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The expansion project, which will increase the Swedish port’s capacity to 600,000 TEU annually, is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2019, according to the Port of Gävle.

The global logistics and transportation provider reported a 24 percent increase in e-commerce fulfillment volumes throughout last month’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

Container volumes at the Port of Jacksonville in jumped 23 percent year-over-year to 204,492 TEUs in the first two months of the port’s fiscal year 2018, which began Oct. 1, according to recent data from the Jacksonville Port Authority (JaxPort).

Truck rates, both spot and contract segments, have increased for shippers as an immediate reflection of the tight truck market, according to freight transportation intelligence firm FTR.

U.S. agricultural exports for fiscal year 2017 reached $140.5 billion, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which attributed some of this success to expanded foreign market access and trade promotion activities.

The privatized Australian coal port is looking to build a container terminal despite limitations from the uncapped capacity of the neighboring Port Botany.

The roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) vessel Höegh Sydney delivered over 800 automobiles from Asia to the South Florida port on Thursday.

The port operator will utilize TMA Logistics’ network in short-sea container operations, roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) vehicle handling, and general and project cargo, Hutchinson Ports said in a statement Friday.

Benin’s Council of Ministers has tapped the Antwerp Port Authority’s consulting and investment subsidiary, Port of Antwerp International (PAI), to help modernize the Port of Cotonou.

The site will be open to both commercial and passenger vehicles, with four compressed natural gas (CNG) pumps designed to service long-haul trucking operators.