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Port of Rotterdam volumes remain stable, with a slight decline of 0.7% in Q1 (2026-04-29) Throughput in the first three months of this year stood at 103.0 million tonnes. More...

Port of Oakland cargo volume rebounds in March as vessel calls rise (2026-04-28) Container volume rises month over month, signaling increase in activity heading into second quarter. More...

CPKC reaches tentative collective agreements with U.S. network unions (2026-04-28) Ratifications would represent the conclusion of negotiations for 81% of CPKC's U.S. T&E workforce. More...

Port Houston volumes were up 1 percent in March (2026-04-27) The Port handled 391,037 TEUs in March as loaded imports increased 7% while loaded exports declined 6%. More...

North American transborder freight was down 0.7% in February (2026-04-27) Freight between the U.S. and Canada was down 9.0% and freight between the U.S. and Mexico was up 7.1%. More...

Port of New York and New Jersey container volume dropped 15.7% in February (2026-04-24) The historic blizzard that dropped nearly two feet of snow in New York significantly impacted volume. More...

American truck freight tonnage rose 0.3 percent in March (2026-04-23) Tonnage was up 1.4% during the first three months of the year according to the American Trucking Associations. More...

Port of Corpus Christi March freight volume marked a record month (2026-04-23) The Port's customers moved 19.9 million tons of freight, a 10.4% increase over March 2025. More...

Northwest Seaport Alliance's total container volume was down 10% in March (2026-04-22) The ports of Seattle and Tacoma report full imports decreased 9.1%, and full exports increased 1.2%. More...

Canada announces increase in flights between Canada and China (2026-04-22) Canadian and Chinese airlines are now able to incrementally increase direct passenger-combination flights. More...

Airports Council International lists the world's busiest airports in 2025 (2026-04-21) Chicago O'Hare ranks 1st, followed by Atlanta, and Dallas/Fort Worth in global aircraft movements. More...

Port of Los Angeles processed slightly less TEUs in March (2026-04-20) Loaded imports totaled 380,733 TEUs,, loaded exports reached 132,129 TEUs. More...

Port of Baltimore breaks ground on new grain transloading facility (2026-04-20) The new facility will make it easier for farmers to get their products to the Port for export worldwide. More...

Port of Long Beach handled 774,935 TEUs of cargo in March (2026-04-17) The Port processed 2,390,225 TEUs through the first quarter, more than any seaport in the United States. More...

Canadian wholesale sales rose 2 percent in February (2026-04-17) Sales increased in five of the seven subsectors, representing 85.4 percent of total wholesale sales. More...

American freight transportation index rose 1.5% in February (2026-04-16) BTS reports increases in air freight, rail carloads, rail intermodal, pipeline, and trucking while water volumes decreased. More...

Statistics Canada announced that total manufacturing sales rose 3.6% in February (2026-04-16) Sales rose in 12 of the 21 subsectors, led by the transportation equipment, machinery and primary metal. More...

Port of Duluth welcomes first oceangoing arrival of 2026 (2026-04-15) The Ocean7 Ranger loaded and sailed from both China and Korea before reaching North America's farthest-inland freshwater seaport. More...

U.S. international trade deficit was up $2.7 billion in February (2026-04-15) February exports were $314.8 billion, $12.6 billion more than January and imports were $372.1 billion, up $15.2 billion. More...

Port of Long Beach gets record funds to bolster infrastructure (2026-04-14) Funding will support maintenance dredging, replacing steel bulkhead, upgrading fenders and bollards, repairing berthing system and more. More...

Montreal's Contrecœur terminal project gets landmark $1.16 billion funding (2026-04-14) The project is built on a strong partnership between governments and the private sector, which will cover more than 85% of total costs. More...

Global maritime piracy and crime incidents at lowest level since 1991 (2026-04-12) IMB reports lowest first-quarter maritime piracy and armed robbery in 35 years, but vigilance remains essential. More...

Global air cargo demand was up 11.2 percent in February (2026-04-10) North American carriers saw a 9.4% year-on-year increase and European carriers saw a 6.9% increase. More...

U.S. ports handled 1.95 million twenty-foot equivalent units in February (2026-04-09) That was down 7.5% from January. February is traditionally the slowest month of the year. More...

Great Lakes iron ore trade dropped 23.5 percent in March (2026-04-09) For the first three months of the year, iron ore shipments are 21.2 percent below their 5-year average. More...

Canada announces stronger protections for Southern Resident killer whales in 2026 (2026-04-08) The whale population remains threatened due to physical and acoustic disturbances from vessels. More...

Canadian airlines flew 7 million passengers in January (2026-04-08) The number of passenger-kilometres rose 3.5% year over year to 19.7 billion in January 2026. More...

CN sets new grain movement record in March (2026-04-07) The railway moved more than 2.96 million metric tonnes of grain from Western Canada. More...

Global air passenger demand was up 6.1% in February (2026-04-07) International demand rose 5.9% compared to February 2025 and domestic demand increased 6.3%. More...

Container carriers schedule reliability dropped to 59.0% in February (2026-04-02) Sea-Intelligence says global industry schedule reliability dropped by -3.2 percentage points. More...

Canada's gross domestic product edged up 0.1% in January (2026-04-02) Statistics Canada reports increase was driven by strength in goods-producing industries. More...

Atlantic whales protection measures will resume this summer (2026-04-01) Canada will continue to apply vessel traffic management measures including speed restrictions throughout much of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. More...


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