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North American transborder freight decreased 0.3% in October (2026-01-16)

Freight between the U.S. and Canada was down 6.2% from October 2024 while freight between the U.S. and Mexico was up 4.7% ...

Port of Prince Rupert cargo volumes grew to 26.3 million tonnes in 2025 (2026-01-16)

The Port of Prince Rupert announced a 14 percent freight increase over 2024 ...

U.S. ports handled 2.02 million twenty-foot equivalent units in November (2026-01-14)

NRF reports numbers were down 2.3% from October and down 6.5% year over year ...

Port of Philadelphia closes 2025 with record container volume (2026-01-14)

PhilaPort handled a record 889,268 TEUs in 2025, a 6% year-over-year increase in container volume ...

Port of New York and New Jersey container volume were up 1.6% in November (2026-01-14)

Total volume grew to 730,352 TEUs, up from from the previous year's 718,826 TEUs ...

Great Lakes iron ore trade dropped again in December (2026-01-14)

The Lake Carriers' Association reports that shipments of iron ore were down 8.8 percent compared to 2024 ...

Global air passenger demand increased 5.7% in November 2025 (2026-01-13)

International demand rose 7.7% compared to November 2024 and domestic demand increased 2.7% ...

CN announces a fourth consecutive record month for grain movement (2026-01-13)

The railway moved over 2.82 million metric tonnes of grain from Western Canada last month ...

Port of Oakland moves 174,239 TEUs in November (2026-01-12)

Volumes reflected typical seasonal slowing and continued adjustments in global shipping patterns ...

Canadian shippers ground transportation costs increased in October (2026-01-12)

Canadian General Freight Index shows base rates increased and fuel surcharges were stable ...

Asia Pacific Airlines cargo and passenger demand keeps rising (2026-01-09)

International air cargo demand was up 6.2% in October while passenger demand recorded a 8.3% increase ...

Port of Los Angeles November cargo eases compared to elevated 2024 levels (2026-01-09)

The port processed 782,249 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units in November, a decrease of 12% compared to last year ...

American freight transportation index rose 0.6% from October (2026-01-08)

The TSI increased in November due to increases in rail carloads and trucking while rail intermodal volumes decreased ...

Canadian railway's carload traffic down 7.0 percent in week ending December 27 (2026-01-08)

Canadian railways reported 74,120 carloads for the week ending December 27, 2025 ...

Ports of Montreal and Quebec award traditional gold-headed canes (2026-01-07)

Port authorities' long-established awards go to the first ships to sail up the Saint-Lawrence river ...

Total U.S. rail traffic was up up 0.7 percent in last full week of 2025 (2026-01-06)

Total carloads were up 2.5 percent compared with last year while intermodal volume was down 1.0 percent ...

U.S. Great Lakes winter shipping suffers ice delays (2026-01-05)

The quick onset of winter caused major problems for both the U.S. and the Canadian coast guards ...

CPKC Holiday Train raised record donations and collected 175,000 pounds of food in 2025 (2026-01-05)

The Holiday Train has raised cash and food donations for local food banks in Canada and the United States since 1999 ...

Exports through Valenciaport were up 7.9% in November (2026-01-02)

China, the United States, Algeria, and Morocco have been the countries with the highest traffic ...

Canadian airlines flew 7.1 million passengers in October (2026-01-02)

The number of passenger-kilometres rose 4.6% year over year to 19.6 billion in October ...

U.S. international trade deficit was down $6.4 billion in September (2025-12-31)

September exports were $289.3 billion, $8.4 billion more than August and imports were $342.1 billion, $1.9 billion more ...

Number of flights in and out of Canadian airports were down slightly in October (2025-12-31)

Statistics Canada reports that aircraft movements at the country's airports totalled 548,378 in October ...

Container carriers schedule reliability improves to 64.1% in November (2025-12-29)

Sea-Intelligence says reliability is back in line with the levels seen between May and September ...

American truck freight tonnage increased slightly in November (2025-12-29)

Truck freight tonnage rose 0.2% after falling 1.9% in October and 0.8% in September ...

Canada's gross domestic product decreased 0.3% in October (2025-12-29)

Statistics Canada reports that goods-producing and services-producing industries drove the decrease ...

Port of Long Beach achieved its second-busiest November (2025-12-24)

The Port has moved 9,047,477 TEUs through the first 11 months of 2025, up 2.9% from the same period last year ...

Canadian railways total freight volume was down slightly in October (2025-12-24)

Decline was driven by lower volumes in domestic carloads as well as reduced freight traffic from the United States ...

Ports of Seattle and Tacoma November container volume was down 14.6% compared to to last year (2025-12-23)

Total container volume for the month reached 253,532 twenty-foot equivalent units ...

