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Longtime Port of New Orleans CEO Gary LaGrange — credited with steering the port through numerous disasters, natural and man-made, as well as economic downturns — will retire next April.

Oil isn't quite worth what it used to be, but officials for the Port of Corpus Christi say now is the time to finish its plans to improve its aging rail system.

CRANDALL, Ga. — State officials want to turn a 42-acre cow pasture into a train-and-truck depot along a lovely stretch of U.S. 411 that abuts the Cohutta Wilderness Area near the Tennessee state line.

BMW Group said it opened its newest vehicle distribution center at the Port of Galveston in Texas. The facility is expected to import and process about 32,500 vehicles annually, which represents an import value of nearly $1.3 billion, BMW said.

The Port of Los Angeles, the largest U.S. container port, reported a 23% drop in March business, which was affected by comparisons to the distorted cargo trends last year that featured congestion related to the final stages of labor contract negotiations.

Massport and one of the largest shipping companies in the world plan to test the limits of Boston’s Conley Terminal in the coming weeks, bringing in the largest containership in the port’s history.

The Port of Los Angeles announced a 42% increase in cargo shipments handled during February, following a year after volumes were depressed by slowdowns and disruptions during dock worker contract negotiations.

The Port of Corpus Christi will receive a share of $20 million from the Texas Transportation Commission for road improvements along the Joe Fulton International Trade Corridor.

Truckers who work at ports fear costly delays and hampered operations will result when new international rules requiring verified weights for all ocean container cargo take effect July 1.