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A Senate jobs bill that cleared a filibuster hurdle on Monday won praise from trade groups for extending surface transportation programs, but the legislation did not continue business tax exemptions.<

Hanjin Shipping expects to post a profit this year and boost revenue 27 percent as world trade picks up and shipping lines cut fleet expansion plans, according to Bloomberg News.

India&rsquo;s Port of Jawaharlal Nehru agreed to recall a decree, issued last week, requiring ship agents to arrange for mooring services for vessels calling at the west coast hub.

The executive directors of the six major container ports on the West Coast urged Congress to include additional funding for the Diesel Reduction Act in upcoming jobs-creation legislation.

Lufthansa plans to operate just over half its scheduled 1,800 flights Feb. 23 after pilots suspended their four day strike.

LONDON -- British Airways cargo operations face disruption after cabin crew Feb. 22 overwhelmingly voted to strike over pay and working conditions.

Damco, the combined logistics subsidiary of A.P.

A fund affiliated with private equity firm New Mountain Capital agreed to acquire RedPrairie Holding, a provider of inventory, transportation and workforce productivity solutions.

Total U.S. steel exports fell 31.1 percent for the year in 2009, sliding to 9.3 million tons.

Port Manatee, Fla., is seeking bids for the dredging of the port&rsquo;s new berth 12. The new 1,600-foot berth is expected to be operational by the end of 2010.

LONDON -- BAA, the owner of London Heathrow airport, reported pre-tax losses surged to $1.27 billion in 2009, more than 150 percent greater than a year ago, mainly on a loss on the sale of London Gatw

Logistics provider National Retail Systems has launched its Vendor Direct Logistics service for China-based retail suppliers.

The United Arab Shipping Company said it signed a $275 million multi-currency loan facility to finance the acquisition of three container ships of 13,100 20-foot equivalent units capacity.

Schiphol Group, the operator of Amsterdam airport, Europe's third largest air freight hub, reported a 29 percent drop in 2009 net profit on reduced passenger and cargo traffic.

Exporters signing up for the Automated Export System or AESDirect will no longer be able to use their Social Security number as identification, according to the Census Bureau.

A federal court in San Francisco on Friday followed through with a plea agreement and fined the operator of the Cosco Busan $10 million for a November 2007 oil spill in San Francisco Bay.

World crude steel production for the 66 countries reporting to the World Steel Association in Brussels climbed to 109 million metric tons in January, an increase of 25.5 percent from January 2009, the

Container throughput at major ports in India grew 1 percent during the April-January period compared with a year earlier, the Indian Ports Association said in a statement on Monday.

Hamburg S&uuml;d said it will replace its current service between the Mediterranean and the Caribbean through a slot-charter agreement with Hapag-Lloyd&rsquo;s MGX service.

ProLogis signed lease agreements for three of its sites as it announced new investment in European logistics.

TNT, the Dutch mail and express delivery group, reported fourth quarter net income slumped 58 percent from a year ago as one-off charges and impairments outweighed cost savings.

A large European non-vessel-owning common carrier will become the first forwarder to offer less--than-containerload booking through the electronic platform created by INTTRA, the electronic portal fou

CMA CGM, which has been heavily involved in relief efforts in Haiti since the earthquake devastated the country on Jan.

BNSF&rsquo;s top intermodal executive concedes the western railroads have permanently lost much of their East Coast market share to all-water container shipping services from Asia, but Steve Branscum

Companies that cut back recruiting efforts as the economy slid into recession are beginning to think about hiring again as a recovery begins to take shape.

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The nascent economic recovery is beginning to fuel consolidation in trucking, as healthier carriers expand their networks by buying up smaller competitors and niche players.

As soon as BNSF Railway&rsquo;s shareholders approved the planned takeover by Warren Buffett&rsquo;s Berkshire Hathaway on Feb. 11, the railroad&rsquo;s CEO began to fire away at Wall Street.

Call it a lost week for a major slice of the U.S. economy and transportation network.

Eleven months after the Transportation Worker Identification Credential became mandatory for all port-related workers, ports still lack the electronic equipment to read the card&rsquo;s biometric data

The enemy is a voracious, destructive alien species. Government agencies at all levels are girding for a last-stand battle.

As our Trans-Pacific Maritime conference approaches each spring &mdash; this year&rsquo;s event March 1-2 will be the 10th since it began with 135 attendees in 2001 &mdash; there is always something b

Teamsters Union Looks to Build on YRC Momentum

Navigating through a storm of historic magnitude, any ship captain probably would be expected to make adjustments and even look for an entirely new course.

Con-way Freight is starting 2010 by strengthening its sales organization as it tries to bring pricing and profit into line with higher less-than-truckload freight volume.

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The new year has brought shades of optimism for the transportation and supply chain industry. While the overall U.S.

For a company that lost more than $1 billion in 2009 and is almost certain to spend 2010 in the red, Hapag-Lloyd seems an unlikely recovery story.

The North American intermodal business is developing a split personality.

Atlantic Container Line said Friday it will raise rates on east- and westbound trans-Atlantic cargo, effective April 1.