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Throughput of loaded containers at the Northern California port grew 6.1 percent in January 2017 compared with the same month a year ago, while overall volumes including empties grew 3 percent from 2016 levels.

With the rise of e-commerce, traditional retailers now have to figure out how to effectively and profitably fulfill orders both in-store and direct-to-consumer, as well as face threats from pure e-commerce retailers and manufacturers fulfilling direct.

Three boxes containing automobiles and kitchen supplies were knocked off the deck of the Maersk Kensington Sunday morning while anchored at the APMT Port Elizabeth terminal, according to a report from NJ.com.

Transportation on the Yangtze River may be take longer than normal because of annual maintenance on the Three Gorges Dam that began on Feb. 2, but a COSCO Shipping subsidiary is offering alternative services for time-sensitive shipments.

The new service from parcel giant FedEx’s third-party logistics subsidiary offers an easy way to track items, manage inventory, analyze trends, and understand shoppers’ spending behaviors, the company said in a statement.

The United States exported 726,848 net tons of steel in December, a 0.3 percent decrease from the previous month and a 0.2 percent increase from a year earlier, according to American Institute for International Steel.

The member carriers of the 2M vessel sharing agreement will add Asia-Europe and transpacific services in order to accommodate the volumes gained through slot purchase agreements with Hyundai Merchant Marine and Hamburg Süd.

Although throughput declined due to the port’s sluggish dry bulk segment, profits rose 5 percent from 2015 to 222.2 million euros, according to the Port of Rotterdam’s latest financial statements.

The mid-Atlantic port saw general cargo tonnage surge 21.6 percent year-over-year in January to 1.86 million tons.