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A team of researchers from Auburn University is delving into the dynamics of less-than-truckload pricing as LTL trucking companies struggle to raise rates.

Michael Ward, chairman, president and CEO of CSX, has plenty of reason to sound cheerful after reporting a 36 percent jump in net profit, to $414 million, for the second quarter.

It was once the top box for domestic intermodal shipments, a 48-foot container that was the largest for double-stack trains across North America until 53-footers became the new gold standard.

Hit by shortages in shipping space and equipment and squeezed by still-scarce credit, retail supply chains between Asia and the U.S are undergoing a sharp change in direction.

Maher Terminals is cloning its Prince Rupert terminal, apparently reasoning that what works on the west coast can work on the east coast.

Life is becoming sweeter for container ship lines in general and Mediterranean Shipping Co. in particular.

If you’re an industrial property owner near a major airport or seaport, get ready: That strong demand you’re seeing is about to get stronger.

The threat of a strike loomed over the weekend at the Port of Montreal as the longshoremen’s union and employers held meetings separately Friday to discuss renewal of a labor contract for the un

West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin appointed Charleston attorney Carte Goodwin to fill the state’s vacancy in the U.S. Senate, following the June 28 death of long-serving Robert C. Byrd.

The Port Newark Container Terminal, which has been experiencing severe truck congestion, will have special gate hours this Saturday, July 17.

The new head of the Transportation Security Administration told employees that his principal goals are to improve counterterrorism efforts, support TSA employees and strengthen relationships with stak

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is acting as a go-between with carriers and shippers to see if they can find a solution to container shortages for exported products.

Railroads serving the U.S.-Mexico border region are telling customers to expect two more weeks of shipment detours from the hurricane and flood disruptions to rail service through Laredo, Texas, and N

APM Terminals, the container terminal-operating arm of Denmark’s A.P. Moller-Maersk, plans to expand its operations in India.

The Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection on Thursday called for repeal of laws requiring 100 percent scanning of ocean cargo and 100 percent screening of air ca

The chief financial officer of CMA CGM Jean Yves Schapiro will leave the company at the end of August, the French ocean container carrier said July 16.

Cargo at the Port of Montreal grew sharply this year in two chief areas that bespeak improving markets — containerized cargo to and from Central Canada and the U.S.

J.B. Hunt’s net profit rocketed 117 percent to $52.1 million as it improved utilization of its assets and raised prices in its truckload division in the second quarter.

European Union regulators cleared Geodis, the French transport and logistics provider, to take sole control of Giraud, a leading French forwarder active across Europe.

Container volume handled by the Port of Antwerp rose year-over-year by16.2 percent in the first six months of 2010 to 4.2 million 20-foot equivalent container units.

Flooding along the Rio Grande and other rivers in Texas and northern Mexico is playing havoc with cross-border freight traffic, causing delays at truck crossings in Laredo, Texas, and forcing truckers

The container ship charter market is set for a summer-long rally as ocean carriers, struggling to boost capacity amid surging demand, compete for a shrinking supply of vessels for hire.

Americans need to act quickly to begin a 10 year effort to improve and build new transportation infrastructure, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said Thursday.

Evergreen Line and NYK Line joined a growing list of carriers that are stopping providing chassis for import and export cargo in the United States.

St. Lawrence Seaway shipping resumed at 4 p.m. EDT Thursday with 17 delayed vessels able to move out to sea or into the Great Lakes after nearly three days’ delay near the port of Montreal.

Intel’s inventory of finished goods increased 24 percent in the second quarter from the previous period, as broad-based corporate spending drove up sales.

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Office workers and waterfront employers on Thursday resumed negotiations for a new contract at terminals in Los Angeles-Long Beach, slogging through the tedious process of closing out relatively minor

Traffic at China’s top ten container ports fell in June from the previous month amid doubts over the sustainability of the nation's export surge, according to a leading container shipping analys

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As the rebound effects from the recession have almost entirely dissipated, a growth slowdown starting this summer is becoming increasingly apparent, according to Bart van Ark, chief economist of The C

Hapag-Lloyd will apply a general rate increase on all cargo moving on its services from the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East to South America East Coast.

The number of pirate attacks on shipping worldwide declined by 18 percent in the first six months of 2010 despite the increased range and capabilities demonstrated by Somali pirates, according to a re

Hamburg Sud plans to end its joint service with Zim Integrated Shipping Services from North Europe to Israel in October and launch its own independent service.

The Seattle Port Commission approved nearly $5 million in marine terminal, dredging and infrastructure improvements.

Landstar System expanded its profit 36 percent in the second quarter to $24.4 million with a record number of truckload moves and said it expects to maintain a strong recovery in demand through the th

The majority of Chinese steel mills are pessimistic about the outlook for steel pricing and production in the current quarter, according to a recent survey of Chinese steel producers conducted by Stee

North American railcar leasing fleets, shippers and railroads pulled 3,064 cars out of storage during June but still had 23.7 percent of their freight hauling equipment sitting idle.

Ceva Logistics said it signed a three-year contract worth a total of $38.3 million to coordinate the international flow of components, accessories and finished motorcycles from Asia for Britain’

Air freight and ocean shipping forwarder Expeditors International told investors it is having such strong business that it will report earnings next month significantly above recent market expectation