Nippon Yusen KK, Japan’s largest shipping company by sales, will book a record one-time loss for its shipping and air-cargo divisions as freight rates remain depressed amid global overcapacity.

XPO Logistics has signed a lease for a recently completed 571,000-square-foot building in Perryman, Maryland, that is expected to bring hundreds of jobs to the county in the growing e-commerce field, Harford County Executive Barry Glassman said.

Some of the 15,000 steel shipping containers at the ports of Long Beach, and Los Angeles abandoned in the wake of the financial collapse of Korea-based Hanjin Shipping Co. may be headed to Ontario, California, for storage — but not without opposition from city leaders.

Hanjin Shipping Co., the South Korean container line whose filing for bankruptcy protection roiled the global supply chain, could have survived if creditors had provided the company with aid, Group Chairman Cho Yang-ho said.

San Francisco startup Flexport Inc. raised $65 million in venture capital to expand U.S. and global operations, the company announced Sept. 26.

Deutsche Post DHL Group has agreed to acquire UK Mail Group on Sept. 28 for 242.7 million pounds ($315.5 million), enhancing the company’s presence in the e-commerce market in Great Britain.

SINGAPORE — The global shipping industry, ravaged by collapsing revenues, defensive mergers and the failure of major player Hanjin Shipping Co. slowly is waking up to the redeeming potential of technology.

Port of Houston Authority officials acted quickly to deliver stranded cargo after Hanjin Shipping Co. sought bankruptcy protection, offering to move and release the containers for a reduced fee.

The South Korean court overseeing Hanjin Shipping Co.’s receivership is considering a sale process for the entire container line, a month after the debt-laden company’s filing roiled supply chains worldwide.

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected XPO Logistics’ bid to throw out an unfavorable union representation vote at Laredo, Texas, during 2014.