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Container carriers schedule reliability was up slightly in September (2026-10-30)

Despite this improvement, the average delay for late vessel arrivals in September 2026 is the second-highest figure for the month ...

Canadian railways' total freight volume was up 8 percent in August (2026-10-30)

Higher loadings of agricultural products are more than offsetting continuing declines in iron ores and coal ...

Boeing says global freighter fleet to exceed 4,000 airplanes by 2045 (2026-10-29)

Dedicated freighters are expected to carry more than half of global air cargo traffic in the long term ...

Port of Los Angeles reports lowest emissions per container on record (2026-10-29)

The Port continued to make clean air gains in 2025, recording its lowest emissions per container on record ...

Valenciaport container traffic increased 5.48 percent in September (2026-10-28)

Valenciaport handled 498,837 TEUs in September and 6.6 million metric tons of cargo ...

Port Houston celebrates latest expansion of the Houston Ship Channel (2026-10-28)

The milestone reflects years of collaboration among Port Houston, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, industry partners ...

Panama Canal reports growth in transits and tonnage in latest fiscal year (2026-10-27)

The Canal handled 13,951 transits in fiscal year 2026, up 4.1 percent from 13,404 in 2025 ...

Port of Corpus Christi announces third quarter volumes up 3% compared to last year (2026-10-25)

Growth during the third quarter was driven by strong performance across several commodity categories ...

North American transborder freight was up 22.6% in August (2026-10-23)

Freight between the U.S. and Canada was up 17.1% and freight between the U.S. and Mexico was up 26.7% ...

Port of Long beach breaks all-time cargo record in September (2026-10-23)

Nearly 1 million container units moved in September, up 25% from a year earlier ...

World's first ammonia-powered dry bulk carrier will soon embark on its maiden voyage (2026-10-22)

Shipping company CMB.TECH's Mineral Europa dry bulk carrier has successfully completed its sea trials ...

American truck freight tonnage increased 0.8% in September (2026-10-22)

American Trucking Associations report year-to-date tonnage, compared with the same period in 2025, is up 0.9 percent ...

Northwest Seaport Alliance sees strong September as imports and exports show double-digit growth (2026-10-21)

The ports of Seattle and Tacoma say full imports were up 21.5% and full exports up 24.2% over August ...

New Savannah container terminal receives approval from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (2026-10-21)

Construction will start in 2028, bringing Port of Savannah's future total capacity to 12 million TEU ...

Port of Oakland's container volume increased 5.4% in September (2026-10-20)

Loaded imports totaled 82,975 TEUs, up 9.6% from September 2025 and loaded exports reached 63,299 TEUs, an increase of 5.3% ...

American freight transportation index dropped 0.4% in August (2026-10-19)

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

Canadian wholesale sales were down 1.6% percent in August (2026-10-19)

Statistics Canada announced that sales decreased in five of the seven subsectors, representing 70.6% of total wholesale sales ...

Port of Los Angeles sets all-time monthly cargo record (2026-10-16)

Record September also capped the busiest quarter in Port history, with nearly 3 million TEUs moving across the docks ...

Statistics Canada reports manufacturing sales were up 1.5% in August (2026-10-16)

Sales increased in 12 of the 21 subsectors, led by the primary metal and chemical subsectors ...

U.S. international trade deficit was up $12.7 billion in August (2026-10-15)

August exports, at $315.2 billion, were up $4.5 billion while imports, at $420.8 billion, were up $17.2 billion ...

CN reports a new quarterly record for grain movement (2026-10-14)

The railway moved 7.94 million metric tonnes of grain from Western Canada in its third quarter ...

U.S. ports handled 2.3 million twenty-foot equivalent units in August (2026-10-09)

This was down 0.7% from a year earlier but up 0.4% from July to likely make August the busiest month of the year ...

CPKC announces new September and quarterly grain records in Canada, U.S. (2026-10-09)

Combined Canadian and U.S. grain last month set new records for total carloads and metric tonnes ...

North American carloads were up 1.6 percent in the week ending October 3 (2026-10-08)

The Association of American Railroads says carloads totaled 335,068 and intermodal units reached 386,372 ...

U.S. Great Lakes limestone trade was up in September, while iron ore trade dropped (2026-10-07)

Limestone cargo increased 1.8 percent compared to a year ago while iron ore decreased 1.2 percent ...

North American transborder freight was up 18.8% in July (2026-10-06)

Freight between the U.S. and Canada was up 7.8 % and freight between the U.S. and Mexico was up 27.5% ...

Ground transportation costs of Canadian shippers decreased by 0.91% in July (2026-10-06)

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

Port of Oakland total August container volume down 4.5% from August 2025 (2026-10-05)

Loaded cargo is down 2.5% year to date, with full imports down 4.6% and full exports up 0.2% ...

Maersk completes first U.S. ethanol bunkering of a deep-sea container vessel (2026-10-05)

The operation provided valuable insight into the operational, infrastructure, sourcing and supply chain considerations ...

Port of New York and New Jersey total volume fell slightly in August (2026-10-02)

The Port Authority says drop reflects a shift from the surge driven by importers trying to beat rising tariffs and fuel surcharges ...

Global air passenger demand was down 0.8 percent in August (2026-10-02)

IATA reports international demand fell 0.9% compared to August 2025 and domestic demand fell 0.5% ...

Container carriers schedule reliability continues to plummet in August (2026-10-01)

Sea-Intelligence reports global on-time schedule declined sharply for a second consecutive month ...