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Railcar manufacturer FreightCar America narrowed its second-quarter loss to $1.3 million from $3.3 million a year earlier and said, while recent car orders were weak, other market conditions are impro

Hanjin Shipping returned to profitability in the second quarter as its container volume jumped 16.7 percent and freight rates rose.

Orient Overseas International Ltd., parent of Orient Overseas Container Line, reported after-tax profit of $287.3 million from continuing operations in the first half of 2010 as economic recovery push

Frozen Food Express Industries made sequential volume and revenue gains but was unable to shift back into profitability in the second quarter.

Trucking and logistics operator Con-way said its net profit fell by more than half in the second quarter to $13.9 million as earnings plunged in the core less-than-truckload operations despite improvi

Kintetsu World Express, Japan's second-largest international forwarder, reported net profit surged 292.4 percent in the April-June period from a year earlier to $13.69 million.

Washington’s Port of Grays Harbor is $4 million closer to its goal of more than $15 million for construction of additional rail storage tracks in the marine terminal complex.

Container traffic at major ports in India for the April-July period increased 14 percent over the same period last year, the Indian Ports Association said in a statement on Wednesday.

The Justice Department announced the guilty plea of a ship’s engineer on July 23 for violating federal water pollution laws.

T&T Bisso named Mauricio Garrido as its president on Wednesday. Garrido joined the company in 2008 as general manager of the Americas and Europe.

Union Pacific Railroad moved its first revenue trains through the new Joliet Intermodal Terminal on Aug. 3, launching UP’s fifth major box-handling yard in the Chicago area.

The Port of Los Angeles says it will use a $731,000 Environmental Protection Agency grant to buy and test a battery-

TRAC Intermodal said Tuesday it will start renting chassis to port truckers on a short-to-medium term basis.

Cargolux is making a weekly flight to Riyadh. The frequency expands services to Saudi Arabia in addition to the carrier’s twice-a week service to Dammam.

Hapag-Lloyd will launch an Atlantic Express Shuttle between North Europe and the East Coast of North America, effective Sept. 25.

Safmarine will add a direct container service between the Far East and West Africa via South Africa on Aug. 12. The FEW3 service will be operated jointly with parent company Maersk Line.

Caribbean carrier Tropical Shipping’s second-quarter operating income rose to $4.2 million from $2.5 million a year earlier as volume and rates increased, parent company Nicor said.

The Transported Asset Protection Association recognized the DHL Express hub at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport for meeting the group’s standards for cargo security.

Three House members are giving the Department of Homeland Security an Aug. 17 deadline for a detailed, port-by-port list of the barriers to implementing a 100 percent scanning regime.

Swiss logistics group Panalpina reported higher second-quarter volume, rates and operating profit but posted a net loss after setting aside $123 million for an expected settlement of a U.S.

Echo Global Logistics increased sales 82.3 percent from a year ago, as spot market and contractual brokerage and logistics revenue soared in the second quarter.

Spot prices for trans-Pacific ocean container shipping jumped 8.2 percent in the week ending Aug.

Terminal operators in Los Angeles-Long Beach are extending gate hours and some will initiate appointment systems to keep the ports fluid during the peak shipping season.

YRC Worldwide's regional carriers reported a second-quarter profit, as tonnage growth put them on a faster trajectory toward recovery than national carrier YRC.

The first of seven roll-on, roll-off vessels scheduled to call at the Port of Philadelphia this month arrived late Monday to deliver Hyundai and Kia vehicles from South Korea.

Maersk Line denied Tuesday that it was in talks with shipyards to order 10 giant container ships, but said it was only monitoring the capacity situation at yards.

Maersk Line Ltd., the U.S.-flag carrier of Denmark’s Maersk Line, said it paid a $3.1 million fine to the U.S.

Equipment manufacturer Caterpillar said its Progress Rail Services unit completed the planned purchase of heavy locomotive builder Electro-Motive Diesel.

New orders for manufactured goods fell in June for the second straight month, the Commerce Department said Tuesday in a report that indicated slowing economic growth.

FedEx Trade Networks, an ocean and air freight forwarding subsidiary of FedEx Corp., opened offices in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and Hamburg and Frankfurt, Germany, boosting worldwide expansion plans la

A Department of Transportation discretionary grant pool for 2010 awards drew thousands of pre-applications seeking tens of billions of dollars to aid infrastructure projects, from a “TIGER II&rd

Trucking company Old Dominion Freight Line approved a 3-for-2 stock split to boost the trading volume of its stock. The split will take place Aug. 23.

Freight traffic at Los Angeles International Airport grew 25.1 percent in the first half of the year, but the tonnage growth slipped back in June in a sign that the air cargo recovery is leveling off.

Agility launched operations in Cambodia, opening an office in the capital Phnom Penh.

Greek truckers ended a week-long strike Tuesday, defusing a confrontation with the government over plans to reform the country’s entrenched trucking industry rules.

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings more than tripled its net profit to $32.8 million in the second quarter on strong demand for chartered aircraft in the resurgent global air cargo market, the freighter ope

Danmar Lines, DHL Global Forwarding's in-house carrier, launched two direct less-than-container-load services from Shenzhen, China, to Europe.

Deutsche Post reported sharply higher second quarter profit and raised its full-year forecast because of higher profits at DHL, which CEO Frank Appel said has become the company’s “growth

YRC Worldwide reported a $48.3 million operating profit in the second quarter on Tuesday and expanded business with shipping customers as the less-than-truckload carrier showed signs it is turning aro

Office clerical workers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach pursued contract negotiations into their second month with local issues still dominating the talks.