South Jersey Ports expands covered capacity to support growing steel imports (2025-12-22)

Refurbished warehouse space directly supports the transport of steel, such as coils and plates that require covered storage ...

Canada and Albania reach first-time air transport agreement (2025-12-22)

Airlines from both countries can begin offering services under this agreement immediately ...

Port Houston volumes were down in November but remain up in year-to-date (2025-12-19)

Total TEUs through the terminals were down 9% for the month but kept a solid 5% year-to-date gain ...

U.S. airlines carried 76.8 million scheduled service passengers in September (2025-12-19)

BTS reported 67.4 million domestic passengers and 9.4 million international passengers on U.S. airlines flights in September ...

Port of Long Beach launches hydrogen fuel grant program (2025-12-18)

Support for early adopters of hydrogen fuel cell drayage trucks and encouraging others to transition from using diesel trucks ...

Port Everglades shatters its own records (2025-12-17)

On the cargo side, the port achieved its best year with 1,167,552 TEUs, setting a new record ...

Canadian manufacturing sales fell 1.0% in October (2025-12-17)

Lower sales in 11 of the 21 subsectors, led by the chemical, wood product and transportation equipment subsectors ...

Several countries are still blocking airline funds from repatriation (2025-12-16)

IATA reports that $1.2 billion in airline funds are currently blocked by governments ...

Canadian wholesale sales rose 0.1% in October (2025-12-16)

Statistics Canada announced that sales rose in four of seven subsectors, representing approximately half of total wholesale sales ...

U.S. freight transportation services index fell 1.2% in October (2025-12-15)

BTS reports decreases in rail carloads, rail intermodal, pipeline, and trucking while air freight and water volumes increased ...

U.S. ports handled 2.07 million twenty-foot equivalent units in October (2025-12-12)

NRF reports numbers were down 1.8% from September and down 7.9% year over year ...

Airlines profitability stabilizes with an average 3.9% net margin expected in 2026 (2025-12-12)

IATA says airlines are expected to achieve a combined total net profit of $41 billion in 2026 ...

Delays in new aircraft deliveries restrict growth in air transport industry (2025-12-11)

The order backlog has surpassed 17,000 aircraft, a number equal to almost 60% of the active fleet ...

CN announces a new monthly record for grain movement in November (2025-12-11)

The railway moved over 3.28 million metric tonnes of grain from Western Canada last month ...

Vietnam has become Port of Savannah's fastest growing trade partner (2025-12-10)

Over the past five years, Savannah's container trade with Vietnam has climbed 38 percent ...

Canadian airlines flew 7.2 million passengers in September (2025-12-10)

Statistics Canada reports the first notable year-over-year increase since January 2025 ...

Great Lakes iron ore trade decreased in November (2025-12-09)

The Lake Carriers' Association reports that shipments of iron ore were down 19.1 percent compared to 2024 ...

Declining U.S. import cargo volume expected to continue in 2026 (2025-12-09)

NRF says decline is expected to continue amid the impact from tariffs and ongoing trade policy uncertainty ...

Whale protection enhanced through global navigation software integration (2025-12-07)

Ocean Wise and Trelleborg Marine announce a major advancement in marine mammal protection ...

Great Lakes limestone freight decreased in November (2025-12-05)

Loadings from U.S. quarries was down 20.3 percent percent while shipments from Canadian quarries dropped 7.3 percent ...

Canada expands air transport agreements with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (2025-12-05)

Agreements include additional passenger and cargo flights between Canada and the two countries ...

Port of New York and New Jersey container volume grew by 3.2 percent in October (2025-12-04)

Total volume grew to 727,059 TEUs , up from the 704,367 TEUs recorded the previous year ...

Canadian railways total freight volume was stable in September (2025-12-04)

Strong growth in carloadings of cereal grains tempered a lower volume of freight traffic from US rail connections ...

PortMiami announces a 2.35% increase in TEUs volume in fiscal year 2025 (2025-12-03)

The port recorded 1,115,058 TEUs, up from 1,089,443 TEUs the previous fiscal year, a 2.35% growth ...

Asia Pacific Airlines see further expansion in cargo and air passenger demand (2025-12-02)

International air cargo demand was up 2.2% in October while passenger demand recorded a 10.2% increase ...

Canadian shippers ground transportation costs dropped a little more in September (2025-12-02)

Canadian General Freight Index shows both base rates and fuel surcharges were down in September ...

Container carriers schedule reliability levels drop 3.5 percentage points in October (2025-12-01)

Sea-Intelligence says reliability drop comes after three consecutive months of stable global schedule reliability ...

Canada's gross domestic product rose 0.2% in September (2025-12-01)

Statistics Canada reports that goods-producing industries drove the increase ...