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World Trade Organization economists today reported that world trade growth dropped to 2.0 percent in 2012, compared with 5.2 percent in 2011, and is expected to remain sluggish in 2013 at about 3.3 percent...

International Port Corp.’s ocean freight service between Miami and Havana has been canceled less than a year after its launch, according to The Associated Press, NBC Latino reports.

INTTRA plans to roll out a series of new links on its e-commerce platform over the next few months that will enable customers to buy ancillary ocean shipment services, such as the cargo insurance link unveiled this week.

European Union trade officials are asking member governments to approve tougher powers to force companies to cooperate in anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations.

Hongkong International Terminals insists it will not be financially liable for delays suffered by lines and shippers because of ongoing strikes by dockworkers usually deployed on its facilities.

UPDATED: International Longshoremen’s Association members overwhelmingly ratified a six-year contract for East and Gulf Coast dockworkers in a coastwide referendum Tuesday.

Container throughput at India’s major ports stayed relatively flat year-over-year in fiscal year 2012-13, which ended March 31, 2013, according to the latest provisional figures released by the Indian Ports Association.

Japan’s All Nippon Airways Co. (ANA) said that its international cargo volume declined for the first time in 13 months in February on a year-on-year basis, tumbling 6.3 percent to 39,787 tons.

Nearly all stevedores from ports in Chile are back at work, following a port strike that halted labor activities and delayed shipments of copper, fruit and wood pulp, ABC News reports.

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore will launch new initiatives to drive maritime research and development, productivity improvements and manpower development to strengthen the nation’s maritime sector.

Lineage Logistics has acquired the assets of Seattle Cold Storage and its facilities located in the Port of Tacoma and Algona, Wash. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

The parent of American Airlines, AMR Corporation, reported March cargo figures for their principal subsidiary, showing a slump to 161,063 million ton miles, down 4.6 percent from the 168,775 million ton miles...

Kuehne + Nagel has acquired more than 70 percent of the shares of Universal Freight Services from the Khimji Ramdas Group in Oman.

Graybar has opened a new branch in Williamsport, Pa., and expanded its existing sales office in Hudson Valley, N.Y., to include on-site inventory and a customer counter.

Penske Logistics has completed the multi-million dollar upgrade of its data center, which serves all of its supply chain customers.

Valley Cartage has promoted Jim Mortensen as vice president of supply chain logistics and Bruce Anderson as vice president of operations, in conjunction with the opening of its supply chain service center...

Dachser Transport of America’s Miami division has opened a bonded container freight station, I.B.E.C. and Bonded Warehouse, the first of its kind for Dachser USA.

Import volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is predicted to rise 2.7 percent in April compared with the same month last year, as U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials brace for the impact of...

Hapag-Lloyd will introduce a new trans-Pacific service between Asia and the U.S. West Coast.

The U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure will hold a bipartisan roundtable discussion on April 10 regarding the development of a Water Resources Development Act.

Newer engines and cleaner fuels have helped reduce total pollutants from port equipment and trucks, according to an air emissions inventory commissioned by the South Carolina Ports Authority.

About 42 percent of the work on the new locks for the Panama Canal expansion has been completed, the Miami Herald reports.

Cloud computing has helped more than 50 percent of logistics companies increase profits, according to a survey of 1,300 U.S. and U.K. businesses...

Russian Railways, Siemens and Sinara Group have entered into a collaboration deal on producing locomotives.

In 2012, total general cargo tonnage at the Port of New Orleans rose 8.6 percent year-over-year to 7.55 million tons, marking the third straight year of tonnage gains.

The city of Hamburg, Germany, is pushing for Hapag-Lloyd and Hamburg Süd to resume merger talks to increase its chances of surviving a four-year slump in the sector, according to a city official, Reuters reports.

Menlo Worldwide Logistics has established a new distribution center for Fox Head, a California-based sports apparel company, at its Eersel Logistics Centre in the Netherlands to reach the European market.

Royal Boskalis Westminster has acquired a dredging contract from Wasser- und Schifffahrtsamt Cuxhaven to maintain 110 kilometers (about 68 miles) of the shipping fairway of the River Elbe in Germany...

Shippers and logistics providers that book ocean container shipments through INTTRA can now buy cargo insurance on its platform through a link with FP Marine Risks.

Russian Railways, Tatravagonka and TransContainer have signed an agreement to cooperate on the scientific and technical development, manufacturing and testing of high-speed platforms mounted on die-welded bogies.

Kim Fejferhas, A.P. Moller-Maersk’s executive board member, has visited senior members of the Omani government with a delegation representing APM Terminals, owned by A.P. Moller Maersk...

Rickmers-Linie has decided to charter into its fleet the 19,100 deadweight ton, 2012-built Pacific Winter.

Hanjin Shipping, STX Pan Ocean and KMTC Line have expanded their joint intra-Asia container service by adding a direct call at the Port of Pipavav, India.

A major new warehouse construction contract has been awarded at the United Arab Emirates’ gargantuan new trade zone adjacent to the recently opened Khalifa container port in Abu Dhabi.

LCL Logistix has launched a new less-than-containerload groupage service from India to the Baltics and the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Kansas City Southern has partnered with CANACERO, the national chamber of the iron and steel industry in Mexico, to prepare for the growth of the Mexican steel industry and develop strategies for...

Shipment delays to and from Hong Kong are ongoing as productivity at facilities run by Hongkong International Terminals continue to be affected by shortages of crane operators and other key workers because of striking dockworkers.

The Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission has named Dave Nichols as director of the Missouri Department of Transportation.

Member carriers of the Caribbean Shipowners Association have postponed the rate increase scheduled for April 28 to June 16.