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WASHINGTON — The approach the U.S. House of Representatives takes in tackling the long-delayed Water Resources Development Act over the coming months could signal how the chamber will deal with the next federal surface transportation bill.

The Canadian railway industry’s freight commodity loadings in April rose 11 percent compared with the same month in 2012 to 30.2 million metric tons, according to Statistics Canada.

The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development has completed its markup of the fiscal year 2014 appropriation bill...

World production of apples for the 2012/2013 season is expected to rise 2 percent compared with the previous year to a record 67.5 million metric tons...

United Waalhaven Terminals and the Port of Rotterdam Authority have reached agreement on the construction of a new quay on Bunshotenweg in the Netherlands.

Hapag-Lloyd and OOCL have decided to suspend calls at Charleston, S.C., from the Gulf Mexico Express Service in order to improve schedule reliability to and from Mexico and the U.S. East Coast.

FedEx Trade Networks, the freight forwarding arm of FedEx, has established new operations in Dublin as part of its ongoing expansion initiative.

Austrian Post has reached an agreement with the owners of the Turkish parcel service provider Aras Kargo to acquire a 25 percent stake in the company.

Russian Railways and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development have signed a memorandum of understanding and cooperation to modernize railways and related infrastructure in Russia.

Wallenius Lines has ordered two post-Panamax car carriers at the Tanjin Yingang Shipyard for delivery in 2015 and 2016.

The Mississippi River’s rising water levels will force the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to shut down multiple locks on the shipping waterway for the second time this month, from central Iowa to central Missouri, CNBC reports.

INTTRA, an e-commerce shipping platform, has appointed Gary Ito as CFO.

UPS has confirmed that members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters have approved a national master contract, which covers about 235,000 full- and part-time employees in various divisions. The contract was set to expire on July 31, , and contract coverage has now been extended through July 31, 2018. the agreement covering UPS Freight employees represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and some local agreements will require additional negotiation.

Greece is mulling bringing forward the sale of the country’s main ports, Piraeus and Thessaloniki, and the state railway, to cover a shortfall in its privatization budget.

Evergreen Line has launched two new services, the ISC-Bangladesh Service and the Intra-Gulf Service, to enhance its network in the Indian subcontinent and the Persian Gulf.

Construction has started on the Dominican Republic’s first logistics center, Caucedo Logistics Center, which is a joint venture between DP World and the Caucedo Development Corp.

Yang Ming Marine Transport’s board has unanimously elected Hermann Yu as president and chief operations officer, succeeding Robert Ho.

Unprecedented trends in technology, demographics and infrastructure are transforming global supply chains across retail, industrial and logistics real estate sectors...

J.A. Billipp Co., a property and building developer, has teamed up with land owner Webber Properties to develop air cargo and other aviation-related facilities on 36.8 acres located near the north end of Ellington Airport in Texas.

World coffee production for 2013/2014 season was forecasted at 146 million bags, down 4.4 million bags from the previous year...

Penske Truck Leasing has ordered 100 compressed natural gas Freightliner Cascadia tractors.

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters’ union members at UPS Freight, UPS’s less-than-truckload unit, have voted to reject a five-year contract proposal that was already approved by the company and union leadership.

Ministers from the member states of the European Free Trade Association — Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland — have signed two separate free trade agreements with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Costa Rica and Panama, in order to strengthen bilateral economic ties and promote cross-border trade and investment.

Some high-profile manufacturers are shifting production back to the U.S., but is it a true supply chain trend?

Truck owners in Russia are threatening to set up road blocks to protest new fees for 12-ton trucks using federal roads, The Moscow Times reports.

One patrol boat and three tugboats have arrived at the site of the fractured MOL Comfort in the Indian Ocean and are proceeding to rescue its cargo and hulls, according to the latest update from Mitsui O.S.K. Lines.

State-owned Shipping Corp. of India plans to increase rates in its westbound trade from India to Europe and the Mediterranean, starting July 1.

CMA CGM has announced plans to consolidate operations in India by combining agency functions of its wholly-owned subsidiary ANL into CMA Agencies (India) Pvt. Ltd.

Univan has opened its new office in Manila, reflecting the important role the Philippines plays in the company’s global operations.

ANL Singapore — part of CMA CGM — and Agility, a logistics provider, will launch a new joint venture, ANL Agencies PNG Ltd., in Papua New Guinea on July 1, 2013.

Troy Container Line will open new services to and from Bolivia; San Antonio, Chile; Callao, Peru; and Paraguay, via its partnership with the Argentina-based agent MSL.

Visibility in the waters around Kertih Port in Malaysia could be significantly reduced as a result of haze coming from forest fires in Sumatra, Indonesia, according to Inchcape Shipping Services.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey was judged the leading gateway for developers and users of industrial real estate in 2012 based upon its consistent cargo volumes and available blocks of industrial space within the immediate port area, according to a report by Jones Lang LaSalle.