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The Northwest Seaport Alliance, which comprises the ports of Seattle and Tacoma, Wash., handled 304,703 TEUs for the month, a 3.6 percent increase from the same 2015 period, according to figures from the port authority.

U.S. and Chinese officials are meeting in Washington today to address commercial issues that cause friction in trade and investment.

Scheduled to open in 2019, APM Terminals’ new facility at the Tanger-Med II port complex in Morocco will be the first automated container terminal in Africa, according to the port terminal operator arm of Danish shipping conglomerate A.P. Moller-Maersk.

Niels G. Stolt-Nielsen, the company’s chief executive officer, said the deal will cover Stolt-Nielsen’s tonnage replacement needs for the next several years, create operational savings, add new trade routes, and expand its presence on key trade lanes.

Container handling capacity will be drastically expanded at the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal, and the terminal’s marginal berths will be deepened to 45 feet.

Container handling capacity will be drastically expanded at the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal, and the terminal’s marginal berths will be deepened to 45 feet.

In the midst of a major initiative for port modernization, the multi-purpose port started using the Navis N4 terminal operating system to improve customer service by reducing gate turnaround times, and overall vessel and berth productivity.

International Civil Aviation Organization re-elects council president, International Air Transport Association selects regional vice president for Africa and the Middle East, and Canaveral Port Authority elects chairman.