will run primarily on liquefied natural gas (LNG).

The Jacksonville, Fla.-based Class I railway may be backing away from its previously announced plans to develop an intermodal rail terminal neat Rocky Mount, N.C., according to multiple media reports.

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which represents shipowners’ associations covering more than 80 percent of the world’s maritime fleet, says the elimination of carbon emissions from oceangoing vessels is achievable by the end of this century.

The investment arm of China COSCO Shipping has agreed to a $490 million cash buyout for logistics firm Cogent Holdings as well as a 40 percent stake in shipping company PT Ocean Global, reported multiple media sources.

Increased Asian iron ore demand is expected to lead to “a bright future” in the dry bulk charter market, according to Rahul Sharan, lead dry bulk shipping analyst for the London-based global shipping consultancy Drewry.