Container volume at the port’s terminals ticked slightly upward in January, posting a year-over-year gain of 0.4%, the Virginia Port Authority announced Feb. 16.

Norfolk Southern Corp. reported Jan. 27 that fourth-quarter profit fell 29% from the same period a year ago and its yearly profit for 2015 was off by nearly as much — down 20% from a year earlier.

Port officials in Virginia and Cuba have signed a pact expected to increase agricultural exports to the Caribbean nation, Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced Jan. 5.