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April container volumes set a six-year record at the Port of Charleston, marking the busiest month since May 2008, the South Carolina Ports Authority said May 22.

A $900 million underwater tunnel that will give trucks leaving the port of Miami faster access to highways was unveiled May 19, four years after construction began.    

Container traffic at the Southern California ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach posted solid gains in April from a year ago.

House and Senate transportation leaders said they will vote next week on a final water policy bill that approves myriad improvements to ports nationwide.

A coalition of shippers and transportation groups have sent a letter to the operators of West Coast ports and the union that represents dockworkers urging the sides to come to a labor agreement by time the current six-year contract expires June 30.

The Port of Baltimore said it handled a record amount of cargo in 2013 in containers, autos and wood pulp.

The Georgia state legislature approved an additional $35 million for the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project, according to the Georgia Ports Authority.

Officials of the Canadian government and Port Metro Vancouver have proposed a 14-point plan to end protests and a strike by truckers that have crippled incoming container traffic at Canada’s largest port for more than two weeks.