Current Issues >

American truck freight tonnage surged 2.6% in February (2026-03-26)

Tonnage was up 1.4% during the first two months of the year according to the American Trucking Associations ...

Georgia Ports prepares for citrus imports with expanded cold chain infrastructure (2026-03-26)

Port Authority is preparing for the season's first arrivals of citrus from South Africa, South America and other markets ...

Port of New York and New Jersey container volume was up 4.0% in January (2026-03-25)

Total volume grew to 749,906 TEUs, up from the previous year's 720,747 TEUs ...

St. Lawrence Seaway opens 68th navigation season (2026-03-23)

Every year the Seaway moves a wide range of cargoes that support communities and industry ...

Ports of Seattle and Tacoma total container volume was down 19.4% in February (2026-03-23)

The Northwest Seaport Alliance reports full imports decreased 29.5%, full exports were up 4.9% ...

Port of Long Beach reports solid cargo volumes in February (2026-03-23)

Port handled 767,525 TEUs of cargo containers last month, up 0.3% from February 2025 ...

U.S. airlines December 2025 passengers down 2.6% compared to last year (2026-03-23)

BTS reported 69.9 million domestic passengers and 11.3 million international passengers on U.S. airlines flights in December ...

IATA anticipates air travel demand will more than double by 2050 (2026-03-20)

The pace of growth will be uneven across regions, reflecting differences in demographics, economic development ...

Port of Los Angeles February cargo volume second best on record (2026-03-20)

February 2026 loaded imports totaled 433,812 TEUs, loaded exports reached 116,633 ...

Port Houston volumes were up 4% in February (2026-03-19)

Cargo volumes continued strong with 4,380,996 short tons handled across the Port's eight public terminals ...

Canadian wholesale sales dropped by 1.0 percent in January (2026-03-19)

Statistics Canada announced lower sales in motor vehicle and parts and accessories, as well as in mineral, ore and precious metals ...

American freight transportation index fell 0.6% in January (2026-03-16)

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

Statistics Canada announced that January manufacturing sales fell 3.0% (2026-03-16)

Sales were down in 11 of the 21 subsectors, led by transportation equipment and machinery ...

Port of Oakland starts 2026 with modest cargo growth in January (2026-03-13)

Loaded imports reached 85,457 TEUs in January, increasing 4.9% year over year ...

IATA's 2025 safety report indicates air travel remains very safe (2026-03-12)

The Annual Safety Report demonstrates a solid year of safety performance ...

U.S. ports handled 2.08 million twenty-foot equivalent units in January (2026-03-12)

NRF reports numbers were up 3.8% from December but down 6.4% year over year ...

Port of Vancouver moved record cargo in 2025 (2026-03-11)

International trade volumes through the Pacific gateway surged 11 percent in 2025 ...

Bureau of Transportation Statistics issues 2025 U.S. border crossing data (2026-03-10)

The number of commercial truck crossings into the U.S. from Canada and Mexico saw a slight 2.4% dip in 2025 ...

CN announced its best February on record for grain movement (2026-03-10)

The railway moved more than 2.67 million metric tonnes of grain from Western Canada ...

Global air passenger demand was up 3.8% in January (2026-03-09)

International demand increased 5.9% compared to January 2025 and domestic demand was down -0.4% ...

Canadian railway's carload traffic was up 2.5% in last week of of February (2026-03-09)

Canadian railroads reported 91,107 carloads for the week ending February 28, 2026 ...

Port of Long Beach moved 847,765 TEUs in January, down 11% from January 2025 (2026-03-06)

The decline in cargo volume follows a record-setting year of 9.9 million TEUs moved in 2025 ...

CPKC sets a new February monthly grain records (2026-03-06)

This new February achievement beats the previous tonnage record set in February 2021 ...

Port Saint John celebrates strong 2025 container throughput (2026-03-05)

Port Saint John is recording a banner year for container operations at the growing global gateway ...

Number of flights in and out of Canadian airports were down 7.8% in December (2026-03-05)

Statistics Canada reports that aircraft movements at the country's airports totalled 324,103 in December ...

Asia Pacific Airlines international air cargo demand rose by 5.9% in January (2026-03-04)

The region's airlines also carried a total of 35.5 million international passengers in January, up 3.6% ...

Ship slowdown off B.C.'s coast begins early to better protect endangered whales (2026-03-03)

This year marks the tenth season the marine transportation industry has participated in the ECHO Program ...

North American transborder freight increased 1.2% in December (2026-03-03)

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

Ports of Seattle and Tacoma total container volume was down 13.9% in January (2026-03-02)

The Northwest Seaport Alliance reports full imports decreased 16% and full exports were flat ...

Canada's gross domestic product rose 0.2% in December (2026-03-02)

Statistics Canada reports increases in both services-producing and goods-producing industries ...