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Facing a loss of business to larger container ports in Southern California, the Port of Oakland will permanently expand its agriculture export business beginning March 1.

A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S is no longer the world’s largest container line. The Danish carrier has been overtaken by Mediterranean Shipping Co. in terms of capacity, according to data compiled by Alphaliner and published Jan . 5.

The British International Freight Association is calling on the U.K. government to investigate the state of competition within the global container-shipping market, as transportation costs remain elevated heading into the third year of the pandemic.

Trinity Logistics announced Jan. 3 that it has acquired Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Team Eagle Logistics.

As traditional brick-and-mortar and online retailers reported record holiday shopping numbers, experts say the nation’s transportation sector handled the crush of moving hundreds of millions of packages with relatively little difficulty.

A thaw-out is coming for frozen Seattle and Portland, Ore., but not before another round of snow that could compound problems for a region more accustomed to winter rain than arctic blasts.

The U.S. merchandise-trade deficit widened to a record in November as imports surged to an all-time high. The gap increased to $97.8 billion last month from a revised $83.2 billion in October, according to Commerce Department data released Dec. 29.

At the Port of Tacoma, leaders hope a new project to build added storage capacity for containers will help operations run more smoothly as ports across the West Coast are now facing a surge with activity resuming.

The trucking industry experienced a surge in acquisitions during the past year, with more expected to occur in 2022.

Trucking is likely to continue to see a shortage of professional drivers with the underlying causes showing no signs of stopping in 2022.