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The mid-Atlantic port handled 235,511 TEUs of containerized cargo for the month, an increase of 7 percent from August 2015 and the busiest month in the port’s history, the Virginia Port Authority said in a statement.

The Atlanta, Ga.-based parcel giant said it expects to hire about 95,000 seasonal employees for the holiday season.

The new Copenhagen-based company LinerGrid said it uses advanced mathematical simulations to provide container lines with information in order to make decisions.

Global port terminal operator APM Terminals, a subsidiary of Danish shipping conglomerate AS Moller Maersk, will invest $40 million in cranes at the Pier 400 facility in the Port of Los Angeles in an effort to prepare for ultra-large containerships.

The United States is challenging China in the World Trade Organization over what it views as excessive “market price support” for rice, wheat and corn production.

The U.S. Commerce Department said it has released $1.3 million in MDCP grants to five non-profit industry groups to help their member companies find export opportunities.

A new Dutch Customs declaration, VENUE, will help shippers more efficiently import and export their e-commerce traffic through Schiphol.

HACTL Development Holdings Ltd. in Hong Kong has entered into an agreement with Liaoning Airport Management Group Co. to develop a regional air cargo hub at Shenyang Taoxian International Airport in northeast China.

The German freight forwarder’s new 30,960-square-foot facility, located in Laredo’s Killiam Industrial Park near the World Trade Bridge, will become a certified foreign trade zone in October.

Dachser appoints managing director of European logistics in Germany, while FourKites names senior VP of business development.